Comparison
PressyPress vs GoDaddy
Both sell hosting and domains. The difference is what the second invoice looks like, and whether your site has resources of its own or a share of a machine.
Short version
GoDaddy is the largest name in this comparison and sells hosting, domains and everything adjacent from one account. PressyPress sells one thing: managed WordPress in its own container at a price that does not change on renewal.
GoDaddy figures are their own published list prices, read off their site on 1 September 2026. We have no affiliation with them, and product names belong to their owners.
GoDaddy's hosting pages refuse automated requests, so we have not been able to read their current prices from source. Rather than repeat a figure from a review site and call it theirs, this page compares what we can state about ourselves and leaves their column until we can check it properly.
Where GoDaddy is the better answer
If one of these is your situation, we would rather you went there than churned out of here in month three.
Everything from one account
Domains, hosting, email, certificates and a website builder on one bill. We sell hosting and domains, and we do not host email at all.
Scale and availability of help
Phone support in many countries and a support organisation far larger than ours. We answer in writing, from the platform team.
The most recognised name here
For a lot of buyers that recognition is itself the reassurance they are shopping for, and it is not something a new host can offer.
At a glance
What you are actually buying, on both sides, in the units each of us sells in.
| What you are buying | PressyPress | GoDaddy |
|---|---|---|
| Entry price | €12/moVAT included, and the renewal invoice says €12. | pending verificationTheir pricing page blocks automated reads. We will print their figure when we have read it ourselves. |
| The renewal invoice | €12/moThe same number as the first one, for as long as you stay. | pending verificationIntro-rate hosting typically renews higher, but we are not going to state their number until we have seen it. |
| What runs your site | your own containerIts own memory, CPU and database. Your speed is a function of your traffic. | shared hostingTheir managed WordPress tiers are built on shared infrastructure. |
| Features by tier | all of them, every tierBackups, staging, SSL, malware protection, SFTP, SSH, PHP and Node control. | tieredSites, storage and platform features scale with the plan. |
| Email hosting | we do not sell itDeliverability is a full-time product. We help you point the records at somebody who does it. | sold alongsideA genuine convenience if you want one bill. |
| Tax in the price | included€12 is what leaves your account, at any of our terms. | added at checkoutAs is normal for a US-headquartered seller. |
Which one fits you
Pick PressyPress if
- You have one site that matters and a budget that should not surprise you.
- You want every feature on the plan you can afford, not the plan above it.
- Your traffic moves, and you would rather size memory than buy the next bundle.
- You want the renewal price in writing before you sign up.
- You are in Europe and want VAT-inclusive prices and European data centres.
Pick GoDaddy if
- You want domains, hosting and email on a single account and a single bill.
- Phone support in your own country is what you are shopping for.
- You already manage other things there and want one fewer login.
- The size and familiarity of the brand is the reassurance you want.
Trying us without stranding yourself
Your site keeps serving visitors wherever it is now. Nothing happens to it until you point the domain, and that is your move to make.
- 30 days money-back
- If it is not right, ask within the window and we return what you paid.
- Staging on every plan
- Build the copy and click through it on a real URL before anything public changes.
- An export that takes one click
- Everything over SFTP, or as one archive. Your database and your media, whenever you want them.
- The transfer code, one click away
- If we registered your domain, the code to take it elsewhere is on the screen. We do not hold it.
Try the €12.00 version of the same job
One site, its own container, every feature on the plan, and the same number on the renewal invoice.