GoDaddy Web Hosting
Domain registrar and web hosting provider with all-in-one account management
GoDaddy is the world's largest domain registrar and web hosting company, serving over 20 million customers. It offers shared hosting, managed WordPress hosting, VPS, and website builder tools integrated with domain registration, email, and marketing features. Introductory pricing starts at $4.99–$5.99/month for shared hosting on long-term commitments, though renewal rates are substantially higher.
How we scored it
A weighted average of the 4 dimensions below, each judged 0–10 from published pricing, vendor documentation and independent user feedback. We do not run hands-on tests, and no vendor has any say in a score.
2 further dimensions are not scored for this product yet, so they are left out of the average rather than counted as zero. How the score works.
What it actually costs
Intro pricing shown — see the renewal note for what you'll pay after the introductory term. We don't hide the second-act price.
Web Hosting Economy
$5.99/mo shown on vendor page specifically "For first 3-yr term"; includes 1 website, 25 GB NVMe storage, cPanel, Node.js, free domain*, free email, free SSL (1 year), 30-day money-back guar
Web Hosting Deluxe
$7.99/mo shown on vendor page specifically "For first 3-yr term"; includes 10 websites, 50 GB NVMe storage, cPanel, Node.js, free domain*, free email, free unlimited SSL, 30-day money-back g
Web Hosting Ultimate
$12.99/mo shown on vendor page specifically "For first 3-yr term"; includes 25 websites, 75 GB NVMe storage, cPanel, Node.js, free domain*, free email, free unlimited SSL, 30-day money-back
WordPress Hosting Basic
$5.99/mo shown on vendor page specifically "For first 3-yr term"; includes 1 website, 10 GB NVMe storage, managed WordPress control panel, free domain*, free email, free SSL (no renewal fees
VPS Hosting
Example vendor promotional prices shown "For first 3-yr term": 1 vCPU / 2GB RAM at $8.99/mo; 2 vCPU / 4GB RAM at $17.99/mo; 4 vCPU / 8GB RAM at $34.99/mo; 4 vCPU / 16GB RAM at $44.99/mo. The
What to check before you rent GoDaddy Web Hosting
Infrastructure is cheap to start and expensive to leave. These four questions decide what it costs you over three years rather than three months.
The renewal, not the intro price
Introductory pricing is normal in this category and the renewal is the price that matters. Check the renewal rate on GoDaddy Web Hosting’s own pricing page before the first term ends, not after.
What the commitment buys
Longer terms carry the lowest headline rate and the least room to change your mind. Price the shortest term you would actually be comfortable with, then decide whether the discount is worth the lock-in.
The cost of leaving
Moving a site or a workload is the hidden switching cost: migration time, DNS and TLS changes, and whatever egress the provider charges to hand your own data back. A provider is only cheap if leaving is.
What is actually metered
Bandwidth, storage, backups and support tiers are usually the lines that grow, not the base plan. Find the ceiling on each before you commit, because that is where the bill moves.
These are the checks we apply across hosting, in the same order, so two pages can be compared line for line.
How much does GoDaddy Web Hosting really cost?
Our calculation from the vendor's published prices — not a figure the vendor advertises.
Price steps up at thresholds. Crossing one moves you to the next tier's price for everything, not just the excess. Multiple tiered plans (Economy, Deluxe, Ultimate, WordPress tiers, VPS tiers). Price shown varies by plan tier and resource size; promotional per‑term prices are shown for multi‑year commitments.
| Team size | Per month | Per year | Over 3 years | How it is charged |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 person | $5.99 | $71.88 | $215.64 | Flat rate — seats are not charged separately on this plan |
| 5 people | $5.99 | $71.88 | $215.64 | Flat rate — seats are not charged separately on this plan |
| 10 people | $5.99 | $71.88 | $215.64 | Flat rate — seats are not charged separately on this plan |
| 50 people | $5.99 | $71.88 | $215.64 | Flat rate — seats are not charged separately on this plan |
Based on the Web Hosting Economy plan at $5.99 a month. Three years at the current monthly price. The vendor does not publish a renewal rate, so no increase is assumed.
- The vendor does not publish a renewal price, so three-year totals assume today's price holds.
- No annual price recorded, so annual figures are twelve times the monthly price.
- Pricing has not been verified against the vendor's page since this data was collected.
Work out your own cost
- Flat rate — the price does not change with team size.
- No renewal increase is published, so today's price is held flat.
GoDaddy Web Hosting against the field
The highest-scoring alternatives in the same category, compared on the figures we hold for all of them.
| GoDaddy Web HostingThis page | Kinsta | Hostinger | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ReviewCost score | 7.0/10 | 8.4/10 | 8.3/10 |
| Cheapest plan | Web Hosting Economy | — | — |
| From | $5.99/mo | $35.00/mo | $1.99/mo |
| Renews at | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Biggest strength | Seamless integration of domain registration, hosting, email, and website builder in one unified account and dashboard | Exceptional website speed performance consistently ranked at the top of managed WordPress hosts with sub-200ms time-to-first-byte | Exceptionally competitive introductory pricing starting under $3/month attracts budget-conscious users |
| Biggest drawback | Introductory pricing is heavily discounted; renewal rates often double or increase 50–100%, causing sticker shock | Premium pricing starting at $35/month makes it 3–10 times more expensive than budget shared hosting, unsuitable for hobby sites or tight budgets | Steep renewal rates: introductory pricing jumps 3–5× at term end (e.g., $2.69→$10.99); renewal shock is the single most common user complaint |
Prices are the published figures at the time of writing and change often. Renewal pricing is shown where the vendor publishes it. See how we review.
What people ask about GoDaddy Web Hosting
Straight answers to what buyers actually ask, drawn from the documentation and published user reports.
Why is GoDaddy's renewal pricing so much higher than the first-year rate?
Is GoDaddy hosting fast enough for a production website?
Does GoDaddy include SSL, email, and backups?
Is GoDaddy good for WordPress?
Page history
- Published
- 13 September 2026
- Last updated
- 1 October 2026
Pricing on this page has not yet been checked against the vendor’s own page.