United States · 2 years
Lowest managed wordpress service cost in the United States over 2 years, renewals included
Ranked by the service cost allocated to 2 years, the lowest we can compute from published prices is GoDaddy Hosting for WordPress Basic at $144, which is $5.99 a month averaged across the whole period.
The cash actually charged by the end of 2 years on that plan is $216, because the host bills a whole term at a time.
The ordering is that service cost and nothing else. It is not a quality ranking and no host pays to appear here or to be placed higher.
| Host | Plan and its published condition | Advertised | Renewal | 2 years service cost | Cash paid through 2 years | Next step |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GoDaddy | Hosting for WordPress Basic 36-month prepaid term. $5.99/mo for the first 3-year term, regular price $14.99/mo. Renewal billing term not stated. | $5.99 | $14.99 2.5x | $144 $5.99/month | $216 | Figures checked 2026-09-06 |
| Liquid Web | Essentials WordPress no term commitment. On 2026-09-06 the host's WordPress pricing rendered as a placeholder rather than a figure, so $9 is carried fr | $9.00 | $9.00 no increase | $216 $9.00/month | renewal term not published | Figures checked 2026-09-06 |
| DreamHost | DreamPress 1 12-month prepaid term. First year at $14.99/mo, auto-renews at $19.99/mo after 1 year. The former /wordpress/dreampress/ URL now 404s | $14.99 | $19.99 1.3x | $420 $17.49/month | $420 | Figures checked 2026-09-07 |
| Nexcess | Spark no term commitment. $4.75/month applies to the first three months on monthly billing, then $19/month. A separate annual option is | $4.75 | $19.00 4.0x | $456 $19.00/month | renewal term not published | Figures checked 2026-09-06 |
| Pressable | Signature 1 12-month prepaid term. No introductory discount: $20.83/mo is $250 per year, billed yearly, described as two months free against mont | $20.83 | $20.83 no increase | $500 $20.83/month | $500 | Figures checked 2026-09-07 |
| Flywheel | Starter no term commitment. Published as $25/mo and $300/year with two months free; those two figures are not consistent with each other, | $25.00 | $25.00 no increase | $600 $25.00/month | $600 | Figures checked 2026-09-06 |
| Kinsta | Single 35k no term commitment. No introductory discount: the renewal price is the list price. Billed $35/mo monthly or $350 for 12 months. A | $35.00 | $29.17 0.8x | $700 $29.17/month | renewal term not published | Figures checked 2026-09-07 |
| Rocket.net | Starter no term commitment. Month-to-month $30. The host states it does not raise prices on renewal. Annual billing is advertised at an eq | $30.00 | $30.00 no increase | $720 $30.00/month | $720 | Figures checked 2026-09-06 |
| None of these yet | you are not sure how long you will keep the site, or you have not checked whether your plan's limits fit | — | — | — | — | Run your own period |
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Why this order is not the order you see elsewhere
Ranked by advertised price alone, Nexcess would come first. Ranked by the service cost allocated to 2 years, GoDaddy does. The difference between those two orderings is the renewal price, which is the number most comparisons leave out.
Where the ordering changes
- If you will move again within the first term, Nexcess is the cheapest way in at $4.75 a month.
- If you expect to stay past the introductory term, Liquid Web carries the lowest renewal rate at $9.00 a month equivalent, and after that term the renewal rate and its billing period are the main cost inputs.
- If you would rather not think about renewals at all, Liquid Web does not discount its first term — the price you see is the price it stays.
- If none of that applies cleanly, do not pick from this page. Put your own period into the calculator and read the two closest hosts' own pages before deciding.
Service cost and cash paid are not the same number. A 48-month offer compared over three years has 36 months of service cost but a four-year invoice already paid. We show both and never call either one the total. No domain renewal, migration or overage charge is added to either. The full method is at Method.
What is not on this page
Domain renewal after the free first year, migration fees, overage charges, and anything a host quotes only on request. It is also not a judgment of quality — we have not run a site on any of these.
Related
- GoDaddy in full
- GoDaddy against Liquid Web
- The calculator, with your own period
- Where the rest of the money goes
Written by Kaz, independent publisher. No commercial relationship with the companies named unless it is listed on the disclosure page.
Sources: hosts' own pricing and renewal pages only. Figures last verified 2026-09-06. I have not used these products. Nothing here is a personal test result.
Ranking method and formulas: Method. Listing position on this site is not for sale.
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