Namecheap reviews
ServerDiff Score
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Namecheap scores 5.4 out of 10 (mixed): 4.4★ average from 31,349 reviews on 4 sites · Runs its own network (AS22612).
No. 90 of 135 rated providers Reviews checked 10 Nov 2026
Rated higher than Namecheap
The cheapest VPS plan of each. Picked by score, then by price.
How the score is built
Fixed weights: half for what people say, half for what the provider runs on. A review part without enough data is left out and the other review parts share its weight.What people say
- Customer reviews 8.5 4.4★ average from 31,349 reviews
- Last 12 months 8.7 20 recent reviews, 0.1★ above the usual
- Answers to complaints — Not read yet
- Forum posts 1.7 0 of 4 positive
- Expert reviews — Not enough data yet
What it runs on
- Own infrastructure 8.0 Runs its own network (AS22612) ↗
- Locations 0.0 No locations known yet
Customer reviews by site
- Trustpilot 4.2★ 22,155 7 Nov 2026
- SmartCustomer 4.7★ 8,9624.9★ lately (20) 10 Nov 2026
- HostAdvice 4.5★ 210 7 Nov 2026
- WHTop 1.7★ 22 10 Nov 2026
In forums
Posts by people describing their own experience on Hacker News, summarised in our words. 4 first-hand posts among 38 that name it- Negative
Namecheap raised domain renewal prices to $60 a year, so the author is transferring to Cloudflare.
Hacker News · 9 Nov 2026 - Negative
Namecheap let the author register a domain, then refunded it days to a week later after someone flagged it.
Hacker News · 1 Nov 2026 - Negative
Moved a .io domain from Namecheap to Porkbun after the renewal price jump; the transfer was easy.
Hacker News · 19 Oct 2026 - Negative
Namecheap expiry alerts were poor; author lost two domains and switched to Porkbun.
Hacker News · 19 Oct 2026
