The signup price is the renewal price
Hosting.com's intro tier renews at more than 4x the sticker. Our price never changes. What you sign up at is what you keep paying.
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Hosting.com (formerly A2 Hosting / InMotion brands) leans on big intro discounts and a long menu of add-ons. WP Tango keeps it simple: one fast platform, everything included, the signup price is the renewal price.
In short
WP Tango is a managed WordPress hosting alternative to Hosting.com. Plans start at $8/month on 12-month billing, with the renewal price matching the signup price for that term, and every plan includes LiteSpeed Enterprise, Redis object caching, unlimited PHP workers, unmetered visitors, staging, SSH and WP-CLI, backups every 4 hours kept 30 days, and free engineer-led migration from Hosting.com, with US engineers in Phoenix, Arizona.
Last updated September 2026
Head to head
WP Tango vs Hosting.com
The features that matter, side by side. Based on each host's published plans and pricing as of 2026.
| Feature | WP Tango | Hosting.com |
|---|---|---|
Starting price Hosting.com Starter: $35.88 paid up front for the first year. | $4/month (12 months) | $2.99/month (12-month prepay) |
Renewal price What you actually pay after the intro term. | Same as signup, forever | $13.99/month |
Month-to-month price | $5/month | $13.99/month |
Money-back guarantee | 30 days | 30 days |
Free site migrations | Engineers do it for you | Included on most plans |
Backups every 4 hours Hosting.com runs daily backups. | ||
Backup retention | 30 days | Varies by plan |
Staging on every plan | Higher tiers only | |
LiteSpeed + Redis caching | Caching plugin based | |
Web Application Firewall (WAF) | Included on every plan | Add-on or higher tier |
Malware scan + auto clean-up | Included | Paid add-on |
Sites per server Lower density = more headroom for your site. | Hard cap, low density | Not published |
WP-CLI, SSH & SFTP on every plan | Higher tiers only | |
Support | US engineers, 24/7 | 24/7 chat & tickets |
Average TTFB (US) Hosting.com figure: hostingstep.com 2025 full-year benchmark (Pingdom, 19 US locations, 525,600 tests). | ~124 ms | 470 ms |
Sourced from Hosting.com's public pricing and documentation. Spot a mistake? Let us know.
The Hosting.com alternative
The reasons people leave Hosting.com for us.
Most of it comes down to honest pricing, real speed, and not having to pay extra for the basics.
Backups every 4 hours, no add-on
Hosting.com runs daily backups. We snapshot every 4 hours and keep them for 30 days, on every plan, restorable in one click.
No paid add-ons for the basics
WAF, malware scan, auto clean-up, staging, SSH and WP-CLI all come standard on every WP Tango plan. With Hosting.com, several of these are extra line items.
Faster server response
High-frequency AMD Ryzen CPUs (boosting over 5 GHz) with LiteSpeed and Redis pre-tuned, low-density servers. Hosting.com's 2025 full-year average TTFB was 470 ms across 19 US Pingdom locations (hostingstep.com). Our own TTFB on wptango.com sits around 124 ms.
Engineers do the migration for you
Both hosts migrate for free, but ours is a dedicated engineer who tests on staging and coordinates the DNS cut with you, not a self-serve plugin you babysit.
Honest, all-in pricing
No teaser rate, no menu of upsells at checkout. One price, everything in the box, same on day 1 and on day 1,000.
Managed WordPress hosting
Plans. Everything included.
Same fast platform, same US engineers, no server work. Pick the size that fits; the renewal price is the signup price.
Accepted payment methods
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No visit caps
No monthly visit number to stay under, and no charge for a busy week.
No bandwidth overage
Bandwidth is unmetered on every plan, so a traffic spike is not a line item.
No renewal price hikes
The rate you sign up at is the rate you renew at, on every term.
No charge for the basics
SSL, staging, migration and backups are included, not sold separately.
Included with Lite
Managed WordPress
Performance and caching
Automatic WordPress core updates
WordPress core updates are applied and checked for you.
Automatic backups and restore
Off-site backups every 4 hours, retained for 30 days, with one-click restore.
Free WordPress migrations
Our engineers move your existing WordPress sites at no extra cost.
Free SSL certificates
HTTPS certificates are installed and renewed automatically for every domain.
SMTP2GO email relay
Send form submissions, password resets and order emails. Includes 2,000 emails per month.
24/7 US-based support
WordPress engineers are available around the clock for hosting support.
LiteSpeed Enterprise page caching
Preconfigured WordPress page caching serves saved pages without rebuilding them for every visit.
Redis object caching
Caches repeated database queries to speed up dynamic and logged-in pages.
Per-site PHP version control
Choose a PHP version for each site and switch it from your hosting panel.
FlyingPress performance plugin
A licensed WordPress optimization plugin, included and configured for your site.
WooCommerce and EDD support
Hosting configured for WooCommerce and Easy Digital Downloads stores.
WordPress database optimization
Database settings are tuned for WordPress queries and plugin workloads.
Staging and developer tools
Security and protection
Staging environments
Create a separate copy of your live site to test plugins, themes and updates before publishing changes.
SSH and SFTP access
Secure command-line access and file transfers are available on every plan.
WP-CLI
Manage WordPress installations, plugins and maintenance tasks from the command line.
Site collaborators
Give developers, designers and clients their own access rather than sharing your login.
One-click WordPress login
Open wp-admin directly from your hosting panel.
Site and PHP error logs
View errors in your hosting panel to investigate site and plugin issues.
GitHub deployments
Deploy your WordPress code from a GitHub repository.
Site isolation
Each site runs in its own protected environment with isolated files and databases.
Web application firewall
Filters malicious requests and common WordPress attacks before they reach your site.
Malware scanning and protection
Imunify360 scans site files and protects against malicious code.
Brute-force login protection
Repeated failed login attempts are blocked automatically.
Account two-factor authentication
Protect your hosting account with an additional sign-in verification step.
DDoS protection
Network-level filtering helps block traffic floods before they reach your site.
Switching from Hosting.com, made simple.
What our migrations team gets asked most often.