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Web Hosting UK UK renewal prices: what it costs after the intro term
Web Hosting UK's WP-Starter plan advertises £4.90 a month in the United Kingdom and renews at £12.99 - 2.7x the advertised price.
The advertised price covers 0 months. Over 1 years the service costs £12.99 a month, or £156 allocated to that period.
What the host publishes in the United Kingdom
| Plan | Type | Advertised | Cash due today | Renewal options as published | Increase | Conditions as published |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | Shared hosting | £1.99 | £2 computed from the published monthly price and its term |
| 2.5x | Renamed by the host to 'Starter'. GBP1.99/month against a published regular price of GBP4.99, which the host labels 'original price' rather than a renewal rate. No term and no VAT wording are published. |
| CS-Starter | Cloud and VPS | £39.99 | £40 computed from the published monthly price and its term |
| 1.8x | Renamed by the host to 'CS-Starter'. GBP39.99/month against a regular price of GBP69.99. The published specification has also changed. No term or VAT wording published. |
| WP-Starter | Managed WordPress | £4.90 | £5 computed from the published monthly price and its term |
| 2.7x | Renamed by the host to 'WP-Starter'. GBP4.90/month against a regular price of GBP12.99. No term or VAT wording published. |
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Price ex vat (vat not mentioned anywhere on site): not stated anywhere on the host's own site (checked 2026-09-06).
Renewal billing term: not stated anywhere on the host's own site (checked 2026-09-06).
Storage gb / sites included (wp-starter - no detail page reached): not stated anywhere on the host's own site (checked 2026-09-06).
What it costs once the introductory term is over
A hosting price has three parts that are almost never shown together: the invoice charged at signup, the cost of the months inside the period you are comparing, and the invoice that arrives when the introductory term ends. These are different numbers and the two tables below keep them apart.
| Plan | 1 year | 2 years | 3 years | 5 years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | £4.99 £60 of service | £4.99 £120 of service | £4.99 £180 of service | £4.99 £299 of service |
| CS-Starter | £69.99 £840 of service | £69.99 £1,680 of service | £69.99 £2,520 of service | £69.99 £4,199 of service |
| WP-Starter | £12.99 £156 of service | £12.99 £312 of service | £12.99 £468 of service | £12.99 £779 of service |
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What is actually charged, and when
| Plan | Cash due today | Next renewal invoice | Cash paid through 1yr | Cash paid through 2yr | Cash paid through 3yr | Cash paid through 5yr | Unused prepaid at 3yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | £2 | renewal billing term not published — excluded from cash comparisons | — | — | — | — | 0 months |
| CS-Starter | £40 | renewal billing term not published — excluded from cash comparisons | — | — | — | — | 0 months |
| WP-Starter | £5 | renewal billing term not published — excluded from cash comparisons | — | — | — | — | 0 months |
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None of these plans publishes both a prepaid term and a renewal billing term, so no cash path can be computed without guessing. The service-cost table above is the only comparable figure here.
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.
How to read these figures
- On three-year service cost, Hostinger works out cheaper for shared hosting in the United Kingdom (£1.49 a month against £4.99) - its figures.
- Renewal billing term not confirmed on 3 of these plans. The host publishes a renewal rate but not the billing period it applies to, so those plans are excluded from every cash comparison on this site rather than given an assumed term.
- If any figure here is stale, the comparison is stale. Hosts change prices without notice and none of them tell us when. These were read on 2026-09-06.
Where to check this yourself
Go to Web Hosting UK and open its pricing page. Every United Kingdom figure above comes from https://www.webhostinguk.com/, read on 2026-09-06.
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- Web Hosting UK against Hostinger over three years
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- Work out your own period, on cash or on service cost
- What web hosting really costs
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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