Shared Hosting Compared: Real Prices and Renewals in 2026

Shared hosting in 2026: the market at a glance

Headline prices have never been lower: the lowest first-term price in our tracker right now is Web Hosting Basic at Site.eu, $0.57 a month. But these prices are introductory. Most big hosts sell the first term at a steep discount and then renew at their regular rate: IONOS's Plus goes from $1.00 to $14.00, Gandi's Web Hosting Essential from $2.00 to $15.00, and SiteGround's StartUp from $3.99 to $17.99. A fair comparison looks at both numbers.

Every price on this page comes from the same tracker that fills the table below and follows the currency switcher at the top of the page.

What shared hosting actually costs (live sample)

Entry shared plans from our tracker, with the price the same plan renews at:

Live prices from our tracker. First-term prices usually require prepaying a year or more. The full table further down lists every shared host we track, ranked by DHH Score.

The renewal trap, in numbers

The gap between the first-term price and the renewal rate is the single most important number in shared hosting. DreamHost's Web Hosting Launch renews at $11.99 after $1.99, ChemiCloud's Starter at $11.95 after $1.95, GreenGeeks' Lite at $13.95 after $2.95, and Hostinger's Premium at $10.99 after $2.99. If you plan to keep the site for more than a year, budget with the renewal rate and compare hosts on what three years cost you, not on the first month.

What's included — and what isn't

• Free domain for the first year: Hostinger, Namecheap, IONOS, HostPapa, GreenGeeks, DreamHost, ChemiCloud, 123 Reg and Web Hosting Canada include one with qualifying plans, usually on annual terms. SiteGround does not include a domain.
• Free SSL is standard: nearly every shared host we track includes a certificate, most of them through Let's Encrypt.
• Backups differ most. SiteGround keeps daily backups for 30 days, ChemiCloud runs daily off-site backups, DreamHost, GreenGeeks and UltaHost back up daily, and Hostinger backs up weekly on its entry plan.
• Money-back window: ChemiCloud offers 45 days; Hostinger, SiteGround, GreenGeeks, DreamHost, IONOS, HostPapa and Namecheap offer 30; 123 Reg 14 and MonoVM 7. Easyspace and Servarica publish no money-back guarantee.

Performance: storage, web server and platform

Storage type is the easiest performance signal to read from a price list: HostPapa, IONOS, ChemiCloud, UltaHost and Timeweb put their entry shared plans on NVMe, while SiteGround, GreenGeeks, Namecheap and Hostinger's cheapest plan list SSD. The web server matters too: Hostinger, GreenGeeks and ChemiCloud run LiteSpeed with its caching plugin, Turbify runs LiteSpeed on Microsoft Azure, and SiteGround runs on Google Cloud with its own caching layer.

Support: who picks up the phone

Phone support is no longer a given. HostPapa, IONOS, InterServer, GreenGeeks, SiteGround, 123 Reg, Web Hosting Canada and Turbify answer the phone around the clock. Hostinger, Namecheap and DreamHost support you through live chat and tickets, and Websavers works by ticket and email only.

Where the servers are

For a local business, host close to your customers. SiteGround runs 11 Google Cloud locations on four continents, ChemiCloud 16 data centers, UltaHost 27, and Hostinger and IONOS 10 each. Canadian sites have Web Hosting Canada (Montreal and Vancouver), HostPapa (Toronto), Websavers (Beauharnois, Quebec) and Servarica (Montreal); UK sites have Easyspace, with its own UK data centres, and 123 Reg.

Which shared host should you choose?

• Lowest first-term price: Site.eu — Web Hosting Basic at $0.57; check the renewal before you prepay.
• Best all-rounder for a first site: Hostinger — Premium from $2.99, a free domain on annual terms, LiteSpeed and 24/7 chat.
• Most included on the platform: SiteGround — daily backups kept 30 days, Google Cloud in 11 locations and phone support, if you accept the $17.99 renewal.
• Longest money-back window: ChemiCloud — 45 days, daily off-site backups, NVMe and LiteSpeed.
• Best phone support: HostPapa — 24/7 phone, chat and ticket support; Essentials from $2.95.
• Best for Canada: Web Hosting Canada — Montreal and Vancouver data centers and 24/7 phone and chat support in English and French.
• Best for the UK: 123 Reg — 24/7 phone and chat support; Economy from $2.64.

Prefer head-to-head reads? See Hostinger vs SiteGround, Hostinger vs Namecheap, GreenGeeks vs Hostinger, DreamHost vs SiteGround or HostPapa vs Web Hosting Canada, or build your own matchup on the Compare hub.