GoDaddy is one of the biggest registrars of domain names and web hosting providers.
The company is one of the large leaders within the domain world, whereby domains amounting to over 63 million are under its management according to Domainstat. Putting things into perspective, not only does this place GoDaddy at number one in the domain registrar top ten, but it’s also more than the total number of domains registered by the next nine providers combined.
Success at hosting is tough to quantify, but Datanyze gives GoDaddy another first with nearly 14% of the hosting market share alone over AWS, IONOS, Google Cloud, and HostGator.
Advantages
- Choose different locations for data centers to help improve the site speed of your target audience.
- Excellent server performance
- Many different plans you can choose from, to grow with your site.
- Top-of-the-line phone support, including text-based support.
Disadvantages
- Starting prices are higher than the costs of many competitors
- Basic shared plan doesn’t include SSL certification
- Firewall protection isn’t included with shared or WordPress hosting plans
- Customer support can get a little aggressive with the upsells.
GoDaddy Plans
GoDaddy has varieties in hosting:
- Shared Hosting
- WordPress hosting
- Website builder hosting
- VPS Hosting
Overall Performance Ranking
Oh, the overall server performance GoDaddy is going to surprise you with—it will leave its 99.9% uptime guarantee far behind and deliver decent loading speeds across most regions. All in all, GoDaddy averaged a performance score of 9/10 during my tests.
But how does that stand against some other top hosts? We’ll begin with HostGator, which had a pretty shoddy seven minutes of downtime in the course of my test week. It also returned really poor loading speeds from outside the US, so I’ve ranked it only 6/10 for performance. A2 Hosting performed about neck and neck on uptime compared to GoDaddy but was a little slower when it came to load times, so I ranked it 8.5/10 for its performance.
GoDaddy Review FAQ
Is GoDaddy good for website hosting?
While GoDaddy delivers good server performance alongside ease of use and basic customer support towards hosting websites, it is relatively expensive compared to most of its competitors. However, with shared or WordPress hosting, ‘add-ons’ — chargeable extras — are needed to access very basic measures that will help secure user’s sites.
Will GoDaddy host your website?
GoDaddy will continue to host your site unless your site espouses information that puts GoDaddy at legal risk.
How much does GoDaddy charge to host a website?
GoDaddy offers various price points for any website, no matter the shape or size. The most economical GoDaddy hosting plan costs $6 per month for the first term and reaches $10 per month upon renewal. Their most expensive plan costs $320 per month during the first term and $430 per month upon renewal.
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