Is Namecheap still cheap in 2026?

Date:
Mon, 26 Jan 2026 14:04:42 +0000

Description:
I take a look at Namecheap to find out if this company still offers some of the best cheap web hosting around

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I may be flouting Betteridge's law of headlines here because I think the answer is still yes but I could be wrong. I'm updating my best web hosting guide and reviewing the recommendation for best cheap web hosting . So, I'm asking myself, is Namecheap still cheap and I thought I'd let you in on my process of deciding whether Namecheap will retain this accolade. Straight in: how much is Namecheap?

Namecheap has a wide selection of plans and hosting features and I've had a good look at them all but for this article I'm just going to focus on the three main offerings: shared hosting, managed hosting for WordPress, and VPS. Otherwise this page will get too long.

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Sorry. There are lots of tables under here. Shared web hosting

Plan

Price

Features

Stellar

$1.99/mo for one year. Then, $4.88/mo

- Free domain (for one year)
- 3 websites
- 20 GB SSD
- 30 mailboxes
- AI website builder


Stellar Plus

$2.98/mo for one year. Then, $6.88/mo

- Free domain (for one year)
- Unlimited websites
- Unmetered SSD
- Unlimited mailboxes
- AI website builder
- AutoBackup

Stellar Business

$4.98/mo for one year. Then, $9.88/mo

- Free domain (for one year)
- Unlimited websites
- 50 GB SSD
- Unlimited mailboxes
- AI website builder
- AutoBackup & Cloud Storage
- Imunify360 Security

On the face of it these plans look cheap and come with all the necessary features. Managed hosting for WordPress

Plan

Price

Features

EasyWP Starter

$3.57/mo for two years. Then, $5.24/mo

- 1 website
- 50k monthly visits
- 10 GB storage
- Auto updates
-CDN

EasyWP Turbo

$4.79/mo for two years. Then, $8.62/mo

- 1 website
- 200k monthly visits
- 50 GB storage
- Auto updates
-CDN

EasyWP Supersonic

$5.85/mo for two years. Then, $10.22/mo

- 1 website
- 500k monthly visits
- 100 GB storage
- Auto updates
-CDN

Once again, this all looks cheap without sacrificing anything important VPS

Plan

Price

Features

Pulsar

$6.88/mo for one year. Then, $9.88/mo

- 2 CPU cores
- 2 GB RAM
- 40 GB SSD RAID 10
- 1000 GB bandwidth

Quasar

$12.88/mo for one year. Then, $15.88/mo

- 4 CPU cores
- 6 GB RAM
- 120 GB SSD RAID 10
- 3000 GB bandwidth

Magnetar

$24.88/mo for one year. Then, $28.88/mo

- 8 CPU cores
- 12 GB RAM
- 240 GB SSD RAID 10
- 6000 GB bandwidth

Again. Cheap! Price comparison

So, this looks pretty cheap on the face of it but lets compare with other hosting providers to see how cheap it really is and whether there are other hosting providers that are cheaper for similar plans. Price comparison: Shared, managed WordPress, and VPS

Host

Plan

Price

Features

Namecheap's price (for similar plan)

Hostinger

Premium

$2.99/mo for four years. Then, $10.99 /mo

-3 websites
- 20 GB storage
- 2 mailboxes ( 1 year only)

$1.99/mo for one year. Then, $4.88 /mo

Bluehost

Starter

$3.99/mo for three years. Then, $9.99 /mo

-10 websites
- 10 GB NVMe storage
- no email

$3.57/mo for two years. Then, $5.24 /mo

Kinsta

Single 20 GB

$30/mo

- 1 website
- 20 GB bandwidth
- 20 GB storage

$3.57/mo for two years. Then, $5.24/mo

InMotion Hosting

Power

$18.99 /mo

- 10 websites
- 200 GB NVMe storage
- 300K visitors a month

$4.79/mo for two years. Then, $8.62 /mo

Liquid Web

CPU focused VPS

$22 /mo

- 3 vCPU
- 2 GB RAM
- 60 GB storage

$6.88/mo for one year. Then, $9.88 /mo

I've done a wider search than this but I don't want to present information overload. Looking at the numbers, Namecheap is still clearly a lot cheaper than other hosting providers when compared against similar plans. How can Namecheap be so cheap? (Image credit: Future) Performance

There's always a catch... For Namecheap performance is just one of them. The performance statistics don't show Namecheap in a bad light. Namecheap handled all the requests, just not so quickly. So, a site hosted on Namecheap's cheapest plan should be fine but it won't be fast . That's not a big deal if you're just hosting a non-business critical site but if you are, it's going
to suffer.

I also tested EasyWP against other managed WordPress plans and the story is the same: reliable but slow. (Image credit: Future) Features

Namecheap doesn't provide the same caliber webpage editing and creation tools like Bluehost and Hostinger. Both of these hosts have a lot of tools to help you build and manage websites. I spent 60 minutes page building with
Hostinger , and 60 minutes with Bluehost and the experience was great with both. Spending 60 minutes with Namecheap felt a lot less streamlined and
rough around the edges.

But! You still get everything you need to build and host a website for $4.88/mo after renewal and that is just incredible.

Namecheap remains one of the best cheap web hosting providers overall..

You can get started right away with a money back guarantee View Deal Conclusion: Is Namecheap still cheap?

Yes! Mega cheap considering everything you get included.

Namecheap will remain my best cheap web hosting recommendation.



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