GoDaddy vs Shinjiru: Popular Doesn’t Mean Better [2020]

Both GoDaddy and Shinjiru offer hosting and domain registration services. They may appear to be similar, but there are some major differences.

I tested both hosts on multiple parameters including features, performance, pricing, and security. I found GoDaddy to be the slightly better choice in this GoDaddy vs. Shinjiru competition.

Check out GoDaddy’s latest deals or read on to know what makes it outshine Shinjiru.

Plans and Pricing

GoDaddy Beats Shinjiru with Its Lower Prices and Better Features

GoDaddy offers an array of shared hosting plans (Linux and Windows) along with WordPress hosting plans (managed and unmanaged). Shinjiru too offers several offshore shared hosting plans, in addition to VPS, managed Azure cloud hosting, and dedicated server hosting plans.

Shinjiru’s budget shared hosting plans cost slightly less than GoDaddy’s shared hosting plans if you choose the 3-year term. If you aren’t ready for such a long-term commitment, the monthly term would cost you almost double of what GoDaddy charges for its monthly starting plan. GoDaddy’s plans offer better features and value for money though.

Both these hosts provide a 30-day money-back guarantee, though in GoDaddy’s case, it’s only applicable for annual plans. Its monthly plans (under a 1-year term) offer a 48-hour refund.

With its slightly lower prices and better features, GoDaddy beats Shinjiru offshore hosting in this round.

Features

A Close Match, but GoDaddy Wins

When you compare GoDaddy and Shinjiru, you’ll find that both offer a wide variety of shared, email, VPS, and dedicated server hosting plans. Shinjiru’s budget Linux hosting plans offer more disk space (100GB-unlimited) than GoDaddy’s similar plans (30GB-unlimited).

With Shinjiru, you’ll get a 1-click installer, paid SSL certificates, and free website migration.

With GoDaddy, you’ll get a free domain with the annual plan, conditional free SSL certificate (with the highest plan), 1-click installer with 125+ free applications, DDoS protection and 24/7 security monitoring, and automatic backups (paid add-on).

Shinjiru’s managed WordPress hosting plans let you host 1-5 websites and offer the Softaculous auto-installer, Patchman malware detection, free SSL certificate, free R1Soft backup, WAF, and a sandbox to test new plugins and themes.

You can host 5-50 websites with GoDaddy’s managed WordPress plans. They offer free SSL certificates, 5-50 one-click staging sites, 90-day backups with 1-click restore, auto site-migration tool, and SSH access with WP-CLI and GIT.

Here’s a head-to-head feature comparison table:

With its slightly better features, GoDaddy wins this close-fought round.

Performance

Shinjiru Surprises and Wins with Its 99.99% Uptime Guarantee

Since GoDaddy’s data centers are in Europe, the US, and Asia, your global user base will enjoy quick loading times.

Shinjiru has 8 data centers across Europe and Southeast Asia and offers better loading times in these regions than most other offshore hosts. But since it has no data center in the US or Oceania, users in these continents may experience higher latencies than their local hosting providers.

Shinjiru’s hosting plans come with a 99.99% premium SLA uptime and 99.9% standard SLA uptime. Some of its networks even have SLAs of up to 99.999% uptime. Several Shinjiru hosting reviews indicate this to be rare for an offshore hosting provider. Shinjiru guarantees a 10X service credit for standard SLA.

For enhanced performance, Shinjiru uses LiteSpeed technology while GoDaddy uses CDN (with its WordPress plans).

With its better uptime SLAs, Shinjiru wins this round.

Security

GoDaddy Wins, Thanks to Its Comprehensive Security

GoDaddy offers comprehensive security with both free and paid tools and features. These include free/managed SSL certificates, Cage FS, daily malware scans, data backups, and paid website security plans.

Shinjiru offers multiple paid security features including SSL certificates, DDoS and anti-hacking protection. You can also buy its SiteLock plans that will scan your website for probable security threats like malware, SQL injection, and cross-site scripting.

GoDaddy clearly outshines Shinjiru in this round.

Support

GoDaddy’s Somewhat Unpredictable Support Is Still Better than Shinjiru’s

GoDaddy offers 24/7 customer support via live chat and phone (dedicated lines for dozens of countries), though it could be somewhat unpredictable, as our expert reviewer found. However, it does a good job with its self-help options via its community forums and knowledge base that have useful articles and video tutorials.

Shinjiru offers 24/7 tech support via ticket and claims its response time to be 15 minutes or less though I got a reply after 3 hours. You can also reach it via email, live chat (Skype or WICKR), phone (9 am-6 pm on weekdays for sales support), or an online contact form. It does a good job with its extensive knowledgebase packed with informative articles and tutorials.

GoDaddy’s support, though erratic at times, is still better than Shunjiru’s. This helps it win this round.

Shinjiru Is Good, but GoDaddy Does It Better

With its slightly lower prices along with better features and comprehensive security, GoDaddy wins this match. However, Shinjiru is excellent for an offshore hosting company.

Before you decide in favor of either, I’d like to mention that neither of these hosts made it to our top 10 list. To know the ones that did, visit our list of the best web hosting services​.

Comparison Table

FAQ

Is ​GoDaddy better than ​Shinjiru​?

Yes, because GoDaddy’s hosting plans have slightly better features and pricing. But before you decide, I suggest you check our list of ​the best web hosting services​.

Does ​GoDaddy offer WordPress hosting?

​Yes, it offers both standard and managed WordPress plans. With the managed plans, you’ll get complete tech support from the company to handle all aspects of WordPress, including security and updates. If you believe GoDaddy isn’t the right choice for your needs, I would suggest you check the best managed WordPress hosting providers​ before you decide.

Does ​ Shinjiru offer VPS hosting?

Yes, Shinjiru offers 4 SSD VPS plans but they are a bit pricey. I suggest you check ​ our list of the best cheap VPS hosting services ​to find an affordably priced, reliable VPS.