Hosting Software Pricing (2026)
What 17 hosting tools actually charge, taken from their own pricing pages and re-checked as they change. Cheapest first.
Pricing verified Sep 30, 2026
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Hosting pricing at a glance
| Product | Entry price | Plans | Free plan | Free trial |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Namecheap | $2/mo | 3 | No | Yes |
| DreamHost | $2/mo | 4 | No | No |
| Heroku | $5/mo | 9 | No | No |
| Netlify | $9/mo | 4 | Yes | No |
| Bluehost | $9/mo | 4 | No | No |
| GoDaddy | $11/mo | 4 | No | No |
| Cloudways | $14/mo | 9 | No | Yes |
| Deno Deploy | $20/mo | 4 | Yes | No |
| Vercel | $20/mo | 3 | Yes | Yes |
| Render | $25/mo | 4 | Yes | No |
| WP Engine | $28/mo | 3 | No | No |
| Koyeb | $29/mo | 3 | No | No |
| Kinsta | $284/mo | 3 | Yes | No |
| Fly.io | Custom | 0 | No | Yes |
| Northflank | Custom | 3 | Yes | No |
| Platform.sh | Custom | 1 | Yes | Yes |
| Railway | Custom | 4 | Yes | Yes |
Every hosting tool we track, cheapest first
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Namecheap
Domains and hosting for less.
These intro prices put Namecheap firmly in budget-hosting territory, undercutting Bluehost and GoDaddy's entry tiers to hook price-sensitive shoppers and first-time domain buyers. It's a classic loss-leader play — win them on the teaser rate, count on renewal pricing to catch up to market rates later.
Plans: Stellar $2/mo · Stellar Plus $2/mo · Stellar Business $4/mo
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DreamHost
Independent web hosting since 1997.
DreamHost plays the cheap-entry-point game hard, with headline prices ($2.89, $6.99) clearly built to win the price-comparison screenshot war against Bluehost and Hostinger. But the steep discounts (40-75% off) signal these are teaser rates — real positioning is closer to mid-market once renewal pricing kicks in.
Plans: Web Hosting Launch $2/mo · Stack 4 $6/mo · VPS Business $13/mo · DreamPress 1 $14/mo
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Heroku
Cloud platform for app deployment.
Premium pricing in the PaaS space - they're 3-4x more expensive than alternatives like Railway or Render for equivalent resources. They're betting on developer experience and ecosystem maturity over cost competitiveness.
Plans: Eco $5/mo · Basic $7/mo · Standard-1X $25/mo · Standard-2X $50/mo · Performance-M $250/mo · Performance-L $500/mo · Performance-L-RAM $500/mo · Performance-XL $750/mo · Performance-2XL $1500/mo
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Netlify
Platform for modern web projects.
Plans: Free $0/mo · Personal $9/mo · Pro $20/mo · Enterprise Contact Sales
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Bluehost
WordPress-recommended hosting.
Bluehost plays the budget-to-mid-market game, undercutting managed WordPress specialists like WP Engine or Kinsta on entry price while still trying to look like a full-stack option with the Enterprise tier. They're chasing first-time site owners and small businesses who shop by monthly price sticker, not people evaluating total 3-year cost.
Plans: Starter $9/mo · Business $13/mo · eCommerce Essentials $21/mo · Enterprise & Custom Contact Sales
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GoDaddy
Domains, hosting, and small-business tools.
GoDaddy sits mid-pack against Bluehost, HostGator, and Hostinger — not the rock-bottom option (Hostinger undercuts them badly on entry pricing) but not premium either. They're leaning on brand recognition and bundled domain/marketing tools to win small business owners who want one-stop shopping, not hosting purists chasing raw performance-per-dollar.
Plans: Web Hosting Economy $11/mo · Hosting for WordPress Basic $14/mo · Web Hosting Deluxe $16/mo · Web Hosting Ultimate $21/mo
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Cloudways
Managed cloud hosting, simplified.
Cloudways sits in the middle of the managed hosting pack — cheaper than fully managed premium players like WP Engine or Kinsta, but pricier than raw cloud hosting since you're paying for the management layer on top of DigitalOcean/AWS/Vultr costs. They're clearly courting developers and agencies who want cloud flexibility without babysitting servers, not enterprises who'd go straight to AWS.
Plans: Micro $14/mo · Small $28/mo · Medium $54/mo · Large $99/mo · Growth $99/mo · Scale $199/mo · 8XL $342/mo · Plus $399/mo · Enterprise Contact Sales
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Deno Deploy
Serverless JavaScript at the edge.
Deno Deploy sits in the mid-tier of the edge/serverless hosting space — pricier than raw cloud primitives (Cloudflare Workers, Lambda) but cheaper and simpler than enterprise PaaS platforms. They're clearly going after developers who want Vercel-like DX without Vercel's pricing complexity, while still leaving room for big spenders to land in Enterprise.
Plans: Free $0/mo · Pro $20/mo · Builder $200/mo · Enterprise Contact Sales
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Vercel
Frontend cloud for developers.
Vercel sits at the premium end of the hosting/PaaS spectrum — Netlify and Railway can undercut them on raw compute cost, and self-hosting Next.js on a VPS is dramatically cheaper. They're betting teams will pay up for DX polish and tight Next.js integration rather than shop on price.
Plans: Hobby $0/mo · Pro $20/mo · Enterprise Contact Sales
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Render
Unified cloud to build and run apps.
Render sits in the middle-to-premium band of the PaaS world — pricier and more structured than raw cloud (AWS/GCP) but positioned as the easier, more modern alternative to Heroku for teams that outgrew it. The free Hobby tier and $25 Pro plan are clearly aimed at winning developers away from Heroku's shrinking free tier and legacy pricing.
Plans: Hobby $0/mo · Pro $25/mo · Scale $499/mo · Enterprise Contact Sales
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WP Engine
Managed WordPress at scale.
WP Engine sits in the premium tier of managed WordPress hosting — no free plan, no trial, and a $28 floor that's already above budget hosts like Bluehost or SiteGround. They're clearly chasing businesses and agencies that'll pay for managed reliability, not hobbyists comparison-shopping on price.
Plans: Essential $28/mo · Core $400/mo · Enterprise Contact Sales
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Koyeb
Serverless platform for global apps.
Koyeb sits in the mid-tier of the PaaS/cloud compute space — pricier than hobbyist platforms like Render or Fly.io's cheapest options, but far more accessible than negotiating straight into AWS or GCP enterprise contracts. They're going after teams that want simpler deploy workflows than hyperscalers but are willing to pay a premium over bare-bones PaaS competitors for performance and infrastructure control.
Plans: Pro $29/mo · Scale $299/mo · Enterprise Contact Sales
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Kinsta
Premium managed WordPress hosting.
Plans: Business $0/mo · Agency $284/mo · Enterprise $417/mo
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Fly.io
Run full-stack apps close to users.
Positioned as the developer-friendly alternative to AWS/GCP complexity with transparent, granular pricing. They're competing on simplicity and predictability rather than being the cheapest option.
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Northflank
Full-stack cloud platform for developers.
Northflank undercuts the 'enterprise PaaS' crowd like Platform.sh by letting anyone start at zero cost and scale purely with usage, positioning it closer to Railway or Render than to pricier managed Kubernetes platforms. It's chasing engineering teams who want cloud-native flexibility (including GPU workloads) without paying a premium markup just for orchestration.
Plans: Sandbox $0/mo · Pay-as-you-go $0/mo · Enterprise Contact Sales
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Platform.sh
Fleet management for web apps.
Sitting in the middle-to-premium range for PaaS, Platform.sh is clearly courting dev teams and agencies managing multiple client projects rather than solo devs looking for a cheap Heroku alternative. The first-project discount and sustainability credit suggest they're trying to lower the barrier for new teams while still charging full freight on real usage.
Plans: Start for free $0/mo
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Railway
Deploy apps and databases instantly.
Plans: Free $0/mo · Hobby $0/mo · Pro Contact Sales · Enterprise Contact Sales
Hosting Software Pricing FAQ
- How much does hosting software cost?
- Entry prices run from $2/mo (Namecheap) to $284/mo (Kinsta), with a median entry price of $14/mo across the 13 priced products we track.
- What is the cheapest hosting software?
- Namecheap has the lowest entry price of the hosting software we track, at $2/mo. DreamHost ($2/mo) and Heroku ($5/mo) are next. Netlify and Deno Deploy are free to start on.
- Is there free hosting software?
- Yes — Netlify, Deno Deploy, Vercel and 5 more offer a free plan.
- How is hosting software usually priced?
- 7 of the 17 hosting tools we track use hybrid pricing, against 5 on flat rate and 5 on usage based.