Before you commit to a term, compare your true one-year and multi-year cash exposure across hosts: first-term price against the renewal rate that follows it. Each rate below is sourced and dated directly from the host's own pricing page.
How to use this: read down the renewal column, not the first-term column; multiply the renewal rate by the years you expect to keep the site, and compare hosts on that total. The intro price is a one-time discount; the renewal is what you actually live with.
Renewal-budget reference rates
| Host | Plan / term | First term | Renewal rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bluehost | Starter, one-year term | $4.99/mo | Renews at $11.99/mo |
| Bluehost | Starter, three-year term | $3.99/mo | Renews at $9.99/mo |
| Hostinger | Premium, prepaid multi-year term | $2.99/mo | Renews at $10.99/mo |
| SiteGround | StartUp | $2.99/mo | Renews at $17.99/mo |
Multiply your renewal rate by the number of years you expect to keep the site; that total, not the first-term price, is the number to budget against.
A future worksheet would turn this reference into a saved, shareable worksheet with domain/email/backup line items added in. No worksheet is currently available, and this column is complete without it: the reference rates above already answer the core budgeting question.
Want the reasoning behind whether the lower sticker price is worth the longer commitment? See shared hosting break-even guide.