Hosting comparison

DotMoose vs Namecheap.

Compare Canadian DotMoose Shared Hosting with Namecheap Stellar, including current promotional presentation and published regular billing options.

Observed 2026-09-06

Entry shared-hosting plans.

Namecheap details come from its current Shared Hosting page and current plan-comparison support article. DotMoose is not affiliated with or endorsed by Namecheap. The reviewed Namecheap pages display dollar prices without establishing CAD in the extracted plan text, so this page does not relabel them.

DOTMOOSE

Starter Shared Hosting

C$2.94/month effective for the first 36-month term. C$105.84 is due up front before tax with MOOSE294. The introductory price applies to the first term only; renewal uses the then-current three-year Starter rate. Today’s normal three-year total is C$172.51.

The regular month-to-month Starter plan remains C$5.99/month. 1 website · 10 GB storage · 5 email accounts · 2 databases · free SSL.

Eligible launch orders can include one standard, non-premium .com or .ca registration at C$0 for year one while the domain bonus is active. Checkout confirms current availability; normal domain renewal pricing applies after year one.

DotMoose publishes prices and invoices in CAD, hosts the shared workload in Canada, and uses Virtualmin GPL for standard Shared Hosting.

Verify the DotMoose Starter launch offer →

NAMECHEAP

Stellar Shared Hosting

Namecheap's current main Shared Hosting page displays a 30-day free trial followed by $2.28/month for Stellar. Its current support comparison separately lists regular billing of $5.88/month, $55.88/year, or $102.88/two years.

3 websites · 20 GB SSD storage · unmetered bandwidth · 30 mailboxes · 50 MySQL databases · cPanel.

Namecheap also publishes automatic SSL and free website migration for Shared Hosting. Verify the selected billing toggle, data-centre choice and cart currency before purchase.

Verify Namecheap Shared Hosting → · Namecheap plan comparison →

Decision points

Compare promotion, ongoing billing and account limits.

A free trial is not the same as an ongoing monthly rate

Namecheap's current main page leads with a limited free-trial presentation before a displayed monthly equivalent. Its support article publishes the regular monthly, annual and two-year prices separately. Compare the invoice after the promotion ends.

Namecheap's entry tier hosts more sites

Stellar publishes three websites and 20 GB SSD storage. DotMoose Starter publishes one website and 10 GB. Choose based on the number and size of sites you actually expect to operate rather than price alone.

Mail and databases have different published limits

Namecheap's current Stellar comparison lists 30 mailboxes and 50 MySQL databases. DotMoose Starter publishes five email accounts and two databases. Those limits matter for multi-site or mailbox-heavy accounts.

Control panel and hosting location differ

Namecheap publishes cPanel for Shared Hosting and offers a data-centre selector. DotMoose's standard Shared Hosting uses Virtualmin GPL and is hosted in Canada. If either panel familiarity or workload location is a requirement, verify it before moving.

Planning a move?

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Files, databases, mailboxes, DNS, cron jobs and provider-specific settings should be accounted for before cutover.

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