The best hosting for agencies depends on how you bill clients. For the most server power per dollar, Hostinger’s Agency Startup plan gives 6 CPU cores, 12 GB of RAM and room for 100 sites for $29 a month on a 24-month term. For monthly billing and team permissions, choose Cloudways, which charges per server, not per site, from $54 a month for 4 GB. For white-label client access, SiteGround GoGeek costs $95.88 for its first year, then $44.99 a month.
Prices and agency features were checked on October 20, 2026 on the official agency and pricing pages of Hostinger, Cloudways and SiteGround. SiteGround’s GoGeek price comes from its US pricing page, checked October 19, 2026.
What an agency needs from hosting
Agency hosting is less about one fast site and more about running many sites for many clients. Four things decide the choice, and they are the criteria used for the picks below:
- Sites and resources per plan: how many client sites fit, and how much CPU and memory they share.
- Client and team access: whether you can give a client or a freelancer access to one site without handing over your whole account.
- Billing model: prepaid terms are cheaper, but monthly billing matches how agencies charge clients.
- Staging and handoff: testing changes before they reach a client’s live site, and moving a site to the client when the project ends.
Best hosting for agencies compared
| Plan | Best for | Price | Renewal | Sites | Resources | Client access |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hostinger Agency Startup | Most power per dollar | $29/mo, 24-month term | $49/mo | 100 | 6 CPU cores, 12 GB RAM, 300 GB NVMe | Per-site access sharing, unbranded dashboards |
| Cloudways DigitalOcean Premium 4 GB | Monthly billing, teams | $54/mo, billed monthly | $54/mo, no change | Unlimited | 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 80 GB NVMe | Team members with role-based permissions |
| SiteGround GoGeek | White-label and client roles | $7.99/mo, 12-month term | $44.99/mo | Unlimited | 100 GB; CPU and RAM not listed | Collaborators, pre-configured client roles |
The four-year cost
Assumptions: Hostinger is one 24-month intro term plus one 24-month renewal at the listed renewal rate; Cloudways is 48 monthly payments; SiteGround is one 12-month intro term plus three 12-month renewals. Tax and add-ons are excluded. The per-site column assumes 20 client sites.
| Plan | Paid upfront | Four-year total | Average per month | Per site over 4 years (20 sites) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hostinger Agency Startup | $696 | $1,872 | $39 | $93.60 |
| Cloudways DO Premium 4 GB | $0 (monthly) | $2,592 | $54 | $129.60 |
| SiteGround GoGeek | $95.88 | $1,715.52 | $35.74 | $85.78 |
On paper, SiteGround GoGeek is cheapest over four years, but it is a shared plan with resources SiteGround does not publish, and SiteGround’s own estimate is about 400,000 visits a month for the whole account. Hostinger’s Agency Startup costs $156.48 more over four years and lists 6 CPU cores and 12 GB of RAM, so 20 busy client sites have far more room. Cloudways costs the most, but it is the only option with no prepayment, which matters if clients leave or projects end mid-year.
1. Hostinger Agency Startup: the most server power per dollar
Best for: agencies that host many WordPress sites and want room to grow on one plan.
Hostinger sells agency hosting as a separate plan line. Agency Startup costs $29 a month on a 24-month term, which is $696 upfront, and renews at $49 a month. It lists 6 CPU cores, 12 GB of RAM, 300 GB of NVMe storage, 4,000,000 inodes and 100 websites, with 10 mailboxes per website free for the first year. The agency features are the reason to choose it over a regular Hostinger plan:
- Full website isolation: Hostinger says each site runs in its own environment, which it says removes cross-site security risks between client sites.
- Access sharing per site: give a client or freelancer access to one site, with set permissions.
- Unbranded client dashboards: clients see a clean dashboard without Hostinger branding.
- Daily backups, free staging, 1-click cloning and free unlimited migrations, plus SSH, WP-CLI and unlimited collaborators.
If you outgrow 100 sites, Agency Professional lists 8 cores, 20 GB of RAM and 200 sites for $44 a month, renewing at $69, and Agency Growth lists 10 cores, 30 GB and 300 sites for $64, renewing at $89.
The key limit: you prepay 24 months, and the renewal jumps from $29 to $49 a month. On the checking date, the page labeled the offer a Black Friday deal of up to 58% off, so confirm the price at checkout. Our Hostinger review covers its regular plans.
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2. Cloudways: monthly billing, teams and client invoicing
Best for: agencies that bill clients monthly and work with a team or contractors.
Cloudways charges per server, not per site, and every server allows unlimited websites. The DigitalOcean Premium 4 GB server costs $54 a month with 2 vCPU, 4 GB of RAM and 80 GB of NVMe storage, and the price never rises at renewal. The 2 GB server is $28 and the 8 GB server $99, so you can resize as your client list changes. Its agency page lists team members with role-based permissions, so you can limit what each designer or contractor can see and change. Our guide to hosting for startups works out what a Cloudways resize path costs over four years.
Two add-ons are built for agencies. Client Billing sends white-label recurring invoices through Stripe: free for 1 client, $4.99 a month for up to 10 clients and $13.99 a month for unlimited clients, with Stripe’s own fees on top. Site Manager, from $3 per app per month, adds one dashboard for WordPress updates and monitoring. Cloudways also runs an agency partner program with priority support and a dedicated partner manager.
The key limit: email and backup storage cost extra, at $1.50 per mailbox per month and $0.033 per GB of backups. There is no money-back guarantee, only a 3-day trial. Our Cloudways pricing guide lists every add-on.
3. SiteGround GoGeek: white-label hosting and client roles
Best for: agencies that resell hosting under their own brand and hand sites over to clients.
GoGeek costs $7.99 a month for the first 12 months, or $95.88, and renews at $44.99 a month. It allows unlimited websites with 100 GB of storage and SiteGround’s highest tier of shared resources, with staging plus Git, on-demand backups on top of daily backups, and priority support. Three agency tools make the difference:
- Collaborators and client roles: add collaborators to any site, and give clients limited access to their own website and email through pre-configured client roles on GoGeek.
- White-label access and private DNS: both are listed as GoGeek features, so clients see your brand, not SiteGround’s, when they log in.
- Site transfer and handoff: move a site and its billing to a client in one step when the project ends.
Qualifying agency partners also get volume discounts, a dedicated account manager and a free account for their own website, according to SiteGround.
The key limit: GoGeek does not publish CPU or RAM, and customizable client roles and custom hosting packages require SiteGround’s cloud plans, which start at $100 a month. The renewal is also a big step, from $7.99 to $44.99 after 12 months. Our SiteGround review covers the full plan details.
Which agency hosting to choose
- Many WordPress client sites, lowest cost per unit of power: Hostinger Agency Startup, 6 cores and 12 GB for $1,872 over four years.
- Monthly billing that matches your client contracts: Cloudways, $54 a month with no prepayment and no renewal increase.
- Reselling hosting under your own brand: SiteGround GoGeek, with white-label access, private DNS and client roles.
- A small agency with a handful of light sites: SiteGround GoGeek has the lowest first year at $95.88, but budget for $539.88 a year from year two.
Before you move client sites, plan the order of work. Our guides on moving a WordPress site to a new host and creating a WordPress staging site cover both steps.
Final recommendation
For most agencies, the best hosting for agencies is Hostinger Agency Startup: per-site isolation, client access sharing and unbranded dashboards, with 6 cores and 12 GB for 100 sites at $29 a month on a two-year term. Choose Cloudways if you need monthly billing and team roles more than the lowest cost, and SiteGround GoGeek if white-label reselling is part of your business.
Agency hosting FAQ
Can I resell hosting to my clients on these plans?
Yes, in different ways. Cloudways says you can resell hosting to clients without extra costs per site, and its Client Billing add-on invoices them for you. SiteGround GoGeek includes white-label access and private DNS. Hostinger offers unbranded client dashboards and a partner program with 20% off the Agency plan.
How many client sites can one agency plan hold?
Hostinger’s agency plans list 100, 200 or 300 sites, and its page says up to 300 sites can run on a single plan. Cloudways and SiteGround GoGeek list unlimited sites; in practice, the limit is the server’s RAM and CPU, or SiteGround’s visit estimate. If the sites are your own rather than clients’, see our guide to the best hosting for multiple websites.
Do agency plans include migrations?
Hostinger lists free unlimited migrations on its agency plans. Cloudways migrates your first website for free. SiteGround offers white-glove migrations to qualifying agency partners.