Website builders compared

Gravity Host vs GoDaddy

GoDaddy's website builder has a low starting price and a first-year domain offer. From the second year a .co.uk is £12.99 a year, a .com £18.99, and Microsoft 365 email £6.49 a month for each mailbox, all before tax. With Gravity Host the site and email for everyone are £75 a year, and a .co.uk is £10 every year.

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GoDaddy's prices and terms below were read from its own website on 11 November 2026. Check its site for changes since.

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The short answer

Which one suits you

GoDaddy is a website builder with monthly and yearly plans. Gravity Host is web hosting with a free website builder, email at your domain and a person to ask, for one yearly price.

Choose GoDaddy when…

You want an AI builder to write and lay out the first version of your site for you.
You want to phone someone at any hour: GoDaddy offers phone and chat support around the clock.
You want to download your site's code and run it as your own app.
You need several sites on one plan: up to 10 on Professional.

Choose Gravity Host when…

You want the price you see to be the price every year, domain included.
You want email at your own domain for everyone, included.
You want no branding of ours on your site that you cannot switch off.
You want a 30-day money-back guarantee that still applies after you have started building.
You might want WordPress, a shop or anything else later, on the same account.

Side by side

What each one gives you

Quotation marks show GoDaddy's own wording. Each GoDaddy row links to the page it came from. Our prices are the total you pay.

GoDaddy facts read from its own website on 11 November 2026.
What you need	GoDaddy	Gravity Host
Price for a business website	Starter £7.49 a month paid yearly (£89.88), or £14.99 paid monthly. Professional £17.99 a month paid yearly (£215.88), or £36.99 monthly. GoDaddy's UK domain and email pages say “All prices exclude applicable taxes”; the builder page does not say. Website builder	£45 for the first year, then £75 a year for 15 GB hosting. That is the total you pay. The website builder, email and SSL are included.
The free plan	50 AI credits a month to build “unlimited preview sites”. Publishing starts on Starter, which publishes one site. Website builder	No free plan. Your site goes live on your own domain from day one. 30-day money-back guarantee.
Branding on your site	Removing the Airo branding is listed for Professional and Ultimate as not yet available. Website builder	A small “Powered by Gravity Host” line on sites made with our builder, which you can switch off yourself, for nothing.
Refunds	30 days on yearly plans and 48 hours on monthly. A builder plan stops being refundable once AI credits are used or anything is exported. Refund policy	Your money back on hosting if you cancel in the first 30 days.
Your domain name	Free with a yearly plan, or £0.01 for the first year. Then .co.uk £12.99 a year and .com £18.99, before tax. .co.uk, .com	.co.uk and .uk £10 a year, .com £15 a year, the same price every year. Domain prices
Email at your domain	Not included. Microsoft 365 from GoDaddy, per mailbox: Email Essentials £1.99 a month for the first year, then £6.49, before tax. Business email	As many addresses as you want, included. Or keep Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace if you already use them.
Building the site	The Airo AI builder writes and lays out a site from your description, using AI credits each month: 150 on Starter, 300 on Professional. Unused credits do not carry over.	Our free website builder: nine hand-designed templates, click any word or photo to change it. Or tell us what your business is and we make a first draft with your name on it. WordPress and over 200 other apps install in one click.
Selling online	Starter takes payment by a link or QR code; online payments and deposits on the site start on Professional. Website builder	Install OpenCart, or WordPress with WooCommerce, in one click. We take nothing from your sales; card fees are your payment provider's.
Leaving one day	“Download your code anytime.” Website builder	Every file, page and database is yours. Download the lot from your account whenever you like, and take it to any host.
Help from a person	Phone and chat at any hour, with a UK number. Contact	Message us and a person in the UK reads it and replies. Asking a question is always free.

The yearly bill

What a year costs from the second year

A small business website with one email address at its own domain, from the second year on. Neither bar includes the domain name.

Yearly cost from the second year, one email address

GoDaddy: the builder plan paid yearly, plus one Microsoft 365 Email Essentials mailbox at its renewal price of £6.49 a month, both before any tax. Gravity Host: 15 GB hosting at its renewal price, with as many mailboxes as you like.

Gravity Host, any number of addresses£75 a year
GoDaddy Starter, one mailboxabout £168 a year before tax
GoDaddy Professional, one mailboxabout £294 a year before tax

If tax is added at 20%, the GoDaddy bars become about £201 and £353. GoDaddy's builder page does not say whether its yearly prices are first-year prices. Gravity Host is £45 in the first year.

What the bars leave out

The domain name, on both sides. Ours is £10 a year for a .co.uk, every year. GoDaddy's is free or a penny in the first year, then £12.99 before tax.

GoDaddy's price buys an AI builder and phone support at any hour. If those matter most, they are worth paying for. If you mainly need a good website, email that works and a bill you can predict, Gravity Host costs less every year after the first.

A baker arranging fresh loaves on wooden shelves early in the morning — The same price next year as this year.

Where the money goes

Two prices, and both stay put

First-year offers are a real saving. From the second year the bill is the renewal price, for each mailbox.

With Gravity Host there are two prices and both stay put: hosting at £75 a year after the first, and your domain at £10 or £15. Inside the hosting:

The website, built with our free builder, WordPress or anything else.
Email for everyone at your domain.
A backup every day, restored by you in a couple of clicks.
The padlock, free on every domain.

See what's included for the full list.

Moving across

Coming from GoDaddy

Build first. Start your website with us, or download your GoDaddy site's code and send it to us.
Move the domain to us, or point it at us and leave it where it is. Email follows the domain.
Cancel the GoDaddy plan before it renews.

Not sure how much there is to move? Send us the address and we will tell you plainly before you order.

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Common questions

Before you choose

Is Gravity Host cheaper than GoDaddy?

After the first year, yes, for a website with email. GoDaddy Starter with one Microsoft 365 mailbox at its renewal price is about £168 a year before tax, and Professional about £294. Gravity Host is £75 a year with as many email addresses as you like. A .co.uk renews at £10 a year with us and £12.99 before tax at GoDaddy.

What does a GoDaddy domain cost after the first year?

GoDaddy's own pages give the renewal: £12.99 a year for a .co.uk and £18.99 for a .com, before tax. Ours are £10 and £15, in the first year and every year after.

Can I move my domain from GoDaddy?

Yes. Ask GoDaddy for the transfer code, or for a .uk name set the tag we give you, and we take it from there. Or point it at us and leave it at GoDaddy.

Does Gravity Host have an AI website builder?

Not like GoDaddy's. Tell us what your business is and we make a first draft from one of our hand-designed templates with your name on it; you then click any word or photo to change it.

What if I use Microsoft 365 from GoDaddy?

You can keep Microsoft 365 and point your email at it from your account with us, or use the mailboxes included in your hosting.

Ready when you are

A good website, email for everyone, and the same price every year

15 GB hosting is £45 for your first year, then £75 a year, with the website builder included. Tell us what your business is and we will make a first draft for you to change.

Start your website Hosting only, 15 GB