What is the best cheap web hosting?
The short answer
Namecheap gives the most for the least. $2.28 a month on promo and, rarer still, a renewal that stays cheap at $55.88 a year. Hostinger is the budget benchmark with the best panel, and IONOS starts at $4 a month with a fair $8 renewal.
In detail
Comparing cheap hosting means comparing renewal rates, because the promo prices all look alike. Through that lens, Namecheap wins. The Stellar plan starts at $2.28 a month and renews at $55.88 a year, still among the cheapest in the entire market. No calendar reminder needed for the renewal date.
Hostinger remains the international benchmark, at $2.99 a month prepaid, with a hundred sites on one plan and the friendliest control panel in the budget class. The $10.99 renewal is the catch, so mark it in your calendar and decide again when it comes. IONOS starts at $4 a month in the first year, with a fair $8 renewal and a personal assistant included.
The budget names to be wary of are the loudest ones. Bluehost and GoDaddy combine deep promos with renewals at double the price or more and checkout flows full of upsells. Cheap that becomes expensive is not cheap.