{"id":3068,"date":"2026-08-07T22:39:38","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T22:39:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/porkbun.com\/blog\/?p=3068"},"modified":"2026-08-07T22:55:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T22:55:44","slug":"porkbun-vs-godaddy-setting-the-record-straight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/porkbun.com\/blog\/porkbun-vs-godaddy-setting-the-record-straight\/","title":{"rendered":"Porkbun vs GoDaddy: Setting the Record Straight"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>GoDaddy recently published a Porkbun vs GoDaddy comparison article on their own website. GoDaddy manages more than 82 million domain names while here at Porkbun we manage about four million. By their own published numbers, they are over twenty times our size.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;ll take <a href=\"https:\/\/www.godaddy.com\/resources\/porkbun-vs-godaddy\">their article<\/a> as a compliment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then we read it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group pb-rebuttal-hero pb-rebuttal-hero--split\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group pb-rebuttal-hero__takeaways\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Key takeaways<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Porkbun support is not email only. Real people answer our email, live chat, and phone, 365 days a year.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Porkbun offers multiple website builders, hosting for WordPress running on WP Cloud (Automattic&#8217;s own platform, the same infrastructure behind WordPress.com), web hosting for e-commerce, and a range of AI tools.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Our pricing is transparent and consistent. GoDaddy&#8217;s own chart lists our .com registration and renewal at $11.08, right next to their $22.99 renewal.*<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We&#8217;re a recognized leader. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/money\/blueprint\/business\/web-hosting\/best-domain-registrar\/\">USA Today<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/advisor\/business\/software\/best-domain-registrar\/\">Forbes Advisor<\/a> both named Porkbun the number one domain registrar multiple years in a row.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The bulk of their chart is wrong, and most of it is disprovable on our own product pages in about a minute. One cell contradicts itself inside a single sentence, and the hours it gives start at a time that doesn&#8217;t exist.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"pb-takeaway-note\"><em>*All pricing is current as of publication.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group pb-rebuttal-hero__figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;uploadedSrc&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/porkbun.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/godaddy-comparison-annotated.png&quot;,&quot;figureClassNames&quot;:&quot;wp-block-image pb-lcp-image&quot;,&quot;figureStyles&quot;:null,&quot;imgClassNames&quot;:&quot;wp-image-3069&quot;,&quot;imgStyles&quot;:null,&quot;targetWidth&quot;:816,&quot;targetHeight&quot;:1107,&quot;scaleAttr&quot;:false,&quot;ariaLabel&quot;:&quot;Enlarge image: GoDaddy\\u2019s Porkbun comparison table marked up in red and graded D minus. Corrections show that Porkbun offers phone, live chat, and email support 365 days a year; that GoDaddy printed impossible phone hours of 0AM to 5PM PT when Porkbun\\u2019s actual hours are 9AM to 5PM PT; that Porkbun offers Cloud hosting for WordPress built on WP Cloud; and that Porkbun\\u2019s .com price is 11.08 USD for both first year and renewal.&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;GoDaddy\\u2019s Porkbun comparison table marked up in red and graded D minus. Corrections show that Porkbun offers phone, live chat, and email support 365 days a year; that GoDaddy printed impossible phone hours of 0AM to 5PM PT when Porkbun\\u2019s actual hours are 9AM to 5PM PT; that Porkbun offers Cloud hosting for WordPress built on WP Cloud; and that Porkbun\\u2019s .com price is 11.08 USD for both first year and renewal.&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" class=\"wp-block-image pb-lcp-image wp-lightbox-container\"><img width=\"816\" height=\"1107\" decoding=\"sync\" fetchpriority=\"high\" loading=\"eager\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/porkbun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/godaddy-comparison-annotated.png\" alt=\"GoDaddy\u2019s Porkbun comparison table marked up in red and graded D minus. Corrections show that Porkbun offers phone, live chat, and email support 365 days a year; that GoDaddy printed impossible phone hours of 0AM to 5PM PT when Porkbun\u2019s actual hours are 9AM to 5PM PT; that Porkbun offers Cloud hosting for WordPress built on WP Cloud; and that Porkbun\u2019s .com price is 11.08 USD for both first year and renewal.\" class=\"wp-image-3069\" srcset=\"https:\/\/porkbun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/godaddy-comparison-annotated.png 816w, https:\/\/porkbun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/godaddy-comparison-annotated-221x300.png 221w, https:\/\/porkbun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/godaddy-comparison-annotated-755x1024.png 755w, https:\/\/porkbun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/godaddy-comparison-annotated-768x1042.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 816px) 100vw, 816px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge image: GoDaddy\u2019s Porkbun comparison table marked up in red and graded D minus. Corrections show that Porkbun offers phone, live chat, and email support 365 days a year; that GoDaddy printed impossible phone hours of 0AM to 5PM PT when Porkbun\u2019s actual hours are 9AM to 5PM PT; that Porkbun offers Cloud hosting for WordPress built on WP Cloud; and that Porkbun\u2019s .com price is 11.08 USD for both first year and renewal.\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"context.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"context.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">GoDaddy\u2019s comparison table, published 07\/24\/2026, with our corrections in red. Click to enlarge.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The reality of Porkbun vs GoDaddy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Need a TL;DR? Here&#8217;s the correct info at a glance. Each row pairs a claim from their article with the facts on our site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><thead><tr><th>What the GoDaddy article says about us<\/th><th>The reality at Porkbun<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Email support only, no real-time help<\/td><td>Email, live chat, and phone, 365 days a year, all real humans.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Phone hours are &#8220;0AM to 5PM PT&#8221;<\/td><td>Phone and chat run 9AM to 5PM Pacific, 365 days a year. Email is answered around the clock.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>No website builder whatsoever<\/td><td>Articulation is a drag-and-drop builder. Our Cloud Hosting for WordPress also includes a free AI site builder.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>No ecommerce capability at all<\/td><td>Articulation has built-in ecommerce and blogging tools.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Zero AI tools<\/td><td>A free AI website builder, AI marketplace landers, an AI domain search tool, an AI support assistant, and a public MCP server.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Very limited hosting<\/td><td>Cloud Hosting for WordPress, shared cPanel hosting, static and PHP hosting, email hosting, and more.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Security stops at basic SSL<\/td><td>Every domain includes free SSL, WHOIS Privacy, URL forwarding, email forwarding, and Cloudflare-powered DNS. We also support MFA, hardware keys, and passwordless login.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Just a registrar, little else<\/td><td>Web and email hosting, Domain Marketplace, auctions, bulk tools, and full API access.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Services need multiple providers<\/td><td>Domains, hosting, email, SSL, and DNS, all in one account with one login.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>A cheap domain and nothing else<\/td><td>Ranked the #1 domain registrar by USA Today and Forbes, with 4 million domains under management.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>What&#8217;s on that page is a list of claims anyone could disprove by spending sixty seconds on porkbun.com. Not close calls. Not matters of opinion. Things like &#8220;no website builder whatsoever,&#8221; &#8220;zero AI tools,&#8221; and a support column listing our phone hours as starting at 0AM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sit with that last one for a second. 0AM is not a time. It went out anyway, on the website of the largest domain registrar in the world, in a document about a competitor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So let&#8217;s go through it, one correction at a time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What GoDaddy posted to compare against Porkbun<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The proof is in the pudding, or in the screenshot, in this case. Front and center in their article is a GoDaddy vs Porkbun comparison chart, and the bulk of what it says about us is false.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Five of the claims are the kind you can disprove in under a minute on our own product pages: no website builder, no ecommerce, zero AI tools, email-only support, and needing multiple providers to run a site. Not one of those required a phone call to us, an NDA, or a single hard question. They required opening our website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s their chart. We went ahead and fixed it for them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;uploadedSrc&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/porkbun.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/godaddy-comparison-annotated.png&quot;,&quot;figureClassNames&quot;:&quot;wp-block-image pb-rebuttal-sheet&quot;,&quot;figureStyles&quot;:null,&quot;imgClassNames&quot;:&quot;wp-image-3069&quot;,&quot;imgStyles&quot;:null,&quot;targetWidth&quot;:816,&quot;targetHeight&quot;:1107,&quot;scaleAttr&quot;:false,&quot;ariaLabel&quot;:&quot;Enlarge image: GoDaddy\\u2019s Porkbun comparison table marked up in red and graded D minus. Corrections show that Porkbun offers phone, live chat, and email support 365 days a year; that GoDaddy printed impossible phone hours of 0AM to 5PM PT when Porkbun\\u2019s actual hours are 9AM to 5PM PT; that Porkbun offers Cloud hosting for WordPress built on WP Cloud; and that Porkbun\\u2019s .com price is 11.08 USD for both first year and renewal.&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;GoDaddy\\u2019s Porkbun comparison table marked up in red and graded D minus. Corrections show that Porkbun offers phone, live chat, and email support 365 days a year; that GoDaddy printed impossible phone hours of 0AM to 5PM PT when Porkbun\\u2019s actual hours are 9AM to 5PM PT; that Porkbun offers Cloud hosting for WordPress built on WP Cloud; and that Porkbun\\u2019s .com price is 11.08 USD for both first year and renewal.&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" class=\"wp-block-image pb-rebuttal-sheet wp-lightbox-container\" id=\"the-full-table\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/porkbun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/godaddy-comparison-annotated.png\" alt=\"GoDaddy\u2019s Porkbun comparison table marked up in red and graded D minus. Corrections show that Porkbun offers phone, live chat, and email support 365 days a year; that GoDaddy printed impossible phone hours of 0AM to 5PM PT when Porkbun\u2019s actual hours are 9AM to 5PM PT; that Porkbun offers Cloud hosting for WordPress built on WP Cloud; and that Porkbun\u2019s .com price is 11.08 USD for both first year and renewal.\" class=\"wp-image-3069\" width=\"816\" height=\"1107\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/porkbun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/godaddy-comparison-annotated.png 816w, https:\/\/porkbun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/godaddy-comparison-annotated-221x300.png 221w, https:\/\/porkbun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/godaddy-comparison-annotated-755x1024.png 755w, https:\/\/porkbun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/godaddy-comparison-annotated-768x1042.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 816px) 100vw, 816px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge image: GoDaddy\u2019s Porkbun comparison table marked up in red and graded D minus. Corrections show that Porkbun offers phone, live chat, and email support 365 days a year; that GoDaddy printed impossible phone hours of 0AM to 5PM PT when Porkbun\u2019s actual hours are 9AM to 5PM PT; that Porkbun offers Cloud hosting for WordPress built on WP Cloud; and that Porkbun\u2019s .com price is 11.08 USD for both first year and renewal.\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"context.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"context.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">GoDaddy&#8217;s comparison table, as published on 07\/24\/2026, with our corrections.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a page about a competitor, published on the site of the largest registrar in the world, and it prints a time that doesn&#8217;t exist. We&#8217;ll go through all of it in order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Click below to jump to the right topic. We addressed their entire chart and added a few extras from the rest of the article:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"#1-more-than-just-a-registrar\">More than &#8220;just a registrar&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#2-porkbun-support-is-phone-email-and-live-chat\">Porkbun support is phone, email, and live chat<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#3-ai-tools-that-stay-out-of-your-way\">AI tools that stay out of your way<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#4-seven-hosting-products-including-wordpress-on-wp-cloud\">Seven hosting products, including WordPress on WP Cloud<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#5-built-on-aws-and-cloudflare-simple-enough-for-a-first-domain\">Built on AWS and Cloudflare, simple enough for a first domain<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#6-one-login-for-domains-hosting-email-ssl-and-dns\">One login for domains, hosting, email, SSL, and DNS<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#7-transparent-pricing-and-no-club-to-join\">Transparent pricing, and no club to join<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#8-porkbun-is-affordable-and-a-great-deal-more\">Porkbun is affordable, and a great deal more<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#9-security-that-matters-included-free\">Security that matters, included free<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#10-website-builders-and-ecommerce-both-included\">Website builders and ecommerce, both included<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#11-what-they-got-right\">What they got right<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Setting the record straight about Porkbun vs GoDaddy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Now to the details. We went through the article claim by claim and checked each one against our own site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. More than &#8220;just a registrar&#8221;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The GoDaddy vs Porkbun comparison article paints us as a one trick pony. We do register domains pig-nificently, and we&#8217;re proud of it. Stopping there misses most of what a Porkbun account holds, though. There&#8217;s a full toolkit sitting just past the checkout page, minus the upsells.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">One Porkbun account holds domains, hosting, email, SSL, DNS, and WHOIS Privacy<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>GoDaddy\u2019s chart calls Porkbun \u201cPrimarily a domain registrar with limited add-ons.\u201d That is not what a Porkbun account holds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image pb-shot\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/porkbun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/row-1-platform-scope.png\" alt=\"The platform scope row of GoDaddy\u2019s comparison table, describing Porkbun as \u201cPrimarily a domain registrar with limited add-ons\u201d.\" class=\"wp-image-3070\" width=\"1448\" height=\"222\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/porkbun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/row-1-platform-scope.png 1448w, https:\/\/porkbun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/row-1-platform-scope-300x46.png 300w, https:\/\/porkbun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/row-1-platform-scope-1024x157.png 1024w, https:\/\/porkbun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/row-1-platform-scope-768x118.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1448px) 100vw, 1448px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The platform scope row of GoDaddy\u2019s comparison table. Captured 08\/04\/2026.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;re an awesome domain registrar. We&#8217;re also more than that. One Porkbun account manages your domains, web hosting, email hosting, SSL certificates, DNS, WHOIS Privacy, and more. Our homepage sums it up as <a href=\"https:\/\/porkbun.com\/\">All-In-One Domain Management Tools<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s the opposite of limited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. Porkbun support is phone, email, and live chat<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Support is where a domain registrar earns its keep, and it&#8217;s the row they got most wrong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s also the row where being wrong matters most. Someone deciding where to keep their domains wants to know one thing above all: when something breaks, will a human pick up? Their article told those people we don&#8217;t have a phone. We&#8217;ve had one for ten years, and it&#8217;s printed at the bottom of every page on our site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Porkbun offers phone, live chat, and email support, 365 days a year<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>GoDaddy&#8217;s article states that Porkbun provides &#8220;email-based support only, with no real-time option.&#8221; That is false. Porkbun has offered live phone support for nearly its entire ten years of operation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image pb-shot\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/porkbun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/body-no-real-time-option.png\" alt=\"A line from GoDaddy\u2019s article reading \u201cPorkbun\u2019s support is email-only, with no real-time option for urgent issues.\u201d\" class=\"wp-image-3071\" width=\"1304\" height=\"172\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/porkbun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/body-no-real-time-option.png 1304w, https:\/\/porkbun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/body-no-real-time-option-300x40.png 300w, https:\/\/porkbun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/body-no-real-time-option-1024x135.png 1024w, https:\/\/porkbun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/body-no-real-time-option-768x101.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1304px) 100vw, 1304px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">From the FAQ section of GoDaddy\u2019s article. Captured 08\/04\/2026.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/porkbun.com\/about\/why-choose-porkbun-domain-registrar\">Porkbun support<\/a> runs 365 days a year by email, live chat, and phone. Phone and chat are staffed 9AM to 5PM Pacific. Email is answered around the clock, every day of the year. Phone support is our USA-based team at 1.855.PORKBUN, and that number is in the footer of every page on porkbun.com. Every single page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our AI chat assistant isn&#8217;t there to gatekeep. It surfaces real answers from our public knowledge base, and a real human is one click away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now the part worth saying plainly: GoDaddy answers the phone 24\/7 and we answer it 9 to 5. That&#8217;s a real advantage, it&#8217;s the one place they lead us, and we&#8217;re not going to pretend otherwise. We&#8217;re working on closing it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What we won&#8217;t let stand is the version in their article, where our phone support doesn&#8217;t exist at all. &#8220;We&#8217;re open longer&#8221; and &#8220;they don&#8217;t pick up&#8221; are different claims. Only one of them is true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is something odd about the framing, too. Their own chart prints our phone hours. You have to know a company has a phone before you can publish its hours, which makes &#8220;email-based support only&#8221; a strange thing to write in the same cell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Phone support is the one row on that chart they can fairly claim, and it is the gap we are working to close. When we do, the last real advantage on that page goes with it, and a .com will still renew with us for less than half what it costs there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among registrars that compete with us on price, we&#8217;re not aware of another that publishes a phone number where a person picks up. GoDaddy answers the phone. So do we.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Porkbun phone and chat hours are 9AM to 5PM Pacific, seven days a week<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>GoDaddy&#8217;s chart lists Porkbun&#8217;s phone hours as &#8220;0AM &#8211; 5PM PT.&#8221; Our actual phone and chat hours are 9AM to 5PM Pacific, 365 days a year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image pb-shot\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/porkbun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/row-2-support-quality.png\" alt=\"The support quality row of GoDaddy\u2019s comparison table, listing Porkbun as \u201cEmail-based support only; real-time phone help between 0AM - 5PM PT\u201d, a cell that both denies real-time support and gives its hours, using a time that does not exist.\" class=\"wp-image-3072\" width=\"1448\" height=\"222\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/porkbun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/row-2-support-quality.png 1448w, https:\/\/porkbun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/row-2-support-quality-300x46.png 300w, https:\/\/porkbun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/row-2-support-quality-1024x157.png 1024w, https:\/\/porkbun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/row-2-support-quality-768x118.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1448px) 100vw, 1448px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The support quality row. Both claims are in the same cell. Captured 08\/04\/2026.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Huh? Didn&#8217;t they just say we didn&#8217;t offer anything but email support?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Their chart lists our phone hours as 0AM to 5PM Pacific. We&#8217;d love to take credit for a midnight shift, but we don&#8217;t have one. Yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read that cell again, though, because it&#8217;s the same cell that says our support is email only. Email-based support only, and here are the phone hours. One sentence, both answers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There&#8217;s no interpretation to argue about here. GoDaddy published a comparison chart that contradicts itself inside a single line, next to a time that doesn&#8217;t exist on any clock. Two errors, one table cell, GoDaddy&#8217;s name on it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Porkbun\u2019s domain tools run a marketplace, auctions, closeouts, and a public API<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>GoDaddy\u2019s article says Porkbun\u2019s domain tools \u201care built for simple registration and little else.\u201d That is false.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image pb-shot\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/porkbun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/body-registration-little-else.png\" alt=\"A line from GoDaddy\u2019s article reading that Porkbun\u2019s domain tools \u201care built for simple registration and little else\u201d.\" class=\"wp-image-3073\" width=\"1304\" height=\"230\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/porkbun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/body-registration-little-else.png 1304w, https:\/\/porkbun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/body-registration-little-else-300x53.png 300w, https:\/\/porkbun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/body-registration-little-else-1024x181.png 1024w, https:\/\/porkbun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/body-registration-little-else-768x135.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1304px) 100vw, 1304px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">From GoDaddy\u2019s article. Captured 08\/04\/2026.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Our domain tools go well past registration. We run the <a href=\"https:\/\/porkbun.com\/marketplace\">Porkbun Marketplace<\/a> at a 7% commission, with Buy It Now and auction options. Our <a href=\"https:\/\/porkbun.com\/auctions\">domain auctions<\/a> are powered by Dynadot&#8217;s DAX platform, which runs across multiple registrars, so a name listed here is in front of bidders who have never visited Porkbun. We also connect to Afternic, SedoMLS, Atom.com, and NameBright through our <a href=\"https:\/\/porkbun.com\/aftermarket\">third-party aftermarket<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There&#8217;s more under the hood. We offer bulk registration, <a href=\"https:\/\/porkbun.com\/closeouts\">expired domain closeouts<\/a>, and free landers for pages you&#8217;re parking. Sellers can generate a customizable sales lander with ChatGPT. And developers can get <a href=\"https:\/\/kb.porkbun.com\/article\/190-getting-started-with-the-porkbun-api\">started with the Porkbun API<\/a> in minutes. That&#8217;s a serious toolkit for buyers, sellers, and domainers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3. AI tools that stay out of your way<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>AI shows up all over Porkbun these days, and never in a way that forces you to use it. The article insists we have none of it at all. That&#8217;s a big statement, and a simple one to check.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Porkbun offers AI tools, so zero is the wrong number<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>GoDaddy&#8217;s article states that Porkbun offers &#8220;zero AI tools.&#8221; Zero is a precise claim, and GoDaddy published it. It only takes one tool to make it false.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image pb-shot\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/porkbun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/body-zero-ai-tools.png\" alt=\"A line from GoDaddy\u2019s article stating that Porkbun offers zero AI tools.\" class=\"wp-image-3074\" width=\"1304\" height=\"230\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/porkbun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/body-zero-ai-tools.png 1304w, https:\/\/porkbun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/body-zero-ai-tools-300x53.png 300w, https:\/\/porkbun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/body-zero-ai-tools-1024x181.png 1024w, https:\/\/porkbun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/body-zero-ai-tools-768x135.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1304px) 100vw, 1304px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">From GoDaddy\u2019s article. Captured 08\/04\/2026.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This is just not true. Every <a href=\"https:\/\/porkbun.com\/products\/webhosting\/cloudWordPress\">Cloud for WordPress<\/a> plan includes a free AI-powered website builder. Our marketplace landers generate a sales description using ChatGPT. Our domain search has an AI tool built in. An AI support assistant sits on every page of our site, powered by Claude. And we run a public MCP server, so an AI agent can search, register, and manage domains at Porkbun directly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Every one of those is on a page you can open without logging in. We&#8217;re not going to argue about who has more, because that isn&#8217;t what they claimed. They wrote zero.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">4. Seven hosting products, including WordPress on WP Cloud<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Hosting is a big part of what we do. Their article waves it off as thin and basic, which doesn&#8217;t match what&#8217;s on our hosting page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Porkbun runs seven hosting products, including WordPress on WP Cloud<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>GoDaddy\u2019s chart calls our hosting \u201cVery limited hosting options; not enterprise-grade.\u201d That is false, and the lineup is public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image pb-shot\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/porkbun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/row-4-wp-hosting.png\" alt=\"The managed WordPress hosting row of GoDaddy\u2019s comparison table, describing Porkbun as \u201cVery limited hosting options; not enterprise-grade\u201d.\" class=\"wp-image-3075\" width=\"1448\" height=\"222\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/porkbun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/row-4-wp-hosting.png 1448w, https:\/\/porkbun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/row-4-wp-hosting-300x46.png 300w, https:\/\/porkbun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/row-4-wp-hosting-1024x157.png 1024w, https:\/\/porkbun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/row-4-wp-hosting-768x118.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1448px) 100vw, 1448px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The managed WordPress hosting row. Captured 08\/04\/2026.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Our <a href=\"https:\/\/porkbun.com\/products\/web_hosting\">web hosting<\/a> lineup includes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Cloud Hosting for WordPress<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Articulation Sitebuilder<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Link in Bio<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Shared cPanel Hosting<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Secure Static Hosting<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Easy PHP Hosting<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Porkbun Email Hosting<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Need a simple page for your links? Link in Bio has you covered. Building something custom? Static Hosting and Easy PHP are ready. Our Cloud Hosting for WordPress runs on WP Cloud, Automattic&#8217;s own hosting platform, the same infrastructure behind WordPress.com. It&#8217;s built for faster load times and better uptime. &#8220;Limited&#8221; isn&#8217;t the word we&#8217;d choose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">And email hosting, since they skipped past it<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Their article gives us partial credit here, then adds a jab about setup. We&#8217;ll take the credit and gently return the jab, Porkbun-style.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Porkbun email is set up from the same dashboard as your domain<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>GoDaddy\u2019s article says Porkbun \u201coffers email hosting, but lacks an all-in-one platform you can start using without a complex setup.\u201d It is the same account, the same dashboard, and a guided setup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image pb-shot\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/porkbun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/body-email-all-in-one.png\" alt=\"A line from GoDaddy\u2019s article reading \u201cPorkbun offers email hosting, but lacks an all-in-one platform you can start using without a complex setup.\u201d\" class=\"wp-image-3076\" width=\"1304\" height=\"230\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/porkbun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/body-email-all-in-one.png 1304w, https:\/\/porkbun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/body-email-all-in-one-300x53.png 300w, https:\/\/porkbun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/body-email-all-in-one-1024x181.png 1024w, https:\/\/porkbun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/body-email-all-in-one-768x135.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1304px) 100vw, 1304px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">From GoDaddy\u2019s article. Captured 08\/04\/2026.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/porkbun.com\/products\/porkbun_email\">Porkbun Email hosting<\/a> gives you a custom address on your own domain, starting at $3 per month per inbox, billed yearly. Best of all, you manage it in the same place you manage your domain and everything else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prefer heavy-duty enterprise email? We also have a partnership offer with <a href=\"https:\/\/porkbun.com\/products\/proton_mail\">Proton Mail<\/a>. Setup is guided right from your dashboard, not a puzzle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">5. Built on AWS and Cloudflare, simple enough for a first domain<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Three more claims deserve a clear answer. One says our infrastructure isn&#8217;t built for serious workloads. One says we&#8217;re too tricky for beginners. The last says our reach barely leaves the country. All three sell our customers short.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Porkbun runs on AWS and Cloudflare, and publishes an MCP server<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>GoDaddy&#8217;s chart calls our infrastructure &#8220;Lightweight infrastructure; not designed for enterprise workloads.&#8221; That is not what it runs on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image pb-shot\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/porkbun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/row-5-enterprise-stability.png\" alt=\"The enterprise stability row of GoDaddy\u2019s comparison table, describing Porkbun as \u201cLightweight infrastructure; not designed for enterprise workloads\u201d.\" class=\"wp-image-3077\" width=\"1448\" height=\"222\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/porkbun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/row-5-enterprise-stability.png 1448w, https:\/\/porkbun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/row-5-enterprise-stability-300x46.png 300w, https:\/\/porkbun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/row-5-enterprise-stability-1024x157.png 1024w, https:\/\/porkbun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/row-5-enterprise-stability-768x118.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1448px) 100vw, 1448px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The enterprise stability row. Captured 08\/04\/2026.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Porkbun runs on AWS with Cloudflare in front of it. Our <a href=\"https:\/\/porkbun.com\/products\/dns_management\">DNS<\/a> is Cloudflare-powered and free on every domain. We publish a <a href=\"https:\/\/status.porkbun.com\">status page<\/a>, a <a href=\"https:\/\/kb.porkbun.com\/article\/190-getting-started-with-the-porkbun-api\">public API<\/a>, and a public MCP server, which is not a common thing for a registrar of any size to operate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Four million domains resolve through that infrastructure every day. &#8220;Lightweight&#8221; is a strange word for it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Porkbun is built for beginners, with drag-and-drop tools and humans to call<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>GoDaddy\u2019s article says Porkbun \u201cassumes a level of technical comfort that many beginners simply don\u2019t have.\u201d That is not what we built.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image pb-shot\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/porkbun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/body-technical-comfort.png\" alt=\"A line from GoDaddy\u2019s article stating that Porkbun assumes a level of technical comfort that many beginners simply do not have.\" class=\"wp-image-3078\" width=\"1304\" height=\"230\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/porkbun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/body-technical-comfort.png 1304w, https:\/\/porkbun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/body-technical-comfort-300x53.png 300w, https:\/\/porkbun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/body-technical-comfort-1024x181.png 1024w, https:\/\/porkbun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/body-technical-comfort-768x135.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1304px) 100vw, 1304px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">From GoDaddy\u2019s article. Captured 08\/04\/2026.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We built Porkbun to be friendly, fast, and frustration-free. Articulation works at any skill level. The AI builder in our Cloud Hosting for WordPress gets a site online in minutes. Our <a href=\"https:\/\/kb.porkbun.com\/\">knowledge base<\/a> walks you through the basics step by step. And real humans are a call, email, or chat away if you get stuck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s not a setup built to lose beginners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Porkbun serves 750,000 customers worldwide across hundreds of extensions<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>GoDaddy\u2019s article says our \u201cinfrastructure and support remain US-centric.\u201d Our phone team is USA-based, which is true. Our reach is not narrow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image pb-shot\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/porkbun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/body-us-centric.png\" alt=\"A line from GoDaddy\u2019s article describing Porkbun\u2019s infrastructure and support as US-centric.\" class=\"wp-image-3079\" width=\"1304\" height=\"115\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/porkbun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/body-us-centric.png 1304w, https:\/\/porkbun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/body-us-centric-300x26.png 300w, https:\/\/porkbun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/body-us-centric-1024x90.png 1024w, https:\/\/porkbun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/body-us-centric-768x68.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1304px) 100vw, 1304px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">From GoDaddy\u2019s article. Captured 08\/04\/2026.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Our phone support team is USA-based, and that part is true. Our reach isn&#8217;t narrow, though. We manage more than 4 million domains for 750,000 customers, and we offer hundreds of extensions including country codes like .co.uk, .ca, and .de. Customers find us from all over the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">6. One login for domains, hosting, email, SSL, and DNS<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Nobody wants five separate logins to run one small website, and their article claims that&#8217;s exactly what we make you do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Porkbun runs domains, hosting, email, SSL, and DNS from one account<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>GoDaddy&#8217;s article states that Porkbun customers must assemble &#8220;services from multiple providers.&#8221; That is false. One account, one login.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image pb-shot\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/porkbun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/row-6-bundled-services.png\" alt=\"The bundled services row of GoDaddy\u2019s comparison table, saying Porkbun offers \u201cFew bundles; services must be assembled from multiple providers\u201d.\" class=\"wp-image-3080\" width=\"1448\" height=\"222\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/porkbun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/row-6-bundled-services.png 1448w, https:\/\/porkbun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/row-6-bundled-services-300x46.png 300w, https:\/\/porkbun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/row-6-bundled-services-1024x157.png 1024w, https:\/\/porkbun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/row-6-bundled-services-768x118.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1448px) 100vw, 1448px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The bundled services row. Captured 08\/04\/2026.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Everything lives in a single Porkbun account. Domains, hosting, email, SSL certificates, DNS management, and WHOIS Privacy, all in one place. One login, one provider. You&#8217;re not stitching together five vendors to launch a site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">7. Transparent pricing, and no club to join<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Pricing is where their article accidentally helps our case. We didn&#8217;t touch their chart or change a single figure. We just read it closely, which is always worth doing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The number they printed themselves<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image pb-shot\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/porkbun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/row-7-com-pricing.png\" alt=\"The .com pricing row of GoDaddy\u2019s comparison table, listing GoDaddy at 0.01 USD first year and 22.99 USD renewal, and Porkbun at 11.08 USD for both first year and renewal.\" class=\"wp-image-3081\" width=\"1448\" height=\"162\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/porkbun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/row-7-com-pricing.png 1448w, https:\/\/porkbun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/row-7-com-pricing-300x34.png 300w, https:\/\/porkbun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/row-7-com-pricing-1024x115.png 1024w, https:\/\/porkbun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/row-7-com-pricing-768x86.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1448px) 100vw, 1448px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The pricing row, as GoDaddy published it. Captured 08\/04\/2026.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Their own comparison chart lists our .com renewal at $11.08 and GoDaddy&#8217;s at $22.99. By their own math, our renewal is less than half of theirs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They list their first year at $0.01, but there&#8217;s a catch: that price requires a three year registration. It is not one year at a penny with two renewals to think about later. All three years are bought at checkout, and the other two are $22.99 each.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Here&#8217;s the math you&#8217;re looking for:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><thead><tr><th>What a .com actually costs<\/th><th>Porkbun<\/th><th>GoDaddy<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Cheapest way to get the advertised price, paid at checkout<\/td><td>$11.08, one year<\/td><td>$45.99, three years prepaid<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Three years, like for like<\/td><td>$33.24<\/td><td>$45.99<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Ten years, at today&#8217;s prices<\/td><td>$110.80<\/td><td>$206.92<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Their advertised price is one cent. The cheapest checkout that actually gets you that cent is $45.99, because their own footnote says &#8220;first year pricing, 3-year registration required,&#8221; and a registration term is paid up front. The advertised number is off by a factor of about 4,600 from what you hand over on day one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ours is $11.08, and it is $11.08 again every year after. The ten-year row assumes today&#8217;s prices on both sides, which is the one line in this table that is a projection rather than a fact: wholesale .com prices rise, ours rises with them because our margin is zero, and theirs is already more than twice wholesale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There&#8217;s no surprise waiting for you in year two. We sell most domains <a href=\"https:\/\/porkbun.com\/about\/why-choose-porkbun-domain-registrar\">at cost<\/a>. As of publication, our .com breaks down to $10.26 wholesale, a $0.20 ICANN fee, and $0.62 in card fees. Hidden fees: none.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s why we reliably beat GoDaddy&#8217;s domain renewals by half. In most cases we add nothing to the wholesale cost but required fees. Their renewal price is more than twice the wholesale cost of the same domain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">At Porkbun you don&#8217;t pay for a better price<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Their article has one more recommendation for people with a lot of domains: the Discount Domain Club, which &#8220;delivers meaningful savings on renewals and new registrations.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It does deliver savings. You just have to buy them first. The Discount Domain Club is a paid membership, and the headline on its own page is &#8220;Unlock wholesale domain pricing.&#8221; Here is what unlocking costs, next to our ordinary price:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><thead><tr><th>Discount Domain Club<\/th><th>Membership<\/th><th>Their .com<\/th><th>Ours<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Basic, recommended for &#8220;up to 24 domain names&#8221;<\/td><td>$119.88\/year<\/td><td>$14.99<\/td><td>$11.08<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Premium, recommended for &#8220;25+ domain names&#8221;<\/td><td>$239.88\/year<\/td><td>$11.99<\/td><td>$11.08<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Domain Pro<\/td><td>$359.88\/year<\/td><td>$10.49<\/td><td>$11.08<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image pb-shot\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/porkbun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/godaddy-ddc-pricing.png\" alt=\"GoDaddy\u2019s Discount Domain Club pricing page, showing three paid membership tiers: Basic at 9.99 USD a month with .com registrations at 14.99 USD, Premium at 19.99 USD a month with .com at 11.99 USD, and Domain Pro at 29.99 USD a month with .com at 10.49 USD. The heading above them reads Let\u2019s get you in the club.\" class=\"wp-image-3082\" width=\"1260\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/porkbun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/godaddy-ddc-pricing.png 1260w, https:\/\/porkbun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/godaddy-ddc-pricing-300x244.png 300w, https:\/\/porkbun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/godaddy-ddc-pricing-1024x832.png 1024w, https:\/\/porkbun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/godaddy-ddc-pricing-768x624.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1260px) 100vw, 1260px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">GoDaddy\u2019s Discount Domain Club pricing, from their own page. Captured 08\/04\/2026.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On the first two tiers, the price you pay <strong>after<\/strong> joining the club is still higher than the price we charge everyone for free. Basic is $3.91 more per domain than ours. Premium is $0.91 more. Those memberships cannot save you money against Porkbun at any portfolio size, because the discounted price never gets below our undiscounted one. The fee is not an investment that pays off later. It is just a fee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Only Domain Pro gets under us, by 59 cents a domain, for $359.88 a year. You would need about 610 .com domains before that membership breaks even against simply registering them here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Their own recommendation makes the point better than we can. They suggest Basic for portfolios of up to 24 domains. Twenty-four .coms on Basic costs $479.64 a year. The same twenty-four here costs $265.92, and there is nothing to join.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image pb-shot\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/porkbun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/godaddy-ddc-headline.png\" alt=\"The Discount Domain Club hero panel on GoDaddy\u2019s site. The heading reads \u201cUnlock wholesale domain pricing\u201d, with the line \u201cSave on domain renewal, registration and transfer fees instantly.\u201d and a See Plans and Pricing button.\" class=\"wp-image-3083\" width=\"1260\" height=\"338\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/porkbun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/godaddy-ddc-headline.png 1260w, https:\/\/porkbun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/godaddy-ddc-headline-300x80.png 300w, https:\/\/porkbun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/godaddy-ddc-headline-1024x275.png 1024w, https:\/\/porkbun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/godaddy-ddc-headline-768x206.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1260px) 100vw, 1260px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Discount Domain Club\u2019s own headline. Captured 08\/04\/2026.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>One more thing about that &#8220;wholesale&#8221; headline. Wholesale on a .com is $10.26. Their best tier, the $359.88 one, gets you to $10.49. 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Theirs sums us up in one dismissive line that skips over almost everything we offer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Porkbun is the #1 rated registrar at USA Today and Forbes, with 4 million domains<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>GoDaddy\u2019s verdict is that Porkbun is \u201ca cheap domain and nothing else.\u201d The \u201cnothing else\u201d is where we disagree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image pb-shot\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/porkbun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/row-8-best-for.png\" alt=\"The best for row of GoDaddy\u2019s comparison table, summarising Porkbun as for \u201cUsers prioritizing low cost and simple domain management\u201d.\" class=\"wp-image-3084\" width=\"1448\" height=\"222\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/porkbun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/row-8-best-for.png 1448w, https:\/\/porkbun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/row-8-best-for-300x46.png 300w, https:\/\/porkbun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/row-8-best-for-1024x157.png 1024w, https:\/\/porkbun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/row-8-best-for-768x118.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1448px) 100vw, 1448px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The best for row. Captured 08\/04\/2026.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We love a good deal, so we&#8217;ll take &#8220;cheap&#8221; as a compliment, though we prefer &#8220;affordable.&#8221; The <em>nothing else<\/em> part is where we disagree. That <em>nothing else<\/em> includes email and web hosting, a site builder, a link-in-bio tool, a full domain aftermarket, and human support 365 days a year. It includes being ranked the #1 domain registrar by USA Today and Forbes Advisor multiple years running, which they somehow left out. It includes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.trustpilot.com\/review\/porkbun.com\">more than 25,000 Trustpilot reviews<\/a> at a 4.8 rating. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.trustpilot.com\/review\/godaddy.com\">GoDaddy sits at 4.4<\/a>. They have about five times as many reviews as we do, which is what you would expect from a company twenty times our size, and we would still rather have the score. Both pages are public. Go and look. And it includes 4 million domains that people trusted us to manage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s quite a lot for &#8220;nothing.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;re proud of it, but we aren&#8217;t resting on our hooves. We&#8217;re always looking for ways to improve your experience here at the Bun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">9. Security that matters, included free<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Security should never be an afterthought, and for us it never is. The article suggests our protection stops at a single certificate. Several protections come free with every domain, none buried in fine print.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Every Porkbun domain includes free SSL, WHOIS Privacy, and Cloudflare DNS<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>GoDaddy\u2019s article says Porkbun\u2019s \u201csecurity offering stops at basic SSL.\u201d That is false, and none of it is behind an upsell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image pb-shot\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/porkbun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/body-basic-ssl.png\" alt=\"A line from GoDaddy\u2019s article stating that Porkbun\u2019s security offering stops at basic SSL.\" class=\"wp-image-3085\" width=\"1304\" height=\"172\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/porkbun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/body-basic-ssl.png 1304w, https:\/\/porkbun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/body-basic-ssl-300x40.png 300w, https:\/\/porkbun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/body-basic-ssl-1024x135.png 1024w, https:\/\/porkbun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/body-basic-ssl-768x101.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1304px) 100vw, 1304px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">From GoDaddy\u2019s article. Captured 08\/04\/2026.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Every domain includes free <a href=\"https:\/\/porkbun.com\/products\/ssl\">SSL certificates<\/a> from Let&#8217;s Encrypt, and we auto-renew them for hosting customers. Every domain includes free <a href=\"https:\/\/porkbun.com\/products\/whois_privacy\">WHOIS Privacy<\/a> to keep your details hidden. Some registrars charge extra for that. Ours is always free. Our <a href=\"https:\/\/porkbun.com\/products\/dns_management\">DNS management<\/a> is free and powered by Cloudflare, so it stays fast and available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the account side, we support multifactor authentication, hardware security keys, and passwordless login. That&#8217;s a lot more than basic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">10. Website builders and ecommerce, both included<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This part of the article confused us. It claims we offer nothing for building a site or selling online. Both claims are answered one click away on our own product pages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Porkbun offers three website builders<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>GoDaddy&#8217;s article states that Porkbun has &#8220;no website builder whatsoever.&#8221; That is false. Porkbun offers three.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image pb-shot\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/porkbun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/body-no-website-builder.png\" alt=\"A line from GoDaddy\u2019s article reading \u201cMeanwhile, Porkbun offers no website builder whatsoever\u201d.\" class=\"wp-image-3086\" width=\"1304\" height=\"174\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/porkbun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/body-no-website-builder.png 1304w, https:\/\/porkbun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/body-no-website-builder-300x40.png 300w, https:\/\/porkbun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/body-no-website-builder-1024x137.png 1024w, https:\/\/porkbun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/body-no-website-builder-768x102.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1304px) 100vw, 1304px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">From GoDaddy\u2019s article. Captured 08\/04\/2026.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We have website builders, plural. Articulation is our <a href=\"https:\/\/porkbun.com\/products\/webhosting\/articulation\">drag-and-drop website builder<\/a>, with mobile-ready templates and no code required. Our Cloud Hosting for WordPress includes a free AI website builder. And Link in Bio spins up a one-page site in seconds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So that&#8217;s three, not zero.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Porkbun supports ecommerce through the Articulation site builder<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>GoDaddy&#8217;s article states that Porkbun has &#8220;no ecommerce capability at all.&#8221; That is false.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image pb-shot\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/porkbun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/body-no-ecommerce.png\" alt=\"A line from GoDaddy\u2019s article stating that Porkbun has no ecommerce capability at all.\" class=\"wp-image-3087\" width=\"1304\" height=\"174\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/porkbun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/body-no-ecommerce.png 1304w, https:\/\/porkbun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/body-no-ecommerce-300x40.png 300w, https:\/\/porkbun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/body-no-ecommerce-1024x137.png 1024w, https:\/\/porkbun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/body-no-ecommerce-768x102.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1304px) 100vw, 1304px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">From GoDaddy\u2019s article. Captured 08\/04\/2026.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Articulation ships with built-in ecommerce and blogging tools. You can launch a store and start selling right from the builder, and run a blog from the same place. It&#8217;s listed plainly on our <a href=\"https:\/\/porkbun.com\/products\/webhosting\/articulation\">Articulation sitebuilder<\/a> page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">11. What they got right<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>We believe in honest comparisons, so credit where it&#8217;s due. Their chart correctly lists our low, flat renewal price. It notes that WHOIS Privacy is free at both companies, though they&#8217;ll still try to sell you &#8220;Domain Ownership Protection&#8221; on top. And we&#8217;ll admit we&#8217;re not trying to be a full marketing suite. We keep our focus on domains done right, with the tools most people actually need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They also answer the phone around the clock, which we called out above and which we&#8217;re working to match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s the honest list. It&#8217;s short, because the rest of the page didn&#8217;t survive a fact check.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Porkbun vs GoDaddy: the bottom line<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s the thing about publishing a comparison. Get it right and it&#8217;s useful to everybody, us included. We&#8217;d have had no complaint about a page saying GoDaddy answers the phone around the clock and Porkbun doesn&#8217;t yet, or that GoDaddy sells a lot more products than we do. Both are true, and we said so above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What went up instead told people we have no website builder, no ecommerce, no AI tools, and no phone. Anyone who read it and moved on now believes something false about where their domains would be safest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So let&#8217;s lay it out. GoDaddy manages more than 82 million domains for over 20 million customers, and they have been the biggest name in this industry for nearly thirty years. They also buy Super Bowl airtime, which costs millions of dollars for thirty seconds. A renewal price at twice the wholesale cost of a .com is one way to pay for that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is what we have instead. Four million domains, 750,000 customers who clearly have good taste. A 4.8 rating from more than 25,000 reviews written by real people, not one of whom was paid to write one. And a phone number in the footer of every page, which the largest registrar in the world somehow missed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Which leaves us with one question we can&#8217;t answer for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Why does a company twenty times our size need a page about us on its own website?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We don&#8217;t know. But the page GoDaddy published doesn&#8217;t describe us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Don&#8217;t take our word for any of this, and don&#8217;t take theirs. Compare the renewal prices. Compare the free features. Call the number at the bottom of our page and find out who picks up. Then come see why we&#8217;re the talk of the trough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ready to get started? Check out <a href=\"https:\/\/porkbun.com\/\">Porkbun<\/a> and see why we&#8217;re the best domain registrar around. And if you&#8217;re ready to <a href=\"https:\/\/kb.porkbun.com\/article\/25-how-to-transfer-domain-from-godaddy-to-porkbun\">transfer domains from GoDaddy to Porkbun<\/a>, we&#8217;ve got the resources to make it easy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">FAQs about Porkbun vs GoDaddy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Is Porkbun email-only for support?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>No. Porkbun offers email, live chat, and phone support 365 days a year, all staffed by real humans. Phone and chat run 9AM to 5PM Pacific, and email is answered around the clock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Does Porkbun have a website builder?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Yes. Articulation is a drag-and-drop website builder with built-in ecommerce and blogging tools. Our Cloud for WordPress plans also include a free AI website builder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Does Porkbun offer AI tools?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Yes. Every Cloud for WordPress plan includes a free AI-powered website builder. 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