Shared Hosting is the most popular — and also the most affordable — web hosting plan. It’s super-easy to manage a shared hosting plan and it’s equally good for beginners as well as experienced webmasters. Shared hosting basically means that you’re sharing your server (resources as well as the cost) with hundreds (or even thousands) of other websites. And that makes it affordable for everyone.
The majority of websites on the web are actually hosted on a shared hosting plan. It can cost as low as $1 per month to as high as $25 per month depending upon the hosting brand and their resources. If you have a new website or an existing blog or website that’s not getting a lot of traffic then a shared hosting plan is all what you need.
Also, it’s good for a personal website or a small business website (assuming that they do not get a ton of traffic every single day and all they need is an online presence plus business email). And hey, a shared hosting is all you need to host multiple websites as well — as long as they are not getting thousands of visits a day.
Premium Shared Hosting Plans are best suited for high-traffic websites that are getting more than 100,000 visits a month. It can cost up to $360 per year depending upon the web hosting company and plan. Again, the first year pricing could be 20-50% less than the regular pricing.
Top 10 Premium Shared Hosting Plans (Comparison)
| Companies | Price Comparison | Web Hosting Comparison Chart |
| InMotion Hosting (Pro Plan) Linux Platform cPanel Control Panel » Sign Up |
$19.99 (monthly) $125.88 (12 months) N/A (24 months) N/A (36 months) $191.88/year (renewal) |
Unlimited Disk Space, Bandwidth, Websites, Emails, Subdomains, Parked Domains & Databases cPanel Control Panel, Linux Platform, Softaculous, 90-Day Money Back Guarantee, Free Domain Name (1st year) Accepts PayPal, Free Website Migration, Free Data Backups, 24/7 Live Chat Support Comments :: SSD Storage; SSH Access; $40 Setup Fees (for monthly plans); Free Advertising Credits (worth up to $250); Domain Name costs $14.99/year after the first year. |
| MDDHosting (Premium — Basic Plan) Linux Platform cPanel Control Panel » Sign Up |
$25 (monthly) $255 (annually) $510 (biennially) $765 (triennially) $255/year (renewal) |
5 GB Disk Space, 250 GB Bandwidth, Unlimited Websites, Emails, Subdomains & Databases cPanel Control Panel, Linux Platform, Softaculous, 30-Day Money Back Guarantee No Setup Fees, Accepts PayPal, Free Website Migration, Free Data Backups Comments :: SSD Storage; SSH Access; No Live Chat Support; Domain Name costs $14.95/year; It lets you use up to two full CPU cores. |
| SiteGround (GoGeek Plan) Linux Platform cPanel Control Panel » Sign Up |
$14.95 (1 month trial) $179.40 (12 months) $358.80 (24 months) $538.20 (36 months) $359.40/year (renewal) |
30 GB Disk Space, Bandwidth, Websites, Emails, Subdomains, Parked Domains & Databases cPanel Control Panel, Linux Platform, Softaculous, 30-Day Money Back Guarantee, Free Domain Name For Life Accepts PayPal, Free Website Migration, Free Data Backups, 24/7 Live Chat Support Comments :: SSD Storage; SSH Access; Free SSL (for one year); $24.95 Setup Fees (for one month trial plan); You can choose a hosting location of your choice (Chicago, London, Amsterdam, or Singapore) during the signup process. |
| Media Temple (Pro Plan) Linux Platform cPanel Control Panel » Sign Up |
$30 (monthly) $300 (12 months) $570 (24 months) $810 (36 months) $360/year (renewal) |
20 GB Disk Space, 1 TB Bandwidth, 10 Websites, 10 Databases Grid Control Panel, Linux Platform; One-click App Installs, 30-Day Money Back Guarantee Accepts PayPal, Free Data Backups, Live Chat Support (not verified if it’s 24/7 or not) Comments :: SSD Storage; SSH Access; No cPanel; Domain Name costs $15/year; Free 1 Google Apps for Work email (with annual plan); Website Migration costs $150; Media Temple is super-costly and is owned by GoDaddy. |
| A2 Hosting (Turbo Plan) Linux Platform cPanel Control Panel » Sign Up |
$24.99 (monthly) $123.42 (12 months) $223.32 (24 months) N/A (36 months) $251.88/year (renewal) |
Unlimited Disk Space, Bandwidth, Websites, Emails, Subdomains, Parked Domains & Databases cPanel Control Panel, Linux Platform, Softaculous, 30-Day Money Back Guarantee No Setup Fees, Accepts PayPal, Free Website Migration, Free Data Backups, 24/7 Live Chat Support Comments :: SSD Storage; SSH Access; Free $50 Bing Ads Credits; Domain Name costs $14.95/year; You can choose a hosting location of your choice (U.S., Europe, or Asia) during the signup process. |
| BlueHost (Business Pro Plan) Linux Platform cPanel Control Panel » Sign Up |
N/A (monthly) $227.40 (12 months) $382.80 (24 months) $502.20 (36 months) $311.88/year (renewal) |
Unlimited Disk Space, Bandwidth, Websites, Emails, Subdomains & Parked Domains cPanel Control Panel, Linux Platform, Softaculous, 30-Day Money Back Guarantee, Free Domain Name (1st year) Accepts PayPal, Free Data Backups, 24/7 Live Chat Support Comments :: SSH Access; Free Dedicated IP Address; Free SSL; Free SiteBackup Pro; Domain Name costs $15.99/year after the first year; No SSD; Website Migration costs $149.99; Maximum 3,000 database tables. |
| MonsterMegs (Enterprise 1 Plan) Linux Platform cPanel Control Panel » Sign Up |
$34.95 (monthly) $359.40 (annually) $718.80 (biennially) $N/A (triennially) $359.40/year (renewal) |
25 GB Disk Space, 1 TB GB Bandwidth, Unlimited Websites, Emails, Subdomains & Databases cPanel Control Panel, Linux Platform, Softaculous, 30-Day Money Back Guarantee, Free Domain Name (1st year) No Setup Fees, Accepts PayPal & Bitcoin, Free Website Migration, Free Data Backups Comments :: SSD Storage; SSH Access; Free Dedicated IP Address; Free SSL; No Live Chat Support; 2-Hour Support Response Guarantee (you can request a $1 credit if you didn’t get a response within 2 hours); You can choose a hosting location of your choice (U.S. or Europe) during the signup process; Domain Name costs $15.95/year after the first year. |
Affordable Shared Hosting Plans | Standard Shared Hosting Plans | Premium Shared Hosting Plans
Reseller Hosting Plans | VPS Hosting Plans
I haven’t reviewed the performance or support of individual web hosting companies. Instead, I have shortlisted the web hosts based on features, pricing (current as well as renewal), user experience, and some criteria that I set personally.
For instance, I only considered the web hosting plans that lets you host more than one website (that’s why I have selected the second plan over the first for few web hosting companies).
You can always consider higher plans of a specific web hosting company — and it shouldn’t cost you a lot of money — if the one that I have chosen didn’t meet your personal requirements.
Just pay ‘special’ attention to the renewal pricing of those web hosting plans as the first year or rather the first hosting term could be well discounted.
In fact, I have also considered the promotional pricing for 12-month, 24-month, and 36-month hosting plans. But since it can change anytime I have also included the regular renewal pricing of annual plans (as it rarely changes over time).
You should always consider renewal pricing to compare different hosts in a more sensible way. Because once the first hosting term is over you will be billed at regular rates (even if you applied a coupon code during the sign up process).
Needless to say, the above web hosting comparison chart is not ranked and is not sorted based on any rating — it’s just a random order. And I was not recommending a specific web hosting company personally as its choice should entirely depend upon your current as well as future requirements.
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So, which is your favorite web hosting company and why? 🙂