Find the Best Shared Web Hosting

This page is intended to be a guide that will help you discover the best web hosting solution for your needs. Each web host that we have listed here is because the host fits a specific need.

When reviewing our recommendations, it’s important to understand that this is not just a “top ranking” based chart with little information that actually will help you choose the right web host. Instead, these are the top five best of the best shared web hosting solutions that stand on their own.

Each host has special noteworthy features that sets them apart from the rest. You’ll see these mentioned along with greater detail below the summary.

We’ve been recommending InMotion Hosting on T5A for well over 3 years now and they never disappoint. This company not only provides the industry standard of unlimited disk space and file transfers, they go way above and beyond with free website transfers from your current host or, if you are a new customer starting your first website, you can take advantage of their free WordPress install during checkout.

Not into WordPress or what they install free? Not a problem. Take advantage of their free 1-click installer that has access to over 310 applications to help you get started with the exact platform that is right for you.

Why is limited domain accounts a good thing? In our opinion, websites that offer “unlimited everything” including unlimited hosted websites on their cheapest plans are inviting abuse because customers can setup 100s of websites that can overload a server over time. Want your site to be on the same servers with a bunch of spam blogs and junk network sites? We wouldn’t either. That’s why limited website plans are viewed as a big positive.

* This exclusive price is based on a 55% off discount that is only available when you use our button below to order. This is the real price you can expect to pay during checkout with no bait and switch pricing. See our InMotion Hosting discount page for an ordering walk through.

SiteGround continues to impress us and definitely worthy of being on our best web hosting page here. As the years go by since their launch, they continue to one-up themselves with features and enhancements that set them far apart from their competition. That being said, they haven’t forgotten about the early startup that needs hosting on a shoestring budget.

Their standard plan shown above includes hosting for one website, 10GB space and unlimited traffic. You’ll get access to a free free domain name registration, WordPress install, CloudFlare CDN, daily backups, unlimited databases, free WordPress site transfers, cPanel and 24/7 WordPress support if needed.

Their static content caching services that comes with every plan are awesome because it resolves a major headache in WordPress about optimizing your website for faster speed to assist with improvements in search engine rankings.

If reliability is important to you, SiteGround has you covered. While most web hosts place their customers on a shared server environment, SiteGround goes above and beyond by isolating every user account which can be compared to expensive VPS hosting or dedicated solutions.

Ready to scale up? SiteGround web hosting offers 2 package upgrades that offer enhanced caching features (SuperCacher), unlimited hosted domains, additional disk space, 30 daily stored copies of your WordPress and a free SSL certificate starting at just $7.95/mo. Additional information about these plans are available in our in-depth review (see buttons below).

We are most impressed with SiteGround’s complete transparency on pricing. It’s a breath of fresh air to see the pricing mentioned on the main sales pages of their site is the price you’ll pay, whether you choose a one year plan or a three year plan. There’s nothing more frustrating than deciding to order hosting by a provider and find out the advertised price requires an insane 5-year prepay, let’s be honest, that’s classic bait-and-switch and does nothing but anger potential customers. SiteGround sets themselves above this practice and we thank them for it.

If you are on a super tight budget but still want to host your own domain name (instead of a free blog), A Small Orange is likely the cheapest web hosting solution that you’ll find. At only $35/year, these guys are hosting websites for the same amount we paid for our first domain name back in 1998.

You will still get 500MB of disk space and 5GB data transfer to your website on this “tiny plan” which includes hosting for just your one domain. Of course, the world opens up if you are willing to pay $50/year ($5/mo for 12 months but 2 months are free with our button below)  because the “Small” plan includes 5GB space, 50GB bandwidth and hosting for unlimited domains.

Pricing isn’t enough to get listed on our best web hosting page, the host needs to do a little something extra to stand out. A Small Orange accomplishes this requirement with their free SSD upgrade which they claim will improve your website’s performance by up to 15x a regular spinning hard drive.

Beyond that, A Small Orange will offers cPanel, access to your own email and Softaculous, a service that will automatically install software with hundreds of platforms available, including the popular WordPress and Joomla CMS platforms.

According to their terms of service, they offer a whopping 90-day money back guarantee.

With all of this, it is unbelievable that they are able to offer hosting for so little which is why they made it to this list.

Web Hosting Hub offers access to a free SSL certificate and is a perfect web host for those wanting to launch an eCommerce site.

This host is great for content management solutions like WordPress and Joomla, their SSDs will definitely boost your site’s performance. Pair your CMS with eCommerce plugins like WooCommerce and the free SSL certificate and you will be off to the races.

Regarding the pricing shown here, this is the real price you can expect to pay during checkout. If you use the button below to order, it will activate a free domain registration and the discounted pricing we shown here on this page.

If you do not have a domain name registered yet, take advantage of their free domain name registration option when ordering.

Liquid Web continues to be known as a web hosting service with the highest quality standard in reliability and trustworthiness. Better known for their dedicated and storm cloud servers, few realize that Liquid Web offers a standard shared hosting service for those that want their quality hosting but can’t quite afford the $50 starting price tag.

One of the biggest benefit to this service is the fact that you will be paying monthly for their service and can cancel at any time. Additionally, there will be no surprises are year down line unlike all other hosts in this list which have a standard billing rate that is much higher after your introductory period is over.

This “Standard” plan includes 5GB disk space, 240GB bandwidth and comes with 2 free domain names that you can register. Besides the free domains, you can host multiple websites on this plan without issue.

All plans include cPanel, SSH access, unlimited email accounts and redundant nightly backups.

The most important feature you are paying for is their Heroic Support® (trademark by Liquid Web) which includes one of the strongest service level agreements you will find anywhere. Read our in-depth review using the button below for more information about their support and features.

Looking for a page that lists all of the web hosting reviews we’ve done? Be sure to see our full web hosting reviews index for the full list of reviews completed. If you’ve had any experience with these hosts, please submit a review and let us know what your experience has been.