Best Web Hosting — every ranking, by use case and budget
Every host here ran the same WordPress site for 30 days. We measured time to first byte from three US regions, uptime to the minute, and how long a human took to answer. Prices show the intro rate and what it renews at.
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8.6
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Kinsta
The fastest host we measured — Google Cloud premium tier, edge caching and a staging site on every plan. You pay for it.
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The cheapest three-year total of any host we measured, with a free domain and a clean control panel
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A shared plan with daily backups and its own SPanel control panel, from the company that does managed VPS best
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US-based support on the phone in three minutes, a 90-day guarantee, and a straight path to VPS when you outgrow shared
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Google Cloud shared hosting with the best support responses we timed; renewal is the catch
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The lowest renewal price and the longest refund window in the ranking, with daily backups included
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The host WordPress.org has recommended since 2005: a free domain, one-click WordPress and a guided setup for first sites
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