Observed on one day, from their own pages
Every competitor figure comes from that host's own website, checked on 2026-11-13. Hosts change prices often, and Black Friday pricing moves fastest. Recheck both providers before you buy.
Five-year cost · Observed 2026-11-13
The intro price is one term. Here is all five years.
Every host on this page advertises a low first term and a higher renewal. This page adds up both, over five years, from each host's own published figures, for the entry plan a first website usually starts on. Full disclosure up front: this is a DotMoose page, and the DotMoose row is our own Shared Starter plan.
The totals
What leaves your account in the first five years.
The method is printed in full under the table. Short version: start on the advertised intro term, renew on the same term length at the published renewal price, and count every payment billed at or before month 60.
| Host and plan | First term | Renewals billed in 5 years | SSL | Total paid in 5 years | Months covered |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DotMoose Shared Starter | C$5.99 a month, no term | None. The price does not change. | Included free | C$359.40 | 60 |
| HostPapa Essentials | C$1.25/mo for 36 months, C$45.00 up front | One 36-month renewal at C$323.64 | Included free | C$368.64 | 72 |
| Bluehost Starter | CA$2.99/mo for 36 months, C$107.64 up front | One 36-month renewal at C$305.64 | Included free | C$413.28, plus GST | 72 |
| WHC Go | C$6.99/mo on a 36-month cart term, C$251.64 up front | One 36-month renewal at C$251.64 | Included free | C$503.28 | 72 |
| Hostinger Premium | CAN$2.99/mo for 48 months, CAN$143.52 up front | One 48-month renewal at CAN$738.72 | Included free | CAN$882.24 | 96 |
| GoDaddy Economy | C$9.19/mo for 36 months, C$330.84 up front | One 36-month renewal at C$771.63 | C$159.99 a year, C$639.96 in renewals | C$1742.43 | 72 |
| SiteGround StartUp | $1.99/mo for 12 months, $23.88 up front, American dollars | Four 12-month renewals at $215.88 each | Included free | $887.40, American dollars | 60 |
Rows are ordered by the five-year total in Canadian dollars. SiteGround is listed last because it bills in American dollars and has no Canadian price list, so its total is the American dollars it charges, unconverted. HostPapa's intro is its Black Friday homepage headline, and WHC's advertised promo could not be used in the math; both are explained in the assumptions.
Assumptions
How the math works, printed in full.
Same term at renewal
You start on the advertised intro term. When it ends, you renew on the same term length at the renewal price that host publishes. A payment counts in the total if it is billed at or before month 60.
Renewals are prepaid, and the table says so
A renewal term is billed in full on the day the old term ends, so several totals buy more than 60 months of hosting. The months covered column shows the real number for every row. Nothing is prorated or hidden.
SSL is counted only where it is charged
GoDaddy's page states SSL renews annually at C$159.99. Four SSL renewals are billed inside five years, at months 12, 24, 36 and 48, so C$639.96 is counted for GoDaddy. Every other host here includes SSL at no extra charge, and DotMoose includes it free on the first term and at renewal.
Taxes are extra where the host says so
Bluehost states its prices exclude GST, so its real total is higher than the table figure. The other hosts' published figures are used as printed.
Two promos needed a note, not a number
HostPapa's C$1.25 a month is its Black Friday homepage headline, worded "plans as low as", on a 36-month term. WHC advertises Go at "as low as C$2.79/mo" but does not state the term behind that price on the plan card, and its cart did not offer that rate, so the WHC row uses the cart's own published rates instead: C$6.99/mo on a 36-month term, renewing at the same term rate, which is what WHC's cart states.
The DotMoose row
Shared Starter is C$5.99 a month on monthly billing, in Canadian dollars. No term, no prepay, and the renewal price is the same C$5.99. Five years is 60 monthly payments of C$5.99: C$359.40. You are never prepaid past the current month, so leaving costs nothing extra.
Host by host
The parts a single total cannot show.
Each host's full renewal comparison is on its own page. These are the notes that matter most in the five-year view.
HostPapa is genuinely close
The Black Friday headline makes HostPapa's five-year cash total the closest to ours. HostPapa also publishes a 2-year renewal at C$239.76 for 24 months; renew on that term instead and the five-year hosting total is C$284.76 for exactly 60 months. Either way, the money for years four and five leaves your account in one payment at month 36. Full comparison: HostPapa coupon alternative.
Hostinger's total buys 96 months
The month-48 renewal prepays a second 48 months, so the CAN$882.24 total covers you to month 96, three years past this table's window. That is real hosting, and it is also CAN$738.72 billed in one payment in year four. Full comparison: Hostinger coupon alternative.
GoDaddy's SSL is the second bill
GoDaddy's hosting alone totals C$1102.47 over the window. The SSL renewals add C$639.96 on top, because GoDaddy charges for SSL by the year while the other hosts here include it. Full comparison: GoDaddy coupon alternative.
SiteGround bills in American dollars
SiteGround publishes no Canadian-dollar price list. Its five-year total is $887.40 in American dollars before conversion, and its renewal rate of $17.99 a month is about nine times its $1.99 intro. Full comparison: SiteGround coupon alternative.
Bluehost and WHC renew on the term you pick
Both publish cheaper renewal rates on longer terms and higher ones on short terms. The table renews each on its intro term length. Pick a shorter renewal term at either host and the five-year total goes up. Full comparisons: Bluehost coupon alternative and WHC coupon alternative.
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Switching
Moving is the safe part.
If your five-year number is the one in the bottom half of the table, moving hosts is safer than it sounds.
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