10 Best And Cheap Web Hosting
- Mahim
- Nov 14, 2018
- 2 min read
Updated: Nov 17, 2018
10 Best And Cheap Web Hosting Services in 2018
HERE’S A LIST OF THE 10 BEST PERFORMING WEB HOSTING SERVICES BY UPTIME, SPEED and COST (according to our tests):
1. Bluehost: Highest Reliability ($2.75/mo)
Load time: 425ms (5th in speed) Uptime: 99.99% (1st in uptime) Cost: $2.75/mo (3-year plan) Support: Live Chat (avg. response ~5min)
One of the most popular web hosts, hosting more than 2,000,000 websites and blogs since 2003. Officially recommended by WordPress.org.
2. HostGator Cloud: Best Cloud Hosting ($2.99/mo)
Load time: 419ms (4th in speed) Uptime: 99.97% (12th in uptime) Cost: $2.99/mo (1, 3 and 6-month plans) Support: Live Chat (avg. response ~3min)
Founded in 2002, hosting 600,000+ websites. Most reliable web host by an average uptime and load time on our test sites.
3. SiteGround: Best WordPress Host ($3.95/mo)

Load time: 714ms (12th in speed) Uptime: 99.99% (2nd in uptime) Cost: $3.95/mo (1-year plan) Support: Live Chat (avg. response ~2min)
SiteGround.com is officially recommended by WordPress.org. Founded in 2004, hosts 800,000 websites worldwide. BBB Rating of “A”.

4. Hostinger: Best Cheap Hosting ($0.80/mo)
Load time: 385ms (2nd in speed) Uptime: 99.87% (25th in uptime) Cost: $0.80/mo (3-month plan) Support: Live Chat (avg. response ~10min)
Hostinger was founded in November 2004, and they’ve become a web hosting powerhouse ever since. They’ve shot up to over 29 million clients in 178 countries.
5. iPage: Best Bang for Buck ($1.99/mo)
Load time: 821ms (17th in speed) Uptime: 99.98% (8th in uptime) Cost: $1.99/mo (3-year plan) Support: Live Chat (avg. response ~12min)
iPage Hosting is an Endurance International Group (EIG) brand, acquired in 2010 from founder Thomas Gorny.
6. A Small Orange: Expensive but Reliable ($5.92/mo)

Load time: 700ms (10th in speed) Uptime: 99.99% (5th in uptime) Cost: $5.92/mo (1-3 year plans) Support: Live Chat (avg. response ~6min)
Originally launched back in 2003 by Tim Dorr, A Small Orange, despite their small status and whimsical name, has been in this business for a while.

7. Dreamhost: Good for Small Sites ($2.59/mo)
Load time: 710ms (11th in speed) Uptime: 99.95% (18th in uptime) Cost: $2.59/mo (3-year plan) Support: Live Chat (avg. response ~6 min)
Founded way back in 1996 by a few undergrad students at Claremont College in California. And it’s well respected, bringing home PCMag’s ‘Best Web Hosting Service’ award for the second year in a row.
8. A2 Hosting: Fastest Shared Hosting ($3.92/mo)
Load time: 376ms (1st in speed) Uptime: 99.90% (23rd in uptime) Cost: $3.92/mo (3-year plan) Support: Live Chat (avg. response ~8min)
Founded in 2002 (USA) and currently hosting 200,000+ websites. Fastest page load time among our WordPress test sites.
9. WestHost: Average Host With Affordable Pricing ($1.99/mo)

Load time: 893ms (19th in speed) Uptime: 99.93% (20th in uptime) Cost: $1.99/mo (1-year plan) Support: Live Chat (avg. response ~14 min)
WestHost was founded in 1998 by Chris Russell, and they merged with UK2 Group in 2008. WestHost is one of the cheapest web hosts out there.

10. Midphase: Slightly Slow, But Good Uptime ($3.95/mo)

Load time: 1093ms (27th in speed) Uptime: 99.99% (3rd in uptime) Cost: $3.95/mo (1-year plan) Support: Live Chat (avg. response ~3min)
They’ve been around since ’98, have teams in the UK, Ukraine, and India. Since then, they’ve merged with the UK2 Group in ’07.

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