GoDaddy vs WordPress, which is the better website host in 2022?

GoDaddy vs WordPress, which is the better website host in 2022?

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What is GoDaddy?

GoDaddy is a website hosting and domain management platform known for their convenient and quick set up. GoDaddy offers a large variety of features which you can use to make your website easy to use for your website visitors. GoDaddy also offer email management, website security and other business solutions.

What is WordPress?

WordPress was initially a platform where you could create a website to publish blogs. Overtime, WordPress have developed, and you can now create more traditional websites. WordPress has a wide range of templates and website structures you can use, it’s fairly simple to create a website if you have some knowledge in Website Design and Development.

GoDaddy Ecommerce Website

GoDaddy have recently updated its Ecommerce website package to help business succeed online. The marketing suite makes it easy to create and track campaigns, and the improved multi-channel integrations allow businesses to reach their target audience across multiple platforms. 

All of this might sound great but, before you commit to GoDaddy you must insure you have the skills and tools to build your website yourself in a way where you will see a good ROI and a high number of traffic to your website. If you use a generic template for a GoDaddy Ecommerce website yes, you’ll be able to build a website easily but, will you be unique compared to your competitors?

WordPress Ecommerce Website

You can also create an Ecommerce website on WordPress. You’ll need to install a powerful integration plugin to ensure that your website has all the key features you need to sell online. You’ll then have the ability to sell digitally, manage your inventory, accept payments through multiple payment gateways, store customer information and track order details.

GoDaddy and WordPress Customisation

Currently, GoDaddy have 24 different templates and layout options, which is a lot less than WordPress. Leaving you with design limitations and restrictions on customisation, you won’t ever have 100% control of each section and element of your website. However, WordPress is flexible and provides a much wider range of design options which can be extended even further using plugins.

GoDaddy Website Security

GoDaddy run a similar service at a price of £2.48 however, the SSL certificate is only for one year on higher plans, higher plans range £49.99 – £109.99. There’s a huge price difference! Depending on the plan you choose, you’ll also have to install the SSL certificate yourself.

WordPress Website Security

In terms of security, WordPress do automatic update and backups and all websites have a pre-installed SSL certificate. It’s important to know that sometimes WordPress websites don’t always update automatically when they should do, it’s vital that you manually log into your website on a regular basis to ensure that it’s been updated.

Important!

When you install a plugin, make sure that you regularly check your plugins. Most times, a plugin will be outdated and will no longer serve you or benefit you and your website in anyway. In fact, plugins which are outdated can work against you and you may be faced with Website Security issues and a slow Page Load Speed. Check out this, to find out about what Website Security is and why it’s so important.

GoDaddy Pricing & Plans

WordPress Pricing & Plans

Which is better, GoDaddy or WordPress?

Every business is different, it’s important to make your website different from your competitors and it’s a fact that free website builders take away the element of uniqueness and originality from your business.

However, as a starting point for people who have web design and development experience, which website builder is the best? GoDaddy is recommended for those who want a simple and quick set up, WordPress is best suited for those who want customisation and control of the appearance and functionality of their website so, we would recommend WordPress.

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