Best Hosting in Australia

Hosting providers with a confirmed datacentre in Australia, ranked by their WhichHosting score.

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Kinsta

Premium managed WordPress hosting

Kinsta is a premium managed WordPress platform running on Google Cloud infrastructure.

  • 10GB storage storage
  • 1 WordPress install websites
  • 20GB server bandwidth / month bandwidth
  • CDN included
  • 14 days backup retention backups

Pros

  • Excellent WordPress performance
  • Strong staging and tooling
  • Expert support

Cons

  • Expensive for small sites
  • No email hosting
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ChemiCloud

Shared hosting with strong support

ChemiCloud offers cPanel shared, reseller and WordPress hosting with free migrations.

  • 20 GB NVMe storage
  • Free domain
  • Free daily backups backups

Pros

  • Fast support replies
  • Free domain for life on annual plans
  • Good datacenter spread

Cons

  • Entry plan limits one website
  • Renewals rise sharply
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ScalaHosting

Managed VPS with its own control panel

ScalaHosting offers shared and self-managed or managed VPS hosting with the SPanel control panel.

  • 10GB Fixed NVMe SSD storage
  • 1 website websites
  • No bandwidth limits bandwidth

Pros

  • Cheap managed VPS
  • Own control panel with no licence fee
  • Included security tooling

Cons

  • Smaller datacenter network
  • Panel is less familiar than cPanel
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HostArmada

Cloud SSD shared and VPS hosting

HostArmada runs shared, WordPress and VPS plans on a cloud SSD platform with free migrations.

  • 15 GB NVMe storage
  • Single website websites
  • Free domain
  • 7 daily backups backups

Pros

  • Responsive human support
  • Free migrations
  • Daily backups on all plans

Cons

  • Storage limits on entry plans
  • Higher renewals
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FastComet

Shared and cloud VPS with fixed pricing

FastComet sells shared, cloud VPS and dedicated hosting with prices that do not jump on renewal.

  • 10 GB storage
  • 1 website websites
  • Daily and weekly backups backups

Pros

  • No renewal price hikes
  • Free migrations
  • Wide location list

Cons

  • Modest storage limits
  • Interface feels dated
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Vultr

Developer cloud compute by the hour

Vultr sells unmanaged cloud compute, bare metal and managed databases billed hourly.

Pros

  • Hourly billing
  • Huge location list
  • Very cheap entry instances

Cons

  • Unmanaged - you run the server
  • No phone support
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Kamatera

Configurable enterprise cloud servers

Kamatera offers hourly cloud servers with fully custom CPU, RAM and storage configuration.

  • 20 GB NVMe SSD storage

Pros

  • Fully configurable servers
  • Fast provisioning
  • Global regions

Cons

  • Unmanaged by default
  • Billing needs monitoring
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TMD Hosting

Shared, cloud and dedicated hosting

TMD Hosting offers shared, cloud VPS and dedicated plans with free migrations.

  • 50 GB SSD storage
  • 1 website websites
  • Free domain
  • No backups included on this plan backups

Pros

  • 60-day money-back window
  • Free migrations
  • Multiple regions

Cons

  • Brand is less known
  • Higher renewal pricing
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Bluehost

Beginner-friendly WordPress hosting

Bluehost is a long-running shared host with WordPress-oriented onboarding.

  • 10 GB NVMe SSD storage
  • 10 websites websites
  • Free domain

Pros

  • Free domain for the first year
  • Guided WordPress setup
  • 24/7 phone support

Cons

  • Frequent upsells
  • Backups cost extra
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VPSServer

Global VPS instances by the hour

VPSServer sells unmanaged VPS instances across many worldwide locations with hourly billing.

  • 20 GB NVMe SSD storage
  • 5 TB transfer bandwidth

Pros

  • Many global locations
  • Hourly billing
  • Fast NVMe storage

Cons

  • Unmanaged servers
  • Sparse WordPress tooling

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Top picks side by side

The leading providers in this ranking on the specs that decide most buying decisions.

Kinsta logoKinsta
9.0/ 10
ChemiCloud logoChemiCloud
8.9/ 10
HostArmada logoHostArmada
8.9/ 10
WhichHosting Score9.0 / 108.9 / 108.9 / 108.9 / 10
Plan comparedBusiness — Single 20GBStarterMiniStart Dock
Starting price$30.00/mo$1.95/mo$2.95/mo$1.99/mo
Renewal price$30.00/mo$11.95/mo$11.95/mo$9.95/mo
Storage10GB storage20 GB NVMe10GB Fixed NVMe SSD15 GB NVMe
WordPress
LocationsSpain, Switzerland, Italy, India, Sweden, France, USA, United Kingdom, Israel, Netherlands, Mexico, Brazil, Australia, Germany, Japan, Canada, South KoreaUnited Kingdom, Netherlands, Spain, Australia, Italy, Germany, Japan, Canada, India, South Korea, Sweden, France, USABulgaria, Spain, India, Norway, Sweden, France, USA, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Australia, Ireland, Germany, Japan, Canada, South Korea, FinlandUnited Kingdom, Australia, Germany, Canada, India, USA
Security score9.5 / 108.7 / 109.2 / 108.9 / 10
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Our methodology

Providers only appear here when their own official datacentre or server-location page confirms a location in this country. Scores and ranking order come from the same 8 weighted criteria used site-wide (performance 20%, reliability 15%, price 15%, features, support, ease of use, security and value 10% each) and are not adjusted per country.

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