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For multiple hobby sites, the cheapest usable solution depends mostly on what kind of sites they are. The lowest-cost answer is often not traditional hosting anymore.

My recommendation by site type

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If I were consolidating hobby sites, I would do this:

Option A — cheapest overall (my first choice):

• Move all static sites to Cloudflare Pages.
• Put DNS on Cloudflare.
• Keep domains registered separately.
• Cost: potentially $0/month hosting. bootstrap.build

This works extremely well for:

• personal sites
• portfolios
• hobby blogs (with static generators like Hugo/Jekyll/Astro)
• project documentation
• landing pages

Option B — simplest “one account for everything”:

• Use a multi-site shared host.
• A plan like Namecheap Stellar Plus supports unlimited websites (subject to resource limits), while cheaper tiers have site limits. bootstrap.buildwww.namecheap.com

This is probably the least hassle if you have:

• several WordPress installs
• MySQL databases
• email inboxes tied to domains
• plugins that need PHP

What I would avoid

• Buying one hosting account per hobby site — wasteful.
• Ultra-cheap “unlimited everything” hosts with poor backups — migration pain later.
• Managed WordPress plans — usually overpriced for hobby projects.
• A VPS unless you actually want server administration.

A practical consolidation setup

A good low-cost architecture:

1. Domains → keep at a registrar you like.
2. DNS → Cloudflare.
3. Static sites → Cloudflare Pages.
4. WordPress/dynamic sites → one shared hosting account.
5. Backups → automated off-host backups.

You could realistically run:

• 10–50 tiny static sites for free, or
• several WordPress hobby sites for roughly the cost of a coffee per month. bootstrap.buildwww.namecheap.com

If you tell me:

1. how many sites you have,
2. WordPress vs static vs custom apps,
3. whether you need email hosting, and
4. current monthly spend,

I can narrow it down to the cheapest setup that won't become a maintenance headache.

If your main goal is “put a bunch of small hobby sites under one roof for as little money as possible,” I’d narrow it down like this:

My recommendation

If the sites are static: use Cloudflare Pages.

It's extremely hard to beat $0. Cloudflare currently offers unlimited sites, unlimited static requests and unlimited bandwidth on the free Pages plan. You can use your own domains and SSL is included. The Free plan allows up to 100 Pages projects per account. pages.cloudflare.com

For hobby sites that are HTML/CSS/JS, Astro, Hugo, Jekyll, React builds, etc., that's probably what I'd choose.

If you need WordPress/PHP/MySQL or server-side applications: I'd lean toward Hetzner Cloud. A small VPS can host many low-traffic sites, and current pricing starts around $4–7/month depending on the instance/location. docs.hetzner.com

The tradeoff is that you administer the server yourself. I'd use something like Docker + Caddy/Nginx and put all the sites on the same VPS.

If you don't want to administer a server: Hostinger is probably the more sensible compromise. Current promotional pricing is roughly $3–8/month depending on tier and billing commitment, with higher tiers supporting multiple sites. www.itechguides.com

What I'd do in your position

I'd actually use a two-tier strategy:

• Static hobby sites → Cloudflare Pages ($0)
• Dynamic/WordPress sites → one small Hetzner VPS (~$5–10/mo)
• DNS → Cloudflare
• Email → keep email separate from web hosting

That can let you consolidate dozens of sites for essentially $0–10/month, rather than paying a hosting company per site.

If you tell me (1) roughly how many sites, (2) WordPress vs static vs custom PHP/Node, and (3) approximate monthly traffic, I can give you a specific cheapest setup—including whether a single VPS, shared hosting, or Cloudflare is the best fit.

For multiple hobby sites, the cheapest usable solution is usually one multi-site shared hosting account rather than separate hosting for each domain. The best choice depends on whether you care more about the lowest bill, easiest management, or performance.

My shortlist:

What I would choose

Scenario 1: Mostly static hobby sites

• Move everything to Cloudflare Pages.
• Keep domains at your registrar.
• Cost: potentially $0/month.
• Great for blogs, portfolios, documentation, landing pages.

Scenario 2: WordPress or PHP sites

• Use Hostinger Premium/Business (depending on how many sites you have).
• Put all domains under one account.
• Use separate WordPress installs.
• Add Cloudflare in front for caching and DNS.

Scenario 3: You have 10–50 tiny sites

• Look at a reseller/shared hosting plan rather than normal shared hosting.
• A cheap VPS can also work, but only if you are comfortable maintaining Linux, backups, security updates, and migrations.

Avoid

• “Lifetime hosting” deals: they often become unreliable or disappear.
• Ultra-cheap hosts with no backups.
• Putting all sites into one WordPress install with multiple domains unless you specifically want a multisite setup.

A few details would change the recommendation:

1. How many sites (5? 20? 100?)
2. Are they WordPress, static HTML, or custom apps?
3. Do you need email hosting for the domains?
4. Current monthly spend?

For multiple hobby sites, the cheapest usable consolidation strategy is usually one multi-site shared hosting account rather than paying for separate hosting per domain. The best choice depends on how many sites you have and how much traffic they get.

My shortlist:

My recommendation by scenario

1–10 small hobby sites (WordPress, PHP, blogs, simple sites):
→ Namecheap Stellar Plus is probably the cheapest "set it and forget it" choice. It supports unlimited websites and includes cPanel, which makes managing many domains easy. www.namecheap.com

5–30 sites and you want nicer tooling:
→ Hostinger Premium/Unlimited is likely the sweet spot. It costs a little more than bare-bones hosts but has a better user experience and migration/support options. www.hostinger.com

Mostly static sites (no WordPress, no databases):
→ Move them to Cloudflare Pages or similar static hosting and pay only for domains. This can eliminate hosting costs entirely.

What I would avoid

• Running many WordPress installs on the absolute cheapest plan — one hacked plugin can affect everything in the account.
• Buying separate $5–10/month hosting plans per hobby site — consolidation saves much more.
• "Unlimited" plans without checking CPU/file limits — unlimited usually means unlimited domains, not unlimited server resources. www.itechguides.com

A practical setup:

1. Keep domains at a registrar you like.
2. Put DNS behind Cloudflare (free).
3. Put static sites on Cloudflare Pages.
4. Put only the WordPress/PHP sites on one shared host.
5. Keep regular backups outside the hosting account.

If you tell me:

• number of sites,
• WordPress vs static,
• total monthly traffic,
• whether you need email hosting,
• and your current provider,

I can narrow it down to the cheapest plan that will actually fit.

If these are hobby sites and your priority is the lowest total cost while still being usable, I’d consolidate them onto Cloudflare Pages.

My recommendation

1. Cloudflare Pages — best overall for your situation

• $0/month
• Unlimited sites
• Unlimited bandwidth for static assets
• Up to 500 builds/month
• Up to 100 custom domains per project
• 20,000 files per site on the free tier
• SSL/CDN included developers.cloudflare.com
• If you eventually need server-side functionality, Cloudflare Workers starts at $5/month for the paid plan. developers.cloudflare.com

For a collection of blogs, documentation sites, personal projects, landing pages, portfolios, static Astro/Hugo/Eleventy sites, etc., this is extremely hard to beat.

2. A cheap shared host — better if your sites require PHP/WordPress
If your sites are predominantly WordPress, PHP, MySQL, cPanel-style applications, etc., I'd instead look at a multi-site shared hosting plan. Hostinger is one of the obvious budget options; its cheapest plan isn't designed for multiple sites, so you'd need one of its higher tiers. www.hostinger.com

3. Vercel — only if you're heavily invested in Next.js
It's excellent technically, but I wouldn't choose it because it's cheap. Cloudflare is generally the more compelling choice when you're consolidating lots of low-traffic sites. Vercel's Hobby plan also has restrictions around commercial use. hostfleet.net

What I'd actually do

The particularly nice part is that you don't need one hosting account per website. Cloudflare's free Pages account allows up to 100 projects, so you could consolidate a substantial collection of hobby sites into one account without paying a monthly hosting bill. developers.cloudflare.com

If you tell me what stack your sites use (WordPress/PHP, static HTML, Astro, Next.js, etc.), roughly how many sites, and whether they get 100, 1,000, or 100,000+ visits/month, I can give you a much more specific "move everything here and pay $X/month" recommendation.

If these are hobby sites and your main goal is minimizing the total hosting bill, I’d choose based on what the sites actually need:

My picks

For a collection of genuinely static hobby sites, Cloudflare Pages is the clear winner. The free plan allows unlimited sites, unlimited static requests and unlimited bandwidth, with up to 100 Pages projects per account. pages.cloudflare.com

Cloudflare Pages

You can put each domain on its own Pages project, connect GitHub/GitLab, and have deployments happen automatically. SSL is included. pages.cloudflare.com

If they're WordPress/PHP sites

I'd go with Namecheap Stellar Plus. Its current advertised price is $2.98/month, and importantly it supports unlimited websites, unmetered SSD storage, unlimited mailboxes, databases, and cPanel. www.namecheap.com

Namecheap Shared Hosting

That's considerably more attractive for consolidation than paying separately for several conventional hosting accounts.

One thing I'd avoid is choosing based solely on the introductory price. For example, Namecheap's current Stellar Plus pricing is $2.98/mo on its displayed billing options, but the actual renewal/billing-period economics matter. www.namecheap.com

What I'd do in your situation

If you tell me roughly:

• number of sites
• WordPress/PHP vs static vs custom apps
• approximate traffic per month
• whether you need email hosting
• whether you need databases
• whether you're comfortable managing a Linux VPS

…I can compare Cloudflare Pages vs Namecheap vs Hostinger vs a $5-ish VPS and work out the cheapest realistic setup for all of them, including renewal pricing rather than just promotional prices.

If your hobby sites are small/low-traffic and you want to consolidate several domains onto one account, I’d optimize for cost per hosted site, not the headline introductory price.

My pick: Namecheap Stellar Plus

Namecheap Shared Hosting

For your use case, Namecheap Stellar Plus is probably the sweet spot right now:

• Unlimited websites
• Unmetered SSD storage
• Unlimited mailboxes
• cPanel
• Free SSL
• Unmetered bandwidth
• Automated backups
• Currently advertised around $2.98/mo on the annual/longer-term pricing (pricing varies by billing term/promotions). www.namecheap.com
• You can put multiple completely separate domains/sites in the same hosting account.

That's particularly attractive if you have, say, 5–15 little hobby sites. A $3/month account hosting ten sites is much better economics than paying $3/month per site.

The alternatives

Hostinger is currently highly regarded overall, and its multi-site plans support unlimited websites, but its advertised long-term pricing is higher than Namecheap's budget option. www.hostinger.com

One important distinction

If your sites are mostly static HTML/CSS/JS (or you can make them static), I wouldn't necessarily use traditional shared hosting at all. You can potentially get hosting costs close to $0/month using static hosting/CDNs, while paying only for your domains.

If they're WordPress/PHP sites, I'd go with Namecheap Stellar Plus rather than trying to cobble together free hosting. Independent 2026 comparisons similarly identify Namecheap as the cheapest viable conventional host, while Hostinger tends to win on performance/value. webhostingguide.net

If you tell me roughly how many sites you have (e.g. 5, 20, 50), whether they're WordPress/PHP or static, and whether you need email, I can work out the absolute cheapest setup—including VPS/static-hosting options.

If these are hobby sites and your main goal is to consolidate them as cheaply as possible, I’d choose based on what the sites actually run.

My picks

For your situation, Namecheap Stellar Plus is probably the sweet spot if you need conventional hosting. It currently allows unlimited websites, unmetered bandwidth, unmetered SSD storage, unlimited mailboxes, cPanel, automatic backups, SSL, and CDN. www.namecheap.com

The important catch is that the cheapest advertised price usually requires a longer commitment, and renewal pricing matters much more than the introductory price. Namecheap's current comparison puts its basic hosting well below competitors, while Hostinger's attractive $3–4 pricing similarly depends on a 48-month term and rises substantially at renewal. www.namecheap.com

If you can go serverless/static

I'd actually move the hobby sites to Cloudflare Pages whenever possible. Static assets are served with unlimited free requests, and the Free plan permits up to 100 Pages projects per account, so you can host a lot of small independent sites for $0 in hosting. www.namecheap.comdevelopers.cloudflare.comdevelopers.cloudflare.com

You can also attach custom domains; the Free plan supports up to 100 custom domains per project. www.namecheap.comdevelopers.cloudflare.comdevelopers.cloudflare.com

So my ranking would be:

1. Cloudflare Pages — $0 if your sites can be static
2. Namecheap Stellar Plus — ~$3/mo if you need traditional PHP/WordPress hosting
3. Hostinger Business/Unlimited — ~$4/mo if you want better performance/features and don't mind the longer commitment

If you tell me roughly how many sites you have, whether they're WordPress/PHP/static, and whether you need email, I can narrow this down to the absolute cheapest setup (including domain, hosting, email, backups, and renewal costs).

For multiple hobby sites, I would optimize for cost per site + low maintenance, not raw server power. The best choice depends on what your sites are (WordPress, static HTML, apps, etc.), but these are the options I’d shortlist:

www.namecheap.com

My recommendation by scenario

1. Mostly WordPress blogs / hobby projects

• Pick Hostinger Premium if you want the easiest experience and decent speed.
• Pick Namecheap Stellar Plus if minimizing your monthly bill is the priority. It supports multiple websites under one account and is aimed at this type of use. www.namecheap.com

2. 5–20 tiny hobby sites (portfolio pages, landing pages, documentation, fan sites)

• Move them to Cloudflare Pages.
• Put DNS on Cloudflare.
• Pay only for domains.
• This can reduce hosting cost to effectively $0.

3. Small PHP/MySQL sites

• Use shared hosting:
  • Namecheap if cheapest
  • Hostinger if you care more about speed and convenience

4. Sites you tinker with technically

• Consider a small VPS:
  • Hetzner Cloud
  • DigitalOcean Droplets
• A $5–10/month VPS can host many sites, but you become the sysadmin.

What I would do in your position

For hobby sites, I’d probably consolidate like this:

1. Put static sites → Cloudflare Pages
2. Put WordPress/PHP sites → Namecheap Stellar Plus or Hostinger Premium
3. Keep domains separate from hosting (use a registrar you like)
4. Use one account with backups rather than many tiny hosting accounts

Avoid:

• "Unlimited lifetime hosting" deals (often disappear or degrade)
• Free shared hosting for anything you care about
• Paying premium WordPress hosting prices for low-traffic hobby sites

If you tell me:

• number of sites,
• WordPress vs static vs custom apps,
• total monthly visitors,
• whether you need email hosting,

I can narrow it to the cheapest setup that will actually work.

If your hobby sites are mostly static sites (HTML/CSS/JS, Astro, Hugo, Jekyll, Next.js static export, etc.), I’d consolidate them on Cloudflare Pages.

My pick: Cloudflare Pages — $0

Cloudflare Pages is unusually good for this use case:

• $0/month
• Unlimited sites
• Unlimited bandwidth
• Free SSL
• Up to 500 builds/month
• Up to 100 custom domains per project
• GitHub/GitLab integration
• CDN and DDoS protection included
• You can add server-side functionality through Cloudflare Workers when needed. developers.cloudflare.comdevelopers.cloudflare.com

There's a 100-project-per-account Pages limit, so if you're talking about dozens rather than hundreds of sites, you're comfortably within it. developers.cloudflare.comdevelopers.cloudflare.com

What I'd do

Cloudflare Workers' free tier currently provides 100,000 requests/day, so relatively small dynamic features can often remain free too. developers.cloudflare.com

One important caveat

If your "hobby sites" are actually WordPress, PHP, MySQL, cPanel sites, Cloudflare Pages isn't a drop-in replacement. In that case I'd consolidate them onto a single cheap shared-hosting account rather than maintaining a VPS.

Also, don't confuse hosting cost with domain cost: you'll still pay for your domain registrations. Cloudflare's free Pages hosting doesn't eliminate those.

Bottom line: If you tell me roughly how many sites you have, what they're built with (WordPress/HTML/Astro/etc.), whether they need databases/email, and approximately how much traffic they get, I can give you a specific cheapest setup and migration strategy.

If your goal is multiple hobby sites at the lowest possible cost, I’d avoid traditional hosting unless your sites specifically need PHP/WordPress/email.

My pick: Cloudflare Pages — $0

Cloudflare Pages is probably the best fit if your sites are static or can be built as static sites.

• $0/month
• Unlimited sites
• Unlimited static requests and bandwidth
• Custom domains + SSL
• 500 builds/month on the free tier
• Git-based deployments
• Excellent CDN/performance globally pages.cloudflare.com

For a collection of hobby sites—blogs, landing pages, documentation, portfolios, tools, Astro/Hugo/Eleventy sites, etc.—this is hard to beat. You can put dozens of relatively low-traffic sites under one account without paying per site.

Cloudflare Pages pricing/details

If you need WordPress/PHP: Namecheap Stellar Plus

If your sites are WordPress, PHP, MySQL, or otherwise need a conventional server, I'd lean toward Namecheap Shared Hosting.

Their Stellar Plus plan currently supports unlimited websites, unmetered SSD storage and unlimited mailboxes. The advertised introductory price is around $2.98/month on the current pricing page, though renewal/billing-period pricing needs to be considered. www.namecheap.com

That's substantially more convenient than buying a separate hosting account for each hobby site.

How I'd choose

I'd not automatically choose Hostinger just because it's cheap. Its multi-site plans are reasonable, but if your hobby sites can be static, paying even $3/month is unnecessary. Cloudflare's free Pages offering explicitly supports unlimited sites and unlimited static bandwidth. pages.cloudflare.com

If you tell me what your sites are built with (WordPress, plain HTML, Astro, Next.js, PHP, Python, etc.) and roughly how many sites you have, I can narrow this down to the cheapest setup I'd actually use, including where I'd put DNS, domains, email, databases, and backups.

If these are mostly hobby sites, the cheapest usable consolidation is likely Cloudflare Pages—potentially $0/month for hosting.

My recommendation

1. Cloudflare Pages — best if your sites are static

• $0/month
• Unlimited sites
• Unlimited static requests and bandwidth
• Up to 100 custom domains per project
• 500 builds/month on the free tier
• HTTPS/CDN included
• You can connect your existing domains rather than moving the domains themselves. pages.cloudflare.comdevelopers.cloudflare.comdevelopers.cloudflare.com
• Cloudflare's free DNS is also $0. developers.cloudflare.com

For things like HTML/CSS/JS, Hugo, Jekyll, Astro, Eleventy, Next.js static exports, documentation sites, blogs, portfolios, niche content sites, this is hard to beat.

Cloudflare Pages

2. Cloudflare Workers — if the sites need some backend
The free Workers plan currently gives you 100,000 requests/day, and Pages Functions use the same Workers infrastructure. The paid Workers plan starts at $5/month per account, rather than per site. developers.cloudflare.com

That makes it attractive if you have, say, 10 little sites that each need a small API/contact form/serverless function.

3. A cheap VPS — if you need traditional hosting
If your sites require PHP/WordPress/MySQL, persistent processes, arbitrary server software, Docker, etc., I'd look at a low-end VPS rather than paying for 10 separate shared-hosting accounts. Hetzner is particularly compelling on price, although you take on considerably more administration. docs.hetzner.com

What I'd choose

One important wrinkle: Cloudflare Pages has a 100-project/account limit on the free plan, so that's generous for most hobbyists but worth knowing if "multiple" means dozens or hundreds. pages.cloudflare.comdevelopers.cloudflare.comdevelopers.cloudflare.com

If you tell me (a) how many sites, (b) what they're built with—WordPress/PHP/static/Node/etc., (c) approximate monthly traffic, and (d) whether you need email hosting, I can narrow this down to the cheapest setup in actual dollars/month, including whether consolidating them onto one VPS would beat Cloudflare.

If these are hobby sites, especially mostly static sites, I’d consolidate them on Cloudflare Pages rather than paying for traditional shared hosting.

My ranking

Why Cloudflare is my first choice: its free Pages plan currently supports unlimited sites, unlimited static requests and unlimited bandwidth, with up to 500 builds/month and 100 custom domains per project. pages.cloudflare.comwww.namecheap.comsupport.hostinger.com

So if you have, say, 10–30 little Astro/Next/static/HTML sites, you can put them all under one Cloudflare account for $0 hosting. Each can have its own domain and SSL.

Cloudflare Pages

When I'd choose something else

Choose Namecheap if your sites depend on PHP, MySQL, WordPress, cPanel, or traditional server-side applications. Its current Stellar Plus plan is advertised around $2.98/mo and offers unmetered SSD storage; Namecheap's own comparison currently lists it among its lowest-cost shared-hosting options. www.namecheap.com

Namecheap Shared Hosting

Choose Hostinger if you want conventional hosting but prioritize ease of use. Premium or higher can host multiple websites under one account. support.hostinger.com

Hostinger

Netlify is also excellent for static sites and has a $0 plan with custom domains/SSL, but its current free plan has a 300-credit monthly limit, and sites can pause when the account reaches its limit. That makes Cloudflare's unlimited static-request/bandwidth model more attractive for a large collection of hobby sites. www.netlify.com

Netlify

The key question

If you tell me what your sites are built with (WordPress/PHP, plain HTML, Astro, Hugo, Next.js, etc.), roughly how many sites, and whether they need email/databases/server-side code, I can narrow this down to the cheapest setup I'd actually use, including where I'd put DNS, domains, email, databases, and backups.

If your goal is multiple low-traffic hobby sites at the lowest practical cost, I’d narrow it to three choices:

My pick: Cloudflare Pages if your sites can be static

Cloudflare Pages' free tier currently allows unlimited sites, unlimited static requests and unlimited bandwidth, with up to 100 custom domains per project. pages.cloudflare.com

So if your hobby sites are things like:

• blogs generated with Hugo/Astro/Eleventy
• documentation
• portfolios
• landing pages
• simple HTML/CSS/JS sites

I'd put all of them on Cloudflare Pages for $0/month and pay only for your domain registrations. That's hard to beat.

Cloudflare Pages

If you need WordPress/PHP: Namecheap

For conventional sites where you need PHP, MySQL, WordPress, cPanel, email, etc., Namecheap Stellar Plus looks like the sweet spot. It currently supports unlimited websites, unmetered SSD storage and unlimited mailboxes, at $2.98/month on the current advertised rate. www.namecheap.com

Namecheap Shared Hosting

The cheaper Stellar plan is $2.28/month but caps you at 3 websites, so Plus actually becomes better value once you have 4+ sites. www.namecheap.com

One important caveat

Don't optimize solely for the promotional price. Shared hosts frequently raise the price substantially at renewal. Current comparisons show Namecheap among the cheapest mainstream hosts, while Hostinger, DreamHost, ScalaHosting and others are competitive but generally cost more. www.tomsguide.com

My recommendation:

• Static sites → Cloudflare Pages ($0)
• WordPress/PHP sites → Namecheap Stellar Plus
• 1–3 tiny PHP sites → Namecheap Stellar
• Sites with meaningful traffic or applications → consider a small VPS rather than shared hosting

If you tell me roughly how many sites you have, what they're built with (WordPress/PHP/static/Node/etc.), and whether they need email/databases, I can narrow this down to the cheapest setup and estimate your total yearly cost including domains.