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I have moved sites between hosts more times than I would like to admit, usually at the worst possible moment. This is the short list I would give a client, not a ranking of everyone paying a commission.

Pick the category that matches your situation. If you are not sure which, the table below settles it in five rows.

Compare all MochaHost plansJump to WordPress hosting

<div class="flex-1 flex items-start pl-0 pr-2 group-data-[scrollable]/overlay:pr-6 min-w-0 font-mono" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid color(srgb 0.0431373 0.0431373 0.0431373 / 0.1); margin: 0px; padding: 0px 8px 0px 0px; outline-color: rgb(37, 106, 191); scrollbar-width: thin; scrollbar-color: rgba(30, 30, 29, 0.35) rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); app-region: initial; display: flex; min-width: 0px; flex: 1 1 0%; align-items: flex-start; font-family: anthropic-mono, ui-monospace, monospace, "SF Mono", ui-monospace, Menlo, Consolas, monospace; font-variant-ligatures: none; font-feature-settings: "calt" 0, "liga" 0; min-height: 1.375rem;"><code class="font-mono text-xs break-all" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid color(srgb 0.0431373 0.0431373 0.0431373 / 0.1); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline-color: rgb(37, 106, 191); scrollbar-width: thin; scrollbar-color: rgba(30, 30, 29, 0.35) rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); app-region: initial; font-family: anthropic-mono, ui-monospace, monospace, "SF Mono", ui-monospace, Menlo, Consolas, monospace; font-feature-settings: "calt" 0, "liga" 0; font-variation-settings: normal; font-size: 12px; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 1.375rem; word-break: break-all; white-space: pre-wrap;">41.9%

of all websites run WordPress

W3Techs, 2026</code></div>

<div class="flex-1 flex items-start pl-0 pr-2 group-data-[scrollable]/overlay:pr-6 min-w-0 font-mono" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid color(srgb 0.0431373 0.0431373 0.0431373 / 0.1); margin: 0px; padding: 0px 8px 0px 0px; outline-color: rgb(37, 106, 191); scrollbar-width: thin; scrollbar-color: rgba(30, 30, 29, 0.35) rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); app-region: initial; display: flex; min-width: 0px; flex: 1 1 0%; align-items: flex-start; font-family: anthropic-mono, ui-monospace, monospace, "SF Mono", ui-monospace, Menlo, Consolas, monospace; font-variant-ligatures: none; font-feature-settings: "calt" 0, "liga" 0; min-height: 1.375rem;"><code class="font-mono text-xs break-all" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid color(srgb 0.0431373 0.0431373 0.0431373 / 0.1); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline-color: rgb(37, 106, 191); scrollbar-width: thin; scrollbar-color: rgba(30, 30, 29, 0.35) rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); app-region: initial; font-family: anthropic-mono, ui-monospace, monospace, "SF Mono", ui-monospace, Menlo, Consolas, monospace; font-feature-settings: "calt" 0, "liga" 0; font-variation-settings: normal; font-size: 12px; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 1.375rem; word-break: break-all; white-space: pre-wrap;">59.4%

of sites with a known CMS

W3Techs, 2026</code></div>

<div class="flex-1 flex items-start pl-0 pr-2 group-data-[scrollable]/overlay:pr-6 min-w-0 font-mono" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid color(srgb 0.0431373 0.0431373 0.0431373 / 0.1); margin: 0px; padding: 0px 8px 0px 0px; outline-color: rgb(37, 106, 191); scrollbar-width: thin; scrollbar-color: rgba(30, 30, 29, 0.35) rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); app-region: initial; display: flex; min-width: 0px; flex: 1 1 0%; align-items: flex-start; font-family: anthropic-mono, ui-monospace, monospace, "SF Mono", ui-monospace, Menlo, Consolas, monospace; font-variant-ligatures: none; font-feature-settings: "calt" 0, "liga" 0; min-height: 1.375rem;"><code class="font-mono text-xs break-all" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid color(srgb 0.0431373 0.0431373 0.0431373 / 0.1); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline-color: rgb(37, 106, 191); scrollbar-width: thin; scrollbar-color: rgba(30, 30, 29, 0.35) rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); app-region: initial; font-family: anthropic-mono, ui-monospace, monospace, "SF Mono", ui-monospace, Menlo, Consolas, monospace; font-feature-settings: "calt" 0, "liga" 0; font-variation-settings: normal; font-size: 12px; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 1.375rem; word-break: break-all; white-space: pre-wrap;">30 days

money-back window at MochaHost

MochaHost</code></div>

<div class="flex-1 flex items-start pl-0 pr-2 group-data-[scrollable]/overlay:pr-6 min-w-0 font-mono" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid color(srgb 0.0431373 0.0431373 0.0431373 / 0.1); margin: 0px; padding: 0px 8px 0px 0px; outline-color: rgb(37, 106, 191); scrollbar-width: thin; scrollbar-color: rgba(30, 30, 29, 0.35) rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); app-region: initial; display: flex; min-width: 0px; flex: 1 1 0%; align-items: flex-start; font-family: anthropic-mono, ui-monospace, monospace, "SF Mono", ui-monospace, Menlo, Consolas, monospace; font-variant-ligatures: none; font-feature-settings: "calt" 0, "liga" 0; min-height: 1.375rem;"><code class="font-mono text-xs break-all" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid color(srgb 0.0431373 0.0431373 0.0431373 / 0.1); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline-color: rgb(37, 106, 191); scrollbar-width: thin; scrollbar-color: rgba(30, 30, 29, 0.35) rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); app-region: initial; font-family: anthropic-mono, ui-monospace, monospace, "SF Mono", ui-monospace, Menlo, Consolas, monospace; font-feature-settings: "calt" 0, "liga" 0; font-variation-settings: normal; font-size: 12px; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 1.375rem; word-break: break-all; white-space: pre-wrap;">2,640+

Trustpilot reviews

Trustpilot</code></div>

Figures checked August 2026. The WordPress share is trending down from a 43.6% peak in mid-2025, which is worth knowing if you are reading pages that still quote 43%.

The five plans worth considering, and who each one is for
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<div class="group/line flex border-l-[3px] border-l-transparent hover:bg-surface-1 cursor-pointer" data-diff-type="normal" data-diff-line="39" style="box-sizing: border-box; border-width: 0px 0px 0px 3px; border-style: solid; border-color: color(srgb 0.0431373 0.0431373 0.0431373 / 0.1) color(srgb 0.0431373 0.0431373 0.0431373 / 0.1) color(srgb 0.0431373 0.0431373 0.0431373 / 0.1) rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); border-image: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline-color: rgb(37, 106, 191); scrollbar-width: thin; scrollbar-color: rgba(30, 30, 29, 0.35) rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); app-region: initial; display: flex; cursor: pointer; color: rgb(11, 11, 11); font-family: anthropic-sans, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; min-height: 1.375rem;"><span class="flex items-start justify-center font-mono text-xs select-none relative w-4 text-muted" data-prose-review-ignore="" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid color(srgb 0.0431373 0.0431373 0.0431373 / 0.1); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline-color: rgb(37, 106, 191); scrollbar-width: thin; scrollbar-color: rgba(30, 30, 29, 0.35) rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); app-region: initial; position: relative; display: flex; user-select: none; width: 16px; align-items: flex-start; justify-content: center; font-family: anthropic-mono, ui-monospace, monospace, "SF Mono", ui-monospace, Menlo, Consolas, monospace; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.375rem; color: rgb(137, 135, 129); font-variant-ligatures: none; font-feature-settings: "calt" 0, "liga" 0; min-height: 1.375rem;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid color(srgb 0.0431373 0.0431373 0.0431373 / 0.1); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline-color: rgb(37, 106, 191); scrollbar-width: thin; scrollbar-color: rgba(30, 30, 29, 0.35) rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); app-region: initial;"></span></span></p>
<div class="flex-1 flex items-start pl-0 pr-2 group-data-[scrollable]/overlay:pr-6 min-w-0 font-mono" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid color(srgb 0.0431373 0.0431373 0.0431373 / 0.1); margin: 0px; padding: 0px 8px 0px 0px; outline-color: rgb(37, 106, 191); scrollbar-width: thin; scrollbar-color: rgba(30, 30, 29, 0.35) rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); app-region: initial; display: flex; min-width: 0px; flex: 1 1 0%; align-items: flex-start; font-family: anthropic-mono, ui-monospace, monospace, "SF Mono", ui-monospace, Menlo, Consolas, monospace; font-variant-ligatures: none; font-feature-settings: "calt" 0, "liga" 0; min-height: 1.375rem;"><code class="font-mono text-xs break-all" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid color(srgb 0.0431373 0.0431373 0.0431373 / 0.1); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline-color: rgb(37, 106, 191); scrollbar-width: thin; scrollbar-color: rgba(30, 30, 29, 0.35) rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); app-region: initial; font-family: anthropic-mono, ui-monospace, monospace, "SF Mono", ui-monospace, Menlo, Consolas, monospace; font-feature-settings: "calt" 0, "liga" 0; font-variation-settings: normal; font-size: 12px; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 1.375rem; word-break: break-all; white-space: pre-wrap;">PlanBest forRootManagedFrom</code></div>
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<div class="group/line flex border-l-[3px] border-l-transparent hover:bg-surface-1 cursor-pointer" data-diff-type="normal" data-diff-line="40" style="box-sizing: border-box; border-width: 0px 0px 0px 3px; border-style: solid; border-color: color(srgb 0.0431373 0.0431373 0.0431373 / 0.1) color(srgb 0.0431373 0.0431373 0.0431373 / 0.1) color(srgb 0.0431373 0.0431373 0.0431373 / 0.1) rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); border-image: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline-color: rgb(37, 106, 191); scrollbar-width: thin; scrollbar-color: rgba(30, 30, 29, 0.35) rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); app-region: initial; display: flex; cursor: pointer; color: rgb(11, 11, 11); font-family: anthropic-sans, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; min-height: 1.375rem;"><span class="flex items-start justify-center font-mono text-xs select-none relative w-4 text-muted" data-prose-review-ignore="" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid color(srgb 0.0431373 0.0431373 0.0431373 / 0.1); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline-color: rgb(37, 106, 191); scrollbar-width: thin; scrollbar-color: rgba(30, 30, 29, 0.35) rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); app-region: initial; position: relative; display: flex; user-select: none; width: 16px; align-items: flex-start; justify-content: center; font-family: anthropic-mono, ui-monospace, monospace, "SF Mono", ui-monospace, Menlo, Consolas, monospace; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.375rem; color: rgb(137, 135, 129); font-variant-ligatures: none; font-feature-settings: "calt" 0, "liga" 0; min-height: 1.375rem;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid color(srgb 0.0431373 0.0431373 0.0431373 / 0.1); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline-color: rgb(37, 106, 191); scrollbar-width: thin; scrollbar-color: rgba(30, 30, 29, 0.35) rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); app-region: initial;"></span></span></p>
<div class="flex-1 flex items-start pl-0 pr-2 group-data-[scrollable]/overlay:pr-6 min-w-0 font-mono" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid color(srgb 0.0431373 0.0431373 0.0431373 / 0.1); margin: 0px; padding: 0px 8px 0px 0px; outline-color: rgb(37, 106, 191); scrollbar-width: thin; scrollbar-color: rgba(30, 30, 29, 0.35) rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); app-region: initial; display: flex; min-width: 0px; flex: 1 1 0%; align-items: flex-start; font-family: anthropic-mono, ui-monospace, monospace, "SF Mono", ui-monospace, Menlo, Consolas, monospace; font-variant-ligatures: none; font-feature-settings: "calt" 0, "liga" 0; min-height: 1.375rem;"><code class="font-mono text-xs break-all" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid color(srgb 0.0431373 0.0431373 0.0431373 / 0.1); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline-color: rgb(37, 106, 191); scrollbar-width: thin; scrollbar-color: rgba(30, 30, 29, 0.35) rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); app-region: initial; font-family: anthropic-mono, ui-monospace, monospace, "SF Mono", ui-monospace, Menlo, Consolas, monospace; font-feature-settings: "calt" 0, "liga" 0; font-variation-settings: normal; font-size: 12px; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 1.375rem; word-break: break-all; white-space: pre-wrap;">WordPressA site you would rather not tuneNoYes$2.99/mo</code></div>
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<div class="group/line flex border-l-[3px] border-l-transparent hover:bg-surface-1 cursor-pointer" data-diff-type="normal" data-diff-line="41" style="box-sizing: border-box; border-width: 0px 0px 0px 3px; border-style: solid; border-color: color(srgb 0.0431373 0.0431373 0.0431373 / 0.1) color(srgb 0.0431373 0.0431373 0.0431373 / 0.1) color(srgb 0.0431373 0.0431373 0.0431373 / 0.1) rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); border-image: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline-color: rgb(37, 106, 191); scrollbar-width: thin; scrollbar-color: rgba(30, 30, 29, 0.35) rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); app-region: initial; display: flex; cursor: pointer; color: rgb(11, 11, 11); font-family: anthropic-sans, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; min-height: 1.375rem;"><span class="flex items-start justify-center font-mono text-xs select-none relative w-4 text-muted" data-prose-review-ignore="" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid color(srgb 0.0431373 0.0431373 0.0431373 / 0.1); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline-color: rgb(37, 106, 191); scrollbar-width: thin; scrollbar-color: rgba(30, 30, 29, 0.35) rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); app-region: initial; position: relative; display: flex; user-select: none; width: 16px; align-items: flex-start; justify-content: center; font-family: anthropic-mono, ui-monospace, monospace, "SF Mono", ui-monospace, Menlo, Consolas, monospace; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.375rem; color: rgb(137, 135, 129); font-variant-ligatures: none; font-feature-settings: "calt" 0, "liga" 0; min-height: 1.375rem;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid color(srgb 0.0431373 0.0431373 0.0431373 / 0.1); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline-color: rgb(37, 106, 191); scrollbar-width: thin; scrollbar-color: rgba(30, 30, 29, 0.35) rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); app-region: initial;"></span></span></p>
<div class="flex-1 flex items-start pl-0 pr-2 group-data-[scrollable]/overlay:pr-6 min-w-0 font-mono" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid color(srgb 0.0431373 0.0431373 0.0431373 / 0.1); margin: 0px; padding: 0px 8px 0px 0px; outline-color: rgb(37, 106, 191); scrollbar-width: thin; scrollbar-color: rgba(30, 30, 29, 0.35) rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); app-region: initial; display: flex; min-width: 0px; flex: 1 1 0%; align-items: flex-start; font-family: anthropic-mono, ui-monospace, monospace, "SF Mono", ui-monospace, Menlo, Consolas, monospace; font-variant-ligatures: none; font-feature-settings: "calt" 0, "liga" 0; min-height: 1.375rem;"><code class="font-mono text-xs break-all" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid color(srgb 0.0431373 0.0431373 0.0431373 / 0.1); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline-color: rgb(37, 106, 191); scrollbar-width: thin; scrollbar-color: rgba(30, 30, 29, 0.35) rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); app-region: initial; font-family: anthropic-mono, ui-monospace, monospace, "SF Mono", ui-monospace, Menlo, Consolas, monospace; font-feature-settings: "calt" 0, "liga" 0; font-variation-settings: normal; font-size: 12px; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 1.375rem; word-break: break-all; white-space: pre-wrap;">SharedA first site, a blogNoYes$2.99/mo</code></div>
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<div class="group/line flex border-l-[3px] border-l-transparent hover:bg-surface-1 cursor-pointer" data-diff-type="normal" data-diff-line="42" style="box-sizing: border-box; border-width: 0px 0px 0px 3px; border-style: solid; border-color: color(srgb 0.0431373 0.0431373 0.0431373 / 0.1) color(srgb 0.0431373 0.0431373 0.0431373 / 0.1) color(srgb 0.0431373 0.0431373 0.0431373 / 0.1) rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); border-image: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline-color: rgb(37, 106, 191); scrollbar-width: thin; scrollbar-color: rgba(30, 30, 29, 0.35) rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); app-region: initial; display: flex; cursor: pointer; color: rgb(11, 11, 11); font-family: anthropic-sans, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; min-height: 1.375rem;"><span class="flex items-start justify-center font-mono text-xs select-none relative w-4 text-muted" data-prose-review-ignore="" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid color(srgb 0.0431373 0.0431373 0.0431373 / 0.1); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline-color: rgb(37, 106, 191); scrollbar-width: thin; scrollbar-color: rgba(30, 30, 29, 0.35) rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); app-region: initial; position: relative; display: flex; user-select: none; width: 16px; align-items: flex-start; justify-content: center; font-family: anthropic-mono, ui-monospace, monospace, "SF Mono", ui-monospace, Menlo, Consolas, monospace; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.375rem; color: rgb(137, 135, 129); font-variant-ligatures: none; font-feature-settings: "calt" 0, "liga" 0; min-height: 1.375rem;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid color(srgb 0.0431373 0.0431373 0.0431373 / 0.1); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline-color: rgb(37, 106, 191); scrollbar-width: thin; scrollbar-color: rgba(30, 30, 29, 0.35) rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); app-region: initial;"></span></span></p>
<div class="flex-1 flex items-start pl-0 pr-2 group-data-[scrollable]/overlay:pr-6 min-w-0 font-mono" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid color(srgb 0.0431373 0.0431373 0.0431373 / 0.1); margin: 0px; padding: 0px 8px 0px 0px; outline-color: rgb(37, 106, 191); scrollbar-width: thin; scrollbar-color: rgba(30, 30, 29, 0.35) rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); app-region: initial; display: flex; min-width: 0px; flex: 1 1 0%; align-items: flex-start; font-family: anthropic-mono, ui-monospace, monospace, "SF Mono", ui-monospace, Menlo, Consolas, monospace; font-variant-ligatures: none; font-feature-settings: "calt" 0, "liga" 0; min-height: 1.375rem;"><code class="font-mono text-xs break-all" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid color(srgb 0.0431373 0.0431373 0.0431373 / 0.1); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline-color: rgb(37, 106, 191); scrollbar-width: thin; scrollbar-color: rgba(30, 30, 29, 0.35) rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); app-region: initial; font-family: anthropic-mono, ui-monospace, monospace, "SF Mono", ui-monospace, Menlo, Consolas, monospace; font-feature-settings: "calt" 0, "liga" 0; font-variation-settings: normal; font-size: 12px; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 1.375rem; word-break: break-all; white-space: pre-wrap;">Managed Linux VPSReal traffic, no sysadminYesYesAsk</code></div>
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<div class="group/line flex border-l-[3px] border-l-transparent hover:bg-surface-1 cursor-pointer" data-diff-type="normal" data-diff-line="43" style="box-sizing: border-box; border-width: 0px 0px 0px 3px; border-style: solid; border-color: color(srgb 0.0431373 0.0431373 0.0431373 / 0.1) color(srgb 0.0431373 0.0431373 0.0431373 / 0.1) color(srgb 0.0431373 0.0431373 0.0431373 / 0.1) rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); border-image: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline-color: rgb(37, 106, 191); scrollbar-width: thin; scrollbar-color: rgba(30, 30, 29, 0.35) rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); app-region: initial; display: flex; cursor: pointer; color: rgb(11, 11, 11); font-family: anthropic-sans, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; min-height: 1.375rem;"><span class="flex items-start justify-center font-mono text-xs select-none relative w-4 text-muted" data-prose-review-ignore="" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid color(srgb 0.0431373 0.0431373 0.0431373 / 0.1); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline-color: rgb(37, 106, 191); scrollbar-width: thin; scrollbar-color: rgba(30, 30, 29, 0.35) rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); app-region: initial; position: relative; display: flex; user-select: none; width: 16px; align-items: flex-start; justify-content: center; font-family: anthropic-mono, ui-monospace, monospace, "SF Mono", ui-monospace, Menlo, Consolas, monospace; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.375rem; color: rgb(137, 135, 129); font-variant-ligatures: none; font-feature-settings: "calt" 0, "liga" 0; min-height: 1.375rem;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid color(srgb 0.0431373 0.0431373 0.0431373 / 0.1); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline-color: rgb(37, 106, 191); scrollbar-width: thin; scrollbar-color: rgba(30, 30, 29, 0.35) rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); app-region: initial;"></span></span></p>
<div class="flex-1 flex items-start pl-0 pr-2 group-data-[scrollable]/overlay:pr-6 min-w-0 font-mono" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid color(srgb 0.0431373 0.0431373 0.0431373 / 0.1); margin: 0px; padding: 0px 8px 0px 0px; outline-color: rgb(37, 106, 191); scrollbar-width: thin; scrollbar-color: rgba(30, 30, 29, 0.35) rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); app-region: initial; display: flex; min-width: 0px; flex: 1 1 0%; align-items: flex-start; font-family: anthropic-mono, ui-monospace, monospace, "SF Mono", ui-monospace, Menlo, Consolas, monospace; font-variant-ligatures: none; font-feature-settings: "calt" 0, "liga" 0; min-height: 1.375rem;"><code class="font-mono text-xs break-all" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid color(srgb 0.0431373 0.0431373 0.0431373 / 0.1); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline-color: rgb(37, 106, 191); scrollbar-width: thin; scrollbar-color: rgba(30, 30, 29, 0.35) rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); app-region: initial; font-family: anthropic-mono, ui-monospace, monospace, "SF Mono", ui-monospace, Menlo, Consolas, monospace; font-feature-settings: "calt" 0, "liga" 0; font-variation-settings: normal; font-size: 12px; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 1.375rem; word-break: break-all; white-space: pre-wrap;">Windows VPSASP.NET, MSSQL, legacy appsYesYesAsk</code></div>
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<div class="group/line flex border-l-[3px] border-l-transparent hover:bg-surface-1 cursor-pointer" data-diff-type="normal" data-diff-line="44" style="box-sizing: border-box; border-width: 0px 0px 0px 3px; border-style: solid; border-color: color(srgb 0.0431373 0.0431373 0.0431373 / 0.1) color(srgb 0.0431373 0.0431373 0.0431373 / 0.1) color(srgb 0.0431373 0.0431373 0.0431373 / 0.1) rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); border-image: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline-color: rgb(37, 106, 191); scrollbar-width: thin; scrollbar-color: rgba(30, 30, 29, 0.35) rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); app-region: initial; display: flex; cursor: pointer; color: rgb(11, 11, 11); font-family: anthropic-sans, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; min-height: 1.375rem;"><span class="flex items-start justify-center font-mono text-xs select-none relative w-4 text-muted" data-prose-review-ignore="" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid color(srgb 0.0431373 0.0431373 0.0431373 / 0.1); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline-color: rgb(37, 106, 191); scrollbar-width: thin; scrollbar-color: rgba(30, 30, 29, 0.35) rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); app-region: initial; position: relative; display: flex; user-select: none; width: 16px; align-items: flex-start; justify-content: center; font-family: anthropic-mono, ui-monospace, monospace, "SF Mono", ui-monospace, Menlo, Consolas, monospace; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.375rem; color: rgb(137, 135, 129); font-variant-ligatures: none; font-feature-settings: "calt" 0, "liga" 0; min-height: 1.375rem;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid color(srgb 0.0431373 0.0431373 0.0431373 / 0.1); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline-color: rgb(37, 106, 191); scrollbar-width: thin; scrollbar-color: rgba(30, 30, 29, 0.35) rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); app-region: initial;"></span></span></p>
<div class="flex-1 flex items-start pl-0 pr-2 group-data-[scrollable]/overlay:pr-6 min-w-0 font-mono" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid color(srgb 0.0431373 0.0431373 0.0431373 / 0.1); margin: 0px; padding: 0px 8px 0px 0px; outline-color: rgb(37, 106, 191); scrollbar-width: thin; scrollbar-color: rgba(30, 30, 29, 0.35) rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); app-region: initial; display: flex; min-width: 0px; flex: 1 1 0%; align-items: flex-start; font-family: anthropic-mono, ui-monospace, monospace, "SF Mono", ui-monospace, Menlo, Consolas, monospace; font-variant-ligatures: none; font-feature-settings: "calt" 0, "liga" 0; min-height: 1.375rem;"><code class="font-mono text-xs break-all" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid color(srgb 0.0431373 0.0431373 0.0431373 / 0.1); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline-color: rgb(37, 106, 191); scrollbar-width: thin; scrollbar-color: rgba(30, 30, 29, 0.35) rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); app-region: initial; font-family: anthropic-mono, ui-monospace, monospace, "SF Mono", ui-monospace, Menlo, Consolas, monospace; font-feature-settings: "calt" 0, "liga" 0; font-variation-settings: normal; font-size: 12px; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 1.375rem; word-break: break-all; white-space: pre-wrap;">ResellerSelling hosting to clientsNoYesAsk</code></div>
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WordPress

Best WordPress hosting

WordPress runs on anything. It runs well on considerably less than most people are sold.

MochaHost Hosting for WordPress

Tuned for the thing you are actually running

Top pick

I build WordPress themes for a living, so I will be blunt about what "WordPress hosting" usually means: ordinary shared hosting with the installer pre-clicked. The label is marketing. The plumbing is what matters.

 

Three things move the needle, and you can check all three before you buy. How fast is the disk, is the PHP version current, and do backups run without being asked. MochaHost puts NVMe storage and AMD EPYC processors under this tier and renews SSL automatically, which sounds minor until you have watched a site go dark because a certificate lapsed on a Sunday.

 

What you give up is the aggressive object caching a specialist host like Kinsta builds in. If you are running WooCommerce at scale, pay for that instead. If your site is mostly words, you will not notice the difference and you will notice the bill.

Best for A WordPress site you would rather not tune yourself

  • One-click install
  • Free migration
  • Free SSL, auto-renewed
  • Regular backups
  • NVMe SSD

From $2.99/mo on a longer term

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Shared

Best cheap web hosting

Where most sites should start, and where a lot of them should honestly stay.

MochaHost Shared Web Hosting

The one I point people to when they are starting out

Best value

Shared hosting means renting a slice of a machine. That is why it costs less than lunch, and the honest tradeoff is that a busy neighbour can slow you down.

 

For a site that is mostly text, that trade is almost always worth taking. Modern shared hosting on NVMe drives is faster than a badly configured VPS, and a badly configured VPS is what most people end up with when they upgrade too early.

Best for A first site you do not want to think about again

From $2.99/mo

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Managed VPS

Best managed VPS hosting

For when shared hosting starts to creak and you still do not want to be a sysadmin.

MochaHost Managed Linux VPS

Root access without the 3am pager

Top pick

Here is the diagnostic that saves people the most money on this page.

 

If your site is slow only at your busiest hour, that is contention, and a VPS fixes it. If your site is slow all the time, that is your code or your database, and a bigger server is an expensive way to stay slow. Check which one you have before you spend anything.

 

Managed is the word carrying the weight. You get root when you need it, and somebody else patches the kernel when you do not. Choose the region closest to your readers: if your audience is in Southeast Asia and your server is in Virginia, you are paying for speed and then giving it back in latency.

Best for A site with real traffic and nobody on staff to run a server

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Windows VPS

Best Windows VPS hosting

Nobody picks Windows hosting for fun. They pick it because something in the stack requires it.

MochaHost Managed Windows VPS

For the stack that has no choice

Rarely done well

If you are reading this section, the question is not Linux or Windows. That was decided by whoever wrote the application, probably years ago. The question is who runs the Windows box competently, and the honest answer is that far fewer hosts do it well than claim to.

 

Managed matters more here than on Linux. Windows Server licensing and patching is where self-managed setups quietly rot, and an unpatched Windows box facing the internet is a genuinely bad place to be.

 

If you have any choice in the matter, take the Linux VPS instead. It is cheaper and there is more help available when something breaks.

Best for ASP.NET, MSSQL, or a legacy app tied to Windows Server

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Reseller

Best reseller hosting

If you build sites for other people, you are already doing the support. You may as well be paid for the hosting.

MochaHost Reseller Hosting

Turn client sites into recurring revenue

Most freelancers hand the client a hosting bill they did not want to think about, then get called anyway when the site goes down. Reseller hosting turns that unpaid support into a margin.

 

The economics are straightforward. You buy capacity wholesale, split it across clients, and charge a monthly rate that covers the hosting and the fact that you are the one answering the phone.

 

The honest caveat is that you become the first line of support. If you do not want that call, do not resell. If you are already taking it for free, this is the obvious fix.

Best for Freelancers and small agencies managing several client sites

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If you are still unsure, the decision is smaller than it looks.

Start shared. Almost every site that thinks it needs a VPS does not, and you can move later for free. Move up when the problem is contention rather than code: slow at peak is your neighbours, slow always is you.

Take reseller only if you are already supporting other people's sites. That is a business decision, not a hosting one.

Whatever you pick, put real traffic on it inside the first week. A thirty-day guarantee is only useful if you actually test the thing.

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Prices last checked August 2026.

Last checked: August 2026. Prices move. Check before you buy.