How can I get free web hosting?

There are many websites offering free web hosting online, but these services are more likely to cause headaches than create solutions. As the old saying goes, you get what you pay for! Fortunately, paid web hosting is not very expensive these days—in fact, it's nearly free, with only minor charges. It's like free web hosting, but with actual service and support! You can get a reliable web hosting plan for under $10 a month from most of our top web hosts. Affordable web hosting with excellent service is a reality.

Our most affordable hosting plan comes from IX Web Hosting, which starts at just $3.95/month for a very comprehensive, satisfaction-guaranteed plan featuring 300 GB disk space, 3000 GB data transfer space, a free domain registration, 2500 email addresses, PHP, Perl, CGI, guestbooks, chat, and more. This is a wonderful and affordable basic web hosting plan for customers without significant ecommerce or database needs.

GoDaddy Web Hosting and 1&1 Web Hosting both have $3.99/month web hosting plans, which are essentially just as affordable as the IX plan. GoDaddy's most affordable plan is the Economy plan, which features 5 GB disk space, 250 GB data transfer, 10 MySQL databases, lots of free software and add-ons (for blogging, message boards, chat, and more), plus 500 email accounts. 1&1's Beginner plan is extremely affordable and includes 10GB disk space, 300 GB data transfer, 600 email accounts, a 1&1 website builder to help you get started, plus tons of ad credits to assist you in marketing your site.

In addition to the $3.99/month Beginner plan, 1&1 hosting has two more web hosting plans for under $5/month. The 1&1 Home web hosting plan is just $4.99/month and includes 120 GB disk space, 1200 GB data transfer, 1200 email accounts, click-and-build applications for web communities, a 1&1 photo gallery, a software suite with image editing capabilities, and more! That's a lot of features for under $5/month.

For a limited time, 1&1 web hosting brings you even more bang for your buck, with a temporary $4.99/month special on its most popular web hosting plan, the Business hosting plan. Normally $9.99/month, the Business plan is yours for just $4.99/month for the first 2 months. Get over twice as much disk space and data transfer capability as the Home plan, plus more click-and-build applications, a premium software suite with Adobe Photoshop, twice as much marketing ad credits, 5 1&1 blogs, and more.

Free web hosting is never really free—either you'll have to pay for support to keep your site up and running, or you'll have to pay for your stinginess by suffering from a site that's constantly down, or not working properly. Pay a little bit for a lot of service—it'll result in you having a better site!