Compare domains, hosting, VPS, servers and VPN
Plans, prices and renewals read from each company's own site, side by side. Hosstec is our own store, so it is marked and its numbers sit next to the others.
Prices checked on October 22, 2026.
Domain names
A .com for one year
Dynadot
.com- Same price to register and renew
- Free WHOIS privacy
Namecheap
.com- 25% off $14.98 on its price page
- Renews at $18.48, free privacy
Hosstec
Domains- Domains and hosting in one store
- Check the .com price at checkout
NameSilo
.com- Free WHOIS privacy
- Lower with its discount program
Web hosting
Entry plan for a first small site
Hosstec
Small Package- Unlimited NVMe and traffic
- 30-day free trial, no card
- 30-day money-back
Namecheap
Stellar- 3 websites, 20 GB SSD
- Renews at $5.88/mo
- 30-day money-back
Hostinger
Premium- 3 websites, 20 GB SSD
- Free domain for 1 year
- Renews at $10.99/mo
SiteGround
StartUp- 1 website, 10 GB storage
- Renews at $17.99/mo
- 30-day money-back
FastComet
Shared plans- cPanel on all plans
- Free SSL
- Prices: see its plan page
Cloudways
Flexible, smallest server- 2 GB RAM, 1 vCPU
- 50 GB storage, 2 TB transfer
- Pay as you go
VPS
Entry plan, root access
Hosstec
OpenVZ VPS- 2 CPU cores, 4 GB RAM
- 80 GB disk space
- Free dedicated IP on Linux VPS
Namecheap
Spark- 1 CPU core, 1 GB RAM
- 20 GB SSD, full root access
- 30-day money-back
Hostinger
KVM 1- 1 vCPU, 4 GB RAM
- 50 GB NVMe, 4 TB bandwidth
- Renews at $11.99/mo
Cloudways
Flexible, smallest server- 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM
- 50 GB storage, 2 TB transfer
- Managed, on the cloud you pick
Dedicated servers
Entry server, monthly
Hosstec
Dedicated server- Xeon E3-1260L v5, 4 cores
- 16 GB RAM
- 2 x 240 GB SSD
Namecheap
Xeon E-2234- 4 cores at 3.4 GHz, 16 GB DDR4
- 480 GB SSD, 100 TB/mo bandwidth
- Renews at $711.88 a year
VPN
Two-year plans, price per month
ExpressVPN
Basic- 10 simultaneous devices
- 30-day money-back for new users
- Renews at $99.95 a year
ExpressVPN
Advanced- 12 simultaneous devices
- 30-day money-back for new users
- Renews at $119.95 a year
Prices as shown on the provider order page.
RDP
Remote desktop on a Windows server
RDP lets you control a Windows server from your own computer. Most Windows VPS plans include it. We are still reading provider plan pages and will list only prices we have checked ourselves.
Verified on the company pages
Side-by-side tables
The full numbers and our ranking
Best web hosting for a small site: Hosstec, Namecheap, Hostinger, FastComet and Cloudways compared
| Provider | Entry plan | Price shown | Renewal shown | Trial or refund | Key limits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hosstec | Small Package | $3.92/mo | Not shown on the home page | 30-day free trial, no card; 30-day money-back | Unlimited NVMe and traffic, 5 domains, 500 email accounts, 20 MySQL databases |
| Namecheap | Stellar | $2.28/mo promo | $5.88/mo | 30 days free trial; 30-day money-back | 3 websites, 20 GB SSD |
| Hostinger | Premium | $2.49/mo on a 48-month term | $10.99/mo | 30-day money-back | 3 websites, 20 GB SSD, free domain for 1 year |
| FastComet | Shared plans | See the plan page | See the plan page | See the plan page | cPanel on all plans, free SSL |
| Cloudways | Flexible, smallest server | From $11/mo, billed hourly | Pay as you go | See the plan page | 2 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 50 GB storage, 2 TB transfer |
Cheapest .com domain registrars compared: Dynadot, Namecheap, NameSilo, Hosstec and Hostinger
| Registrar | .com first year | .com renewal | WHOIS privacy | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dynadot | $10.88 | $10.88 | Yes | Same price to register, renew and transfer |
| Namecheap | $11.28 (25% off $14.98) | $18.48 | Free for life | New-customer first-year offer |
| NameSilo | $17.29 for 1 to 49 orders; lower on its discount program | See its price table | Free | Volume tiers lower the price |
| Hosstec | Domains from $14.99 per year in the store | See the store | See the store | Also hosting and reseller plans |
| Hostinger | Promotional first year on its search page | Not shown in the page we read | See the site | Domain often bundled with hosting |
Company reviews
One company at a time
Hostinger shared hosting review: what the Premium plan gives you and what it costs later
Plan limits, the 48-month price, the renewal price and what is included in Hostinger Premium, read from its own plan page.
ReviewsNamecheap review: Stellar hosting and domain registration in one place
What the Stellar plans include, how much they cost after the offer, and what Namecheap charges for a .com domain and its renewal.
ReviewsCloudways review: managed cloud hosting when a shared plan is too small
How Cloudways pricing works, which cloud providers you can choose, and who should pick it over shared hosting.
ReviewsFastComet review: cPanel hosting with free migration and in-house support
What FastComet states on its own site about cPanel, security, uptime, migration and support, and who it is for.
ReviewsNameSilo and Dynadot reviewed: two low-cost domain registrars
Prices, privacy and pricing structure for NameSilo and Dynadot, read from their public price pages.
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