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Both badges are earned only — they derive from the same verified dataset and published verdicts the site itself renders from, and every claim can be checked against the live lists below. There is no paid path to a badge, and affiliate status has no bearing: several eligible providers earn us nothing.
Renewal-Transparent 2026
For providers whose renewal price equals their advertised price in the Hosting Renewal Price Index (verified 2026-08-08). In an industry built on intro-price bait, flat billing is worth bragging about — this badge lets you, verifiably.
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Eligible providers (19)
- Cloudways $11/mo
- DigitalOcean $4/mo
- Linode (Akamai) $5/mo
- Hetzner Cloud €5.49/mo (~$6.49) + VAT
- AWS Lightsail $5/mo
- Kinsta $30/mo
- Rocket.net $25/mo
- Pressable $250/yr (~$20.83/mo)
- Flywheel $25/mo
- Google Workspace $7/user/mo
- Microsoft 365 Business $7/user/mo
- Fastmail $3/user/mo
- Migadu $19/yr
- MXroute $59/yr
- Porkbun $11.08/yr (.com)
- Cloudflare Registrar $10.46/yr (.com)
- Dynadot $10.88/yr (.com)
- Hover $18.99/yr (.com)
- Hivelocity $75/mo
Top Pick 2026
For the provider named top pick in each category verdict. The badge links to the category page that names you, so the claim verifies in one click. If a verdict changes, eligibility changes with it.
Program rules
- • Badges are free and earned only; affiliate relationships and any future sponsorships confer nothing.
- • Hotlink the SVG from digitalhosting.com (as in the embed code) — badges carry the year and we retire or update them when the data changes.
- • The badge must link to the Digital Hosting page that substantiates it (the embed code does this for you).
- • Eligibility lapses if a re-verification pass changes your numbers or a verdict changes; the lists on this page are the source of truth.
- • Spot an error in your pricing row? Tell us — we fix and re-date.