How GoodHost stacks up
Same architecture. Australian servers. Honest pricing.
We hate “from $1.79/mo*” hosting pricing where the asterisk is a 48-month lock-in. So we don’t do it. The prices below are the prices you actually pay, every month, with no resets, no overage surprises, and no contracts.
vs the global premium hosts
GoodHost WordPress 10 vs WP Engine Startup vs Kinsta Single 35k
| GoodHost WordPress 10 | WP Engine Startup | Kinsta Single 35k | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Headline price (AUD) | $45/mo + GST | ~$46/mo | ~$46/mo |
| Architecture | Dedicated container | Dedicated container | Dedicated container |
| Visit cap | None | 25,000/mo | 35,000/mo |
| Overage fee | None | $3 per 1,000 visits | $0.75 per 1,000 visits |
| Storage | 10 GB | 10 GB | 10 GB |
| Dedicated vCPU | 400% (published) | Not disclosed | Not disclosed |
| Dedicated RAM | 4 GB (published) | Not disclosed | Not disclosed |
| PHP workers | 40 (published) | Not disclosed | Not disclosed |
| IOPS | 4,000 (published) | Not disclosed | Not disclosed |
| Server location | Australia | USA / Europe | USA / Europe / Singapore |
| Phone support | Yes — Aussie team | No (chat only) | No (chat only) |
| Lock-in contract | None | Annual upsell | Annual upsell |
| Free migration | Yes | Yes | Yes (30 days) |
| Money-back guarantee | 30 days | 60 days | 30 days |
Where the others actually cost more
A typical Australian small-business WordPress site doing 50,000 monthly visits costs:
- GoodHost WordPress 10: $45/mo. Fixed.
- WP Engine Startup: $46 + (25 overage units × $3) = $121/mo
- Kinsta Single 35k: Forced upgrade to Single 65k = ~$66 USD ($101 AUD)/mo
You’d save $56–$76/mo ($672–$912/year) moving to GoodHost — and your site lives 10ms from your customers instead of 150ms+.
vs the Australian mainstream
GoodHost Business 10 vs VentraIP Business Pro vs Crucial Performance
| GoodHost Business 10 | VentraIP Business Pro | Crucial Performance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price (AUD) | $45/mo + GST | $15.75/mo + GST | ~$50/mo + GST |
| Storage | 10 GB | (variable, slider) | 50 GB |
| vCPU | 400% (published) | Not disclosed | 400% (published) |
| RAM | 3 GB (published) | Not disclosed | 4 GB (published) |
| IO bandwidth | 4 MB/s (published) | Not disclosed | 6 MB/s (published) |
| Sites included | Unlimited | 1 | 1 |
| Aussie support | Yes (phone) | Yes (phone) | Yes (phone) |
| AccelerateWP | Yes | No | No |
VentraIP wins on price; we win on transparency, AccelerateWP, and unlimited sites. Crucial wins on raw storage; we win on price, AccelerateWP, and unlimited sites. Pick your trade — and ask the others to publish their actual cgroup limits if you want to compare apples to apples.
vs the global budget hosts
GoodHost Starter 10 vs Hostinger Premium vs Cloudways DigitalOcean 2GB
| GoodHost Starter 10 | Hostinger Premium | Cloudways DO 2GB | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price (AUD) | $15/mo + GST | ~$3.99/mo (48-month commit) | ~$22/mo (USD $14) |
| Renewal price | Same — $15/mo | Jumps to ~$11/mo at year 2 | Same |
| Lock-in | None | 48 months for headline price | None |
| Server location | Australia | Multi-region (pick at signup) | Sydney available |
| Aussie support | Phone + ticket | Chat only | Chat only |
| cPanel | Yes | hPanel (proprietary) | Custom panel |
| Free migration | Yes | Limited (1 site) | Self-service via tools |
| Sites included | Unlimited | 100 | Unlimited per server |
Hostinger’s headline number is misleading — it’s a four-year prepay, and renews at 2.5–3× the introductory rate. Cloudways is the credible technical alternative if you want to manage your own DigitalOcean-style box. We sit between: AU-hosted, AU-supported, no lock-in, honest single price.
Why we publish our resource limits
Most hosts won’t tell you what’s actually on your plan. They use phrases like “unlimited”, “unmetered”, or “blazing fast” and let you find out the real ceilings when your site goes down at 3am.
We publish every cgroup limit on every plan: vCPU%, RAM, entry processes, NProc, IO bandwidth, IOPS. Because if you can’t see what you’re paying for, you can’t tell if it’s fair — and we’d rather lose a sale on transparency than win one with marketing fog.