Differences between free and paid WordPress Hosting

Your own domain name
www.
.com
Free
Paid
You’ll be able to use your brand
name somewhere in the domain
name, but you’ll also have to
include the name of the hosting
provider.
If you use a paid hosting service,
however, you can have your own
domain name without the
unwanted hostname.

Technical support
Free
Most free hosting providers will
offer some form of technical
support, however, there is usually a
24 to 48-hour response time with
these kinds of services and you
limited to email support often via a
third-party.
Paid
When you use a paid WordPress
hosting service, you’ll be
guaranteed that the web host
knows the platform inside out
and that they are available 24/7,
via phone, online chat and
email, to help with any technical
issues.

Guaranteed uptime
Free
If you are getting a service for
free, you cannot always be sure
about the server maintenance
with no downtime, timely
upgrades, etc.
Paid
When you pay for hosting, the
host knows you’ll have higher
expectations of their service.

Bandwidth and storage space
Free
In the early days of the internet,
most web hosts used to give
customers a monthly bandwidth
limit. If you went over that
limit, i.e. you had lots of
visitors, your website could no
longer be visited until the next
billing period started.
Paid
Most paid hosts provide
unlimited bandwidth – in other
words, there’s no limit on the
number of visitors you can
have. The situation is similar
with the amount of storage you
are allowed to use.

Vendor lock-in
Free
The problem for the users is that
many do not know how to migrate
their site to a different host and so
end up paying overinflated prices
for a premium account just
because it is easier to stay. This is
known as vendor lock-in.
Paid
If you choose a paid plan, the
support team will help you to
migrate your site to the host
servers for you.

Additional extras
Free
Many things such as multiple
email accounts, the ability to host
multiple websites and a range of
essential security features, e.g.
intrusion and infection
monitoring, are usually offered as
additional, paid extras, with free
hosting accounts.
Paid
While in paid hosting, things
such as multiple email accounts,
the ability to host multiple
websites and a range of essential
security features, e.g. intrusion
and infection monitoring, are
already included in the plan.

Paid hosting is cheaper than you think
Free
Paid
Free WordPress hosting
comes with several limitations
and later you need to upgrade
to premium plan for
additional features. This may
cost you double.
Paid WordPress hosting
already comes with those
additional features and so is
actually cheaper than you
think.

Conclusion
Whilst free WordPress hosting options are available, they are extremely
limited in what they offer to people wanting to set up websites,
especially those who need a professional business site. For a minor
investment of around a pound a week, you’ll get a far superior quality of
service.
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