Website hosting is the service that keeps your site online. It stores your files on a server and shows them to visitors when they type your address. Without it, your website does not exist. The price depends on the plan, the length of the term and what is included.
What Hosting Costs
Our Basic hosting plan is $7.99 a month on a 3-year term. The price goes up as the term gets shorter:
| Basic plan term | Price per month |
|---|---|
| 3 years | $7.99 |
| 2 years | $9.99 |
| 1 year | $10.99 |
| Month to month | $11.99 |
Our Professional and Business plans cost more and give you more room and features. You can compare them all on our web hosting pricing page.
What Changes the Price
- →The length of the term: longer terms cost less per month, but you commit for longer
- →How much storage and traffic your site needs
- →Whether daily backups and security are included
- →The level of support, from email only to help any time
- →Extras such as email accounts and a domain name
- →The price when the term ends, which is often higher than the first price
Shared, Managed and Do-It-Yourself Hosting
- →Shared hosting: many websites use one server. It costs less and suits small sites.
- →Managed hosting: the provider looks after updates, security and backups for you. It costs more but saves you time.
- →Do-it-yourself hosting: you set up and look after the server yourself. It only makes sense if you know how.
Signs Your Hosting Is Not Good Enough
- ✗Your site is slow even though the pages are simple
- ✗It goes down and nobody tells you
- ✗You have no backups if something breaks
- ✗Support takes days to answer
- ✗The price jumped when your term ended
Hosting Is Free for the First Year With Us
Every one of our website packages includes one year of free web hosting and one year of free maintenance. After the first year, hosting starts at $11.99 a month. Maintenance is optional at $29.99 a month, and a free domain name comes with our annual maintenance plan. Read the details on our hosting and maintenance page.
Questions to Ask Before You Sign Up
- ✓Are daily backups included, and can you restore my site if something breaks?
- ✓Is an SSL certificate (the padlock in the browser) included?
- ✓Who do I contact if my site goes down, and how fast will they answer?
- ✓What is the price when my term ends?
- ✓Where is my site stored? Ours are in secure Canadian data centres.
Do I Need Maintenance Too?
Hosting keeps your site online. Maintenance keeps it updated, secure and working well. If you would rather not think about updates, our optional maintenance plan is $29.99 a month. See our maintenance pricing for what is included.
Want hosting that is looked after for you? Book a free consultation and we will explain your options.