Web hosting · head to head · checked 8 August 2026
HostGator vs WP Engine
5 hosting plans from the two, side by side: what each plan includes, what it costs, and where the price comes from.
HostGator
from $3.75/mo
Hatchling · 3 plans listed
WP Engine
from £25/mo
Startup · 2 plans listed
Which is cheaper, HostGator or WP Engine?
HostGator's cheapest listed plan is Hatchling at $3.75/mo; WP Engine's is Startup at £25/mo.
How many hosting plans does each offer here?
We list 3 for HostGator and 2 for WP Engine, each checked against the provider's own pricing page.
HostGator
Everything from HostGatorHatchlingapprox
- Storage
- 10 GB
- Sites
- 10 sites
- Free domain
- Yes
- Managed WordPress
- No
- Renewal
- 36-month term price; renews at $10.99/mo
Babyapprox
- Storage
- 20 GB
- Sites
- 20 sites
- Free domain
- Yes
- Managed WordPress
- No
- Renewal
- 36-month term price; renews at $16.49/mo
Businessapprox
- Storage
- 50 GB
- Sites
- 50 sites
- Free domain
- Yes
- Managed WordPress
- No
- Renewal
- 36-month term price; renews at $21.99/mo
WP Engine
Everything from WP EngineStartup
- Storage
- 10 GB
- Sites
- 1 sites
- Visits
- 25,000 a month
- Free domain
- No
- Managed WordPress
- Yes
- Renewal
- Annual-billing rate
Professional
- Storage
- 15 GB
- Sites
- 3 sites
- Visits
- 75,000 a month
- Free domain
- No
- Managed WordPress
- Yes
- Renewal
- Annual-billing rate
HostGator against the rest
How this page is made: every figure above is computed from the plans listed, which were checked against each provider's own pricing page (linked per plan, with the date). Nothing here is ranked by who pays us. The highlighted plan is each provider's best on price. Non-USD prices are converted at an approximate fixed rate for comparison only. See our methodology and how we make money.