Everyone advertises $1.99/mo hosting. Almost nobody keeps that price at renewal. This ranking weighs what matters for budget buyers: the renewal price you'll actually pay in year two, plus speed, limits, and the gotchas buried in the fine print.
All scores are research-based: official pricing pages, knowledge bases, and public user reviews. We don't do paid placements, and nothing here is a hands-on test claim. Hosting prices change constantly — confirm on the official site before you buy.
The only budget host whose price never increases: $2.50/mo shared, price-locked for life, with unlimited storage, bandwidth, sites, and email. No intro-pricing trap to dodge because there is no intro price.
Shared $2.50/mo (price-locked, $0.01 first month); VPS from $6/mo per slice; Ded
The lowest entry price of the four — shared from around $2.99/mo intro. A solid pick if you plan to ride the promo term and don't mind the renewal jump, or if you may graduate to their cheap KVM VPS later.
KVM VPS from $4.99/mo intro (renews ~$11.99/mo); shared hosting from ~$2.99/mo i
Buy the domain and the hosting in one cart: Stellar shared from ~$1.98/mo first year, free domain privacy forever, and a 30-day free trial. Renewal prices are published openly, so budget $5.88/mo from year two.
Stellar from ~$1.98/mo first year (renews $5.88/mo); Stellar Plus ~$2.98/mo (ren
The performance option: Turbo plans with LiteSpeed + NVMe are meaningfully quicker than generic shared hosting. Shared starts at $2.99/mo intro, but this one rewards reading the renewal terms most — lock in only if the long-term price still works.
Shared from $2.99/mo intro (Ignite); Accel $5.99/mo; Turbo Velocity/Nitro higher
If you want one answer: InterServer, because the price you see is the price you keep. If you want the cheapest first year, Hostinger. If you're buying a domain anyway, Namecheap. If speed matters most on shared hosting, A2 Hosting — after checking the renewal math.
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