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Shared Hosting · $4.99/mo
Namecheap Stellar Business at $4.99/mo intro is competitively priced for shared hosting, but renewal jumps to $10.88/mo—more than double. Several VPS and cloud alternatives offer better long-term value with lower renewal penalties, though they require more technical management.
1GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 10GB NVMe at $2/mo intro with renewal penalty similar to Namecheap but lower absolute renewal cost (~$6-12/mo estimated); includes unlimited traffic.
Caveat: Intro pricing is 3-month or 1-year promo on 1-year contract; renewal can be 2-6x higher; additional IPv4 addresses cost $6/mo each.
10GB NVMe, 10 websites, free domain/SSL/CDN, weekly backups, and SSH access at $3.99/mo intro; better feature set than Stellar Business for shared hosting.
Caveat: Renewal jumps to $9.99-$15.99/mo; requires 36-month term for lowest intro price; free domain and privacy only year one.
Transparent, no-promo pricing at $4/mo with 99.99% SLA; renewal cost is identical to intro; 512MB RAM, 1 vCPU, 10GB SSD, 500GB transfer.
Caveat: Lower specs than Stellar Business (512MB vs unlimited); bandwidth overages at $0.01/GB; requires Linux/container management skills.
1GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 20GB NVMe, 5TB transfer at $4/mo with 99.95% SLA; renewal pricing is stable (no promo trap); more resources than Stellar Business.
Caveat: Non-dedicated CPU thread; bandwidth overage at $0.01/GB; Windows/SQL licensing adds undisclosed surcharge; powered-off servers may still accrue charges.
512MB RAM, 1 vCPU, 10GB NVMe, 512GB transfer at $3.50/mo with 100% network uptime SLA; transparent pricing with no renewal trap.
Caveat: Lower specs than Stellar Business; bandwidth overage rates vary by data center; Windows license not included.
Before you switch
| Provider | Plan | Price | Specs | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scaleway | Virtual Instances · STARDUST1-S | $0.43/mo | 1 GB RAM, 1 vCPU | Visit |
| IONOS | IONOS CLOUD vCPU Servers · vCPU RAM - per GB | $1.58/mo | Price per GB RAM per hour (building block) | Visit |
| IONOS | Cloud VPS (Linux) · Cloud VPS XS | $2/mo | 1 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 10 GB NVMe | Visit |
| Fly.io | Machines (Shared CPU) · shared-cpu-1x - 256MB | $2.02/mo | 256 MB RAM, 1 vCPU | Visit |
| Bluehost | VPS Hosting · NVMe 2 | $2.09/mo | 2 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 50 GB NVMe SSD | Visit |
| Hosting.com (formerly A2 Hosting) | Shared Hosting · Starter | $2.99/mo | 15 GB NVMe SSD | Visit |
| InMotion Hosting | Shared Hosting · Core | $2.99/mo | 512 MB RAM, 100 GB SSD | Visit |
| Vultr | Cloud Compute · Regular 1vCPU/0.5GB | $3.5/mo | 512 MB RAM, 1 vCPU, 10 GB NVMe SSD | Visit |
| AWS Lightsail | Virtual Servers · GP 0.5GB (Linux, IPv6) | $3.5/mo | 512 MB RAM, 2 vCPU, 20 GB SSD | Visit |
| UpCloud | Cloud Servers - Starter · STARTER-1xCPU-1GB | $3.5/mo | 1 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 10 GB Standard SSD | Visit |
| HostGator | Shared Hosting · Hatchling | $3.75/mo | 10 GB SSD | Visit |
| Microsoft Azure | Virtual Machines · B1ls | $3.8/mo | 512 MB RAM, 1 vCPU | Visit |
| Bluehost | Shared Hosting · Starter | $3.99/mo | 10 GB NVMe SSD | Visit |
| DigitalOcean | Droplets · Basic 512MB | $4/mo | 512 MB RAM, 1 vCPU, 10 GB SSD | Visit |
| Kamatera | Cloud VMs · Type A base (Availability, 1 vCPU/1GB) | $4/mo | 1 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 20 GB NVMe SSD | Visit |
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