Maximum Sites | 1 site on starter plan(s) | Unlimited | 1 site |
WordPress Support | Depending on the host. For most inexpensive shared hosts, application support is limited to getting your site back up if it goes down altogether. Site optimization or bug-fixing is not included. | VPS hosts officially do not provide application support, although some will help you if your application goes down. You can also easily restore site from backup | "Shared VPS" means that you share a single VPS instance with a small number of other customers. Limited application support is provided by WP Academy. However, we can, for a modest per-incident fee, diagnose or optimize your site to give you < 1 second page loads. No other inexpensive host provides this service |
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Performance | Typically 1-3 second page load times (but could be much more) | Typically 0.5 to 1 second page load times | The performance is practically the same as regular VPS (0.5 to 1 second page loads) |
Stability & Security | Depending on the host. All big-name shared hosts have been known to go down for days at a time, and support quality is very variable. GreenGeeks appears to be a notch above, however. | See above. VPS servers tend to be rock-stable and fairly secure | Same as a private VPS |
Cost | $10/mth Green Geeks
(One site on starter plan. Deep discounts on first-term, bringing the price down to $120 for the first 3 years, but renewing at $360)
Alternative recommended cPanel host: Siteground | $10/mth - Cloudways (Unlimited sites) | $42/yr - WP Academy(first site)
$20/yr - WP Academy (additional sites)
Includes site transfer and site optimization, which is a manual process.
Limited to ~ 25,000 monthly sessions. If you exceed your capacity, however, we will move you to a private VPS and you still only pay $10/mth. |