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What are the 5 best green web hosting services in 2023? Let’s find out!
Most of us have at least one website, for our sustainable businesses or the blog we write to help make this world a better place.
And while we try to take all measures to implement what matters most to us, technology often slips out of sight when it comes to sustainability.
But to make it easy for you to switch to a green web hosting provider, I did a lot of research and checked them all out, when I still mainly worked as a web designer in 2021 and I’ve updated this research now, in February 2023.
I’ve looked at all the green web hosting providers I could find and compared prices and services so that you don’t have to do that research.
I’ll introduce my five favourites and tell you what, I think, makes them so great and mention a few more, so you can easily choose the best option for your needs.
(Disclaimer: This information has been updated in February 2023. All the data published here might be subject to change by the provider)
The 5 best green web hosting providers
These are the 5 best green web hosting providers around. They have the best prices and offer a great service and quality.
Actually, I think all the web hosts I’m introducing here are great.
But these first five green web hosting providers truly have great offers for everyone.
And they all work sustainably and ethically.
Here’s why some of them didn’t make it to the top 5: For Tiger Technologies and Green WebHost, we couldn’t find any information about their GDPR compliance, so I won’t recommend using them if you want to work with European visitors.
DreamHost only uses servers in the US, so if you’re located in Europe they might not be the best choice for you, I would recommend them for North and probably South America, though.
Hetzner, Freethought and EcoWebhosting only have servers in Europe, so they might not be the best choice if you are located in other parts of the world, though I think they can still be a great choice when you are from neighbouring regions, e.g. North Africa, Central Asia, … with less stable systems in place.
Why would you want to switch to a green web hosting provider? Because the connections we make matter.
And whether it’s business, politics or play – we build our websites around something that matters to us greatly.
That’s why I think it’s worth building your website and business on a foundation that you trust and believe in and that mirrors your own values.
I also highly recommend not to get the biggest web package when you first start.
Get the package you need now and upgrade when it reaches capacity. All the options below allow you to upgrade any time.
This way you can focus on creating a website with the potential to grow, first.
So let’s take a look at what these 5 green web hosting companies offer, that makes them so special.
1. SiteGround
SiteGround – Crafted for Easy Website Management
🌿 What they say: “Our partner matches 100% the energy consumed by their global operations with renewable energy and maintains a commitment to carbon neutrality. Google has been a leader in energy efficiency with their achievements in reducing the compute emissions by improving higher efficiency of data serving and storage and diverting waste.”
⭐️ Nice team mostly from Bulgaria and Spain, personal yet super professional. These people believe in what they do and offer great service and technology for an affordable price. An added-plus is their care and offers for their employees.
❤️ What Verena says:
SiteGround is the only green web hosting provider with a server in Australia and next to A2 the only other one with a server in Asia. They truly think globally and do that while offering great support for employees and protecting the environment.
| Shared Hosting | Cloud Hosting | WordPress Hosting |
| from £2.99/mo. | from £ 60.00/mo. | from £ 2.99/mo. |
Suggested Package:
Managed WordPress Hosting – GrowBig from € 9.99
→ Siteground (Affiliate Link)
| GDPR compliance | ✔︎ |
| Free SSL | ✔︎ |
| Free Domain | ✔︎ |
| Web Space | 20 GB (SSD) |
| Traffic | unlimited |
| Physical Memory | n/a |
| Free CDN | ✔︎ |
| DNS | ✘ |
| Uptime commitment | 99,9% |
| Security | ✔︎ |
| Server Locations | USA-IOWA, UK-London, EU-Eemshaven, EU-Frankfurt, Asia-Singapore, AU-Sydney |
| Free Migration | ✔︎ (automated) |
| Visitors | 100,000/m |
2. Green Geeks
GreenGeeks – One Platform. Multiple Hosting Options.
🌿 What they say: “Our hosting platform has been designed with a maximum use, no waste of resources mindset. Every aspect of our hosting platform is built to be as energy efficient as possible. In addition to this, for every amperage we pull from the grid, we match 3 times that in the form of renewable energy via Bonneville Environmental Foundation.”
⭐️ Great Service, great packages, great reviews and servers in North America and Europe.
❤️ What Verena says:
GreenGeeks provide green web hosting, and they do that with an offer that includes everything you need and more. In their premium package, you even get a free dedicated IP, something you have to pay extra for with most other providers.
| Shared Hosting | Cloud Hosting | WordPress Hosting |
| from $ 2.95/mo. | – | from $ 2.95/mo. |
Suggested Package:
WordPress Pro from $ 4.95 per month
→ GreenGeeks (Affiliate Link)
| GDPR compliance | ✔︎ |
| Free SSL | ✔︎ |
| Free Domain | 1 (first year) |
| Web Space | unlimited (SSD) |
| Traffic | unlimited |
| Physical Memory | 2GB |
| Free CDN | ✔︎ |
| DNS | n/a |
| Uptime commitment | 99,9% |
| Security | ✔︎ |
| Server Locations | US-Chicago, US-Phoenix, CA-Montreal, Europe-Amsterdam |
| Free Migration | ✔︎ |
| Visitors | n/a |
3. Kualo
Kualo – Passionate about website for over 15 years
🌿 What they say: “As ephemeral as it all seems, it’s easy to forget the real-world mechanics that go into keeping the Internet running. The equipment and servers behind the scenes make the internet a filthy, carbon emitting monster. With Kualo, you can rest assured that your slice of the net will be 100% powered by renewable energy.”
❤️ What Verena says:
This is your best choice if you are a registered Charity in the UK or the US, since they offer you the use of their servers for free. Everyone else gets a great deal with the WordPress Performance package.
⭐️ They offer free web hosting for Charities in the UK and US. You can see that they believe in what they do and they offer many different services at a great price.
| Shared Hosting | Cloud Hosting | WordPress Hosting |
| from £ 6.99/mo. | – | from £ 6.99/mo. |
Suggested Startup:
WordPress Solo starts at £ 6.99
→ Kualo (Affiliate Link)
| GDPR compliance | ✔︎ |
| Free SSL | ✔︎ |
| Free Domain | 1(first year) |
| Web Space | 10 GB (SSD) |
| Traffic | unlimited |
| Physical Memory | 1 GB |
| Free CDN | ✔︎ |
| DNS | n.a. |
| Uptime commitment | 99,9% |
| Security | ✔︎ |
| Server Locations | Centro, Hemel Hempstead – UK, Park Tower, Tampa – USA |
| Free Migration | ✔︎ |
| Page Loads | ~800k/m |
4. S4 Hosting
S4 Hosting – S4 is Sustainable, Speedy, Secure and Stable.
🌿 What they say: “The internet is a carbon monster, with a higher energy footprint than the air travel industry, but it doesn’t have to be that way… From 100% Renewable energy, optimized servers, and smart partnerships to planting a forest.”
⭐️ Overall feel. You can see that this is run by people who believe in what they do. Small team that is working to provide the best WordPress hosting in a sustainable way, using open-source software and carefully choosing their partners and components. Good and affordable options for upgrades as well.
❤️ What Verena says:
This small company has a clear structured website that focuses on what you really need, they are very transparent about everything they do and they generally just seem like wonderful people offering good quality and service in order to change the world for the better. Their server is located in Finland, but they team up with Upcloud, a cloud service with servers in Europe, the US and Singapore, so you can actually reach people everywhere.
| Shared Hosting | Cloud Hosting | WordPress Hosting |
| from € 10.00/mo. | – | from € 10.00/mo. |
Suggested package:
Starter from € 10,00
→ S4 Hosting
| GDPR compliance | ✔︎ |
| Free SSL | ✔︎ |
| Free Domain | ✘ |
| Web Space | n/a |
| Traffic | up to 50.000 visits per month |
| Physical Memory | n/a |
| Free CDN | ✔︎ |
| DNS | ︎Anycast DNS |
| Uptime commitment | 99,65% |
| Security | ✔︎ |
| Server Locations | EU-Helsinki |
| Free Migration | ✔︎ |
| Visitors | up to 50.000 |
5. A2 Hosting
A2 Hosting – our speed, your success
🌿 What they say: “Since our launch back in 2003, A2 Hosting has been headquartered in Ann Arbor (AKA “Tree Town“). Take a walk around town and you’re bound to come across one of Ann Arbor’s 50,000 trees or 150 parks. This is just one of the reasons we feel it’s our duty to contribute to the fight against global warming. The goal of our FutureServe Green Hosting company initiative is to protect our environment for our future generations.”
⭐️ Cheap prices, great packages and good customer reviews. Convincing when it comes to their ecological approach, too. The only bigger provider that seems to hold up, when it comes to actually living up their promises.
Verena’s Design Studio:
The package from A2 that I recommend is their Turbo Boost package. It includes unlimited websites, storage, transfers and basically all you can wish for.
| Shared Hosting | Cloud Hosting | WordPress Hosting |
| from $ 2.99/mo. | – | from $ 2.99/mo. |
Suggested package:
Shared WordPress – Turbo Boost from $ 6.99
→ A2 Hosting
| GDPR compliance | ✔︎ |
| Free SSL | ✔︎ |
| Free Domain | 1 |
| Web Space | unlimited (SSD) |
| Traffic | unlimited |
| Physical Memory | 2 GB |
| Free CDN | ✔︎ |
| DNS | Anycast DNS |
| Uptime commitment | 99,9% |
| Security | ✔︎ |
| Server Locations | USA-Michigan, USA-Arizona, Europe-Amsterdam, Asia-Singapore |
| Free Migration | ✔︎ |
| Visitors | n/a |
As I said above, the first 5 ones I selected as the best ones, are truly great.
But so are these 7 green web hosting providers.
So, just go with what sounds and feels best for you.
DreamHost – Web Hosting with Purpose
🌿 What they say: “We’re making a conscious effort to reduce our impact on the environment with optimized facilities and policies that put respect for natural resources at the core of what we do.”
⭐️ Cheap start options for web hosting and fairly priced upgrade options. Ethical, green and reliable and overall very convincing.
Suggested Package: WordPress Unlimited → Dreamhost (Affiliate Link)
Eco Web Hosting – Clean, fast, eco-friendly web hosting made by humans
🌿 What they say: “Eco Web Hosting believes that it is vital that web hosting companies have a minimal impact on the environment. As part of this, we regularly review our policies and procedures to ensure we’re reducing our environmental impact and working in the greenest way possible.”
⭐️ They believe in what they do, seem to have a nice team and working conditions and offer very fair prices.
Suggested Package: Business from £ 9.99 → Eco Web Hosting
freethought – Friendly, dependable, ethical.
🌿 What they say: “There is no planet B (Unless Elon Musk gets his way) and so we need to look after planet Earth, one of the most important things we need to do is not just reduce but reverse carbon emissions in our atmosphere to pre-industrial levels.”
⭐️ Through and through ethical and ecological business. Great prices too.
Suggested Package: Silver from £ 6.00 → freethought
Greenhost – Sustainable infrastructure, professional support, fast & redundant platform
🌿 What they say: “Green and sustainable web hosting, from small, simple websites to complex setups with multiple VPSes, is the foundation of Greenhost. We have been front runners in this field for over fifteen years, and we still strive towards maximal sustainability in every step of our production process. This goes just as much for the small choices, like which coffee or furniture to use as for the big contributions, like which hardware or energy supplier to select.”
⭐️/🦉 Located in the Netherlands they run their servers with 100% renewable Energy. Dedicated to what they do, though information seems hard to find and I have the suspicion you might have to move somewhere else if you outgrow their biggest shared package.
Green WebHost – environmentally guided hosting
🌿 What they say: “Since 2003 we have been taking responsiblity for our effects on the environment and society. We travel to our solar powered offices on public transport and we plant trees to assist the offset of our CO2 emissions by “sequestration” or “Carbon Fix”.
We offer Carbon offset, Solar Powered and Hydro Geothermal Powered Shared Web Hosting, Dedicated / Hybrid and VPS server options.”
⭐️ The only non-profit in this list. They work for what they believe in and offer well priced packages.
Suggested package:
Pre Installed WordPress from £ 7.45
→ Green WebHost
Hetzner – professional web hosting provider and experienced data center operator.
🌿 What they say: “Taking responsibility for the environment means there is an increasing need to obtain energy from renewable sources. Hetzner Online uses energy from renewable sources to power the servers in its data centers.”
⭐️ Reliable service and offers for all scale businesses. Special focus on data protection and privacy. Believable environmental and employee care.
Suggested Package: Level 4 from € 4.78 → Hetzner
tiger technologies – Affordable, reliable 100% green Web hosting with no setup fees and a free domain name.
🌿 What they say: “We’re committed to running our company in an environmentally friendly manner. We support renewable energy projects to make our company carbon neutral.”
⭐️ Even their basic plan offers free mailing lists, that’s something I’ve not seen anywhere else. Their website is down to the basics and their sustainability plan seems to be something they believe in and not just a sales point.
Suggested Package:
Basic Hosting from $9.95
→ tiger technologies
greneIT – We specialise in IT & we love our environment!
🌿 What they say: “I was working to live, supporting my wife in raising our children but with no time to ‘smell the roses’ and so we decided to reassess how we could combine our priorities of family, work-life balance and caring for the environment. This led to me found Grene IT (grene is is Old English version of green) a business that capitalises on my expertise and experience, but does so in a green and environmentally sound way.”
🦉 Wonderful approach, but prices not competitive.
HostGator – Web hosting made easy & affordable!
🌿 What they say: “HostGator switched to wind power in 2008 with the purchase of Renewable Energy Credits equal to 130% of the power needed to run and cool our shared and reseller servers. The move allowed us to reduce our carbon emissions and provide green hosting services to more than 1.3 million customers without raising rates.”
🦉 Offer seems good, but hidden costs and bad customer reviews.
HostPapa – smart web solutions for your small business
🌿 What they say: “We take pride in being able to say that HostPapa was one of the first web hosting companies to make a public commitment to going green. We promote the development and use of wind and solar energy resources by purchasing green energy certificates to offset all the power we use in our data centres and offices. By putting equivalent clean energy back into the grid, we effectively reduce our carbon footprint and support renewable energy initiatives.”
🦉 Pretty bad customer reviews. And even their own page loads quite slowly.
inmotion hosting – We make sure your website is fast, secure, and always online with Live 24/7 Support.
🌿 What they say: “As one of the nation’s fastest growing web hosting providers, we believe in the importance of letting our clients understand our commitment to eco-friendly policies. Since 2010, we have made a concentrated effort to improve our carbon footprint in our data centers. Similarly, we have made efforts in our offices to reduce waste, increase recycling and stop the use of paper products whenever possible.”
🦉 Fairly-priced package offers, but trustpilot suggest that the customer support is not up to standard.
iPage – Get a hosting plan that works.
🌿 What they say: “There are several ways that website hosting providers go green. One of the most common and effective methods is by buying Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs). This is the method that iPage uses to make its services green. It allows hosting providers to offset the electricity that they use with electricity created from a renewable source. In the case of iPage, that source is wind. iPage purchases enough RECs to cover double the energy that it uses. As a result, customers who host their website with iPage can display a badge certifying their site as eco-friendly.”
🦉 No offer really stands out.
123reg – Everything you need to start your online journey
🌿 What they say: “Our eco-friendly green data centres are powered by the latest low-energy systems to minimise our carbon footprint. Our secure data centre helps to protect the environment while simultaneously saving our customers money.”
🦉 No offer really stands out.
