What you want to do
Build a website: domain, hosting and email
Three steps to a website on your own domain. For each step: our pick where we have compared the options, the cheapest option, and the full comparison with renewal prices and free plans.
28 tools compared · checked Oct 17, 2026
1 Step 1
Get a domain
Your own .com, and the plans that include one free for the first year.
- Free domain with Hostinger web hostingFree offer
- WordPress.com free domainFree offer
- Free domain with Bluehost shared hostingFree offer
2 Step 2 · choose one
Compare all 2Web hosting
Budget hosting for WordPress and other sites, with intro and renewal prices.
Or a website builder
All-in-one builders: design, hosting and a domain in one plan.
- WordPress.comOur pickfrom $4/mo
- CarrdCheapestfrom $1.58/mo
- Framerfrom $10/mo
3 Step 3
Business email
Email at your own domain, from $1 a user a month.
- Zoho Mail / Zoho WorkplaceOur pickfrom $1/mo
- Neofrom $2.49/mo
- Fastmailfrom $5/mo
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