019.5/ 10
At-cost domains, zero markup, no marketing
$10.5/ yr
52 web hosts and registrars, ranked on uptime, pricing, and support — with ownership disclosed.
| # | Provider | Best For | Price | Score / 10 | Δ 90d | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | At-cost domains, zero markup, no marketing | Anyone willing to use Cloudflare DNS | $10.5/ yr | 9.5 | — flat | |
| 02 | KinstaIndie Premium managed WP on Google Cloud, priced like it | Agencies and businesses who need real performance, not shared hosting in a tuxedo | $35/ mo | 9.4 | — flat | |
| 03 | HetznerIndie German engineering, half the price of US clouds | Technical users who want the most compute per dollar | $4.00/ mo | 9.3 | — flat | |
| 04 | Unlimited bandwidth, free, no asterisks | Static sites of any size on a budget | $20/ mo | 9.2 | — flat | |
| 05 | MigaduIndie Mailbox-count pricing, unlimited domains, no per-user trap | Anyone running multiple domains or family/team mailboxes cheaply | $1.58/ mo | 9.2 | — flat | |
| 06 | PorkbunIndie Indie registrar with honest pricing | Owners who hate the upsell pattern | $11.5/ yr intro $9.00 1.3× intro | 9.1 | — flat | |
| 07 | Proton MailIndie Swiss end-to-end encrypted mail, free tier is real | Privacy-first users who want zero-access encryption by default | $3.99/ mo | 9.0 | — flat | |
| 08 | Managed cloud on DO/Vultr/Linode/AWS/GCP | WooCommerce stores outgrowing shared hosting | $11/ mo | 8.8 | — flat | |
| 09 | Mailbox.orgIndie German privacy mail with a real Office suite bundled | European privacy-leaning users who want LibreOffice-grade docs included | $3.20/ mo | 8.8 | — flat | |
| 10 | FastmailIndie Privacy-focused email, no Google, no ads | Anyone leaving Gmail for a custom domain | $5.00/ mo | 8.7 | — flat |
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