Web Hosting Matrix (Research Data)

The table below shows an in-depth comparison of several well-known web hosting companies. For each of them we used the entry level hosting plan (basic package) as basis for comparison. Most companies also offer upgraded (more expensive) plans.

We have set our standards on data collection very high. Due to the extreme depth of the data we research for each webhost and the time it takes to keep this data up to date, we are starting with a comparison of 15 major web hosting companies. We ambition to add more over time. (Bookmark this page! :)

In order to present an unbiased view of the market and allow you to make your own opinion, the table below contains just the raw facts. If you'd also like to see our take on each of these offers, please use the view switcher below:

Web hosting offers compared on raw facts

The list is sorted alphabetically.

A2 HostingBlueHostGreenGeeksHost PapaHostGatorInMotion HostingKnownHostNameCheapSiteGround
Hosting Company
Package NameLiteBasicEcoSiteStarterHatchlingLaunchSH-1Stellar PlusStartUp
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Pricing breakdown
Best price for you $ 2.99$ 2.95$ 2.95$ 3.95$ 2.78$ 4.99$ 3.47$ 2.39$ 3.99
1 Month (Trial) $ 10.99N/A$ 10.95N/A$ 7.66N/A$ 6.71$ 4.88$ 19.99
Monthly for 12 mo $ 6.99$ 4.95$ 4.95$ 5.95$ 5.37$ 6.99$ 6.71$ 2.65$ 3.99
Monthly for 24 mo $ 4.39$ 3.95$ 3.95$ 4.95$ 3.98$ 5.99$ 4.92$ 2.39N/A
Monthly for 36 mo $ 2.99$ 2.95$ 2.95$ 3.95$ 2.80$ 4.99$ 3.47N/AN/A
Renewal Price (1 mo) $ 10.99N/A$ 9.95N/A$ 10.95N/A$ 6.71$ 4.88$ 18.90
Renewal Price (12 mo) $ 8.99$ 8.99$ 9.95$ 9.99$ 8.95$ 8.99$ 6.71$ 4.41$ 47.40
Renewal Price (24 mo) $ 7.99$ 8.49$ 9.95$ 8.99$ 7.95$ 7.99$ 6.71N/A$ 94.80
Renewal Price (36 mo) $ 7.99$ 7.99$ 9.95$ 7.99$ 6.95N/A$ 6.71N/A$ 142.20
Renewal Price Max $ 9.99$ 8.99$ 9.95$ 9.99$ 10.95$ 8.99$ 6.71$ 4.88$ 11.95
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Domain Pricing
Hosting Company
Use existing domain
Register new .com $ 14.95 /yrFreeFreeFree$ 12.95 /yrFree$ 13.95 /yr$ 10.98 /yr$ 15.95 /yr
.com Renewal $ 14.95 /yr$ 15.99 /yr$ 13.95 /yr$ 16.99 /yr$ 12.95 /yr$ 15.99 /yr$ 13.95 /yr$ 12.98 /yr$ 15.95 /yr
.com Privacy $ 9.95 /yr$ 14.88 /yr$ 9.95 /yr$ 9.99 /yr$ 14.95 /yr$ 12.99 /yrFreeFree$ 24.00 /yr
Hosting Features
Hosting Company
Disk space Unlimited50 GBUnlimited100 GBUnlimitedUnlimited5 GBUnlimited10 GB
SSD Disk
Sites per Account 11Unlimited2125Unlimited1
Alias/Parked Domains 255Unlimited0065UnlimitedUnlimited
Subdomains 525Unlimited25Unlimited25UnlimitedUnlimitedUnlimited
Max DBs 520Unlimited25Unlimited2UnlimitedUnlimitedUnlimited
Free SSL
Let's Encrypt
Auto renew
Let's Encrypt
Auto renew
Let's Encrypt
Auto renew
Let's Encrypt
Auto-renew
Let's Encrypt
Auto renew
Let's Encrypt
Auto renew
Comodo
Auto renew
Only 1st year is free
Let's Encrypt
SFTPFTPS
(SSL/TLS)		FTPS
SSH/TLS
SSH Access
Cron Jobs
Included backups (Nightly)
Courtesy Backups		 (Nighlty) Weekly
Off-Site Data Backups		 (daily) (daily)
2 daily + 1 weekly retained
Twice a week		 (daily)
30 retained
Backup UpgradeUpgrade to higher plan$35.88 /yr
Site Backup & Restore Pro		$19.95 /yr
or upgrade		$2/mo for daily backups no daily backups available
Email features
Hosting Company
Email accounts255Unlimited100UnlimitedUnlimitedUnlimitedUnlimitedUnlimited
Email aliasesUnlimitedN/AUnlimitedUnlimitedUnlimitedUnlimitedUnlimitedUnlimitedUnlimited
Email StorageUnlimited100 MB250 MB500 MBUnlimitedUnlimitedUnlimited10 000 MB2 000 MB
Network Features
TransferUnlimitedUnlimitedUnlimitedUnlimitedUnlimitedUnlimitedUnlimitedUnlimitedUnlimited
Dedicated IP$ 4.00 /mo$ 5.99 /mo$ 4.00 /mo$ 4.00 /mo$ 4.00 /moN/A$ 2.00 /mo
Datacenters in USA224122311
Datacenters in Europe1none1nonenonenone112
Datacenters in Asia1nonenonenonenonenonenonenone1
Green energy
CO2 offset by Carbonfund.org
U.S. EPA Green Power Partner
(300% offset)
100% renewable Green Tag energy
90% sustainable energy
Water cooled data centers
Services
Transfer/Migration service
Domain only
Domain only
full site
full site
1 full site
or 1 full cPanel
full site +
Panel settings / email
Full site
full site
Full site
Auto-InstallerSoftaculous Mojo Marketplace Softaculous
& Fantastico
Softaculous		QuickInstallSoftaculous Softaculous Softaculous Softaculous
Software
Hosting Company
Control PanelcPanelcPanelcPanelcPanelcPanelcPanelcPanelcPanel (2FA)cPanel
Advanced b2evo supportN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Shared OSLinuxLinux 3.10Linux Secure vFSCloudLinuxLinuxLinuxCloudLinuxCloudLinuxLinux
PHP 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 7.0, 7.1 or 7.2 (Choose Your Version) 7.0 7.1, 7.0, 5.6 5.6 & 7.0 (Choose your version) 5 & 7 7 5.6, 7.1 & 7.2 5.2-5.6, 7.0-7.2 5.6, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2
Python 2.6, 2.7 or 3.2 (switch as you wish) 2.4 & 2.6 2.4 & 2.7
PERL 5.10 5.8
Node.js (no tech support)
Ruby 2.3
MySQL 5.6 5.6 MariaDB 5.6
MariaDB 10		 5.6
PostgreSQL 9.6 8.4 8.4
Git 2.6

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Comment from: Joe Visitor

Joe

This is an informative and good comparison presentation! I’ll bookmark this page. Thanks.

Comment from: Member

I left hostmonster a few years ago because I was going over the inode count limit. They are one of those hosts that allows unlimited sites per account. The problem then is that once you have several domains and install a script or two on each, you run out of inodes. Would be nice to see inode count in this table.

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Ricardo d Argence

Great compilation of services.
You should include managed hosting, since it’s the most useful service for larger sites

Comment from: Member

We have contacted SiteGround several times but they are not providing us answers to several specs that are not listed on their site. We are still waiting to see how they will respond. In the meantime it makes us cautious about hidden fees and/or hidden limitations.


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