Porkbun
Porkbun is a web hosting provider based in Sherwood, USA, founded in 2015. As of 2026 it holds an HRI of 55/100, a developing signal, ranked independently by HostList with no paid placements.
Porkbun is an ICANN-accredited domain registrar in Sherwood, Oregon that also runs its own hosting line. It manages more than four million domains for over 750,000 customers, and every registration includes WHOIS privacy, SSL and URL forwarding at no extra cost. Hosting covers Cloud for WordPress on the WP Cloud platform, shared cPanel plans for up to 50 sites, static hosting with GitHub deploys, an Easy PHP tier with SFTP and MySQL, the Articulation site builder and a link-in-bio product, with free 15-day trials on most of them. The company launched in 2015 and is part of Top Level Design, which also operates several top-level domains.
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What Porkbun Discloses
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- Refund window
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- Status page
- Incident history feed
- Uptime SLA
- Ownership
- Legal entity
- Data residency
- GDPR DPA
- Datacenter regions
- Server stack
- Storage
- Security included
- Security contact
- Certifications
- Data centre model
- Backups
- Support
- Support languages
- Published plans
- Resource limits
- Renewable energy
- Description
- Logo
- Founded
- Social profiles
- YouTube
- Changelog
What Porkbun Will Cost You
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Where Porkbun Ranks
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What is Porkbun's HRI?
Porkbun has a HRI™ of 55/100 on HostList.io. HRI is calculated algorithmically from trust signals, profile completeness, data freshness, and performance data. Providers can improve their score by claiming their profile, keeping data current, and building verified reviews. No provider can pay to increase their score.
What type of hosting company is Porkbun?
Porkbun is classified as a dedicated web hosting company on HostList.io. Use the HostMatch™ tool at hostlist.io/match to describe your project requirements and get a ranked recommendation from 30,000+ hosting providers including Porkbun.
Where is Porkbun based?
Porkbun is headquartered in Sherwood, USA. Hosting companies based in USA are listed at hostlist.io/hosting/usa.
How does Porkbun compare to other web hosting companies?
Porkbun can be compared to any other hosting provider using HostList.io's side-by-side comparison tool at hostlist.io/compare. The tool shows both providers' HRI™ breakdowns, sub-scores (Trust, Completeness, Freshness, Performance), and review data side by side. Porkbun has a current HRI of 55/100.
What's Happening at Porkbun
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Porkbun.com has consistently focused on offering competitive pricing, a user-friendly interface, and a wide array of services, including domain
How Porkbun's Score Is Calculated
HRI is calculated algorithmically based on publicly available data. It considers trust signals (reviews, ratings), data completeness, freshness of information, and technical performance. No host can pay to improve their score.
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Hosts Related to Porkbun
Porkbun also appears as a domain registrar in the HostList directory under IANA ID 1861. Hosting and domain registration are separate products with separate profiles, scored separately: HRI rates server performance, DRI rates pricing transparency.
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