The cheapest web hosting, ranked by real cost.
Compare the cheapest web hosting, VPS and cloud plans — Hostinger, DigitalOcean, Contabo and Cloudways — on an honest 1-year price and the true 3-year total that includes renewals. Not the multi-year intro rate.
| Category | From /mo | Best 3-yr value | Plans | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|
3 providers | $1.00/mo | Spaceship ↗ $77.76 / 3 yr | 9 | View plans › |
1 provider | $4.99/mo | Bluehost ↗ $347.64 / 3 yr | 2 | View plans › |
1 provider | $11.00/mo | Cloudways ↗ $396.00 / 3 yr | 1 | View plans › |
4 providers | $4.00/mo | DigitalOcean ↗ $144.00 / 3 yr | 4 | View plans › |
1 provider | $28.75/mo | Hosting.com ↗ $1725.00 / 3 yr | 3 | View plans › |
1 provider | $31.32/mo | Belhost ↗ $1127.52 / 3 yr | 3 | View plans › |
1 provider | $19.95/mo | InterServer ↗ $718.20 / 3 yr | 3 | View plans › |
Email HostingCheapest 2 providers | $0.59/mo | Spaceship ↗ $23.64 / 3 yr | 2 | View plans › |
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How to find the cheapest hosting
The cheapest web hosting deal is rarely the one with the lowest sticker price. A $1.99/mo banner almost always hides a long lock-in and a renewal two or three times higher. The plan that’s actually cheapest is the one with the lowest real cost over the time you’ll keep it — so we rank by the true 3-year total and show an honest 1-year price beside every intro rate.
Right now the cheapest plan overall is Spaceship Pro at $0.59/mo — about $23.64 over three years. Need a server instead of shared hosting? Unmanaged VPS starts at $4.00/mo, and managed hosting from $11.00/mo — every price verified against the provider’s own pricing page and refreshed daily.
Every plan links straight to the provider’s own checkout — you pay them directly at their standard price. Sign in with your Earning Network account for member perks.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the cheapest web hosting?
- The cheapest shared web hosting we track is Hostinger’s Premium plan at $2.99/mo, which works out to about $107.64 over three years. For VPS, DigitalOcean starts at $4.00/mo and Contabo at $5.28/mo. We rank every plan by its true 3-year cost, so the "cheapest" is the one that actually costs you the least, renewals included.
- How is the 3-year cost calculated?
- We charge the promotional term at its intro rate, then the standard renewal rate for the remaining months up to 36. It’s the true cost of staying three years — the number that matters, not the teaser first month.
- Why is the 1-year price different from the intro rate?
- The headline intro rate usually requires a long multi-year term. The 1-year column uses the real price on a single-year term, so a low intro tied to a 48-month lock-in doesn’t look cheaper than it really is.
- What is the cheapest VPS hosting?
- Among the plans we track, DigitalOcean’s 1 GB Droplet at $4.00/mo (flat, no renewal hike) is the cheapest unmanaged VPS, followed by Contabo’s Cloud VPS 10 at $5.28/mo. For managed VPS, Cloudways starts at $11.00/mo. All are billed at a flat rate, so what you pay in month one is what you pay at renewal.
- What does the renewal spike mean?
- It’s the jump from intro to renewal. “flat” means the price holds; a red +N% shows how much more you pay once the promo ends — the honest number, kept as a small signal rather than the headline.
- Which hosting has the cheapest renewal price?
- The cheapest intro rate is rarely the cheapest at renewal. Cheappper shows the renewal price beside the first-year price for every plan and ranks a best 3-year value, so you can pick the lowest long-term cost instead of just the lowest intro rate.
- Are these hosting prices verified?
- Yes — each plan comes from the provider’s public pricing page and is re-checked daily. Confirm the final price and term at checkout before buying.