The Best Web Hosting Services of 2024

The following services are not as reliable as our best suggestions, but they are still reasonable suggestions. Some specialize in one type of hosting, such as WordPress hostingso they are not ideal for hosting a non-WordPress site or supporting its long-term growth. Others have extremely high renewal costs or lack certain types of customer service. Pay close attention to detail when choosing one of these hosts.

Name cheap

Namecheap offers some of the cheapest price plans. Especially monthly plans are cheaper compared to monthly plans from other services. Some other services may offer monthly shared hosting plans for $20, but all of Namecheap’s monthly shared hosting plans cost less than $10. Namecheap also offers VPS, dedicated, WordPress and reseller hosting plans. Namecheap has a 99.9% uptime guarantee for VPS and reseller plans, and a 100% uptime guarantee for most shared, VPS, and dedicated plans.

Every Namecheap plan comes with a free virus scanner, two-factor authentication, and DDoS protection to protect your data and the data of your visitors. SSL certificates are free for one year. After this year you can buy SSL certificates through NameCheap for $6 per year with a five-year contract.

Namecheap offers 24/7 email and chat support, but not phone support.

Cheap name plans start at $2 per month.

GoDaddy

GoDaddy offers shared, VPS, dedicated, and WordPress hosting plans, a 99.9% uptime guarantee, and 24/7 customer support by phone or chat. GoDaddy is also the only web host on this list that you can contact via text message, and we found customer service to be very responsive during our GoDaddy Review. GoDaddy also had impressive server performance.

The big downside to GoDaddy is that some security features are inconsistent. For example, SSL certificates are included in all shared hosting plans, but with the lower-tier shared plan, you must purchase an SSL certificate after one year, no matter how long your hosting contract is. SSL certificates are also a paid option on lower-tier VPS and dedicated hosting plans, but they are included in higher-tier options.

GoDaddy web hosting plans start at $6 per month.

HostGator

HostGator offers shared, VPS, dedicated, WordPress, eCommerce and reseller hosting plans with tiered options.

Most of HostGator’s plans include a firewall with DDoS protections and SSL certification for at least one year. Some plans come with automated backups, but HostGator writes that anyone with “critical business information or important data is STRONG encourage looking for a third-party backup service…” (emphasis theirs). Undermining your own backup system is a strange choice.

In theory, HostGator customer support is available via chat, email, or phone 24/7. Some plans limit the types of customer service you can access, and we encountered inconsistent service across support channels during our HostGator Review.

HostGator pricing starts at $3.75 per month.

HostPapa

HostPapa has global data centers, so you can choose the best data center to reach your visitors the fastest. Hosting options include shared, VPS, managed and unmanaged WordPress hosting, reseller hosting, and PapaCare, which is similar to managed shared hosting.

HostPapa has free SSL certificates, DDoS protection, and other security features included in every plan, a 99.9% uptime guarantee, and 24/7 phone, chat, and email support. The lack of a dedicated hosting option means that if your site gets too big, you’ll have to migrate to another service. Also, renewal prices are not listed on the plan pages and can be quite expensive. In addition, some features, such as automated backups and a security tool, are automatically added for an additional fee at checkout. These features are included in higher-tier plans, but not in all plans.

HostPapa plans start at $3 per month.

Hostwinds

Hostwinds offers unlimited storage and bandwidth, as well as unlimited free business email accounts with every plan. It offers shared, managed, and unmanaged VPS, dedicated, reseller, and cloud hosting plans, as well as a business-focused shared hosting plan it calls business hosting.

Hostwinds has a 99.9999% uptime guaranteewhich is above average and offers 24/7 support via live chat, email and support ticket; there are no hours listed for the support phone number. Hostwinds plans also come with free SSL certificates and free nightly backups.

Compared to other services, Hostwinds is not as forthcoming with information about other features or plan differences. Typically, services display detailed charts that describe what features come with the plans. Hostwinds’ shared chart, for example, only lists bandwidth, disk space, and how many domains come with each plan.

Hostwinds plans start at $5.24 per month.

Bluehost

Bluehost specializes in WordPress hosting, and many of its plans include custom themes and other WordPress tools. It offers shared, VPS, dedicated hosting, managed and unmanaged WordPress hosting, as well as an option called Online Store that includes additional eCommerce tools with each plan. All plans include two-factor authentication and spam protection. You’ll also get an SSL certificate, but it’s only free for the first year of the lowest-tier plan; after that you’ll pay $90 per year.

Bluehost customers can call or chat with a customer support representative 24/7.

Bluehost doesn’t offer an uptime guarantee, but instead says it’s fixing issues internally 15 minutes of them have been reported. It doesn’t say how many problems you should expect on average. If your site is down for about 15 minutes a week, it could be down for about 13 hours a year, which is more than standard.

Bluehost plans start at $3 per month.

Glowhost

Glowhost offers shared, cloud VPS, dedicated, semi-dedicated, reseller, and what Glowhost calls Elastic Site Hosting, which it compares to a managed VPS plan.

Security features include free SSL certificates and McAfee Secure, which is included for free, and customer support is available by phone or chat 24/7. Glowhost also promises 100% network uptime and 99.95% total uptime. If it doesn’t live up to these expectations, you can take advantage of the 91-day money-back guarantee.

Glowhost plans start at $3.50 per month.

Mocahost

Mochahost offers shared, VPS, dedicated cloud, WordPress and reseller plans and 24/7 live chat support. Phone support and ticketing are also available.

Free SSL certificates are also included with each plan, but other security features, such as spam and malware filters, are paid extra or with more expensive plans.

Mochahost plans start at $2 per monthand renewal prices are also affordable, with the lowest plan renewing at $6.35 per month.

InMotion Hosting

InMotion Hosting offers shared, VPS, dedicated, WordPress and reseller hosting with different tier options for each type of hosting. InMotion Hosting also offers managed hosting services. These services can be purchased for one hour for $90, or you can purchase these services for three months, six months, or one year with prices starting at $48 per month.

Each plan comes with free SSL certificates, DDoS protections, and protections against hacks and malware. Automatic daily backups are also available, but they are an additional $2.50 per month.

That all sounds great, but our review process revealed serious issues with InMotion Hosting, including slow server speeds and a whopping one hour and 12 minutes of downtime during our week of testing. InMotion Hosting customer service was also impossible to reach.

Shared hosting at InMotion Hosting starts at $3 per month when you choose a three-year plan.

Liquid network

Liquid network: No shared hosting. Security features include an integrated firewall and standard DDoS protections. Offers 100% uptime and 24/7 chat or phone support you can also create tickets. Prices start from $5 per month for VPS hosting.

Web Hosting Hub

Web Hosting Hub: Offers shared and WordPress hosting. There are free SSL certificates, but other security features cost extra. It offers 99.9% uptime and has 24/7 chat and phone support as well as ticketing. Prices start from $6 per month.

WP engine

WP engine: Offers WordPress hosting. Security features like free SSL certificates and daily backups. Only custom WordPress plans have an uptime guarantee and the company offers 24/7 chat support, phone support is available at higher plan levels. Prices start from $20 per month.

Kinsta

Kinsta: Offers WordPress, web application, managed database and static site hosting. Security features like free SSL certificates and automatic backups. It has 99.9% uptime and 24/7 chat support. Prices start from $30 per month for WordPress hosting, with a one-month free trial.