GoDaddy VPS Hosting
GoDaddy
GoDaddy, a US domain and hosting company, sells self-managed and fully managed KVM VPS plans with introductory prices on 3-year terms.
- Cheapest, with IPv4
- $8.99/mo
- 1 vCPU / 2GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 2 GB, 40 GB NVMe
- Public IPv4
- Included
- Automatic backups
- Included
- Billing
- 36-month term
- Billed in US dollars
- Datacenters
- 3 regions, locations not stated
- North America, Europe, Asia
- Run by
- GoDaddy Operating Company, LLC
- Not stated
Entry plans and the real monthly bill
In US dollars, per month, as listed by GoDaddy (North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific). IPv4 added where it's charged separately.
Swipe the table sideways for the price and the bill.
| Plan | Server | Traffic | Plan price | With IPv4 | The bill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 vCPU / 2GB RAMSelf-managed, Linux only; one IP included | 1 vCPU, 2 GB, 40 GB NVMeCPU share not stated | Not stated | $8.9936-month termRenewal not stated | $8.99 | plan $8.99IPv4 included |
| 2 vCPU / 4GB RAMSelf-managed; 2 more IPs available on request | 2 vCPU, 4 GB, 100 GB NVMeCPU share not stated | Not stated | $17.9936-month termRenewal not stated | $17.99 | plan $17.99IPv4 included |
| 4 vCPU / 8GB RAMSelf-managed; 3 more IPs available on request | 4 vCPU, 8 GB, 200 GB NVMeCPU share not stated | Not stated | $34.9936-month termRenewal not stated | $34.99 | plan $34.99IPv4 included |
| 4 vCPU / 16GB RAMSelf-managed; 3 more IPs available on request | 4 vCPU, 16 GB, 200 GB NVMeCPU share not stated | Not stated | $44.9936-month termRenewal not stated | $44.99 | plan $44.99IPv4 included |
Good to know
- A public IPv4 address is included in every entry plan
- Listed prices are for a first term; the renewal price isn't stated
- The cheapest price needs a 36-month term
Where GoDaddy has datacenters
3 regions, locations not stated, as listed by GoDaddy.
Europe 1
- Europe (location not stated)
North America 1
- North America (location not stated)
Asia 1
- Asia (location not stated)
Where it stands among 43
Each fact with every host's answer. GoDaddy is outlined.
Kind of host
Monthly VPS
Cloud servers 14
Monthly VPS 25
Bills in
US dollars
US dollars 32
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Public IPv4 address
In the plan price
In the plan price 36
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Charged on top 5
Not stated 2
Price after the first term
Not stated
Same price 28
Goes up on renewal 11
Hourly billing
Monthly or longer
Billed by the hour 19
Monthly or longer 21
Not stated 3
Dedicated CPU in entry plans
Not stated
A dedicated-CPU plan 6
Shared CPU only 13
Datacenters on
2 or 3 continents
One continent 10
2 or 3 continents 13
ARM servers
Not stated
Add-ons and extra charges
- Public IPv4
- Included Each VPS comes with a unique IP address (not named as IPv4); extra IPs on request, price not stated
- Automatic backups
- Included Automated weekly snapshot; each new backup replaces the previous one
- Snapshots
- Included On-demand snapshots are part of every plan
- Extra traffic
- Unmetered Unlimited traffic
How you pay
- Hourly billing
- NoNo Priced per month on terms; no hourly billing advertised
- Minimum term
- Not stated The listed price needs a 3-year term; shorter terms and their prices aren't stated
- Setup fee
- Not stated Not stated
- Always-free server
- None No free VPS listed
- New-account credit
- None No trial credit listed
- Payment methods
- Card, PayPal, Bank transfer, Prepaid credit US: Visa, Mastercard, Amex, Discover, JCB, Diners Club, PayPal, Klarna, checks via Certegy; wire transfer through a prepaid Good As Gold balance
- Signup checks
- Government photo ID may be requested for identity verification
- Refunds
- 30 days on annual or longer terms, only if hosting hasn't started; 48 hours on shorter terms Hosting services are non-refundable once performed
What you get
- Processors
- Not stated CPU model not stated
- ARM servers
- Not statedNot stated Not stated
- IPv6 included
- Not statedNot stated Not stated
What comes with it
- Block storage
- YesYes Expandable storage from 100 GB for $4.99/month up to 8 TB for $399.99/month (unit arithmetic)
- Object storage
- Not statedNot stated Not stated
- Private network
- Not statedNot stated Not stated
- Cloud firewall
- Not statedNot stated An external firewall may be a paid configuration add-on, depending on the plan
- Load balancers
- Not statedNot stated Not stated
- DDoS protection included
- YesYes DDoS protection included in every plan
- Managed databases
- Not stated Not offered as a service; you can run your own database server
- Managed Kubernetes
- Not statedNot stated Not stated
- API
- Not statedNot stated GoDaddy has a public API, but the cited docs cover hosting apps, domains and DNS, not VPS provisioning
- Terraform provider
- Not statedNot stated Not stated
- Custom ISO
- Not statedNot stated Not stated
- Windows
- Not stated Windows Server offered on plans from 2 vCPU / 4 GB; any extra licence cost isn't stated
Who you're renting from
- Company
- GoDaddy Operating Company, LLC
- Owned by
- Not stated GoDaddy Inc. is named only in an SEC filing, which isn't a GoDaddy page
- Based in
- Not stated Headquarters not stated on the cited GoDaddy pages
- Founded
- Not stated Not stated on the cited GoDaddy pages
- Support
- 24/7 phone; tickets, phone and chat on Fully Managed VPS; paid Expert Services
- Certifications
- Not stated ISO 27001 covers only the domain registrar and registry; hosting isn't PCI- or HIPAA-compliant