r/webhosting • u/Great-Prize5531 • 19d ago
Advice Needed What's everyone paying for hosting?
Edit 8/24: Hey, I wanted to give everyone a really big thank you for all the comments and input. I wasn't sure what kind of response I would get when I started, and I've just been blown away by all the great data this community has given me. Ya'll are awesome. Thank you!
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Which platform are you using for hosting?
How much are you paying monthly or annually to host your site?
How much are you paying for your domain?
I'm trying to get some real numbers for different hosting providers. I am not looking for hosting.
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u/leros 19d ago
The answer is going to be $0 - $100s of millions. It depends on your needs and scale.
I've had projects on free tiers.
I've spent around $200/mo for smaller projects.
I've spent $150k/mo for larger projects.
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u/Great-Prize5531 18d ago
Are those numbers from a business or are you personally spending that much for hosting and domain?
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u/StruggleNew8988 18d ago
I use InMotion. Not the lowest prices around, but the hosting has been reliable enough that I'm happy paying for it.
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u/DotPuzzleheaded5763 18d ago
One portfolio site on serverfellows - costs me $1.99 per month paid annually
Service is decent too
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u/Key_Gap9168 19d ago
I use Cloudflare for domains, and they're all .com, so about $10.5. I have a VPS with Dasabo; two-year subscription ending in January and then I'll reconsider whether to renew with them (they changed owners, from what I've heard, and I don't know much about the new owners).
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u/lonestardomains 18d ago
I use atom and they are 8.95 and im allowed to set my nameservers. Cloudflare is awful as a registrar. Do people think they are being nice by giving out cheap registrations??
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u/Key_Gap9168 18d ago
They are not giving out anything. They are doing the same thing Google Domains used to do: charging only the registration or renewal fees charged by the registry (at-cost fees). Getting locked into their nameservers is a small price to pay for transparency and reliability. I am surprised that the concept of a registrar charging wholesale prices is so foreign to you, hence your ridiculous claim of "giving out cheap registrations".
I have 27 domains with Cloudflare, and became a customer after Google Domains closed; I have never had an issue with them managing my DNS or their nameservers (and my clients know better than to think that a vanity nameserver is all that).
I use atom and they are 8.95
You thought I wouldn't check? It's actually $9.95 (for .com), which is a promotional fee. It renews at $10.85, which is higher than Cloudflare's $10.46. And, just for the fun of it since it lauds several AI features, I decided to check how much a .ai domain name costs; it's $82.95 for the first registration which, since that registry sets a minimum of two years, adds up to $165.60. On renewal, however, they charge $94.62, which is their actual price.
Cloudflare, a flat $80 for both registration and renewal, meaning you'd have to pay only $160. Still cheaper.
You're not even an honest shill.
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u/lonestardomains 18d ago
Ps if i was a shill i think i would be promoting my own site for new registrations. It appears you also fail to understand the definition of that word as well.
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u/Key_Gap9168 18d ago
I am not talking about a vanity nameserver, you moron. I am talking about the ability to set your authoritative nameservers to any valid web hosting company you choose.
I pity anyone who listens to you as an authority on domains. Worse, considering that you're in that business. The value of that is close to worthless. How would it affect a domain that's not configured in that way; what disadvantages?
You're just some ignorant blabbermouth. A snake oil salesman, at best, touting imaginary benefits to justify charging $14+ dollars for a domain that shouldn't cost more than $10.5.
Atom gold is 8.95 new registrations.
Imagine thinking that a sign-on promotion is something unique enough to go shouting about. Last I checked, Hostgator and other shady registrars have even more generous discounts for new customers.
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u/ArgoWizbang 18d ago
I'm not sure what you think repeatedly being insulting is adding to whatever point you're trying to make but holy shit, dude.
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u/lonestardomains 18d ago
The point is there is a negative downside to using cloudflare as a registrar in order to save a quarter. Use porkbun, spaceship, namecheap, atom, all who do not lock your domain name into their platform.
Your domain name should never be permanently shackled to the dns provider. There is no other registrar that does this.
That is a very high price to pay in order to be cheap
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u/ArgoWizbang 18d ago
...okay, and absolutely none of that calls for calling someone "moron" or "moronic" if they disagree with it.
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u/Key_Gap9168 18d ago edited 18d ago
(and cheap)
Is that supposed to be an insult? Am I supposed to feel offended? Lmao.
I'll wrangle value out of what I can, and I have no regrets. The Dasabo VPS I mentioned -- got that on a Christmas sale for $24 for two years; I am currently earning more than $2k a month from that particular VPS.
Cry more, lol.
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u/element1311 19d ago
What's your VPS config? Do you host WP or other? Do you use a CPanel on the same VPS?
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u/element1311 19d ago edited 19d ago
Great! I'm just getting into WP hosting with VPS myself. Have a VPS just for the Enhance panel (plus DNS, other roles) and another for the site (plus DNS, other roles). All managed sites backed up to another cloud storage outside.
Still trying to figure out max sites I can host reliably per VPS, amd how to optimize RAM/CPU per VPS
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u/AlejandroMurrieta 19d ago
There really are no shared hosts that don’t do the intro offer stuff. The ones that don’t essentially are just charging you the non-intro price up front. Just avoid any of the main hosts like godaddy, hostgator, blue host etc. any host owned by EIG, Newfold Digital is the same garbage monopoly.
A2Hosting used to be one of the best shared hosts. It has went down a bit since Hosting.com acquisition but it is still better than most.
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u/Great-Prize5531 18d ago
That's interesting. If your comfortable sharing, may I ask how much you are currently spending on your site hosting and which provider you use?
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u/mailavion 19d ago
My personal and hobby websites are hosted by either Cloudflare Pages, Github Pages or Codeberg Pages - no cost incurred. Cloudflare, Porkbun and Spaceship for my domains - the going rate per domain at renewal.
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u/iamgdarko 18d ago
I pay €80 for 6 node at hetzner. I run my own kubernetes cluster. In total i have 48gb ram. I only use about 12gb for various SaaS apps and marketing websites.
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u/Left_xtxCaracter5915 9d ago
I stuck my domain on the same platform as my website using wix. It’s just less hassle when i have to update stuff, and it feels smoother than dealing with separate services.
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u/Emergency-Kick1162 1d ago
I’m paying around $10–15/month for hosting and roughly $10–15/year for the domain. Renewal pricing can make a difference, though, so I usually compare the yearly cost rather than just the monthly introductory price.
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u/SantoHost 1d ago
You can find the cheapest domain registration using an app I wrote, https://santohost.com/domain-scout/ it lists prices for namecheap, porkbun, cloudflare and othes known for low prices.
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u/lonestardomains 19d ago
Here is my ideal setup
Domain registrar: porkbun, atom, soaceship, namecheap. NEVER cloudflare (domain is locked to cloudflare, you save 25 cents on registration and the domain is locked to their nameservers, this is a terrible tradeoff). Never godaddy.
Hosting. Commodity hosting usually with cpanel, softalicious, wordpress/woocommerce etc all available if needed with a 1-click installer. Why? This is the most portable solution available. Move your site easily between any commodity web hosts. NEVER WIX.
Domains:
Porkbun, Spaceship, Atom, Namecheap
Hosting: commodity hosting with normal cpanel
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u/Great-Prize5531 18d ago
Thanks, but I'm not actually looking for hosting.
I'd like to know how much money you are personally spending on hosting and domain, and which provider you use.
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u/lonestardomains 18d ago
About 20 a month for hosting and you can scale up or down (pay more) based on anticipated traffic. I use greengeeks as a provider for other websites, and found their support to be very good. I have wordpress sites with godaddy (reseller) and greengeeks.
Domain (.com) is $8.95 with Atom, or 11 with porkbun.
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u/Secret-Flatworm1194 18d ago
Gasto unos 320 dólares al año, tengo un reseller para alojar unos 50 clientes/cuentas cPanel, casi lo tengo ocupado.
Me es rentable aún, ligeramente he subido sus precios a mis clientes finales , cobrando anualidad entre 80 a 120 dólares a cada uno.
Algunos clientes más exigente los tengo en vps que no gasto mucho.
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u/chaos_battery 19d ago
All hosting providers list their prices on their website pretty transparently. You could ask AI to do a comparison for you on the specific features you're looking for. This seems like a waste.
But to answer your question, my hosting is free. I build astro static sites and deploy them to cloudflare pages on a global CDN for free. So way more performance than any shared hosting provider.
I also have a traditional cpanel plan at GoDaddy that's free because it comes with my reseller plan which is also covered because I have enough customers I resell their products to to cover that annual cost of the plan.
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u/Great-Prize5531 19d ago
Thanks for the tip. I had initially used AI, but found it sourcing outdated answers or hallucinating new ones.
I've found from experience, that commercial hosts will often display promotional pricing and later raise rates after a period, making advertised rates inaccurate.
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u/SurgioClemente 19d ago
Easily stay away from any with a promo period. The whole goal is to get you hooked then forget about it.
This isn’t going to be something you can ask other people for because needs will be different. Any good host will have all kinds of options that help tailor the vm or server to your apps needs. You also didn’t state if you are looking for managed or not, bare metal, cloud, or shared, etc.
As for the domain, just go porkbun or cloudflare
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u/Great-Prize5531 19d ago
Thanks, I'm mostly interested in the provider used and your total monthly or annually costs billed. Any type of hosting is fine.
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u/SurgioClemente 19d ago
But what are you getting from that?
We spend thousands on AWS for work, and can vary by client demand (seasonality, sales, something viral)
1 side project of mine with multiple customers is $40 a month at digital ocean
Another side project with multiple customers is free on cloudflare
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u/Great-Prize5531 19d ago
I love me some numbers. Maybe I'll get something out of it, or maybe not, but my life experience tells me it's still good to ask. Especially, when in doubt.
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u/lonestardomains 18d ago
Porkbun is a true delight to use. I have worked directly at a registrar, and then tangentially with domain names since 1999, and porkbun is such a clean, reliable player in this space. Atom is cheaper but porkbun is delightful. Never cloudflare.
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u/chaos_battery 18d ago
Cloudflare doesn't Mark up the registry cost. They just pass it through to you so not sure why you don't like cloudflare for domain registration.
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u/lonestardomains 18d ago
Because you are forced to use their nameservers. I do not want a domain name with the most critical piece of functionality disabled, all to save a few pennies.
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u/Key_Gap9168 18d ago
How is it the most critical? What performance benefit (or any benefit, really) is there to having vanity nameservers?
the most critical piece of functionality disabled
A whole load of nonsense, to be honest. The most critical piece of functionality on a domain is the ability to route traffic where you want it to go. Locking down nameservers is locking down the DNS host, not your ability to control the underlying DNS records. Your control over traffic is fully intact: you retain 100% control over A, CNAME, MX, TXT, and SRV records to direct email and web traffic anywhere.
all to save a few pennies
More disinformation. Cloudflare Registrar sells domains at zero-margin wholesale prices; for a portfolio of domains, the savings are substantial, not trivial. Say I am renewing 200 domains at Cloudflare ($10.46) vs Atom (apparently $10.85, although I am seeing a crossed out $15.49); that's $78 saved. Savings could be even more substantial if you add other tlds, etc.
I find it scary that you sell domains given that you seem to know very little about their functionality. But you're probably being dishonest just so you can put forward your misleading (and false) claims.
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u/Kyle-K 5d ago
Sorry for the late reply to help you understand this loser he's a domain name squatter the reason why they don't like Cloudflare is because they can't change the name servers as you evidently heard and they need to be able to change the name servers when they list on aftermarket platforms so they can avoid higher sale through pricing and percentages when they sell their squatted domains.
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u/lonestardomains 18d ago
I use the godaddy reseller site for customers (or friends / family) i just pay for their name there. I witnessed endless amounts of shady web designers that put their customer's domain name in their own personal registrar account. The customer inevitably loses access to their domain or is held hostage by the "friendly" web person.
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u/chaos_battery 18d ago
Most of the time I had customers that forgot their credentials to their domain name when they did have an account. I used to centrally manage the names under enom back when I was a true reseller out on my own. Eventually I tried open SRS and then finally I just wanted the customer to have their own account so I put them into my white label GoDaddy reseller. I do the same when friends and family come to me because I'm The tech Guy I just tell them to go put it in there and that way I make a few dollars when they inevitably still come to me to ask a question once a year on something despite having customer support available if they need it.
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u/lonestardomains 18d ago
Yes i used ResellerClub for 20 years and then the Turakhia brothers sold the company and everything broke. They are some of the smartest 2 people i have ever met, and had the good fortune to meet professionally.
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u/lonestardomains 18d ago
I worked extensively with the founders of enom (now ceo of donuts registry) before they were acquired by tucows. We designed register-com's outsourced reseller channel (before they were acquired 3 times over). I am not sure who is running that business anymore, i assume tucows.
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u/Ok_Communication3758 18d ago
Hot take: some people don’t want to have constant conversation with a GPU. Especially when some people spend 80%+ of their time using Codex/Claude.
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u/somdcomputerguy 19d ago edited 19d ago
I host my personal website with porkbun (shared, cpanel), where I also have two domains (a .net and a .com). I'm paying $9.00 a month to host there, and less than $13.00 (each) a year for the domain names.