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Name: Web hosting, VPN & SaaS pricing statistics (intro vs renewal)
Creator: HonestlyRanked
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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

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STAT 01 The average shared-hosting plan we track renews at +218% over its advertised introductory price (n=41 plans across 8 providers, verified 2026-11-03). #

STAT 02 The largest renewal increase currently on record is IONOS's Plus (annual) plan: advertised at $1/mo, renewing at $14/mo, +1300% (verified 2026-11-03). #

STAT 03 47 of 316 tracked plans (15%) at least double in price at renewal (verified 2026-11-03). #

STAT 04 10 of 27 tracked providers (Private Internet Access, Windscribe, Mullvad, GetResponse, Semrush, Shopify, Dropbox, Squarespace, Ahrefs, Mangools) renew at the same price they advertise, no renewal increase measured (verified 2026-11-03). #

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 9,724 dated price points across 27 providers, with history reaching back to 2018-05 via Internet Archive backfill, and grows daily. #

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