Black Friday web hosting deals 2026, with the renewal printed next to every price
Hostinger's 2026 sale runs 19 October to 14 December and is live now; most other hosts have not set dates yet. Here is the October baseline for nine plans (price, term, checkout bill, renewal and five-year cost), with Hostinger's sale prices beside it, so you can tell a real sale price from the everyday promo.
Black Friday web hosting deals for 2026 cut the first bill, not the renewal, and the first sale to open shows it. Hostinger's went live on 19 October and runs to 14 December 2026, needs no coupon code, and its own FAQ says the sale price covers the initial term only. When we read its plan cards on 20 October, Premium and Unlimited were 50 cents a month cheaper than in October on the 48-month term, and both renewals were unchanged. Bluehost, DreamHost, GreenGeeks, HostGator and Namecheap had still not published Black Friday dates on the same day. So the useful thing to bring to the sale is a baseline: the October price, the term it needs, the cash you pay at checkout and the renewal that follows. That is what this page tracks.
Who should care: anyone who plans to keep a site for more than one term, because the renewal decides most of your five-year cost. Who can skip the sale: anyone happy with a host's everyday promo, which on several plans below is already 66% to 80% off the vendor's own printed regular price. Our year-round ranking is on the web hosting deals page, sorted by true cost.
When are the 2026 hosting sales?
Black Friday falls on 27 November 2026 and Cyber Monday on 30 November. Hosting sales stretch well beyond those two days. Hostinger opened its 2026 calendar first, with a sale page that states the dates (19 October to 14 December), says the main discounts apply automatically with no code, and adds that eligible plans keep the 30-day money-back guarantee. That gives Hostinger buyers about eight weeks, not a weekend.
For the other hosts we track, the honest status on 20 October 2026 is still "not announced". Bluehost's /black-friday address returns a not-found page. What Bluehost does run is a dated "Buy more, save more" offer from 1 October to 30 November 2026: 15% off one eligible product, 20% off two or 25% off three or more in the same order, taken off at checkout and limited to the first 12-month term. It does not touch the 36-month Starter and Business prices in our table, and Bluehost does not call it a Black Friday sale. HostGator's, DreamHost's and GreenGeeks' /black-friday addresses also return not-found pages; DreamHost's web hosting page shows the same Launch and Growth prices as in October under its usual "on sale" label, and Namecheap's homepage carries no Black Friday dates. We will add each host's dates when its own page publishes them. Until then, treat any "Black Friday 2026 price" you see quoted for these hosts as a guess.
The deal table: price, term, checkout bill, renewal and 5-year cost
Every row below is a public, US-dollar price we read on the vendor's own pricing page: Hostinger, Bluehost, HostGator and DreamHost on 10 October 2026, GreenGeeks on 9 October 2026. These are the pre-sale prices, and we kept them in place once the sales began so the comparison stays visible. We re-read every page on 20 October 2026. Bluehost, HostGator, DreamHost and GreenGeeks showed the same intro price, term and renewal as in October, Hostinger Single had not moved, and Hostinger Premium and Unlimited showed the sale prices in the last column. When a host's sale opens, compare its sale price against the same plan and the same term here. If the sale price is not lower, the "Black Friday deal" is the everyday promo with a new banner.
| Plan | Intro price and term | Paid at checkout | Renews at | 3-year cost | 5-year cost | 2026 sale (20 Oct) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hostinger Single | $1.99/mo, 48 months | $95.52 | $8.99/mo | $71.64 | $203.40 | $1.99/mo, no change |
| Hostinger Premium | $2.99/mo, 48 months | $143.52 | $10.99/mo | $107.64 | $275.40 | $2.49/mo, $119.52 for 48 months |
| Hostinger Unlimited | $3.99/mo, 48 months | $191.52 | $16.99/mo | $143.64 | $395.40 | $3.49/mo, $167.52 for 48 months |
| Bluehost Starter | $3.99/mo, 36 months | $143.64 | $9.99/mo | $143.64 | $383.40 | Not announced |
| Bluehost Business | $6.99/mo, 36 months | $251.64 | $13.99/mo | $251.64 | $587.40 | Not announced |
| HostGator Hatchling | $3.75/mo, 36 months | $135.00 | $10.99/mo | $135.00 | $398.76 | Not announced |
| DreamHost Launch | $2.89/mo, first year | $34.68 + tax | $10.99/mo | $298.44 | $562.20 | Not announced |
| DreamHost Growth | $3.99/mo, first year | $47.88 + tax | $12.99/mo | $359.64 | $671.40 | Not announced |
| GreenGeeks Lite | $2.95/mo, 12 months | $35.40 | $13.95/mo | $370.20 | $705.00 | Not announced |
How we did the maths. "Paid at checkout" is the vendor's upfront total where it prints one (Hostinger), or the intro rate multiplied by the term. The 3-year and 5-year columns count each month of service at the price that applies to it: intro months at the intro rate, later months at the listed renewal rate. Real renewal invoices arrive as one lump sum for a whole term, and a host can tie its renewal rate to the term you pick, so treat the renewal months as an estimate. Bluehost's $9.99 renewal is the rate its page gives for the 36-month term, and HostGator's card says its price reflects a discount on the first invoice only. Taxes and add-ons are excluded; DreamHost says it charges the full term plus taxes at checkout.
Two things jump out. Hostinger's 48-month prepay hides its renewal for four years, so its 3-year cost looks tiny, but you hand over $95.52 to $191.52 on day one at October prices ($95.52 to $167.52 in the sale). DreamHost and GreenGeeks ask for under $50 upfront and then renew at three to nearly five times the intro rate after year one. Neither shape is wrong; they suit different buyers. If the small upfront bill matters most, the 12-month intros win. If you will keep the site for five years, the long prepays come out cheaper on this table.
Hostinger's live Black Friday prices against October
We read Hostinger's pricing, web hosting and Black Friday pages again on 20 October 2026, with the sale running (US prices, before tax). The cut is small and identical on the two plans that moved: 50 cents a month on the 48-month term, which takes $24.00 off the checkout bill. The renewals did not change. Single is not on the Black Friday page at all; it still sells at its October promo of $1.99 a month, so for Single the sale price and the everyday price are the same number.
| Plan | October price | Sale price | Paid at checkout (Oct / sale) | Renews at | 5-year cost (Oct / sale) | You save |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hostinger Single | $1.99/mo | $1.99/mo (no change) | $95.52 / $95.52 | $8.99/mo | $203.40 / $203.40 | $0 |
| Hostinger Premium | $2.99/mo | $2.49/mo | $143.52 / $119.52 | $10.99/mo | $275.40 / $251.40 | $24.00 |
| Hostinger Unlimited | $3.99/mo | $3.49/mo | $191.52 / $167.52 | $16.99/mo | $395.40 / $371.40 | $24.00 |
On the five-year view, the sale is enough to move Hostinger Unlimited ($371.40) just under Bluehost Starter ($383.40), and it puts Premium further ahead of both. It does not change who sits at the top: Single, at an unchanged $203.40, is still the cheapest five years on the page. Unlimited's card now wears an "82% off" special-offer badge, measured against a $911.52 regular price for 48 months ($18.99 a month), which is higher than the $16.99 renewal the same card lists. One more quirk: the FAQ on Hostinger's web hosting deal page still quoted last year's dates (13 October to 8 December 2025) on 20 October, while its main Black Friday page gives the 2026 window. Trust the main page.
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What changed since last year's Black Friday tables
If you are comparing this page with an older Black Friday list, several of last year's anchor numbers no longer exist. Bluehost no longer sells a plan called Basic; its entry shared plan is Starter, at $3.99 a month on a 36-month term, renewing at $9.99. DreamHost's entry plan is now Web Hosting Launch, and its intro price covers the first year only. DreamHost also cut its money-back window to 30 days in terms updated on 27 August 2026, so any page still promising 97 days is out of date.
Hostinger's pricing has one subtlety worth knowing during the sale. Its plan cards print a "regular price" for the 48-month term: $585.12 for Premium on 20 October, which works out at $12.19 a month, up from $575.52 ($11.99 a month) in October. The renewal it states for the same plan is $10.99 a month. Discount percentages are measured against the regular price, not the renewal, so a higher regular price makes the badge bigger without lowering what you pay. That is one reason an "80% off" badge says little about what year five costs. And the $1.99 rate belongs to the Single plan; Premium starts at $2.49 in the sale.
We also removed the indicative sale prices that the earlier version of this page carried. A remembered number from a past sale is not a fact about this one. The only 2026 sale prices on this page are Hostinger's, read on its own plan cards once its sale was live; every other host gets a sale price here only when its own page shows one.
Is the Black Friday price really lower than normal?
Sometimes, and by less than the banner suggests. Hostinger's own sale page says savings "vary by plan, billing term, and location" and that the Black Friday price applies to the initial subscription term. On 20 October that meant 50 cents a month off Premium and Unlimited and nothing off Single. Its October prices were already deep discounts on its printed regular prices, so there was little room left to move. Look at the same plan, the same term and the same country. A sale price on a 48-month term set against our October price on a 12-month term is not a fair comparison.
The renewal column is the part a sale almost never touches. Hostinger states that the renewal price "depends on the plan and term and is shown before checkout". That is the number to write down. Its 2026 sale shows the pattern: Unlimited saves you $24 across the 48-month first term and leaves the $16.99 monthly renewal exactly where it was, so the deal is worth $24, no more. Our explainer on the renewal cliff works through why hosts price this way.
If you have already picked Hostinger, compare Hostinger's current plans and keep this table open beside it. The sale price is on the plan card now, and the same card prints the renewal rate.
Cyber Monday vs Black Friday for hosting
For web hosting, Cyber Monday is usually the same sale under a second name. Hosting is not stock that runs out, so there are no doorbusters to miss. In 2026 the clearest example is Hostinger: its main sale page gives one continuous window that covers Black Friday, Cyber Monday and the two weeks after. Last year was different, and an old FAQ on one of its deal pages still says so: it gave Cyber Monday its own week, 8 to 15 December 2025. If a host does stagger a deeper discount onto Cyber Monday this year, it will show on that host's own page. We will add it to the table rather than guess it in advance.
The practical rule is to stop timing days and start timing decisions. Pick the plan using the 5-year column, wait for the sale only if it is close and your launch can wait, and buy on whichever day the price beats your October baseline. If you want the year-round calendar, our guide to the best time of year to buy hosting covers the other sale windows.
How to buy the deal without the renewal trap
Most Black Friday regret comes from three choices made in the cart: the term, the add-ons and the renewal setting. Each one is easy to get right if you decide it before the page puts a timer in front of you. Here is the order we would follow.
- Fix the plan first. Use the 5-year column above, not the headline percentage. A plan you will outgrow in a year is not a deal at any price.
- Choose the term on purpose. Long prepays lower the monthly rate but raise the checkout bill. Bluehost's $3.99 and HostGator's $3.75 rates need 36 months; Hostinger's prices need 48. If you are not sure the site will last that long, pay more per month for a shorter term.
- Untick add-ons you did not plan for. Domain privacy, paid backups and security bundles can push a sale invoice past the everyday price.
- Write down the renewal and the date. Put a reminder a month before it, when you can still downgrade or negotiate.
- Know the refund window. Hostinger, Bluehost, DreamHost and GreenGeeks all offer 30 days, and each excludes domain fees in some form. Check the exclusions before you count on a refund.
One more filter: free domains. Most plans here include a domain for the first year, and several refund policies deduct that domain's value if you cancel. Bluehost's terms reduce a refund by its standard domain fee, and DreamHost excludes domains from refunds entirely. That matters if you buy on impulse in late November and change your mind in December.
Which deal fits which buyer
We are not scoring these plans; the table is the comparison. But the shapes point to clear fits. The verdict below uses October prices plus Hostinger's live sale prices, so re-check it against each other host's sale price once one is published.
If the five-year total is your test, start with Hostinger or Bluehost and compare their sale prices to the table when they appear. If the checkout bill is your test, look at DreamHost or GreenGeeks, and set your renewal reminder the day you buy.
Edge cases the banners skip
Existing customers. Hostinger's sale page says existing customers may get separate upgrade and cross-sell offers rather than the new-customer price. If you already host with a company, the headline deal may not be yours to take. Ask support what applies to your account before moving anything.
Monthly billing. Many sale prices need an annual or longer prepay. Bluehost and HostGator also exclude monthly-term plans from their 30-day refunds, so a cheap month-to-month start can be the least flexible way in. A host we could not price. Hosting.com (formerly A2 Hosting) still did not show readable prices on its plan pages when we checked again on 20 October, so it stays off the table until we can confirm a number. Stacking. Hostinger says its main sale needs no code, though some channel-specific promotions may use separate codes; it does not say whether those stack with the sale price. Our take on hosting coupon codes explains why most "extra" codes repeat the public price.
If any of this feels like more effort than the saving, that is a fair conclusion too. Our longer read on whether Black Friday hosting deals are worth it makes that case, and the red flags list covers the cart tricks.