Namecheap vs Porkbun
Porkbun consistently undercuts Namecheap on renewal ($10.68 vs $13.55 .com) and both bundle free WHOIS privacy across their catalogs. Namecheap offers richer upsell ecosystem but a steeper year-2 step-up.
Cost Across Common Scenarios
Single .COM · fresh (1 yr)
Namecheap: $9.19 Porkbun: $10.11
Cheaper: NamecheapSingle .COM · held 10 yrs
Namecheap: $131.14 Porkbun: $106.23
Cheaper: Porkbun3 Domains · held 10 yrs + privacy
Namecheap: $436.90 Porkbun: $354.48
Cheaper: Porkbun