MDDHosting has been an independent, US-based host since 2007 and its support reputation is earned. But its plans run as shared cPanel accounts: CPU slices on a shared box, daily backups on the cheaper tiers, and $29/mo for one managed WordPress site. We put every plan on dedicated top-tier CPUs, back up every 4 hours, charge $7/mo, and the signup price stays the signup price.
The features that matter, side by side. Based on each host's published plans and pricing as of 2026.
| Feature | WP Tango | MDDHosting |
|---|---|---|
Starting price MDDHosting Pure WordPress, monthly billing. Its cheapest shared plan is $4.99/mo on annual prepay only. | $7/mo | $29/mo |
Renewal price MDDHosting publishes its renewal prices, which is fair. Its advertised price uses a one-time promo code that discounts the first invoice only. | Same as signup, forever | Published price after a one-time first-invoice promo |
Money-back guarantee | 30 days | 30 days |
Free site migrations | ||
Backups every 4 hours MDDHosting backs up daily on its shared plans, every 6 hours on Plaid, hourly on Pure WordPress. | Hourly on Pure WordPress, daily on shared | |
CPU allocation MDDHosting shared plans are CloudLinux accounts sharing AMD EPYC cores. Dedicated infrastructure is listed as coming soon. | Dedicated top-tier cores | Shared cores per account |
Storage on the managed WordPress plan | 20 GB | 25 GB NVMe |
Bandwidth | Unmetered | Unmetered |
Visitors | Unmetered | Unmetered |
Staging Pure WordPress includes one staging site. The shared plans do not include staging. | On every plan | Managed WordPress tier only |
LiteSpeed + Redis caching | ||
Managed updates and hardening | Managed WordPress tier only | |
Email hosting | Included | Included |
Support | US engineers, 24/7 | US-based, 24/7 tickets and phone |
Sourced from MDDHosting's public pricing and documentation. Spot a mistake? Let us know.
Most of it comes down to honest pricing, real speed, and not having to pay extra for the basics.
MDDHosting's managed WordPress tier is $29/mo for one site. Its shared plans cost less, but then you keep the cPanel account and the admin work that comes with it. Our entry plan is $7/mo, fully managed, month to month.
MDDHosting's shared plans run as CloudLinux accounts sharing AMD EPYC cores, with resource caps per account. WP Tango plans sit on AMD Ryzen 9950X and Intel 14900K hardware with fewer sites per server, which is what admin and checkout speed depend on.
MDDHosting backs up daily on Basic and Turbo and every 6 hours on Plaid; hourly backups arrive on the $29 Pure WordPress tier. We snapshot every 4 hours and keep 30 days, included on every plan from the smallest up.
MDDHosting's headline prices lean on a one-time promo code, and the $4.99 Basic plan requires annual prepay. To their credit they publish their renewal prices. Our rule is simpler: the price you sign up at is the price you keep paying, on any billing cycle.
On MDDHosting, staging, managed updates and WordPress vulnerability patching live on the Pure WordPress tier, while the cheaper plans hand you cPanel and Softaculous. Every WP Tango plan includes staging, managed updates, SSH, WP-CLI and LiteSpeed with Redis.
Same fast platform, same US engineers, no server work. Pick the size that fits; the renewal price is the signup price.
What our migrations team gets asked most often.
