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	3.1 / 10	5 / 10
Pricing	3.4 / 10	6.2 / 10
User Friendly	3.2 / 10	5.4 / 10
Support	2.8 / 10	5.2 / 10
Features	3.1 / 10	5.2 / 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	Not sure what the prob... Jun. 30, 2020 Reliability 10 Pricing 8.0 User Friendly 8.0 Support 10 Features 10 I've used GD for a while now, and yep they maybe more expensive than others, the dash board may take longer than others to na... More vigate, however, whenever i've had a problem, their client services is second to none. Maybe their designed for the un technicaly minded like me. But never the less, i think they're great! Less	Very good service for ... Jul. 4, 2020 Reliability 8.0 Pricing 8.0 User Friendly 8.0 Support 8.0 Features 8.0 Their shared hosting is very good for the price. But they should really have more servers in different countries. Only us & u... More k is not so good for their long term. Less
Latest negative review	No features and techni... Jul. 28, 2020 Reliability 6.0 Pricing 2.0 User Friendly 6.0 Support 2.0 Features 2.0 No SSL no good disk space And not even a good support from this company. I don't know how they are managing this company. The... More y are just here for wasting time and money. I finally quite this irresponsible company and find new hosting company shoutcoder far much better than GoDaddy even in more affordable price Less	Just Say "No" to NameC... Jul. 23, 2020 Reliability 2.0 Pricing 6.0 User Friendly 4.0 Support 2.0 Features 4.0 In September 2019, I had DAILY exchanges with their incompetent, illiterate technical support team a bit OVER TWO WEEKS witho... More ut ever receiving a complete resolution. The support was so inadequate that one of their Hosting Team Leaders eventually became involved and said, "To my regret, some confusion occurred and the misleading information was provided". She made a lame attempt to apologize for their remarkable ineptitude and their lying by offering to give me $20 in account funds in addition to a coupon code for 20 percent off any future purchase. Here we are in July 2020 and I have been going back and forth with NameCheap for two days now attempting to simply redeem the coupon code. I have interacted with six different members of their customer support team so far and they all lack logical reasoning skills. With each response on my support ticket, my simple issue becomes more bizarre. They ADD a new non-existent parameter with each iteration. A middle school student could offer better support. I CAN'T MAKE THIS STUFF UP! I will never do business with Namecheap again. They may be less expensive than similar companies; however, money becomes no object here--I am happy to pay much more for competence and professionalism. 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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