Getting a cheap hosting can be a pretty hectic task, as there are many options in the market but not all the hostings at less price are good. Some may be better than others or worst than others. It has been often experienced that cheap hostings have a lot of drawbacks and that is the reason it is often advisable to go for good hosting. But who said that all the hostings at less price are not up to the mark, well you just need to know how to look for the right one.

Many popular web hosting companies when starting up to use industry-standard price strategy to attract the customers with their low introductory prices. But as the time goes and user upgrades to another package there is a sudden rise in the cost or excess cost is added to the packages which make it difficult for the customers to cope with. So before you sign up for a cheap host, do check their renewal prices as they are usually 2 to 3 times higher.

If it’s cheap there are some features that it will lack like limited storage space, less bandwidth, no free backups, etc when compared to an upgraded plan. Although most of the web hosts provide a free domain name and SSL for 6 months to 1 year, some don’t. To ease out the process for you here is the list of 7 cheap web hostings service providers to choose from. So sit back and read it thoroughly.

Dreamhost

Dreamhost is preferred due to its impressive money-back guarantee. They are soo good at what they do, that they provide 97 days money-back guarantee. It guarantees an uptime of 99.94%, the load time of 654ms, SSL included and unlimited traffic. On the other hand, it doesn’t offer free email accounts. You have to pay $1.67 per email account/ month with Dreamhost which is included in packages of Bluehost and A2 Hosting. Its cheapest plan starts at $2.59/month for 36 months and month to month plan at $4.95/month. Moreover, Dreamhost offers 1 free domain name for 1 year which is renewable at $15.99, unmetered bandwidth, free SSL and support for one website in its cheapest plan. It offers more than its competitors at less price which makes is more preferable.

Pros

1. 97 days money-back guarantee
2. Guarantees uptime of 99.94% and load time of 654ms
3. The cheapest plan starts at $2.59/month for 36 months
4. 1 free domain name for 1 year which is renewable at $15.99

Cons

1. It doesn’t offer free email accounts, you have to pay $1.67 per email account/ month

Hostinger

Hostinger is 2^nd on the list and is one of the fastest web hosts with an average load time of 363ms. Which is above average. It guarantees 99.95 % of uptime, a free domain name for 1 year, unlimited storage and 30 days money-back guarantee. Hostinger offers 24/7customer support via live chat to help customers anytime. Its low price, high load time and uptime is something that makes is one of the best options at less price. When you sign up, it will cost you $0.99/month for 48 months and you can renew the plan at $2.15/month after the initial sign up period, which is not bad. Its single shared hosting plan includes 1 website, 1 email account, unlimited storage and 100 GB of bandwidth to handle the website traffic.

Pros

1.  Hostinger is FAST
2.  99.9% uptime guarantee
3.  They own the Zyro website builder
4.  Awesome benefits that increase speed
5.  Faster loading with a cache manager
6.  Excellent custom dashboard
7.  Responsive support for customers
8.  Free domain

Cons

1. No daily backup

2. No free SSL

Bluehost

Bluehost is one of the most popular and inexpensive web hosts. It also provides shared hosting options as well. Its is the first choice of bloggers and businessmen running sites and business online. Bluehost provides 99.99% of uptime. It comes with an average speed of 390 ms which is more in comparison with Siteground and Dreamhost. Bluehost is top-ranked mostly due to its reliable performance and 24/7 live chat option for the customers. All its plans come with a free domain name for 1 year, automatic software updates, unlimited storage and unmetered bandwidth to manage the high level of website traffic Moreover, it provides 30-day money-back guarantee in case you are not satisfied and one-click installations for various website builders.  Its cheapest plan starts at $2.75/ month which is available with 36 months commitment and is only available in that case. In case you want to acquire services for 12 months then you have to pay $4.895/month in which SSL is included for free. Cheapest plan comes with 50 GB of storage space, unmetered bandwidth, 5 email accounts.

Pros

1. Best for hosting WordPress sites
2. Offers steady, reliable and fast hostings
3. Bluehost offers 30-days money-back policy, if you desire to leave during that period you will get a complete refund and no hidden fees

Cons

1. Ad-ons can increase the price if you don’t deselect them during check out
2. It doesn’t provide daily data back up, so there is no guarantee in case of automatic backups. You must set up and run your backup to avoid any inconvenience

Hostgator

Hostgator has been in the industry for a long time and has managed to be in the top list is due to its uptime guarantee of 99.99%, free emails and 45 days money-back guarantee. A certain question arises on Hostgator’s performance due to its slow speed of 1113 ms which makes them the slowest out of all on the list. Hostgator’s cheapest plan costs $2.75/month with 36 months commitment, so you will get this price only when you buy it for 36 months. In this plan, you get unlimited bandwidth and storage,  free SSL and $100 ad credit for Google and Bing. After the end of the initial period, you have to pay $6.95/month to renew.

Pros

5. Unmetered Bandwidth for traffic fluctuation
6. Affordable plans
7. 99.99% uptime guarantee, which is super fast
8. 45-days money-back guarantee

Cons

1. No free domain name
2. No root access to the site
3. No dedicated solution for backups

A2 hosting

A2 is the fastest shared hosting provider with an average load time of 320ms. Its is one of the fastest web hosts and gets a perfect score for speed among others on the list. A2 hosting provides 99.93% of uptime, 320ms load time, free email accounts, included SSL and anytime money-back guarantee. Its cheapest plan starts at $2.96/month which comes with 1 website, this limits the features they offer fully.  If you want to increase the number of websites and features than you have to shift to its turbo server plan.A2 Hosting is the first choice in dedicated hosting when it comes to customer support and service. As bad customer service is very frustrating and you don’t want to feel helpless when you face any problem with your hosting. A2 hosting is also listed in the top for its superb cloud hosting which allows you to plan your resources as per your website requirement. Its cheapest plan offers unlimited SSD storage, unlimited bandwidth, free SSL, 25 email accounts, 1-click WordPress install and a site builder. You can renew your account at $8.99/month after the initial sign period.

Pros

1. Anytime money-back guarantee, which is not given by other providers
2.  Cheapest plan starting from $2.96
3. 250 GB storage with 12 CPU cores and 32 GB of RAM
4. It offers unlimited website hosting, which makes it best in its type

Cons                                                                                   

1. 99.93% uptime which is not best in comparison to its other features
2. No free domain

Greengeeks

Greengeeks comes with a load time of 453 ms, a 99.96% uptime, 24/7 customer support through live chat to provide support anytime. Greengeeks offers the cheapest plan but one thing to be noted is that it is available for 1 site only. Its cheapest plan starts at $2.95/month for 36 months which includes free email accounts, SSL, unlimited SSD storage, unlimited bandwidth, a free website builder, a free domain name for 1 year and plan renews at $9.95/month. Moreover, it comes with 30- days guarantee, so you can get you money back in that period.

Pros

1. 30-day money-back guarantee
2. Free domain name
3. Unlimited disk space & data transfer
4. Free site migration service
5. Nightly automatic data backups
6. Fast servers (using SSD, HTTP/2, PHP7, built-in caching + more)
7. Free SSL certificate & Cloudflare CDN

Cons

1. Setup & domain fees aren’t refundable
2. Plan available for 1 site only.

IPage

iPage is one of the most budget-friendly hosts with its cheapest plan starting at $1.99/month with 36 months commitment and after the initial signup, the period is over its rises up to $7.99/month. iPage comes with impressive uptime of 99.97%, 759ms load time which is less compared to others, free email accounts and SSL and 24/7 customer support through live chat. It doesn’t offer SSD storage but comes with a free domain name for 1 year which renews at $14.99, unlimited storage, unlimited bandwidth and what is the best part you can host unlimited websites on it.

Pros

1. Budget-friendly
2. Customized control panel to make it more user friendly
3. ‘one-size-fits-all’ shared hosting plans leaves no room for an extra cost
4. Impressive uptime of 99.97%
5. 24/7 customer support through live chat
6. A free domain name for 1 year
7. Hosting of unlimited websites

Cons

1. The customized control panel may not be prefered by all the users. So if you are one of them then iPage is not the option for you

Final Thought

All the web hosts claim to be better than other but which is best for us directly depends on our website requirement and budget. When you choose a web host do read its terms and condition carefully as most of the host offers cheaper plans with a commitment of 36 to 48 months. In case you are looking for short term services then you have to pay the normal price. Just in the case of Bluehost, Hostinger, Hostgator, Greengeeks and iPage. Furthermore, uptime and load time are also considered when choosing a host as you don’t want your site to slow down and lose its traffic as that will put you off the track. Just because you don’t a big budget doesn’t mean that you cant get a secured web host for your website. As mentioned above in the article you have a large number of options to choose from, but when you do make sure you find out the renewal cost of each host before you sign up to compare and decide which one is value for money and works the best for you. All the web hosts come with different renewal costs, some may be nominal others may be high, so you don’t want to pay less in the beginning and bear the heavy cost burden, later on, be smart and effective.

1. Dreamhost: $2.59/month
2. Hostinger: $0.99/month
3. Bluehost: $2.75/month
4. Hostgator Shared: $2.75/month
5. A2 Hosting: $2.96/month
6. Greengeeks: $2.95/month
7. iPage: $1.99/month