GoDaddy vs. Namecheap 2020

Find out which one is the best for your needs

Pricing
Starting price	$5.99 / month	$0.82 / month
Free domain	Yes	No

User Ratings
Reliability	3.2 / 10	5.5 / 10
Pricing	3.5 / 10	6.7 / 10
User Friendly	3.3 / 10	5.9 / 10
Support	2.9 / 10	5.7 / 10
Features	3.2 / 10	5.7 / 10

Summary
Max Ostryzhko Senior Web Developer, HostAdvice CTO The primary service of both GoDaddy and NameCheap is domain name registration, but they also offer web hosting services to their customers. The hosting solutions provided by Namecheap are quite a bit less expensive than GoDaddy, and still remain more stable and come with better features. NameCheap also has more powerful hardware available for their higher level hosting solutions, which gives customers plenty of room to grow within this company. NameCheap has a lot of positive things going for it, which is why they won this comparison. Winner! See plans and pricing www.namecheap.com

Summary

Max Ostryzhko

Senior Web Developer, HostAdvice CTO

The primary service of both GoDaddy and NameCheap is domain name registration, but they also offer web hosting services to their customers. The hosting solutions provided by Namecheap are quite a bit less expensive than GoDaddy, and still remain more stable and come with better features. NameCheap also has more powerful hardware available for their higher level hosting solutions, which gives customers plenty of room to grow within this company. NameCheap has a lot of positive things going for it, which is why they won this comparison.

Winner!

See plans and pricing www.namecheap.com

User Reviews
Latest positive review	Good overall performance Jan. 14, 2020 Reliability 10 Pricing 8.0 User Friendly 10 Support 10 Features 8.0 I find Godaddy is good considering overall performance. If we consider good support, speed, price I can only suggest Godaddy... More , Hostgator and Domainracer to the people who are planning to purchase hosting. Less	Great for domain hosti... Mar. 5, 2020 Reliability 6.0 Pricing 10 User Friendly 10 Support 10 Features 10 I don't really understand the tons of negative feedbacks, and honestly, I think most of them are paid by competitors. If we c... More ompare the typical low-cost companies such as GoDaddy, Bluehost and the like, I think NameCheap is the best option, AND THE ONLY ONE THAT OFFERS A SUPPORT TICKET SYSTEM, while competitors only offer chat and phone - this latter fact is just ridiculous btw. The only thing I didn't like is speed - if we compare website speed, NameCheap is clearly the worst option. But hey, low cost shared hosting is not for serious businesses where speed is really important. NameCheap's domain hosting is one of the bests in the market, and their private email hosting is also top notch. I also really like their UI. It's very user-friendly, very well designed, actually one of the best hosting backend design I've ever seen. Less
Latest negative review	Don't go with Godaddy Mar. 14, 2020 Reliability 2.0 Pricing 6.0 User Friendly 4.0 Support 2.0 Features 6.0 I used shared hosting of Godaddy initially. Since I had delay in my auto trigger emails for sign ups, I called the customer c... More are. They suggested me to go with VPS. After purchasing the VPS, they did not give much support on setup and never bothered to even reply to my emails. After 2 days struggle when I completed the setup, i faced the same issue of email lag and called them. Finally got to the truth that, VPS does not have anything to do with the email delay. Might look simple issue for a non techie like me, it matters a lot to have the right information. GODADDY CHEATERS Less	Very poor Feb. 29, 2020 Reliability 2.0 Pricing 2.0 User Friendly 2.0 Support 2.0 Features 2.0 Appalling service and not a good attitude from chat assistant either. They automatically turn on auto renewal. In my case I c... More ontacted them within 24 hours of them taking money for a domain that was to rollover about 28 days later. I did not want to keep the domain and asked for a refund. They advised they would not refund because auto renewal was on. Now if it was after the domain registration date I would understand, but a month before? Unacceptable. This would not happen in the UK. Less

Server Locations
North America	Yes	Yes
Europe	No	No
Asia	Yes	No
Oceania	No	No
South America	No	No
Africa & Middle East	No	No

Shared Hosting Plans
Plan Name	Economy	Value
Space	100 GB	20 GB
Bandwidth	Unlimited	Unlimited
Panel	cpanel	cpanel
Number of Sites	1	N/A
Features
Price	$5.99	$0.82

Plan Name	Deluxe	Professional
Space	Unlimited	50 GB
Bandwidth	Unlimited	Unlimited
Panel	cpanel	cpanel
Number of Sites	N/A	N/A
Features
Price	$7.99	$1.66

Plan Name	Ultimate	Ultimate
Space	Unlimited	Unlimited
Bandwidth	Unlimited	Unlimited
Panel	cpanel	cpanel
Number of Sites	N/A	N/A
Features
Price	$12.99	$2.49

Plan Name	Maximum	Business SSD
Space	Unlimited	20 GB
Bandwidth	Unlimited	5 TB
Panel	cpanel	cpanel
Number of Sites	N/A	N/A
Features
Price	$19.99	$19.88

Plan Name	Launch Business Hosting	–
Space	120 GB	–
Bandwidth	Unlimited	–
Panel	cpanel	–
Number of Sites	N/A	N/A
Features		–
Price	$29.99	–

Plan Name	Enhance Business Hosting	–
Space	240 GB	–
Bandwidth	Unlimited	–
Panel	cpanel	–
Number of Sites	N/A	N/A
Features		–
Price	$39.99	–
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VPS Plans
Plan Name	Launch	VPS Lite - Xen
Space	40 GB	15 GB
CPU	1 core	1 core
RAM	2 GB	512 MB
OS	Windows	Linux
Price	$24.99	$19.95

Plan Name	Enhance	VPS 1 - Xen
Space	60 GB	30 GB
CPU	2 cores	1 core
RAM	4 GB	1 GB
OS		Linux
Price	$34.99	$29.95

Plan Name	Grow	VPS 2 - Xen
Space	150 GB	60 GB
CPU	3 cores	2 cores
RAM	6 GB	2 GB
OS		Linux
Price	$49.99	$49.95

Plan Name	Expand	VPS 3 - Xen
Space	200 GB	100 GB
CPU	4 cores	2 cores
RAM	8 GB	3 GB
OS		Linux
Price	$59.99	$69.95
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Dedicated Server Plans
Plan Name	Economy	Xeon E3-1240 v3
Space	1000 GB	1000 GB
CPU	4 x 3.10GHz	4 x 3.40GHz
RAM	4 GB	8 GB
OS	Linux	Windows Linux
Price	$79.99	$98.88

Plan Name	Value	Xeon E3-1240 v3
Space	1.5 TB	1.95 TB
CPU	4 x 3.10GHz	4 x 3.40GHz
RAM	8 GB	16 GB
OS	Linux	Windows Linux
Price	$119.99	$139.88

Plan Name	Deluxe	Xeon E5-2620 v2
Space	1.95 TB	480 GB
CPU	4 x 3.10GHz	12 x 2.10GHz
RAM	16 GB	32 GB
OS	Linux	Windows Linux
Price	$139.99	$309.88

Plan Name	Ultimate	Xeon E5-2620 v2
Space	1.95 TB	960 GB
CPU	4 x 3.10GHz	12 x 2.10GHz
RAM	32 GB	64 GB
OS	Linux	Windows Linux
Price	$149.99	$379.88

Plan Name	Economy	–
Space	1000 GB	–
CPU	4 x 3.10GHz	–
RAM	4 GB	–
OS	Windows	–
Price	$109.99	–

Plan Name	Value	–
Space	1.5 TB	–
CPU	4 x 3.10GHz	–
RAM	8 GB	–
OS	Windows	–
Price	$149.99	–

Plan Name	Deluxe	–
Space	1.95 TB	–
CPU	4 x 3.10GHz	–
RAM	16 GB	–
OS	Windows	–
Price	$169.99	–

Plan Name	Ultimate	–
Space	1.95 TB	–
CPU	4 x 3.10GHz	–
RAM	32 GB	–
OS	Windows	–
Price	$179.99	–
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Cloud Hosting Plans
Plan Name	Launch	–
Space	60 GB	–
CPU	1 core	–
RAM	2 GB	–
Bandwidth	Unlimited	–
Price	$29.99	–

Plan Name	Enhance	–
Space	90 GB	–
CPU	2 cores	–
RAM	4 GB	–
Bandwidth	Unlimited	–
Price	$34.99	–

Plan Name	Grow	–
Space	120 GB	–
CPU	3 cores	–
RAM	6 GB	–
Bandwidth	Unlimited	–
Price	$44.99	–

Plan Name	Expand	–
Space	150 GB	–
CPU	4 cores	–
RAM	8 GB	–
Bandwidth	Unlimited	–
Price	$59.99	–
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SSL Plans
Plan Name	Standard SSL DV	–
Features	Best for blogs and social websites Validates domain ownership SHA-2 and 2048-bit encryption Protects unlimited servers Unlimited free reissues Unlimited 24/7 security support Boost Google search ranking Compatible with all major browsers Displays a Security Seal on your site 30-day money back guarantee	–
Warranty	$10,000.00	–
Price	$60.99	–

Plan Name	Deluxe SSL OV	–
Features	Best for businesses and organizations Validates domain ownership and organization SHA-2 and 2048-bit encryption Protects unlimited servers Unlimited free reissues Unlimited 24/7 security support Boost Google search ranking Compatible with all major browsers Displays a Security Seal on your site 30-day money back guarantee	–
Warranty	$250,000.00	–
Price	$90.99	–

Plan Name	Premium SSL EV	–
Features	Best for eCommerce websites Validates domain ownership and highest level of organization authentication SHA-2 and 2048-bit encryption Protects unlimited servers Unlimited free reissues Unlimited 24/7 security support Boost Google search ranking Compatible with all major browsers Displays a Security Seal on your site 30-day money back guarantee	–
Warranty	$1,000,000.00	–
Price	$187.99	–
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Features
Support Services
Live Chat	Yes	Yes
Phone Support	Yes	No
Email Support	Yes	Yes
Forum Support	Yes	Yes
Video guides	Yes	Yes
Knowledgebase	Yes	Yes

CMS Support
Wordpress	Yes	Yes
Managed Wordpress	Yes	Yes
Joomla	Yes	Yes
Drupal	Yes	Yes
Magento	Yes	Yes
Fantastico	No	Yes
Presta Shop	No	No
ZenCart	No	No

OS Support
Windows	Yes	Yes
Linux	Yes	Yes

Language Support
PHP	No	Yes
Java	No	No
Python	No	No
NodeJS	No	No
Django	No	No
Perl	No	No
Ruby on Rails	No	No

Database Support
MongoDB	No	No
MySQL	No	Yes
PostgreSQL	No	Yes

Payment Types Support
PayPal	Yes	Yes
Credit Card	Yes	Yes
MoneyBookers	No	No
Wire Transfer	No	No
Webmoney	No	No
Bitcoin	No	Yes

Bottom Line
Max Ostryzhko Senior Web Developer, HostAdvice CTO The primary service of both GoDaddy and NameCheap is domain name registration, but they also offer web hosting services to their customers. The hosting solutions provided by Namecheap are quite a bit less expensive than GoDaddy, and still remain more stable and come with better features. NameCheap also has more powerful hardware available for their higher level hosting solutions, which gives customers plenty of room to grow within this company. NameCheap has a lot of positive things going for it, which is why they won this comparison. Winner! See plans and pricing www.namecheap.com

Bottom Line

Max Ostryzhko

Senior Web Developer, HostAdvice CTO

Winner!

See plans and pricing www.namecheap.com

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