GreenGeeks vs. Wordpress.com

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
GreenGeeks
Score 1.0 out of 10
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GreenGeeks is a green energy web hosting provider putting back into the grid through wind energy that we consume. The company offers Shared, Reseller, VPS and Dedicated Server packages for those just starting out all the way up to the professionals.
$2.95
per month
Wordpress.com
Score 7.5 out of 10
N/A
Wordpress.com is a Wordpress managed hosting service, featuring performant CPUs to process WordPress and WooCommerce-specific queries at speed, and a custom resource management system that automatically scales to over 100 PHP workers.
$40
per month (for Business tier features ideal for developers)
Pricing
GreenGeeksWordpress.com
Editions & Modules
Lite/WordPress
$2.95
per month
Pro Web /WordPress
$5.95
per month
Premium/WordPress
$10.95
per month
RH-25
$19.95
per month
RH-50
$25.95
per month
RH-80
$34.95
per month
VPS 2GB
$39.95
per month
VPS 4GB
$59.95
per month
VPS 8GB
$109.95
per month
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
GreenGeeksWordpress.com
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsDiscount available for annual pricing.
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User Ratings
GreenGeeksWordpress.com
Likelihood to Recommend
1.0
(1 ratings)
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User Testimonials
GreenGeeksWordpress.com
Likelihood to Recommend
GreenGeeks
If you are looking for a shared hosting service, Green Geeks pricing is comparable to most vendors. T2 tech support is generally knowledgeable, T1 is responsive via chat, but often is not able to resolve issues (other than KB questions). Load balancing on a shared server is difficult for all vendors, since individual website usage is hard to predict. Vendors have different ways of dealing with this - some simply do not guarantee resource limits (e.g. available memory, PHP threads, etc). Green Geeks does provide resource limits as part of their contracts, but they frequently downgrade those limits, presumably to address overloaded servers. BUT BE AWARE - I believe GreenGeeks uses unethical practices when a customer wants to cancel. It is my personal experience that they make it extremely difficult / impossible to cancel a contract. I feel the process is not transparent and they will ignore emails directing them to cancel. In my experience, they will then proceed to charge customers for a renewed contract. I believe multiple customers have reported this problem.
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Pros
GreenGeeks
  • T1 support generally responds w/i 15-30 minutes
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Cons
GreenGeeks
  • In my personal experience, the billing department uses unethical practices when customers cancel subs.
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Alternatives Considered
GreenGeeks
From a technical perspective, all shared server vendors are comparable. Bluehost has terrible customer support. A2 is more expensive, but has more personalized support.
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Automattic
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Return on Investment
GreenGeeks
  • Throttling servers impacted website availability.
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