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Web service pricing statistics

auto-computed from our dataset · refreshed daily · every stat is citable

STAT 01  The average shared-hosting plan we track renews at +285% over its advertised introductory price (n=16 plans across 5 providers, verified 2026-08-04). #

STAT 02  The largest renewal increase currently on record is IONOS's Plan 3 plan: advertised at $1/mo, renewing at $14/mo — +1300% (verified 2026-08-04). #

STAT 03  18 of 46 tracked plans (39%) at least double in price at renewal (verified 2026-08-04). #

STAT 04  8 of 17 tracked providers (Private Internet Access, Windscribe, Mullvad, GetResponse, Kit (ConvertKit), Semrush, Shopify, Dropbox) renew at the same price they advertise — no renewal increase measured (verified 2026-08-04). #

STAT 05  DreamHost's Launch plan renewal price rose from $5.99/mo (October 2025, archived) to $10.99/mo (August 2026, live) — an 83% increase within ten months, detected by comparing our daily scrape against Internet Archive snapshots. #

STAT 06  Our dataset contains 310 dated price points across 17 providers, with history reaching back to 2018-05 via Internet Archive backfill, and grows daily. #

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