E-commerce hosting
A shop with a flat above: the checkout has to be fast and safe before anything else. 30 listings.
Starter: $1.95 a month to start, $70.20 over three years with the renewal. Average score 3.8 of 5.
Each host's cheapest plan of that kind. "Best rate" takes the term with the lowest monthly price, often 3 or 4 years paid upfront; "Prepay 1 yr" shows what you pay if you only commit for a year at a time. * = the host does not publish a renewal price, so it is counted at the intro price. Cloud86 converted from EUR at 1.1.
The listings
Kinsta
Premium managed WordPress hosting on Google Cloud for busy sites
Hostinger
Low-cost shared and cloud hosting with a simple custom panel
Rocket.net
Managed WordPress hosting with Cloudflare Enterprise built into every plan.
SiteGround
Managed WordPress hosting with strong support and a steep renewal
Cloudways
Managed servers on top of big cloud providers, billed by the hour.
Cloud86
Dutch shared hosting with Plesk, fast servers and chat support.
DreamHost
Independent US host with fast response times and monthly billing
HostArmada
Cheap NVMe cloud shared hosting with a 45-day refund window
hosting.com
The former A2 Hosting, managed shared hosting with NVMe and LiteSpeed
InMotion Hosting
cPanel hosting with a 90-day refund window and US phone support
IONOS
Low-cost shared hosting and cloud servers from a large European provider
ScalaHosting
Shared hosting and managed cloud VPS with its own SPanel control panel.
WPX
Fast-support managed WordPress hosting with a high entry price.
ChemiCloud
Low-priced NVMe cPanel hosting with LiteSpeed and a long refund window.
Ultahost
Low-cost NVMe hosting on a 24-month term with daily backups
WordPress.com
Managed WordPress hosting from Automattic, from free to commerce plans.
DigitalOcean
Self-managed cloud servers for developers, billed by the second.
Hostwinds
US host with cPanel shared plans, VPS, cloud and dedicated servers.
InterServer
Long-running US host with unlimited plans and a price lock.
Kamatera
Customisable cloud servers billed by the hour or month
WP Engine
Managed WordPress hosting for businesses and agencies with larger budgets.
Namecheap
Very cheap cPanel shared hosting from a large domain registrar
Bluehost
Beginner WordPress hosting with long terms and steady uptime
Crazy Domains
Australian domain registrar with WordPress hosting for local sites
FastComet
Cheap-to-start cPanel hosting with datacenters in Asia and Europe.
GreenGeeks
cPanel shared hosting with a renewable energy matching pledge
Hetzner
Low-cost German cloud and dedicated servers for people who run their own stack.
HostGator
Budget cPanel hosting with unmetered bandwidth and many sites per plan
TMDHosting
Mid-priced shared and WordPress hosting with six datacenter regions.
ViceTemple
Hosting built only for adult websites, based in Amsterdam.
Check before you sign
Four things that matter for e-commerce hosting.
- Free SSL and a dedicated IP option
- PCI-friendly setup if you take cards yourself
- Enough PHP workers for checkout traffic
- Daily backups with quick restore