Web hosting vs WordPress hosting
At 10 of the 18 hosts we price, WordPress hosting is the same plan as web hosting at the same price, sold on a WordPress page and sometimes under a WordPress name (ChemiCloud, DreamHost, FastComet, GreenGeeks, Hostinger, HostPapa, Hostwinds, InterServer, ScalaHosting and SiteGround). IONOS sells separate WordPress plans: kept 3 years, its cheapest costs $144 against $180 for its cheapest web hosting. Managed WordPress is a different product: one website kept 3 years costs $125.62 to $1,176 on managed WordPress, $644.10 at the median, against $70.20 to $467.64 on shared hosting, $118.46 at the median.
Is WordPress hosting the same as web hosting?
What each host sells on its WordPress hosting page:
The same plans at the same prices
- ChemiCloud: Starter, Pro and Turbo, as WordPress Starter, WordPress Pro and WordPress Turbo; it also sells managed WordPress (10 plans).
- DreamHost: Web Hosting Launch, Web Hosting Growth and Web Hosting Scale, as WordPress Hosting Launch, WordPress Hosting Growth and WordPress Hosting Scale; it also sells managed WordPress (6 plans).
- FastComet: Starter, Essential, Plus and Extra.
- GreenGeeks: Lite, Pro and Premium.
- Hostinger: Premium, Unlimited and Cloud Startup.
- HostPapa: Essentials, Growth, Premium and Elite, as WP Essentials, WP Growth, WP Premium and WP Elite; it also sells managed WordPress (4 plans).
- Hostwinds: Basic Web Hosting, Advanced Web Hosting and Ultimate Web Hosting, as Basic, Advanced and Ultimate.
- InterServer: no plan of its own; it links to its web hosting plan.
- ScalaHosting: Mini, Start, Advanced and Entry Cloud.
- SiteGround: StartUp, GrowBig and GoGeek.
Separate WordPress plans
- IONOS: WordPress Start, WordPress Grow and WordPress Boost, priced apart from its web hosting plans.
Managed WordPress only
- Flywheel: 3 plans.
- Hosting.com: 4 plans.
- Kinsta: 11 plans.
- Liquid Web: 15 plans.
- Pressable: 8 plans.
- Rocket.net: 14 plans.
- WP Engine: 4 plans.
From each host's WordPress hosting page, read on October 6, 2026 (ScalaHosting's on October 7, 2026); a plan counts as the same when that page quotes the same plan at the same intro price (and renewal price, where it shows one) as the host's web hosting pricing.
Shared vs managed WordPress hosting: what each costs
The cheapest way to keep one website 3 years on each host, renewals included, on shared hosting and on managed WordPress, with how many times the shared price managed costs:
| Host | Shared | Managed |
|---|---|---|
| ChemiCloud | $70.20 Starter, 3 years | $450 (6.4×) Managed WordPress Tiny, 12 months |
| Hosting.com | $89.65 Starter, 3 years | $125.62 (1.4×) WP Small, 3 years |
| DreamHost | $95.52 Web Hosting Launch, 4 years | $431.64 (4.5×) DreamPress 1, 3 years |
| HostPapa | $106.20 Essentials, 3 years | $538.20 (5.1×) MWP Core, paid monthly |
| ScalaHosting | $106.20 Mini, 3 years | none sold |
| FastComet | $118.46 Starter, 3 years | none sold |
| Hostinger | $143.52 Premium, 4 years | none sold |
| IONOS | $144 WordPress Start, 3 years | none sold |
| InterServer | $198 Standard Web Hosting, 12 months | none sold |
| GreenGeeks | $370.20 Lite, 12 months | none sold |
| SiteGround | $467.64 StartUp, 12 months | none sold |
| Liquid Web | none sold | $291.60 Essentials, 1 site, 50k visits, 12 months |
| Pressable | none sold | $750 Signature 1, 12 months |
| Flywheel | none sold | $900 Starter, 12 months |
| Rocket.net | none sold | $900 Starter, 12 months |
| Kinsta | none sold | $1,050 Single 35k, 12 months |
| WP Engine | none sold | $1,176 Essential – 1 site, 12 months |
Shared includes WordPress plans that aren't managed. Managed WordPress is each host's cheapest plan, whatever traffic it is sized for: managed WordPress cost at more traffic. Before tax, without a domain.
What are the limits of shared hosting?
The plan in the table above, cheapest for one website over 3 years, and what it allows:
- ChemiCloud Starter: 1 website, 20 GB storage, sized for 25,000 visits a month.
- Hosting.com Starter: 5 websites, 15 GB storage, sized for 50,000 page views a month.
- DreamHost Web Hosting Launch: 25 websites, 25 GB storage, sized for 40,000 visits a month.
- HostPapa Essentials: 1 website, 25 GB storage, no visit limit stated.
- ScalaHosting Mini: 1 website, 10 GB storage, no visit limit stated.
- FastComet Starter: 1 website, 10 GB storage, sized for 10,000 visits a month.
- Hostinger Premium: 3 websites, 20 GB storage, no visit limit stated.
- IONOS WordPress Start: 1 website, 25 GB storage, no visit limit stated.
- InterServer Standard Web Hosting: unlimited websites, unlimited storage, no visit limit stated.
- GreenGeeks Lite: 1 website, 25 GB storage, no visit limit stated.
- SiteGround StartUp: 1 website, 10 GB storage, sized for 10,000 visits a month.
Questions people ask
Is WordPress hosting different from web hosting?
Often not. 10 of the 18 hosts we price sell their web hosting plans as WordPress hosting at the same prices. IONOS sells separate WordPress plans. 7 sell only managed WordPress.
Hostinger web hosting vs WordPress hosting: what's the difference?
None in price: Hostinger's WordPress hosting page sells the same Premium, Unlimited and Cloud Startup plans as its web hosting page, at the same prices. Premium is $2.99 a month on a 4-year term on both, renewing at $10.99.
IONOS web hosting vs WordPress hosting: which costs less?
Over 3 years for one website, IONOS's cheapest WordPress plan costs $144 (WordPress Start, 3 years) and its cheapest web hosting $180 (Essential, 3 years).
Is managed WordPress hosting worth the extra cost?
It costs 1.4× to 6.4× as much as shared hosting at the 4 hosts that sell both, for one website over 3 years. Renewals differ too: 28 of the 147 managed WordPress plan terms renew higher than they start, against 92 of the 132 shared and WordPress terms.
What are the limits of shared hosting?
The cheapest shared plan allows one website at 7 of the 11 hosts, with 10 GB to 25 GB of storage where it is stated, and 5 of them state the traffic it is sized for: 10,000 to 50,000 visits a month (Hosting.com counts page views). 92 of the 132 shared and WordPress plan terms renew at a higher price than they start at.
Cheapest WordPress hosting · Managed WordPress cost by traffic · Total it for your own sites and years
Prices checked against each host's own pages on , in US dollars before tax.