| Compared options |  |  |
|---|---|---|
Pricing | 23 hosting plans | 61 hosting plans |
| Starting price | $2.99 / month | $2.99 / month |
| Free domain | Yes | No |
| Coupons | No | 1 coupon |
User Ratings | 1.5 | 4.7 |
| Reliability | 1.5 | 4.5 |
| Pricing | 1.5 | 4.5 |
| User Friendly | 1.5 | 4.5 |
| Support | 1.5 | 4.5 |
| Features | 1.5 | 4.5 |
User Reviews | 607 reviews | 1831 reviews |
| Latest positive review |  Nice Hosting Muzaffer Bhat, I host a blog site http://digitalbhat.com with GoDaddy and found it satisfactory. I recommend this host to all on merit basis and overall experience I had with the service provider. | Outstanding support from A2 Hosting Paul Eveleigh, OUTSTANDING SUPPORT! As a complete novice I struggled to understand what was required and my frustration was getting the better of me. Evanjaline, worked her 'magic' and got everything sorted for me. Very few companies provid... More e this level of support. It is so refreshing to see this level of customer focus from A2 support . My renewal with A2 is not in question ! Many thanks A2 support team Less |
| Latest negative review |  No reason anymore to keep GoDaddy Eric Rothmuller, I own an online marketing company and I've always used GoDaddy and recommended GoDaddy to my clients. Their services have always been a little clunky and has had it's issues but their customer service was the one reason I stu... More ck with them for so many years. Their customer service was impeccable for seemingly a decade. Now it seems they have outsourced their customer service and it is atrocious. Issues take 3+ calls to resolve now, the wait times are much longer, and the service reps seem absolutely incompetent. The only reason I've ever truly had to stick with GoDaddy for over a decade is now gone and I'll be moving my clients and my domain, email, and web hosting needs elsewhere. Less |  They're terrified of DMCA complaints and will ban you without warning! Larry Wall, HostAdvice note: A2 Hosting never claimed to be a one that doesn't respect DMCA notices, and they acted appropriately. One DMCA complaint and they'll ban your entire account no matter how many domains are hosted on it. They c... More laimed one of my websites offers illegal services, but they didn't mention which one, which was absolutely a false claim. It was a DMCA notification from Corsearch that made them ban my entire account of 30+ domains without any notification and a "Thanks!" at the end of the email! Less |
| Shared Hosting | 7 plans from $2.99 to $419.99 | 10 plans from $2.99 to $505.99 |
| Under $4 | Economy
| Startup
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| Under $8 | Economy Windows
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| Over $10 | Deluxe
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| VPS | 4 plans from $2.99 to $419.99 | 13 plans from $2.99 to $505.99 |
| Under $4 | No | |
| Under $8 | ||
| Over $10 | ||
| Dedicated Server | 8 plans from $2.99 to $419.99 | 12 plans from $2.99 to $505.99 |
| Under $4 | No | No |
| Under $8 | No | No |
| Over $10 | ||
| Cloud Hosting | No | 6 plans from $2.99 to $505.99 |
| Under $4 | No | No |
| Under $8 | No | |
| Over $10 | No | |
| Website Builder | 1 plan from $2.99 to $419.99 | 4 plans from $2.99 to $505.99 |
| Under $4 | No | |
| Under $8 | No | No |
| Over $10 | ||
| CDN | No | 4 plans from $2.99 to $505.99 |
| Under $4 | No | |
| Under $8 | No | |
| Over $10 | No | |
| Resellers | No | 8 plans from $2.99 to $505.99 |
| Under $4 | No | No |
| Under $8 | No | No |
| Over $10 | No | |
| SSL | 3 plans from $2.99 to $419.99 | 4 plans from $2.99 to $505.99 |
| Under $4 | No | No |
| Under $8 | No | No |
| Over $10 | Domain Validation (DV) SSL
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| Data Centers | 3 of 6 | 3 of 6 |
| North America | Yes | Yes |
| Europe | Yes | Yes |
| Asia | Yes | Yes |
| Oceânia | No | No |
| South America | No | No |
| Africa & Middle East | No | No |
Support Services | 6 of 6 | 6 of 6 |
| Live Chat | Yes | Yes |
| Phone Support | Yes | Yes |
| Email Support | Yes | Yes |
| Forum Support | Yes | Yes |
| Video guides | Yes | Yes |
| Knowledgebase | Yes | Yes |
CMS support | 4 of 6 | 5 of 6 |
| WordPress | Yes | Yes |
| Joomla | Yes | Yes |
| Drupal | Yes | Yes |
| Magento | Yes | Yes |
| Softaculous | No | No |
| PrestaShop | No | Yes |
OS Support | 2 of 2 | 2 of 2 |
| Windows/ASP.NET | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
Language Support | 3 of 8 | 7 of 8 |
| PHP | Yes | Yes |
| Java | No | Yes |
| Python | No | Yes |
| Node.js | No | Yes |
| Django | No | Yes |
| Perl | No | Yes |
| Ruby on Rails | Yes | Yes |
| ASP.NET | Yes | No |
Database Support | 0 of 3 | 3 of 3 |
| MongoDB | No | Yes |
| MySQL | No | Yes |
| PostgreSQL | No | Yes |
Payment Types Support | 2 of 6 | 4 of 6 |
| PayPal | Yes | Yes |
| Credit Card | No | Yes |
| Moneybookers | No | Yes |
| Wire Transfer | Yes | Yes |
| Webmoney | No | No |
| Bitcoin | No | No |
 Second |  Winner |
There is no doubt that GoDaddy is the better known company in this matchup, but that is about the only thing that they will beat A2 Hosting at. A2 Hosting is a much more reliable hosting company with better prices, and far better user support. They also have many additional options and features that GoDaddy just can’t compete with. A2 Hosting may not have the multi-million dollar marketing budgets, but they always put the quality of their hosting first, which is why they won this comparison.