How much does website hosting cost in Canada?

01Static or dynamic: the distinction that sets the price

A static site is built once and served as finished files from a content delivery network. Nothing runs on a server when a visitor arrives, so there is no database to pay for, patch or back up, and the page arrives from the CDN location nearest the visitor. Brochure sites, service pages, portfolios and contact forms that email you all fit this model.

A dynamic site runs code on every request: it checks who is logged in, reads orders from a database, or builds a page from live data. That capability costs money every month because the database and server capacity exist whether or not anyone visits. It is the right choice for stores, portals, booking systems that keep their own records and anything with customer accounts.

Next.js lets one site mix the two: static pages for everything that can be static, and server rendering only for the parts that cannot. Redenn's hosting tiers follow that same line, which is why the price jumps from yearly to monthly exactly where a database appears.

02Redenn hosting tiers

Prices are as published on 2026-09-24. The yearly tiers are the default for business websites; a site moves to Dynamic only when a feature requires a database, and to Pro Managed only when the application is large enough to need staging and priority support.

03The third-party usage caveat

Every plan includes platform tiers for bandwidth, compute and storage. Usage beyond those tiers is billed at the provider's rates, and services that are not hosting at all are never included: SMS, telephony minutes, transactional email, AI model calls and external APIs. This is how every modern hosting stack works; a plan that claims to bundle unlimited everything is carrying the bill somewhere else.

Redenn shows these lines separately on the quote so you can see them, estimate them and, where the provider allows it, cap them.

• An AI receptionist's call minutes are billed by the telephony provider on top of the CA$149 per month base.
• SMS reminders and review requests are billed per message by the SMS provider.
• Transactional email above the email platform's included tier.
• AI model usage for website chat or custom AI workflows.
• Storage and bandwidth for large video or file libraries.

04When a database is unnecessary

Owners often assume a feature needs a database when it does not. The list below covers common features and how a static-first build handles each one without a monthly database bill.

A database is genuinely needed when you must store records that belong to you and change constantly: orders, customer accounts, quotes and invoices, live inventory, a dashboard. That is Redenn Dynamic territory, and it is worth paying for when the records are real.

• Contact forms: a form endpoint emails you and, if you use one, posts the enquiry to your CRM.
• Booking: the site connects to your existing calendar tool, which holds the appointments.
• Blog or news: content is written in a simple CMS or in files and rendered to static pages when you publish.
• Testimonials, galleries, service areas and team pages: static content that changes rarely.
• Newsletter signup: the email platform holds the list.
• Reviews display: fetched at build time, not stored by you.

05How to choose a tier

Match the plan to the features the site actually has, not to the features you might add one day. Moving between tiers is a configuration change, not a rebuild.

• One to ten pages, no logins, forms that email you: Redenn Lite at CA$99 per year.
• Server-rendered pages, forms processed server-side, monthly platform updates and content backups: Redenn Business at CA$199 per year.
• Customer accounts, a store, a portal, your own booking records or an API: Redenn Dynamic at CA$49 per month.
• An application with real traffic, staging before every release and priority support: Redenn Pro Managed at CA$99 per month.
• Compliance requirements, dedicated infrastructure or an SLA: Enterprise, quoted.

06What hosting does not replace

Hosting keeps the site online. It does not include the domain (the registrar's live price plus CA$9.99 per year if Redenn manages it), content changes after launch (new standard pages are CA$49 each) or search work. Redenn Business and above include monthly dependency updates and content backups; Lite does not, which suits a static site that rarely changes but is worth knowing before you choose.

Compared with a traditional PHP host, the static-first model removes the recurring tasks that usually consume a maintenance budget: core updates, plugin patches and database tuning. That is where the yearly price comes from, and it is also why you own the code and can move it if you ever want to.