These rankings come from accounts we pay for ourselves. Shared hosting guides mirror a standard WordPress baseline across finalists, then collect median TTFB and LCP from eight probe cities on a fixed cadence. Synthetic load ramps show where plans flatten under stress, and twelve months of uptime telemetry (plus published incident logs) feed the reliability score. Support is scored on median first reply and on whether agents solve the ticket without unnecessary escalations: awkward edge cases get scripted on purpose.
| # | Provider | Overall | Speed | Reliability | Price/mo | Free Domain | Storage | Visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SiteGround | 9.8 | 9.9 | 9.8 | $3.99 | ✕ | 10 GB SSD | Visit |
| 2 | IONOS | 8.8 | 8.9 | 9.0 | $1.00 | ✓ | 100 GB SSD | Visit |
| 3 | Hostinger | 9.9 | 9.8 | 9.7 | $2.99 | ✓ | 100 GB SSD | Visit |
| 4 | Kinsta | 8.9 | 9.8 | 9.9 | $35.00 | ✕ | 10 GB SSD | Visit |
| 5 | ScalaHosting | 9.1 | 9.3 | 9.2 | $3.95 | ✓ | 50 GB NVMe SSD | Visit |