Best web hosting
Hosting is the category where the advertised price is least likely to be the price you renew at: introductory terms of one to four years are the norm. Every figure below was read from the vendor's own pricing page on the date beside it. The ordering is cheapest entry price first — a basis you can check rather than a ranking you have to trust.
What “best” means on this page
“Best” is not a mood — it is whichever axis you actually care about, measured. Our record can say which tool is cheapest to start, whose free plan is real, who bills local currency and whose prices just moved; it cannot say which tool fits your work, which is what the full comparisons are for. Cheapest never means best — it means cheapest. Each verdict below names its axis, and every tool links to its own site so you can check us against the source. No vendor paid for any position.
Entry at £13.99/mo — the lowest published paid plan in this set. Cheap is a fact, not a verdict; the profile below says what you get for it.
site ↗pricing ↗Showed us different money in different countries on the same day — measured, not assumed. The profiles carry the figures.
A change only counts once a second clean read agrees. The change log →
Tool by tool
SiteGroundsite ↗pricing ↗
A shared and managed hosting company, widely used for WordPress sites. Paid plans start at £13.99/mo (StartUp); no free plan is published. The ladder we hold runs 3 paid tiers, topping out at £34.99/mo (GoGeek). It bills by country — entry $17.99/mo to a US reader and $17.99/mo in the eurozone, from our same-day reads.
WP Enginesite ↗pricing ↗
Managed WordPress hosting for businesses and agencies, with staging, security and developer workflows built in. Paid plans start at £25/mo (Startup); no free plan is published. The ladder we hold runs 5 paid tiers, topping out at £312/mo (Core Hosting). It bills by country — entry $30/mo to a US reader and $30/mo in the eurozone, from our same-day reads. Its published prices moved on 2026-10-07 — the change log holds the rows.
Side by side
| Tool | Paid from | Free plan | Currency | Read | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SiteGround | £13.99/mo | — | GBP | 2026-10-13 | page |
| WP Engine | £25/mo | — | GBP | 2026-08-31 | page |
Billed in another currency
These tools are in the same category but did not show us a price in GBP on our last read — they quote the currency shown. We list them rather than convert: a converted figure is not a price anyone is charged.
10Website ↗pricing ↗
Managed WordPress hosting with AI site building on top. Paid plans start at $2.5/mo (Agency Pro); no free plan is published. The ladder we hold runs 3 paid tiers, topping out at $80/mo (Agency core). It bills by country — entry $20/mo in the eurozone, from our same-day reads.
ScalaHostingsite ↗pricing ↗
A hosting company selling managed VPS with its own control panel instead of cPanel. Paid plans start at $2.95/mo (Mini); no free plan is published. The ladder we hold runs 4 paid tiers, topping out at $14.95/mo (Entry Cloud). We read the same $2.95/mo in every market we check, so this vendor does not price by country. It quotes USD here rather than local currency, so your bank sets the conversion.
Bluehostsite ↗pricing ↗
A shared hosting company long recommended for entry-level WordPress sites. Paid plans start at $3.99/mo (Starter); no free plan is published. The ladder we hold runs 3 paid tiers, topping out at $14.99/mo (eCommerce Essentials). We read the same $3.99/mo in every market we check, so this vendor does not price by country. It quotes USD here rather than local currency, so your bank sets the conversion.
DigitalOceansite ↗pricing ↗
Cloud infrastructure aimed at developers and small teams, priced simply against the larger clouds. Paid plans start at $4/mo (Droplets); a free plan exists. The ladder we hold runs 7 paid tiers, topping out at $15/mo (Managed Databases). Its published prices moved on 2026-09-24 — the change log holds the rows.
Hostingersite ↗pricing ↗
A low-cost shared and cloud hosting provider aimed at first-time site owners. Paid plans start at $10.99/mo (Premium); no free plan is published. The ladder we hold runs 3 paid tiers, topping out at $25.99/mo (Cloud Startup). Its published prices moved on 2026-09-20 — the change log holds the rows.
Cloudwayssite ↗pricing ↗
Managed cloud hosting that runs your site on infrastructure from providers like DigitalOcean or AWS without you administering the server. Paid plans start at $11/mo (Micro (Standard)); no free plan is published. The ladder we hold runs 8 paid tiers, topping out at $99/mo (Large (Premium)).
Kinstasite ↗pricing ↗
Managed WordPress hosting on Google Cloud, aimed at businesses that want performance and support rather than the cheapest plan. Paid plans start at $35/mo (Single 20GB); no free plan is published. The ladder we hold runs 10 paid tiers, topping out at $450/mo (WP 40). Its published prices moved on 2026-09-10 — the change log holds the rows.
| Tool | Paid from | Free plan | Currency | Read | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10Web | $2.5/mo | — | USD | 2026-10-13 | page |
| ScalaHosting | $2.95/mo | — | USD | 2026-10-13 | page |
| Bluehost | $3.99/mo | — | USD | 2026-10-03 | page |
| DigitalOcean | $4/mo | Yes | USD | 2026-09-06 | page |
| Hostinger | $10.99/mo | — | USD | 2026-09-07 | page |
| Cloudways | $11/mo | — | USD | 2026-08-27 | page |
| Kinsta | $35/mo | — | USD | 2026-08-27 | page |
How to choose in this category
- Match the tier to the sites and storage you actually use — the levels here divide on resources, not features.
- Introductory terms in this set run one to four years; a lower monthly figure often buys a longer lock-in.
- Every row links the host’s own pricing page. Open it and read the renewal line before you commit to a term.