Comparing web hosting services directly against each other allows you to easily identify the best solutions for your website or web application. We’ve researched and arranged the critical attributes of 27 industry-leading web hosts below to help you make more informed hosting decisions. Such attributes directly impact a web host’s speed, reliability, and user experience.
Our comparison chart examines each host’s plans, pricing, features, performance, data center coverage, software support, developer tools, customer support, and security features. We then reveal the fastest WordPress host, the best host for gaming, and the best cheap host. Finally, we share the best host for Australia, best hosting for Magento, and best hosting for developers.
Web Hosting Comparison Chart
Our web hosting comparison chart evaluates the key attributes of popular web hosting providers. We’ve contrasted their plans, pricing, features, performance metrics and data center coverage. We’ve also assessed their software support, developer tools, customer support features, and security features.
 Hostinger |  TMDHosting |  GreenGeeks |  ScalaHosting |  A2 Hosting |  SiteGround |  Kinsta |  DreamHost |  Cloudways |  HostPapa |  Bluehost |  HostGator |  WP Engine |  InMotion |  GoDaddy |  FastComet |  IONOS |  WPX |  Crazy Domains |  Hostwinds |  Network Solutions |  UltaHost |  Accuweb |  OVHcloud |  MochaHost |  Vodien |  Cloud86 | |
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| Hosting Plan Types | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shared Hosting | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| VPS Hosting | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| WordPress Hosting | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Cloud Hosting | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Dedicated Server | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Reseller Hosting | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Managed Hosting | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Pricing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Introductory Price (MYR /month) | RM13.46 | RM13.46 | RM13.28 | RM13.28 | RM8.78 | RM13.46 | RM135.00 | RM11.66 | RM49.50 | RM13.28 | RM13.28 | RM16.88 | RM90.00 | RM13.46 | RM26.96 | RM8.06 | RM13.50 | RM93.74 | RM8.01 | RM23.58 | RM25.61 | RM17.10 | RM17.96 | RM4.68 | RM14.31 | RM36.36 | RM9.81 |
| Renewal Price (MYR /month) | RM35.96 | RM44.96 | RM53.78 | RM53.10 | RM58.46 | RM80.96 | RM135.00 | RM26.96 | RM49.50 | RM40.46 | RM53.96 | RM44.96 | RM90.00 | RM49.46 | RM57.47 | RM40.28 | RM27.00 | RM93.74 | RM8.01 | RM31.46 | RM25.61 | RM26.96 | RM31.46 | RM4.68 | RM28.58 | RM40.50 | RM17.33 |
| Monthly Plans | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Features | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Storage | 100 GB | 50 GB | 50 GB | 10 GB | 100 GB | 10 GB | 10 GB | Unlimited | 25 GB | 50 GB | 10 GB | 10 GB | 10 GB | 100 GB | 10 GB | 10 GB | 10 GB | 15 GB | 10 GB | Unlimited | 10 GB | 30 GB | 50 GB | 1 GB | 30 GB | 15 GB | 5 GB |
| Bandwidth | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unmetered | Unmetered | Unlimited | Unmetered | 25,000 visits | Unmetered | 1 TB | Unlimited | Unmetered | Unmetered | 50 GB | Unlimited | Unmetered | Unmetered | Unlimited | 200 GB | Unmetered | Unlimited | 25 GB | Unlimited | 750 GB | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | 250 GB |
| Websites | 100 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Unlimited | 2 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| Free Domain Name | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Email Hosting | 100 email accounts (1 GB storage each) | Unlimited email accounts | 50 email accounts | Unlimited email accounts | Unlimited email accounts | Unlimited email accounts | ✗ | Paid | Paid | 10 email accounts | Paid | 1 email account | Paid | 10 email accounts | Higher plans | 5 email accounts | 1 email account with 2 GB storage | Unlimited email accounts | 5 email accounts | Unlimited email accounts | 5 email accounts | Paid | 150 email accounts | 2 email accounts | ✓ | 10 email accounts | 10 email accounts |
| Performance | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Storage Type | SSD, NVMe | SSD | SSD | NVMe | SSD | SSD | SSD | SSD | SSD | NVMe | SSD | SSD | SSD | SSD | NVMe | NVMe | HDD | SSD | SSD | SSD | SSD | NVMe | SSD | SSD | NVMe | SSD | SSD |
| CDN | Hostinger CDN | Cloudflare CDN | Cloudflare CDN | Cloudflare CDN | ✗ | SiteGround CDN | Kinsta CDN | Jetpack CDN | Cloudflare CDN | Inhouse | Cloudflare CDN | Cloudflare CDN | Cloudflare CDN | ✗ | Cloudflare CDN | Cloudflare CDN | Cloudflare CDN | XDN | ✗ | Cloudflare CDN | ✗ | Cloudflare CDN | Inhouse | Inhouse | Inhouse | ✗ | QUIC.Cloud Enterprise CDN |
| Uptime Guarantee | 99.90% | 99.90% | 99.90% | 99.90% | 99.90% | 99.90% | 99.90% | 100% | 99.99% | 99.90% | 100.00% | 99.90% | 99.95% | 99.90% | 99.90% | 99.90% | 99.90% | 99.95% | 99.90% | 100.00% | 99.90% | 99.99% | 99.90% | 99.90% | 99.90% | 99.90% | 99.98% |
| Additional Performance Features | LiteSpeed WordPress acceleration, NVMe SSD | CloudLinux-powered web servers | LiteSpeed web server, LSCache, MariaDB, HTTP/2 | OpenLiteSpeed web server, LiteSpeed cache plugin | Turbo plan with 40% faster, NVMe, Advanced LiteSpeed Turbo caching, Proprietary A2 Optimized plugin | NGINX-based static and dynamic cache, SuperCacher | Kinsta CDN, Edge Caching | ✗ | Varnish, Redis, Memcached | ✗ | HTTP/2, NGINX+ Cache | ✗ | LightSpeedWP, EverCache | UltraStack-powered web servers, NVMe | ✗ | 5 layers of caching, speed optimization | HTTP/2 with multiplexing, header compression for SSL encrypted traffic | LiteSpeed web servers, LiteSpeed Cache, OpCache, HTTP/2 Enabled Servers | Cache Blaster | LiteSpeed web servers | ✗ | RAID-10 NVMe SSD Latest Intel Xeon processors | Dual Xeon E5 or E7 series, 512 GB DDR3 RAM, LiteSpeed web servers, LSCache Plugin | HTTP/2 | LiteSpeed web servers | Cloudlinux | LiteSpeed Cache |
| Data Center | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number of Data Center | 10 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 37 | 2 | 65+ | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 31 | 3 | 12 | 3 | Undisclosed | 20+ | 12 | 43 | 9 | 11 | 1 |
| Data Center Location | USA, UK, BR, IN, SG, LT, ID, NL, FR | USA, UK, NL, AU, SG, JP | USA, CA, NL | USA, BG | USA, NL, SG | USA, NL, UK, DE, FR, ES, AU, SG | ZA, TW, HK, JP, KR, IN, SG, ID, AU, PL, FI, ES, BE, UK, DE, NL, CH, IT, FR, SA, IL, CA, BR, CL, USA | USA | USA, CA, IE, DE, UK, FR, IT, SE, HK, SG, AU, JP, IN, BH, ZA, KR, BR, NL, CN, MX, TR, UAE | CA, USA, NL | USA | USA | USA, CA, BE, UK, DE, NL, FI, TW, JP, AU, SG, IL | USA, NL | USA, NL, SG | USA, DE, UK, SG, JP, CA, IN, AU, IT, BR | USA, UK, DE, ES | USA, UK, AU | USA, UK, BE, UAE, IN, SG, HK, AU | USA, NL | Undisclosed | USA, CA, MX, BR, FI, UK, NL, DE, TR, UAE, IN, ZA, SG, KR, JP | USA, FR, CA, AU, IN, SG, KR, JP, NL, UK, PL, DE | FR, CA, USA, AU, DE, PL, UK, IN, SG | CA, USA, EU, AU, SG, IN, UK, LATAM | USA, UK, BE, UAE, IN, SG, HK, AU | NL |
| Software Support | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Control Panel | hPanel, cPanel | cPanel, Plesk | cPanel | cPanel, Plesk, SPanel | cPanel, Plesk | Site Tools | MyKinsta | DreamHost Control Panel | Custom | cPanel | cPanel | cPanel, Plesk | Custom | cPanel | cPanel, Plesk | cPanel | Custom, Plesk | WPX Control Panel | cPanel, Plesk | cPanel, Plesk | Custom, Plesk | cPanel, Plesk | cPanel, Plesk | OVHcloud Control Panel, cPanel, Plesk | cPanel, Plesk | cPanel, Plesk | Plesk |
| 1-Click WordPress | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Operating System | Linux | Linux, Windows | Linux | Linux, Windows | Linux, Windows | Linux | Linux | Linux | Linux | Linux | Linux | Linux, Windows | Linux | Linux | Linux, Windows | Linux | Linux, Windows | Linux | Linux, Windows | Linux, Windows | Linux | Linux, Windows | Linux, Windows | Linux, Windows | Linux, Windows | Linux, Windows | Linux |
| Developer Tools | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Staging Tools | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Root Access | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| GIT Access | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| SSH Access | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Cron Jobs | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Multiple PHP Versions | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Language Support: Python, Java or Ruby | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Customer Support | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Method | Live chat, help center | Live chat, ticket, Slack | Email, live chat, ticket | Phone, email, live chat | Phone, live chat | Live chat, phone, ticket | Live chat | Live chat, email, ticket | Live chat, ticket | Live chat, phone, email | Live chat, phone, email | Live chat, phone | Live chat, phone, email | Chat, email, phone | Live chat, phone, WhatsApp | Phone, chat, ticket, email | Phone, email, live chat | Live chat, ticket | Phone, live chat, email | Live chat, ticket, email, phone | Phone, live chat | Phone, live chat, email | Phone, live chat, ticket | Phone, live chat, email | Live chat, phone, ticket | Phone, live chat, email | Email, phone |
| Hours | 24/7 | 24/7 | 24/7 | 24/7 | 24/7 | 24/7 | 24/7 | 24/7 | 24/7 | 24/7 | 24/7 | 24/7 | 24/7 | 24/7 | 24/7 | 24/7 | 24/7 | 24/7 | 24/7 | 24/7 | Phone: 8AM to 9PM ET, Monday to Friday Live chat: 24/7 | 24/7 | 24/7 | Standard, Premium: working hours, Business, Enterprise: 24/7 | 24/7 | 24/7 | Email/ticket: 9AM to 9PM CET, Monday to Friday Phone Support: 10:00–16:00 CET, Monday to Friday |
| Website Migration | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Money-back Guarantee | 30 days | 30 days | 30 days | Anytime | 30 days | 30 days | 30 days | 97 days | ✗ | 30 days | 30 days | 30 days | 60 days | 90 days | 30 days | 45 days | 30 days | 30 days | 60 days | 72 hours | 30 days | 30 days | 30 days | ✗ | 30 days | 30 days | 30 days |
| Security Features | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Free SSL Certificate | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Free Backup | Weekly for Premium plans, daily and on-demand backups for Business plans and above | Daily | Nightly | Daily | Daily | Daily | Daily | Daily | Daily | Dialy | Daily | Daily | Daily, on-demand | Daily, weekly, custom | Daily | Daily | Daily | 28 days + on demand | Daily | Nightly | Daily | Daily | Daily | 1, 2, 3, 7 or 14 days | Weekly | Weekly | Nightly |
| DDoS Protection | Yes, Cloudflare | Yes, in house | Yes, Cloudflare | Yes, Cloudflare | Yes, Cloudflare | Yes, in house | Yes, Cloudflare | Yes, Cloudflare | Yes, Cloudflare | Yes, in house | Yes, in house | Yes, DDoS scrub center | Yes, Cloudflare | Yes, Corero | Yes, in house | Yes, Cloudflare | Yes, in house | Yes, in house | Yes, in house | Yes, Cloudflare | Paid | Yes, in house | Yes, in house | Yes, in house | Yes, Imunify360 | Yes, in house | ✓ |
| Firewalls | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Paid | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Paid | ✓ |
| Rating | 5/5 | 5/5 | 5/5 | 4/5 | 4/5 | 3/5 | 5/5 | 5/5 | 5/5 | 4/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 4/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 4/5 | 3/5 | 4/5 | 5/5 | 4/5 | 4/5 |
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| Reviews | Hostinger Review | TMDHosting Review | GreenGeeks Review | ScalaHosting Review | A2 Review | SiteGround Review | Kinsta Review | DreamHost Review | Cloudways Review | HostPapa Review | Bluehost Review | HostGator Review | WP Engine Review | InMotion Review | GoDaddy Review | FastComet Review | IONOS Review | WPX Review | Crazy Domains Review | Hostwinds Review | Network Solutions Review | UltaHost Review | Accuweb Review | OVHcloud Review | MochaHost Review | Vodien Review | Cloud86 Review |
Note: The rankings in the table are presented in no particular order.
Which web host is fastest for WordPress?
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Which web host is best for gaming?
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Which web host is best for cheap pricing?
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Which web host is best for Australia?
Hostinger is the best web host for Australia. The best hosts for Australia offer nearby data centers in Oceania or Asia and fast SSD server infrastructure. Hostinger operates fast data centers in both Singapore and India and offers very affordable pricing for Australian websites.
Which web host is best for Magento?
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Which web host is best for developers?
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