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1. Plans and Pricing
With GreenGeeks Shared and WordPress hosting are the Same Price, Unlike HostPapa
GreenGeeks offers shared, reseller, VPS, WordPress and CMS hosting, and dedicated servers. HostPapa has fewer hosting solutions in comparison – shared, WordPress hosting, reseller, and VPS. Both hosts provide long-term billing options – annual, biennial, and triennial. GreenGeeks also has monthly subscriptions, but they’re naturally more expensive than the yearly alternative. HostPapa Web Hosting
Plan NameStorageBandwidthNumber of SitesPrice
More detailsA free domain name is included with some hosting plans from HostPapa
GreenGeeks Web Hosting
Plan NameStorageBandwidthFree SSLNumber of SitesPrice
More detailsA free domain name is included with some hosting plans from GreenGeeks
2. Features
ِBoth Hosts Provide Excellent Features. It’s Almost a Tie
It’s hard to decide between HostPapa and GreenGeeks when it comes to features. Both hosts offer a boatload of features and freebies for shared hosting. These include free SSL certificates, free domain name, free CDN, SSD storage, free site builder, cPanel, and Softaculous application installer. The most noticeable difference is the resources allocated with the starter packages. With GreenGeeks’ Ecosite Lite, you get one hosted website, unlimited disk space, unlimited bandwidth, unlimited email accounts, unlimited databases, and automatic daily backups. HostPapa’s Starter package gives you two hosted websites, 100 GB of disk space, unlimited bandwidth, 100 email accounts, and 25 databases. Use this side-by-side table to compare HostPapa and GreenGeeks further:HostPapa | GreenGeeks | |
Hosting Types | Shared (managed and unmanaged), WordPress hosting, VPS, reseller | Shared, VPS, reseller, WordPress hosting, application hosting, dedicated servers |
Free Domain | ✔ | ✔ |
Free SSL Certificate | ✔ | ✔ |
Disk Space | 50 GB – Unlimited (depending on the plan) | 50 GB – Unlimited |
Bandwidth | 500 GB – Unlimited (depending on the plan) | 10 TB – Unmetered |
Automatic Backups | Daily with certain plans | ✔ |
Control Panel | cPanel | cPanel |
Email Accounts | 100 – Unlimited (depending on the plan) | Unlimited |
Free CDN | ✔ | ✔ |
Free Site Migration | ✔ | ✔ |
Money-Back Guarantee | 30 days | 30 days (except for dedicated servers) |
3. Performance
GreenGeeks Has Faster Loading Speeds than HostPapa
While HostPapa has servers in the U.S.A. and Canada, GreenGeeks has servers in the U.S.A., Canada, and the Netherlands. In other words, GreenGeeks has a slightly more global presence. Both HostPapa and GreenGeeks use SSD storage with all plans. SSD storage is preferable to regular HDD storage as it performs faster in terms of processing website data. In return, this reflects directly on your website’s loading speed and overall performance. You’ll get Cloudflare CDN for free with all plans for both hosts. A CDN or Content Delivery Network boosts your website’s loading speed, among other benefits, by placing it on a global network of cloud servers. Both hosts promise a 99.9% uptime guarantee, and fortunately, both exceeded this number with no major downtimes reported by users. When we tested the loading speeds of HostPapa from different locations, it showed some promising numbers. Even though it didn’t score perfectly, it didn’t deliver slow speeds in many locations. The overall score on the Sucuri test was an A. Here’s our HostPapa review for more detailed results.![[HostPapa] - [speed test]](https://dt2sdf0db8zob.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/hostpapa-vs-greengeeks-1.png)
![[GreenGeeks] - [speed test]](https://dt2sdf0db8zob.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/hostpapa-vs-greengeeks-2.png)
4. Security
Both Hosts Take Security Seriously, but GreenGeeks Has Automatic Backups with all Plans
HostPapa and GreenGeeks take your website’s security seriously by offering a wide range of security features and measures that come as standard. Both have the following security features in common:- Free SSL certificates
- DDoS/Brute-Force protection
- 24/7 server monitoring
- Server firewall
- Automatic app updates
- Spam protection
- Antivirus/antimalware
5. Support
HostPapa Has More Support Channels and Free Training Sessions
HostPapa and GreenGeeks have extremely user-friendly websites and extensive knowledgebases. You’ll have no trouble helping yourself with most common technical issues. HostPapa has 24/7 customer support which you can contact through phone, live chat, email, support ticket, and fax. I went for the live chat option and connected instantly to an agent who answered all my questions with hardly any pauses.![[HostPapa] - [Support Chat]](https://dt2sdf0db8zob.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/hostpapa-vs-greengeeks-3.png)
![[GreenGeeks] - [Support Chat]](https://dt2sdf0db8zob.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/hostpapa-vs-greengeeks-4.png)
GreenGeeks Is the Champion
It was a pretty close match between HostPapa and GreenGeeks. Both services provide a variety of feature-packed plans for beginners and pros alike. However, HostPapa fell behind GreenGeeks in almost all categories, due to GreenGeeks’ economical prices, generous resources, reliable performance, and security. GreenGeeks is also listed among the top 10 web hosting services.HostPapa
GreenGeeks
Plans and Pricing
Fewer hosting plans. 30-day money-back guarantee
More hosting packages and better value for money. 30-day money-back guarantee
Key Features
Free domain, free site migration, free SSL, up to unlimited storage, and free site builder
Free domain, free site migration, free SSL, up to unlimited storage, unlimited email accounts, and free site builder
Performance
Fewer server locations, SSD storage, free Cloudflare CDN, 99.9% uptime guarantee, no downtimes, good loading speeds
More server locations, SSD storage, free Cloudflare CDN, 99.9% uptime guarantee, no downtimes, perfect loading speeds
Security
DDoS/Brute-Force protection, 24/7 server monitoring, server firewall, automatic app updates, spam protection, Antivirus/antimalware, CloudLinux OS, free Cloudflare CDN, free automatic daily backups with higher value plans
DDoS/Brute-Force protection, 24/7 server monitoring, server firewall, automatic app updates, spam protection, Antivirus/antimalware, CloudLinux OS, free Cloudflare CDN, free automatic daily backups with all plans
Support
Comprehensive knowledgebase, 24/7 phone, live chat, email, support ticket, and fax, highly responsive
Comprehensive knowledgebase, 24/7 live chat, email, and support ticket, phone (available during working hours), highly responsive