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GoDaddy web hosting: what it really costs over three years
The short answer
GoDaddy's cheapest plan for one WordPress site is Web Hosting Economy at $5.99 a month on a 3-year term, or $215.64 paid up front. GoDaddy does not publish a renewal price; this page assumes the $11.99 a month regular price it shows next to the deal. A free .com renews at $22.99 a year. It suits people who already keep their domain at GoDaddy.
The short version
- Cheapest plan for one WordPress site: Web Hosting Economy, $5.99 a month for the first 3-year term. It hosts 1 website with 25 GB of storage, and GoDaddy says you can install WordPress yourself.
- 3-year cost: $215.64, all paid up front.
- What renews: GoDaddy does not publish a renewal price. It shows a higher regular price of $11.99 a month next to the deal, and its terms say renewals are charged at its “then current rates.” This page assumes you renew at that regular price. A free domain comes with annual plans; a .com renews at $22.99 a year on GoDaddy’s .com page.
- Who it is for: people who already keep their domain at GoDaddy and want one account and one bill.
This page covers GoDaddy’s Web Hosting and WordPress Hosting plans. For GoDaddy’s AI site builder, see our GoDaddy review. We have not used GoDaddy hosting ourselves. Everything here comes from GoDaddy’s own pricing pages, help center and legal agreements.
What the cheapest plan really costs over three years
Web hosting is the rented server space your site lives on. GoDaddy’s lowest prices need a 3-year term paid up front.
| How you pay | First bill | 3-year total | After that |
|---|---|---|---|
| Economy, 36 months up front | $215.64 | $215.64 | $11.99 a month ($143.88 a year) |
| WordPress Basic, 12 months, then 2 years at regular price | $83.88 | $443.64 | $179.88 a year |
The arithmetic:
- Economy: $5.99 × 36 = $215.64.
- WordPress Basic: $6.99 × 12 = $83.88, then $14.99 × 24 = $359.76. Total: $83.88 + $359.76 = $443.64.
Why two different plans? GoDaddy’s US page shows Economy only on a 3-year term. A 12-month Economy price was not published on the pages we checked. The WordPress Hosting page does show a 1-year price for its Basic plan, so we used that for the second row.
The terms also say a plan renews automatically “for a subsequent service period of equal length.” So a 3-year Economy plan would renew for another 3 years: $11.99 × 36 = $431.64 at the regular price, unless you change the term or turn off auto-renew first.
The free domain: GoDaddy’s pages do not say how long it stays free. If it is free for the first year only, two .com renewals at $22.99 add $45.98, which makes the Economy row $261.62. GoDaddy has not published a new .com price for Verisign’s November 1, 2026 wholesale increase on the pages we checked.
The plans in one table
| Plan | Intro price and term | Regular price (assumed renewal) | Sites | Storage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Web Hosting Economy | $5.99/mo, first 3-year term | $11.99/mo | 1 | 25 GB |
| Hosting for WordPress Basic | $5.99/mo, first 3-year term ($6.99/mo on a 1-year term) | $14.99/mo | 1 | 10 GB |
| Web Hosting Deluxe | $7.99/mo, first 3-year term | $16.99/mo | 10 | 50 GB |
| Web Hosting Ultimate | $12.99/mo, first 3-year term | $21.99/mo | 25 | 75 GB |
The WordPress Hosting page also lists Deluxe at $10.99 a month (regular $19.99) and Ultimate at $14.99 a month (regular $26.99), both for the first 1-year term. Each covers 1 site, and you can add up to 99.
What is included
- SSL: Economy lists “Free SSL Certificate, 1 year.” WordPress Basic says “no renewal fees,” and Deluxe and Ultimate list free SSL for all your sites. The FAQ says AutoSSL renews on its own while hosting is active. GoDaddy does not explain Economy’s “1 year” label.
- Backups: Web Hosting has automatic daily backups, and you can “recover your entire hosting account from the previous day.” How long they are kept and whether a restore costs anything are not published. WordPress Hosting keeps daily backups for 30 days, with one-click restore.
- Email: every plan lists “Free email.” The plan pages do not say which product, how many mailboxes or for how long.
- Site migration: free, with GoDaddy’s Site Auto Migration Tool or its WordPress migration wizard.
- CDN: listed on WordPress plans (Cloudflare, per the FAQ). Not listed as a feature of Economy.
- Staging: one-click staging on WordPress Deluxe and Ultimate. Not mentioned for Web Hosting.
GoDaddy’s hosting agreement also says you are “solely responsible” for keeping your own backup copies. Download one now and then.
The uptime promise
GoDaddy’s hosting agreement promises 99.9% uptime “of available time per month.” If it misses that, “as solely determined by us,” you can ask for “a credit of 5% of your monthly hosting fee for that month.”
That credit can only be spent on more GoDaddy products. Scheduled maintenance and problems caused by your own code or third-party apps do not count.
Leaving later
- Full backup: on Web Hosting, you can download a tar.gz file of your entire cPanel account from Daily Backups. It can include your files and your MySQL database.
- Move it before you cancel: the agreement says that if you do not, GoDaddy deletes your content and “will not be able to provide a copy.”
- Refunds: annual plans within 30 days, monthly plans within 48 hours. If the plan came with a free domain, the domain’s list price is taken out of your refund. GoDaddy’s newer refund policy, in effect from October 15, 2026 for customers it notified, says “GoDaddy does not offer refunds on renewals.” Turn off auto-renew before any renewal you do not want.
- Cancellation fee: none stated on the pages we checked.
- Free domain: a domain that is part of a bundle cannot be transferred out for 120 days after registration. After that, remove the domain lock, turn off privacy, downgrade Domain Protection to none, get the code and start the move. GoDaddy says transfers take 5 to 7 days. See our domain transfer guide.
Who it is right for, and who should look elsewhere
Right for:
- People whose domain is already at GoDaddy and who want hosting in the same account.
- Anyone happy to pay three years up front for a low monthly rate.
- Small WordPress sites that want daily backups kept for 30 days and staging, on the WordPress plans.
Look elsewhere if:
- You want a clearly published renewal price before you buy.
- You only want to pay one year at a time on the cheapest plan.
- You want a low .com renewal. Compare registrars in our best domain registrars guide.
New to how the pieces fit? Read domains and hosting.
Sources
GoDaddy: Web Hosting plans, WordPress Hosting plans, Hosting Agreement (uptime, backups, deletion), Refund Policy, Universal Terms of Service (renewals), free domain offer, .com pricing, download a cPanel backup, transfer a domain away.
Questions people ask
How much is GoDaddy web hosting for three years?
The Economy plan is $5.99 a month for the first 3-year term, so $215.64 paid up front. GoDaddy does not publish a renewal price. It shows a regular price of $11.99 a month next to the deal, and its terms say renewals are at its then-current rates, so we assume $11.99 a month after year 3.
Does GoDaddy hosting come with a free domain?
Yes, with an annual Web Hosting or WordPress Hosting plan. GoDaddy's pages do not say how long it stays free. Its .com page lists each extra year at $22.99. A bundled domain cannot be transferred out for 120 days.
What uptime does GoDaddy promise?
Its hosting agreement promises 99.9% uptime per month. If GoDaddy misses it, you can ask for a credit of 5% of that month's hosting fee, usable only on more GoDaddy products.
Can I get a refund from GoDaddy hosting?
Annual plans can be refunded within 30 days and monthly plans within 48 hours. If your plan included a free domain, GoDaddy deducts the domain's list price from the refund.
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