Quick match by site type
| What you're building | Likely fit |
|---|---|
| A single mailbox and a very basic one-page site | Baseline |
| A personal blog or a small brochure site with a handful of pages | Starter |
| A growing content site, portfolio, or a store just getting started | Growth |
| An active WooCommerce store or a business-critical production site | Business |
The four plans, translated
Baseline (R20/mo, 500MB, 1 vCPU, 1GB RAM) is genuinely a minimalist package, built for setting up a single mailbox with a very basic HTML page attached. It's not meant to run a full WordPress site with plugins and a theme; it's meant to get an email address and a simple presence online for close to nothing.
Starter Hosting (R99/mo, 15GB, 1 vCPU, 1GB RAM) is the realistic entry point for an actual WordPress site: a blog, a small brochure site, a portfolio. Unlimited bandwidth and enough storage for a real theme, some plugins, and a reasonable image library.
Growth Hosting (R199/mo, 30GB, 2 vCPU, 2GB RAM) doubles the CPU and RAM allocation over Starter, which matters once a site has steadier traffic or slightly more going on behind the scenes, a growing content library, more plugins, or a store in its early stages.
Business Hosting (R299/mo, 45GB, 3 vCPU, 3GB RAM) is built for sites where downtime or slowness has a direct cost: an active WooCommerce store processing real orders, or any site where performance under load genuinely matters to the business. It also includes priority support and full expert migration as standard.
Signs you've outgrown your current plan
- Your site noticeably slows down specifically during busier periods, not all the time.
- Your control panel is showing storage warnings or you're regularly clearing out files to stay under your limit.
- You've added significant new functionality, like an online store, to a site that started as a simple brochure page.
- You're seeing timeouts or errors during checkout on an active store.
Any one of these is a reasonable trigger to move up a tier, well before things get bad enough to actually cost you business.
Why getting it wrong isn't a big deal
There's no lock-in contract on any plan, and upgrading takes minutes, not a migration project. Starting on Starter and moving to Growth six months later when your site has genuinely grown is a completely normal, low-risk path. The goal isn't to guess correctly on day one, it's to start with what you actually need right now and move up when the site itself tells you it's time.
Still not sure?
Tell us what you're building and we'll recommend a plan honestly, even if it's the cheapest one.
Frequently asked questions
What's the difference between WebSpaceBar's hosting plans?
The four shared hosting tiers, Baseline, Starter, Growth, and Business, scale up in storage, CPU cores, and RAM, from a 500MB single-mailbox setup on Baseline up to 45GB with 3 vCPU cores on Business, aimed at progressively more active or resource-intensive sites.
Can I upgrade my plan later if I choose the wrong one?
Yes. Every plan can be upgraded at any time with no lock-in contract, so starting on a smaller plan and moving up as your site grows is a low-risk approach rather than something to get exactly right on day one.
What plan does a WooCommerce store need?
Business Hosting is generally the right starting point for an active WooCommerce store, given its larger CPU and RAM allocation for handling checkout traffic and database queries reliably, though a smaller store just getting started could reasonably begin on Growth.
How do I know if I've outgrown my current plan?
Common signs include noticeably slower load times during busier periods, storage warnings in your control panel, or your site struggling specifically when traffic spikes rather than at quiet times. Any of these are a reasonable trigger to move up a tier.