GoDaddy vs TMDHosting – Picking one over the other can be quite difficult given how closely matched both of them are.

In this article, I compared each of these hosts’ services and packages, and TMDHosting came out as the overall winner. Regardless, you might still prefer GoDaddy over TMDHosting depending on your needs.

Read on to learn more about these two hosts so you can make the best decision on where to host your website!

Overall Comparison GoDaddy vs TMDHosting

Winner: TMDHosting

Overall, TMDHosting has more features and hosting options than GoDaddy, which is primarily a domain registrar. However, GoDaddy competes well with TMDHosting with regard to features and security. Keep reading to learn more about what each of these hosts offers:

About GoDaddy and TMDHosting

	Founded in 1997 and headquartered in Arizona (USA), GoDaddy has grown into an all-in-one solution for growing an online presence. They not only offer super affordable domains (which is how they started) but also hosting services including web, VPS, and WordPress hosting. GoDaddy has over 21 million customers globally.
	TMDHosting is one of the most popular web hosts in the market.  Based in Florida (US), the company offers hosting services including web hosting, cloud hosting, VPS hosting, dedicated hosting, and WordPress hosting. They are known for being reliable and having one of the most responsive support teams.

Round 1: Hosting features – Key Hosting Features and Services

Key GoDaddy Features

GoDaddy offers unlimited bandwidth and up to 100GB storage on its web hosting plans. They also include a preinstalled payments platform, free WordPress install, daily backups, and free domain/SSL.

Its VPS and WordPress plans are also feature-rich. All VPS plans give you access to high-speed SSD storage (up to 400GB), varying amounts of CPU cores, and multiple locations for your server, while the WordPress plans offer all those plus Godaddy payments, malware scans, and many more.

Key TMDHosting Features

Unlike GoDaddy, TMDHosting has no bandwidth or storage limit on all of its shared, cloud, and WordPress hosting plans. Its VPS hosting plans also give you as high as 10TB bandwidth and 150GB of high-performance SSD storage.

Additionally, TMDHosting includes free SSL certificates and domain, 1-click WordPress installation, a pre-built WordPress environment, and the Weebly site builder that lets you design your site using drag-n-drop. Finally, free website migration is also included in all plans.

And the winner is… TMDHosting

GoDaddy offers some incredible extra features (like the payment system) but you have to pay more to access them. TMDHosting is the more affordable hosting, giving you the best value for your money.

Round 2:  Prices & Plans

GoDaddy Pricing Plans

Godaddy offers a suite of plans for web hosting, VPS hosting, WordPress hosting and dedicated hosting. Here are the things they are best suited for:

• Web hosting – GoDaddy’s web hosting plans are the most basic plans, best suited for small and simple websites with very little traffic
• VPS hosting – VPS hosting plans for websites that have outgrown the resources provided by web hosting plans
• Dedicated hosting – These are dedicated servers with dedicated resources, suited for big websites that require a lot of resources and security
• WordPress and WooCommerce hosting – Tailored for websites built on WordPress, as well as Ecommerce websites built on WordPress’s Ecommerce solution, WooCommerce.

TMDHosting Pricing Plans  

TMDHosting offers more hosting plans than GoDaddy. In addition to those discussed above, you have reseller hosting, email hosting, and more. These are best suited to:

• Web hosting – Starter plans for basic and new websites. E.g: service pages, landing pages, etc.
• VPS hosting – These plans offer more power, speed, and resources for growing websites (e.g. mid-sized businesses, Ecommerce stores, news websites, etc).
• Dedicated hosting – Powerful plans best for large corporations  – you get your own dedicated resources which you can manage yourself or leave for TMDHosting’s team.
• Reseller hosting – Best for those looking to resell hosting packages
• WordPress hosting – If you own a WordPress site or a WooCommerce store, these plans are the best for you.
• Others – TDHosting also offers other niche hosting plans like cPanel hosting, eCommerce hosting, and Agency hosting.

And the Winner Is… TMDHosting

Not only do you get a more varied collection of hosting plans with TMDHosting, but they are also cheaper than GoDaddy’s, with the basic plan going at $2.95 compared to GoDaddy’s $5.95.

Round 3: Website performance (Uptime & Speed)

For better performance, always consider the uptime and server speed of the host. A higher uptime means your website will be available to users for longer time periods. And a high server speed is crucial for ranking high in search results, meaning more business for you.

GoDaddy Uptime & Speed

GTMetrix and Google PageSpeed Insights are two great tools for analyzing host speed and performance. Using both, I tested the host’s domain (I expect their domain to be hosted on their servers) to measure their speed and performance. These were the results:

On GTMetrix, GoDaddy obtained a good time to first byte (TTFB) of 724 ms and an overall performance of 90%:

On PageSpeed Insights, the host had a TTFB of 680 ms for the desktop version and an overall performance of 89%:

TMDHosting Uptime & Speed

I ran the same tests on TMDHosting’s domain and got back impressive results (better than GoDaddy). Check them out:

On GTMetrix, TMDHosting obtained a TTFB of 328 ms and an overall performance of 94%:

The results on PageSpeed Insights were slightly lower: a TTFB of 520 ms and an overall performance of also 70%:

And the Winner Is… TMDHosting

TMDHosting wins this round with better server speed and overall performance. The numbers were quite impressive.

Round 4: Customer Support – Who Has the Best Support System?

GoDaddy customer Support

GoDaddy offers support via various channels like telephone, email, live chat, knowledgebase, and YouTube. These channels are available 24/7 and open to everyone (not just existing customers).

I was quite impressed to find that GoDaddy also had a YouTube geared towards helping business owners.

I tried chatting with a live agent, and after waiting for nothing more than 50 seconds, I got a response from an agent. Check the screenshot below.

An awesome thing about their live chat is that there’s also a bot to attend to your needs while you wait for a real-life agent.

Keep in mind that you can sign in to enjoy high-priority response times when using live chat.

TMDHosting customer Support

Like GoDaddy, TMDHosting provides 24/7 support via live chat, ticket, telephone, and email. You can access the live chat option on all pages of the website, even if you’re not an existing customer.

To test it out, I tried chatting with one of their agents live about free website migration. It didn’t take long for me to get a reply (check the screenshot below):

If you want to learn about their products or services yourself, you can go through their FAQ section, blog, tutorials, and vast knowledgebase. Unlike GoDaddy, TMDHosting does not have an official YouTube channel currently.

You can browse through their knowledgebase to find what you’re looking for, or filter the results by category.

And the Winner Is… TMDHosting

In my experience, TMDHsoting’s response time via live chat was far quicker than that of GoDaddy (where I had to wait for about two minutes). TMD also has a vast knowledgebase and lots of tutorials, so it’s the winner of this round.

Round 5: Ease of use – Which Platform Is Easier to Use?

GoDaddy Ease of use

GoDaddy’s user interface is so simple yet elegant. The homepage features the best deals and other important details of their hosting plans. In addition, you can search for a specific domain using the search bar at the top:

As a customer, you’ll have access to GoDaddy’s cPanel for managing your website. The cPanel is quite intuitive, clean,  and follows the industry standard:

From here, you can import files, backup or restore your site, access advanced settings, and perform other administrative tasks.

TMDHosting Ease of use

TMDHosting features a fun user interface that uses a combination of blue, white, and gray. Their homepage is rich with features and important hosting details that might interest you. You can use the navigation links on top of the page to access specific plans:

Once you become a customer, TMDHosting provides you with the good old cPanel. This cPanel is not very intuitive and includes so many features from the get-go.  You can access the file manager, Weebly builder, backup and restore, and security settings, among others.

And the Winner Is… TMDHosting

I personally find TMDHosting’s user interface and cPanel more intuitive and better-looking than that of GoDaddy (cPanel looks a bit outdated). For this reason, TMDHosting wins this round.

Round 6: Security – Which Platform is More Secure?

GoDaddy Security

GoDaddy gives you all the necessary security features out-of-the-box including a free SSL certificate, DDoS protection to repel malicious hackers, as well as daily backups on all its plans to safeguard your data. Every plan also includes a malware scanner and web application firewalls.

Furthermore, offers SiteLock website protection on most of its plans to help detect threats and fix security risks.

TMDHosting Security

In all of TMD Hosting’s plans, you get free SSL encryption, DDoS protection, domain protection, malware scanning,  regular backups,  and other necessary features for securing your domain.

They also offer SiteLock security (for $19.95 per year) and ID Protect ($9.95 per year) for domain privacy, both of which add an extra layer of security around your website.

And the Winner Is… TMDHosting

While both of these hosts give you the security essentials out-of-the-box, TMDHosting wins this round with more built-in security features than GoDaddy (at an even cheaper rate).

Round 7: Server locations

If you want your website to be delivered quickly to users, then you must consider the server locations of your web host company. Typically, you want your host to have as many servers globally as possible, meaning your site will be available globally.

GoDaddy Server location

Siteground has data centers in three continents. The locations are:

• Phoenix, Arizona (USA) – Godaddy Own data center
• Scottsdale (USA)
• Mesa (USA)
• Los Angeles(USA)
• Chicago (USA)
• Ashburn (USA)
• Virginia (USA)
• Amsterdam (Europe)
• Singapore (Asia)

Here’s an image showing the concentration of servers in each location:

Based on the image, the Phoenix (U.S.A) location has all the different kinds of servers present.

TMDHosting Server location

TMDHosting has data centers in four continents. The locations are as follows:

• Phoenix (US)
• Chicago (US)
• London (UK)
• Amsterdam (Netherlands)
• Singapore
• Tokyo (Japan)
• Sydney (Australia)

And the Winner Is… TMDHosting

TMDHosting wins this round with data centers in four continents, compared to GoDaddy’s three. Due to TMD’s wider coverage, you can expect your website to load faster in even remote locations than with GoDaddy.

GoDaddy vs TMDHosting: final recommendations

When to Choose GoDaddy?

Though GoDaddy started out as a domain register, they now offer reliable hosting services including web, VPS, WordPress, and cPanel hosting. While GoDaddy hosting services aren’t quite on the level of TMDHosting, choose GoDaddy if:

• You want one of the most affordable hosting in the market
• You want to get the domain and hosting in the same place
• You want good performance and high speeds
• You want an easy-to-use control cPanel
• You want free payment processing built in

When to Choose TMDHosting?

TMDHosting is one of the best hosting providers in the market and based on the reviews it gets, a lot of people agree with me. Here’s why you should choose TMDHosting:

• You want unlimited bandwidth and storage for affordable prices
• You want fast customer support response time
• You want incredible server speeds and performance
• You want reliable security
• You want free website migration regardless of the plan
• You want an intuitive cPanel