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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    GoDaddy

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AGoDaddy Web Hosting provides users with storage, email addresses, and unlimited bandwith.

    $9.99

    per month

    Porkbun

    Score10 out of 10
    N/APorkbun is an ICANN accredited domain name registrar based out of Portland, OR, boasting low registration prices for domains and email hosting, as well as an easy to use website builder. The service includes SSL Certificates, WHOIS privacy, email forwarding for hosted email, cPanel hosting, as well as easy Wordpress & PHP. Porkbun also offers their own website builder that can support ecommerce through their partnership with Weebly.N/A
    Pricing
    GoDaddyPorkbun
    Editions & Modules
    Basic
    as low as $6.99
    per month with an annual term
    Basic
    as low as $10.49
    per month with an annual term
    Premium
    as low as $13.49
    per month with an annual term
    Commerce
    as low as $14.99
    per month with an annual term
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    GoDaddyPorkbun
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsDiscounts available for annual subscription.
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    Community Pulse
    GoDaddyPorkbun
    Considered Both Products
    GoDaddy
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    Porkbun LLC
    Chose Porkbun
    Simply put, Porkbun doesn't try to overcharge you. You are paying a near-bare minimum cost for each domain while still getting great support, and unlike a lot of other registrars, you aren't being upsold something due to the lower costs. You just receive a good service.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    77%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    76%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    77%
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    83%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
    88%
    Implementation went as expected
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    User Ratings
    GoDaddyPorkbun
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (57 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
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    Usability
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Performance
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Support Rating
    10.0
    (9 ratings)
    -
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    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Configurability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Ease of integration
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Product Scalability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Professional Services
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
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    Vendor post-sale
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Vendor pre-sale
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    GoDaddyPorkbun
    Likelihood to Recommend
    GoDaddy
    No answers on this topic
    Porkbun LLC
    Anyone who generally needs to register domains or who would like to have free email forwarding for their domains, especially thoughts working on a budget considering how inexpensive Porkbun is compared to other registars.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    GoDaddy
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    Porkbun LLC
    • Extremely competitive domain pricing and discounts
    • Reminders to renew domains far in advance with generous grace periods
    • Easy email forwarding
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    GoDaddy
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    Porkbun LLC
    • Can't think of anything!
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    Likelihood to Renew
    GoDaddy
    GoDaddy is the number one player in town. They have the most competitive and best pricing on everything from domain name registration to hosting packages that are very affordable. But of course due to inflation and everything going up in price today GoDaddy has raised their rates but nothing ever comes back down.
    Incentivized
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    Porkbun LLC
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    Usability
    GoDaddy
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    Porkbun LLC
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    Reliability and Availability
    GoDaddy
    They are also available. They never have any outages or anything that I've yet to experience.
    Incentivized
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    Porkbun LLC
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    Performance
    GoDaddy
    Like I said before they are the BEST! nothing slows them down.
    Incentivized
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    Porkbun LLC
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    Support Rating
    GoDaddy
    I think a lot of companies can learn from GoDaddy's support team. I have found:
    • Chat or phone support is almost always available.
    • Their agents are friendly and helpful.
    • Their agents seem to care and be knowledgeable about a wide range of issues.
    • I rarely have to escalate my problem to get the support that I need.
    • If they can't help me, then they can tell me why something is happening and direct me to resources that can fix my problem.
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    Porkbun LLC
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    Alternatives Considered
    GoDaddy
    We use Wix currently for our online store. It is nice and easy to use, but they don't offer the email domains as well (the last time we checked). They have pretty decent customization of the web page, but still limited. We're going to try it with GoDaddy, since we have other services from them already. It just doesn't make sense to pay two different companies for something we can do with one.
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    Porkbun LLC
    Simply put, Porkbun doesn't try to overcharge you. You are paying a near-bare minimum cost for each domain while still getting great support, and unlike a lot of other registrars, you aren't being upsold something due to the lower costs. You just receive a good service.
    Incentivized
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    Scalability
    GoDaddy
    Their customer service is easily reachable. Someone is always available to help you at any given time 24 hours a day. They are simply the best in the whole wide world. They have the best engineers and support team. Whatever I need they are there to help and assist along the way every time.
    Incentivized
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    Porkbun LLC
    No answers on this topic
    Professional Services
    GoDaddy
    Super Professional. The best.
    Incentivized
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    Porkbun LLC
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    Return on Investment
    GoDaddy
    • GoDaddy reduces our ROI by costing me in non-billable hours. I don't charge clients for sitting on the phone with tech support to power cycle the server or fix the php.ini file, so my $/hr takes a hit.
    • Their nickel&dime strategy requires I have an additional conversation with clients about their max recurring fees. Small as they are, I need approval for upping their bill. GoDaddy is only the cheap option if you don't value security, stability, or performance.
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    Porkbun LLC
    • Lowered our yearly costs for domains
    • Avoided dealing with costly domain name sharks
    • Avoided extra email hosting costs for simple tasks like email forwarding
    Incentivized
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