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ScalaHosting renewal price: what you pay after the intro term

Observed on ScalaHosting's pricing page. The price has not moved since 2026-08-23. Checked again on 2026-10-16: the renewal sentence is still on the page.

Mini, the cheapest plan I track here

$2.95becomes$11.95

a month once the first 36 months are up. A rise of 305%.

ScalaHosting publishes 2 plans I track. The cheapest, Mini, is $2.95/mo on a 36-month term and renews at $11.95/mo, 305% more than the intro price. The renewal price is printed on the pricing page. Over 3 years the cheapest purchasable path costs $106.20. Index score 19.9 (clean record), no dated incidents in my window; tracking since 2026-08-23.

Enshittification Index: 19.9 (clean record)

What Mini costs per month over 5 years, at the prices ScalaHosting publishes today.
$2.9536 months
$11.95then every month
month 1month 36: the jumpmonth 60
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PlanIntro /moTermRenewal /moJump1 yr3 yr5 yrHistory
Mini cheapest $2.9536 mo $11.95 +305% $106.20†$106.20$393.00tracking since 2026-08-23
Start popular $5.9536 mo $14.95 +151% $214.20†$214.20$573.00tracking since 2026-08-23
Visit ScalaHostingaffiliate link; see the note abovenegotiate this renewal insteadwhen does mine renew?the week before it renews

Where the renewal price is stated

Mini

“$ 2.95 /mo INTRO OFFER - SAVE 75 % Get Started $ 11.95 /mo when you renew”

Source: https://www.scalahosting.com/web-hosting-for-small-business.html · observed 2026-08-23 · confidence medium · Term confirmed 2026-08-30: the card's toggle marks the 36-month option active (billing-cycle active data-months="36") directly above the $2.95 price, so the displayed rate is the 36-month one. Page states 'Anytime Unconditional Money-back Guarantee' (day count not given) and 'Starting From $2.95 /mo.' 'Free Domain Name' is listed for higher tiers. Plan name not adjacent to the price in the HTML. Name paired 2026-08-30 from the card's own data-planname beside the price in the same block (Mini $2.95, Start $5.95, Advanced $9.95, Entry Cloud $14.95); the two plans tracked here match Mini and Start on the prices already verified from the United States.

Start

“$ 5.95 /mo INTRO OFFER - SAVE 60 % Get Started $ 14.95 /mo when you renew”

Source: https://www.scalahosting.com/web-hosting-for-small-business.html · observed 2026-08-23 · confidence medium · No badge found. Other cards: $9.95 -> $19.95 (SAVE 50%), Entry Cloud $14.95 -> $39.95 (SAVE 63%). Name paired 2026-08-30 from the card's own data-planname beside the price in the same block (Mini $2.95, Start $5.95, Advanced $9.95, Entry Cloud $14.95); the two plans tracked here match Mini and Start on the prices already verified from the United States.

Price history

Mini

ObservedIntro /moRenewal /moMethod
2026-08-23$2.95$11.95seed

Start

ObservedIntro /moRenewal /moMethod
2026-08-23$5.95$14.95seed

Cheaper over the same 36 months

5 of the 25 hosts I can price come in under ScalaHosting's $106.20 over 36 months. The three cheapest:

  1. ChemiCloud Starter $53.64 saving $52.56
  2. AccuWeb Hosting Budget (Best Cheap Web Hosting) $71.64 saving $34.56
  3. HostArmada Start Dock $71.64 saving $34.56

The rule is arithmetic and nothing else: a host appears here only if it publishes a renewal price and a full 36-month total can be computed from prices actually observed, and the order is that total, cheapest first. Hosts whose intro term is not published cannot be priced and are left out rather than guessed at. None of these pay me anything. Switching costs an afternoon; the week before a renewal is when to do it.

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