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Cheapest WordPress hosting
Blogs and small sites want managed WordPress that handles updates, caching, and backups, at a price that suits a side project. This shortlist ranks managed WordPress hosts by entry price, surfacing affordable plans for low-traffic sites. Weigh any free migration, staging and automatic backups, object caching and a bundled CDN for speed, and how plans scale if the site grows beyond the cheapest tier.
Cloudways
www.cloudways.com
Cloudways is a managed cloud hosting platform that provisions and operates servers on DigitalOcean, Google Cloud, AWS, Linode, and Vultr from one control panel.
DreamHost
www.dreamhost.com
DreamPress is DreamHost's managed WordPress hosting tier, from a hosting company founded in 1997, running WordPress on isolated VPS-backed resources.
Flywheel
getflywheel.com
Flywheel is a managed WordPress hosting platform built for designers, freelancers, and creative agencies, now owned by WP Engine.
GoDaddy
www.godaddy.com
GoDaddy Managed Hosting for WordPress is GoDaddy's managed WordPress product (GoDaddy was founded in 1997), aimed at beginners, freelancers, and small businesses.
Hostinger
www.hostinger.com
Hostinger is a Lithuania-based web hosting provider founded in 2004, offering shared web hosting, managed WordPress hosting, and KVM-based VPS/cloud servers aimed primarily at individuals, freelancers, and small businesses.
Kinsta
kinsta.com
Kinsta is a managed WordPress hosting platform built on premium cloud infrastructure, targeting businesses, agencies, publishers, and developers who want high performance and a polished control panel (MyKinsta).
Nexcess
www.nexcess.net
Nexcess (a Liquid Web brand) is a fully managed WordPress and WooCommerce hosting provider aimed at businesses, agencies, and ecommerce stores wanting a tuned, autoscaling WordPress stack.
Pantheon
pantheon.io
Pantheon is a WebOps platform for managed WordPress and Drupal hosting, aimed at developers, agencies, enterprises, and higher-ed/government teams.
Pressable
pressable.com
Pressable is a managed WordPress hosting provider owned by Automattic and built on WP Cloud, the same infrastructure behind WordPress.com.
Rocket.net
rocket.net
Rocket.net is a managed WordPress hosting provider focused on speed and security, running WordPress on a Cloudflare Enterprise edge with CDN, WAF, and image/font optimization included on every site.
SiteGround
www.siteground.com
SiteGround is a broad web host (founded 2004) whose WordPress plans are marketed as managed WordPress hosting with expert management, sitting between budget shared hosting and dedicated managed-WP platforms.
WordPress.com
wordpress.com
WordPress.com is Automattic's own managed WordPress platform, running WordPress at a scale no other host matches and funding much of WordPress core development.
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