# Host Compare > Independent side-by-side comparison of New Zealand shared hosting — same entry-level plans, same test stack, same signup walkthroughs. Host Compare measures NZ shared hosting providers with a repeatable methodology (pricing, PHP Vitals, WP Benchmark, location checks, and signup UX). We do not accept payment from the hosts we review. ## Core pages - [NZ shared hosting comparison table](https://hostcompare.nz/): Entry-level plan prices and benchmarks, side by side. - [Methodology](https://hostcompare.nz/methodology/): How prices, performance, and reliability are measured. - [About Host Compare](https://hostcompare.nz/about/): Independence, authorship, and contact. - [Blog](https://hostcompare.nz/blog/): Provider reviews and NZ hosting guides. ## Provider signup walkthroughs - [MyHost](https://hostcompare.nz/providers/myhost/): Signup walkthrough, plan features, and measured benchmarks for MyHost. - [Hoopla](https://hostcompare.nz/providers/hoopla/): Signup walkthrough, plan features, and measured benchmarks for Hoopla. - [Hostinger](https://hostcompare.nz/providers/hostinger/): Signup walkthrough, plan features, and measured benchmarks for Hostinger. - [GoDaddy](https://hostcompare.nz/providers/godaddy/): Signup walkthrough, plan features, and measured benchmarks for GoDaddy. - [Crazy Domains](https://hostcompare.nz/providers/crazydomains/): Signup walkthrough, plan features, and measured benchmarks for Crazy Domains. - [Voyager](https://hostcompare.nz/providers/voyager/): Signup walkthrough, plan features, and measured benchmarks for Voyager. ## Guides and reviews - [A Practical Checklist for Comparing Hosting Providers Side by Side](https://hostcompare.nz/blog/hosting-comparison-checklist/): Brings the Host Compare series together into one checklist you can use while comparing hosting plans, covering pricing, features, fine print, reviews, and red flags. - [Getting Help When You Need It: Why Customer Support Matters More Than It Looks](https://hostcompare.nz/blog/why-customer-support-matters/): Uses common real-world situations to show when hosting customers need help from their provider, what good support looks like, and how to judge a provider's support before you sign up. - [Where Is Your Data Actually Stored? Server Location and Data Sovereignty](https://hostcompare.nz/blog/where-is-your-data-stored/): Explains how the physical location of your hosting affects website speed and which laws may apply to your data, and what to ask a provider about where your website is stored. - [Bundles and Add-Ons: When Extra Features Add Confusion, Not Value](https://hostcompare.nz/blog/bundles-and-add-ons/): Explains how bundled hosting offers and add-ons can make plans harder to compare, and how to work out which extras are actually worth paying for. - [What Should Come Standard: SSL, Backups, and Email Hosting](https://hostcompare.nz/blog/what-should-come-standard/): Looks at three features that most websites need and that many hosting plans include, and what to ask when they are sold as optional extras instead. - [Comparing Apples to Apples: Currency, Billing Cycles, and Total Cost](https://hostcompare.nz/blog/comparing-apples-to-apples-pricing/): A practical guide to putting hosting prices on the same footing, covering billing periods, currency, GST, and how to work out what a plan really costs per year. - [Introductory Pricing vs. Renewal Pricing: The Oldest Trick in Hosting](https://hostcompare.nz/blog/introductory-vs-renewal-pricing/): Explains why the advertised price of a hosting plan often applies only to the first term, how much renewal prices can differ, and how to find the real ongoing cost before you sign up. - [Uptime Guarantees: Why 99% and 99.9% Aren't Basically the Same](https://hostcompare.nz/blog/uptime-guarantees-explained/): Converts common hosting uptime percentages into actual hours and minutes of downtime, and explains what an uptime guarantee usually covers, excludes, and compensates. - [Understanding "Unlimited": What Storage and Bandwidth Claims Really Mean](https://hostcompare.nz/blog/understanding-unlimited-storage-and-bandwidth/): Explains why "unlimited" storage and bandwidth on shared hosting always has practical limits, where those limits are usually written down, and what to ask a provider before relying on the claim. - [cPanel vs. Plesk: What a Control Panel Actually Does](https://hostcompare.nz/blog/cpanel-vs-plesk/): Explains what a hosting control panel actually does, and what genuinely differs between cPanel and Plesk, the two most common options. - [Linux or Windows Hosting: Does the Operating System Actually Matter?](https://hostcompare.nz/blog/linux-or-windows-hosting/): Explains what choosing a Linux or Windows hosting environment actually controls, and the narrow set of situations where the choice genuinely matters. - [Free vs. Paid Hosting: What You're Actually Trading Off](https://hostcompare.nz/blog/free-vs-paid-hosting/): Explains what free hosting typically leaves out compared to paid plans, so you can weigh the trade-off deliberately rather than assume "free" comes without a catch. - [Web Hosting vs. Managing a Server Yourself: Why Most Sites Don't Need the Extra Work](https://hostcompare.nz/blog/web-hosting-vs-managing-a-server-yourself/): Compares standard web hosting to self-managing a VPS, explaining the ongoing technical work a VPS requires that standard hosting takes off your hands. - [Domains vs. Hosting: Two Separate Things You Both Need](https://hostcompare.nz/blog/domains-vs-hosting/): Clears up the most common beginner mix-up in web hosting — a domain name and a hosting plan are two separate products that both need to be in place before a website works. - [What Web Hosting Actually Does (and Why You Need It)](https://hostcompare.nz/blog/what-web-hosting-actually-does/): Explains what web hosting actually is and how it delivers a website to visitors, so you understand what you're buying before you compare providers. - [How We Test NZ Web Hosting — Our Methodology Explained](https://hostcompare.nz/blog/how-we-test-nz-hosting/): A behind-the-scenes look at how we measure performance, verify pricing, and test reliability for every NZ hosting provider in our comparison table. - [NZ vs Australian Servers — Does Hosting Location Actually Matter?](https://hostcompare.nz/blog/nz-vs-australian-servers/): Many NZ hosting brands quietly run servers in Sydney or Melbourne. Here's what that means for speed, SEO, and data sovereignty. - [How to Choose a NZ Web Hosting Plan in 2026](https://hostcompare.nz/blog/choosing-nz-web-hosting-2026/): Practical checklist — renewal pricing, PHP versions, backups, support — without falling for vanity specs. ## Optional - [Atom feed](https://hostcompare.nz/feed/feed.xml): Recent articles. - [Sitemap](https://hostcompare.nz/sitemap.xml): Full crawlable URL list.