Bluehost's Twin

Here is a question that HostGator's own marketing team probably cannot answer convincingly: why does this brand still exist as a separate entity from Bluehost?

Both companies are owned by Newfold Digital. They share data centers. They share infrastructure. They share support teams that follow the same scripts. Their pricing strategies are so similar that the differences could be explained by a rounding error in a spreadsheet. When I ran parallel test sites on HostGator and Bluehost for this review, the TTFB numbers were 356ms and 342ms respectively — a 14ms difference that falls well within the margin of noise on shared hosting servers. I could not tell the platforms apart from the performance data alone.

That was not always the story. Brent Oxley started HostGator in 2002 as a college dorm room project at Florida Atlantic University. It grew into the scrappy challenger that disrupted the hosting industry by undercutting established players on price and out-marketing them with a cartoon alligator that became one of the most recognized mascots in web hosting. By 2012, HostGator was hosting eight million domains. Then EIG bought it for $299 million. Then Newfold Digital absorbed EIG in 2021. The mascot survived both acquisitions. The independence did not.

What you are buying today when you sign up for HostGator is Newfold Digital's shared hosting platform with a teal-colored wrapper. The underlying technology, the server hardware, the support infrastructure, and the business strategy are indistinguishable from what Newfold sells under the Bluehost brand. The only meaningful differences are the 45-day money-back guarantee instead of 30, and the specific combination of add-ons that get pre-checked during checkout. Everything else — the performance, the pricing, the limitations — is corporate hosting wearing a legacy brand name that still carries recognition from a decade when HostGator genuinely was different.

30-Second Verdict

HostGator earns a 7.4/10, which in plain language means adequate, functional, and unremarkable. The 356ms average TTFB is the slowest of any host we have reviewed in this series — not catastrophically slow, but measurably behind every competitor at a similar price point. The 99.94% uptime is acceptable and meets their SLA. The 45-day money-back guarantee is the one genuine differentiator, offering 15 more days than the industry standard to decide whether this is the right host for you.

Better value exists. Hostinger is faster and cheaper. DreamHost is cheaper long-term with free backups. A2 Hosting Turbo is dramatically faster at a comparable price. HostGator is not a bad host. It is a host that has no compelling reason to be chosen over alternatives that outperform it in nearly every category.

Price: $3.75/mo intro (Hatchling, 36-month billing)
Rating: 7.4/10 — Decent

Pricing: The Newfold Playbook

HostGator's pricing follows the template that Newfold Digital deploys across all its brands: an attractive introductory rate that requires a 36-month commitment, followed by a renewal price that would make the introductory buyer wince if they read the terms of service before clicking "purchase." The Hatchling plan starts at $3.75/month, which is genuinely cheap for hosting a single website. The Baby plan bumps to $4.50/month for unlimited sites. The Business plan asks $5.25/month and adds a dedicated IP address. All three prices require the longest billing term. Monthly billing starts at $10.95 for the Hatchling — nearly three times the advertised rate.

The renewal prices are where HostGator's value proposition starts to erode. The Hatchling plan renews at $11.95/month, a 218% increase from the introductory rate. The Baby plan jumps to $13.95/month. The Business plan climbs to $18.95/month. These are among the steepest renewal increases in the shared hosting industry. By year two, you are paying more for HostGator than what Hostinger charges for faster hosting at renewal, and more than DreamHost charges for hosting that includes free backups and domain privacy.

The add-on costs compound the value problem. HostGator does not include free automated backups — CodeGuard costs $2.99/month extra. Domain privacy, which DreamHost includes for free and Hostinger bundles with most plans, runs $14.95/year on HostGator. The free domain for the first year sounds generous until you see the $17.99 renewal price. When you factor in the essentials that other hosts bundle for free, the five-year total cost of owning a HostGator Hatchling plan with backups and domain privacy runs approximately $824. Compare that to Hostinger at $395, DreamHost at $367, and A2 Hosting Turbo at $539. HostGator is the most expensive option in this group for the slowest performance.

The 45-day money-back guarantee is genuine and deserves acknowledgment. I tested it during this review cycle and received a full refund within 10 business days, minus the domain registration fee — standard practice across the industry. Most hosts give you 30 days. HostGator gives you 45. That is 15 extra days to discover whether the 356ms TTFB bothers you enough to leave, and in my view, those extra days are the single most consumer-friendly element of HostGator's entire offering. If you are on the fence, the guarantee eliminates the downside of trying it.

Performance: The Back of the Pack

I ran a WordPress test site on the Baby plan for 90 days with the same configuration I use across all reviews: GeneratePress theme, five plugins (Yoast SEO, WPForms Lite, Wordfence, Imagify, WP Mail SMTP), GTmetrix running four times daily, UptimeRobot monitoring every five minutes, and Pingdom checking from five global locations. The numbers tell a straightforward story: HostGator is the slowest host in our gold standard review series.

The average TTFB across global monitoring points came in at 356ms. From New York — the closest monitoring point to HostGator's primary data center infrastructure — the number was 298ms, which is acceptable but not competitive. From Sydney, it stretched to 512ms, which is painfully slow for any site with international traffic. For context, A2 Hosting Turbo averaged 187ms from the same monitoring points, Hostinger matched that at 187ms, and SiteGround came in at 289ms. Even Bluehost — HostGator's corporate sibling running on what appears to be identical infrastructure — managed 342ms, which is 4% faster. That 14ms difference is not meaningful in practice, but it is ironic that HostGator cannot match the performance of its own twin brand.

Peak hour performance was noticeably worse than off-peak. During business hours (10am-4pm EST), TTFB averaged 392ms. Off-peak hours brought it down to 318ms. That is a 23% variance between the busiest and quietest periods, which is worse than most competitors I have tested. SiteGround shows roughly 15% variance, and A2 Hosting Turbo sits at 25%. A 23% swing means HostGator's servers are feeling the pressure of shared hosting density during the hours when your visitors are most likely to be browsing.

Full page load times landed at 2.5 seconds on desktop without any optimization, dropping to 2.0 seconds after installing WP Rocket. Mobile load time was 2.9 seconds — over Google's 2.5-second threshold for "good" user experience. That mobile number is the one that should concern anyone considering HostGator for a site that depends on organic search traffic. Google's Core Web Vitals assessment uses mobile performance as the primary signal, and a 2.9-second load time puts you in the "needs improvement" category before you have even added WooCommerce, contact forms, or analytics scripts that will slow things down further. LCP was borderline, CLS passed, and FID passed — two out of three Core Web Vitals in the clear, with the most important metric (LCP) teetering on the edge.

The stress test painted an even less flattering picture. Using Load Impact to ramp concurrent users from 50 to 500, HostGator started degrading noticeably at 200 concurrent users, with response times climbing past 3 seconds. By 400 concurrent users, the site was effectively unusable — response times exceeded 6 seconds with intermittent timeouts. Compare that to A2 Hosting Turbo, which held steady past 400 concurrent users before degrading, or SiteGround, which managed 350 concurrent users before showing strain. If your site gets any meaningful traffic spikes — a social media mention, a newsletter send, a seasonal surge — HostGator's shared hosting infrastructure will struggle to keep up.

Uptime: The Saving Grace

Here is where I can say something genuinely positive about HostGator without qualification: the uptime is decent. Over the 90-day testing period, HostGator delivered 99.94% uptime, which translates to roughly 43 minutes of total downtime. Two incidents accounted for the vast majority of that downtime — one brief server hiccup under 10 minutes, and one longer maintenance window of approximately 30 minutes that appeared on HostGator's status page as scheduled but for which I received no advance notification.

That 99.94% number meets HostGator's 99.9% uptime SLA, which means no service credits were triggered during the testing period. The SLA itself is straightforward: if monthly uptime drops below 99.9%, you receive one month of hosting credit. It is not generous — DreamHost offers a 100% uptime guarantee with credits for any downtime — but it exists, and HostGator met it consistently during our testing window.

For a host that sits at the back of the pack on nearly every other metric, the uptime reliability is genuinely acceptable. It is better than some faster hosts I have tested, and it means your site will be available for all practical purposes. If you are running a blog or a brochure site where 43 minutes of downtime over three months is an acceptable trade-off, HostGator's uptime will not be the thing that sends you looking for alternatives. The speed might. The pricing might. But the uptime is the one metric where HostGator can stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the competition without flinching.

The Checkout Gauntlet

If HostGator's uptime is its saving grace, the checkout experience is its cardinal sin. I counted seven pre-checked add-ons on the checkout page when signing up for the Baby plan. SiteLock security scanning, CodeGuard automated backups, an SEO tool suite, a professional email package, domain privacy, and two additional services that I genuinely could not identify the purpose of from their descriptions alone. Left unchecked, these add-ons add between $15 and $30 per month to your bill — more than the hosting plan itself costs at the introductory rate. A first-time buyer who trusts the defaults and does not scrutinize every line on the checkout page will end up paying $20-35/month for what they thought was $4.50 hosting.

This is the Newfold Digital playbook, and it is identical to what you will encounter on Bluehost. Pre-check every add-on, rely on most customers not unchecking them, and generate revenue from inertia rather than from the quality of the services being bundled. It is legal. It is common in the hosting industry. It is also the single fastest way to erode trust with a new customer, and the fact that Newfold continues to do it across all its brands tells you everything you need to know about where this company's priorities sit.

Once you survive the checkout gauntlet, the actual hosting experience is perfectly adequate. cPanel is the industry-standard control panel, and HostGator uses it without modification — the same cPanel you would find on A2 Hosting or any other cPanel-based host. WordPress one-click installation works exactly as advertised, with the Softaculous installer deploying a clean WordPress installation in under a minute. File Manager, phpMyAdmin, DNS zone editor, email account management — everything is where cPanel users expect it to be, and nothing has been stripped out or simplified to the point of uselessness.

The disconnect between the aggressive checkout experience and the competent post-checkout experience is jarring. It is as if two different companies built the two halves of the customer journey. The first company wants to extract maximum revenue from confusion. The second company just wants to serve web pages from a cPanel server. The second company is perfectly fine at its job. The first company is the reason HostGator has a reputation problem it did not earn through its hosting quality alone.

What I Like

The 45-day money-back guarantee is the single most defensible reason to choose HostGator over a competitor at a similar price point. Fifteen extra days beyond the industry standard 30-day window does not sound transformative on paper, but in practice, it gives you enough time to deploy a real site, run real traffic through it, and make an informed judgment about whether the performance meets your needs. Most 30-day guarantees barely give you time to finish configuring WordPress before the clock runs out. HostGator's 45 days let you actually live with the hosting before committing, and I confirmed during testing that the refund process works as advertised — no retention games, no hidden fees beyond the domain registration cost.

cPanel is the industry standard for a reason, and HostGator uses it without neutering it. Every feature a cPanel user expects is present and functional: Softaculous for one-click installations, full File Manager with code editor, phpMyAdmin for direct database management, cron job scheduling, DNS zone editing, email account creation with webmail access, and SSL certificate management. If you are migrating from another cPanel host, the transition is seamless — your muscle memory works, your workflows transfer, and there is zero learning curve. Compare this to Hostinger's proprietary hPanel, which looks more polished but removes the granular controls that experienced users depend on, and cPanel's familiarity becomes a genuine advantage for anyone who has managed a website before.

Phone support availability deserves recognition in an industry that has been systematically eliminating it. HostGator offers 24/7 phone support on all plans. Hostinger does not offer phone support at all. SiteGround offers phone support but has moved heavily toward chat-first. DreamHost charges extra for callback support. If you are the kind of person who wants to explain a technical problem to a human voice rather than typing it into a chat window, HostGator is one of the few remaining budget hosts that will pick up the phone at 3am. The quality of that phone support varies — I experienced both competent agents and script-readers during testing — but the availability itself is increasingly rare and genuinely valuable to a subset of customers.

What Frustrates Me

356ms TTFB is slow in 2026, and there is no way to spin it otherwise. When Hostinger and A2 Hosting Turbo both deliver 187ms — literally 47% faster — at comparable or lower price points, HostGator's server response time is its most damaging weakness. This is not a niche performance metric that only developers care about. TTFB directly affects Largest Contentful Paint, which directly affects Core Web Vitals, which directly affects how Google evaluates your site's user experience. Every page load on HostGator starts 170ms behind what the best budget hosts deliver, and that gap compounds across every visitor, every page view, every mobile connection where latency already adds hundreds of milliseconds.

Renewal pricing is steep by any standard. A 218% increase from $3.75 to $11.95 on the Hatchling plan is aggressive even in an industry known for bait-and-switch introductory pricing. The practical effect is that HostGator's year-one cost bears almost no resemblance to its year-two cost. A customer who signs up for the $3.75 rate and then discovers the $11.95 renewal 36 months later has been conditioned to believe they are getting budget hosting, only to find they are paying mid-tier prices for bottom-tier performance. DreamHost's renewal increase is 51%. Hostinger's is steeper in percentage terms but starts from a lower base, so the absolute renewal price is still cheaper than HostGator's.

The checkout upselling is aggressive to the point of hostility. Seven pre-checked add-ons is not a suggestion — it is a trap. A customer who does not meticulously uncheck every box will pay more for the add-ons than for the hosting itself. CodeGuard backups at $2.99/month should be included free at this price point, not sold as a sneaky opt-in. SiteLock security scanning is a product of questionable value being bundled through dark patterns. The entire checkout flow is designed to maximize revenue extraction from inattentive customers, and it is the primary reason HostGator's brand perception has degraded since the Newfold acquisition.

No free backups at this price point is difficult to justify. SiteGround includes daily backups. DreamHost includes daily backups. Hostinger includes weekly backups on most plans. HostGator charges $2.99/month extra for CodeGuard, or expects you to manage your own backup solution through WordPress plugins. For a host charging $11.95/month at renewal — not a budget provider, not a discount operation, but a mid-tier price for a bottom-tier product — the absence of free automated backups is the single most frustrating gap in HostGator's feature set.

The Bluehost redundancy raises a question no one at Newfold Digital wants to answer. If HostGator and Bluehost share the same data centers, the same infrastructure, the same support teams, and nearly identical pricing — why does HostGator exist as a separate brand? The cynical answer is market coverage: two brands with different logos can capture customers who rejected one but might try the other. The practical answer for the consumer is that it does not matter. You are buying the same hosting either way. The only meaningful difference is 45 days versus 30 on the money-back guarantee and slightly different renewal rates. That is not a differentiated product. That is a marketing exercise.

How It Compares

HostGator vs Bluehost: This is the comparison that matters least and reveals the most. Both are Newfold Digital brands. Both run on the same infrastructure. HostGator averaged 356ms TTFB in testing; Bluehost averaged 342ms — a difference so small it is statistically irrelevant. Bluehost's Hatchling-equivalent plan renews at $10.99/month compared to HostGator's $11.95, making Bluehost marginally cheaper at renewal. HostGator's one advantage is the 45-day money-back guarantee versus Bluehost's 30 days. If you are choosing between these two, you are choosing between two brands of the same product. Pick whichever one is running a better introductory promotion on the day you sign up, and know that the experience will be functionally identical.

HostGator vs Hostinger: This is not a competitive comparison. It is a demonstration of how far the budget hosting market has advanced while HostGator stood still. Hostinger delivers 187ms TTFB — 47% faster than HostGator — at a lower introductory price and a significantly lower five-year cost ($395 versus $824 when you include HostGator's essential add-ons). Hostinger includes a free domain, free weekly backups, and free domain privacy. HostGator charges extra for all three. Hostinger's hPanel is more beginner-friendly than cPanel. The only areas where HostGator has any advantage are phone support availability and the 45-day guarantee window. If those two features are not dealbreakers for you, Hostinger is the better host in every measurable category, and it is not particularly close.

HostGator vs DreamHost: DreamHost occupies the value position more convincingly than HostGator at almost every turn. DreamHost's five-year cost runs approximately $367 compared to HostGator's $824 — less than half the price for hosting that includes free daily backups, free domain privacy, and a 97-day money-back guarantee that dwarfs HostGator's 45 days. DreamHost's uptime is better, its renewal increases are gentler, and its feature set is more generous. HostGator's advantages are phone support (DreamHost offers callback only at extra cost), cPanel familiarity (DreamHost uses a custom panel), and the broader ecosystem of cPanel-compatible tools. For pure value, DreamHost wins decisively.

HostGator vs SiteGround: SiteGround is faster (289ms TTFB versus 356ms), offers better support consistency, includes daily backups, and delivers superior uptime at 99.96%. SiteGround's weakness is its renewal pricing — the GrowBig plan renews at $24.99/month, roughly double HostGator's renewal. Over five years, SiteGround costs approximately $779, which is actually less than HostGator's $824 when you factor in all the add-ons HostGator charges for that SiteGround includes. If you can afford SiteGround's introductory pricing, it is the better host by every performance and feature metric. HostGator does not have a meaningful advantage in this comparison unless the 45-day guarantee and phone support are your deciding factors.

Who This Is Actually For

The honest answer is narrow. HostGator makes sense for people who specifically want the combination of phone support availability and a 45-day money-back guarantee. That is a real use case — if you are not comfortable troubleshooting technical issues via chat, and you want extra time to evaluate whether hosting works before committing, HostGator offers both of those things when most competitors do not. It is a slim competitive advantage, but it is a real one.

People who already know cPanel and do not want to learn a new control panel will find HostGator's implementation familiar and complete. Nothing is stripped out, nothing is modified, and the transition from another cPanel host requires zero relearning. If you are migrating from a host that used cPanel and you want the switch to feel invisible, HostGator delivers on that front.

Legacy customers who are already on HostGator and have not experienced problems may reasonably decide that the hassle of migration outweighs the performance gains they would get from switching to a faster host. If your site loads acceptably, your uptime has been stable, and you are not sensitive to the renewal pricing, staying put is a rational choice even if it is not the optimal one. Migration always carries risk, and "good enough" is a valid position if the alternative involves downtime, DNS propagation delays, and the possibility of breaking something in transit.

HostGator is not for speed-conscious users — the 356ms TTFB will frustrate anyone who understands the impact of server response time on user experience and search rankings. It is not for value-conscious users — the five-year cost with essential add-ons is the highest in our comparison group for the slowest performance. And it is not the best choice for beginners, despite its cPanel familiarity, because Hostinger offers a more guided onboarding experience with better performance at a lower price.

Before You Sign Up

Uncheck every single add-on at checkout. This is not a suggestion — it is a requirement for getting the price you thought you were paying. Go through the checkout page line by line and deselect SiteLock, CodeGuard, the SEO tools, the professional email upgrade, domain privacy, and anything else that appears pre-selected. If you need backups (you do), install a free WordPress plugin like UpdraftPlus after setup. If you need domain privacy, buy it separately after evaluating whether you actually need it. Do not let HostGator's checkout flow make those decisions for you at inflated prices.

Budget for the $11.95/month renewal, not the $3.75 introductory rate. The intro price requires a 36-month commitment, and it is the price you will pay for exactly one billing cycle. After that, you are paying $11.95/month for the Hatchling or $13.95/month for the Baby plan. Run the five-year math before you commit: Hatchling over five years costs approximately $555 before add-ons. Add $2.99/month for backups and you are looking at $735. Compare that to Hostinger at $395 with backups included. Make the decision with your eyes open.

Install a caching plugin immediately after WordPress setup. HostGator's 356ms TTFB is a server-side limitation you cannot fix, but you can reduce full page load times significantly with WP Rocket, LiteSpeed Cache, or W3 Total Cache. In testing, WP Rocket brought desktop load times from 2.5 seconds down to 2.0 seconds. That is the difference between a "needs improvement" and an "acceptable" user experience score from Google's perspective. Do not skip this step.

Seriously consider whether Hostinger or DreamHost would serve you better for less money. I do not say this to be dismissive of HostGator. I say it because the numbers do not lie. Hostinger is 47% faster and costs less than half as much over five years. DreamHost includes free backups and domain privacy that HostGator charges $50+/year for. Unless the 45-day guarantee and phone support are non-negotiable requirements, you are paying more for less by choosing HostGator. That is not an opinion — it is arithmetic.

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FAQ

Is HostGator good for beginners?
HostGator is usable for beginners — cPanel is well-documented, WordPress installation is one-click, and phone support is available if you get stuck. But Hostinger offers a more polished onboarding experience with step-by-step setup wizards, faster performance out of the box, and lower pricing. Unless you specifically need phone support, which Hostinger does not offer, beginners will have an easier time on Hostinger.

Is HostGator the same as Bluehost?
In every way that matters to the customer, yes. Both are owned by Newfold Digital. They share data centers, infrastructure, and support teams. The performance numbers are nearly identical — 356ms TTFB on HostGator versus 342ms on Bluehost. The meaningful differences are HostGator's 45-day guarantee versus Bluehost's 30 days, and minor pricing variations. You are buying the same hosting product with different branding.

What is the real monthly cost of HostGator?
The advertised $3.75/month requires a 36-month commitment and is the introductory rate only. After renewal, the Hatchling plan jumps to $11.95/month. Add CodeGuard backups at $2.99/month (since HostGator does not include free backups) and domain privacy at roughly $1.25/month, and your actual monthly cost for a functional hosting setup is closer to $16/month. That is the number you should budget against when comparing HostGator to alternatives.

Is the 45-day money-back guarantee real?
Yes. I tested it during this review and received a full refund within 10 business days. The domain registration fee was deducted since I used the free first-year domain, which is standard practice. No retention games, no hidden conditions. The 45-day window is 50% longer than the industry-standard 30 days, and it is HostGator's single strongest consumer-friendly feature.

How is HostGator's customer support?
HostGator offers 24/7 phone, live chat, and ticket support. Phone support availability is increasingly rare among budget hosts and is a genuine advantage if you prefer voice communication. Chat support quality is average — agents tend to follow scripts, and complex issues often require escalation. Phone support is generally more effective for technical problems. Overall, the support is adequate but lacks the consistency of SiteGround, where every interaction feels competent.

Can I host WordPress on HostGator?
Yes. One-click WordPress installation through Softaculous in cPanel works as expected, and WordPress runs on all plans without issues. The limitation is performance: 356ms TTFB means your WordPress site will load slower than on Hostinger, A2 Hosting, or SiteGround. For a personal blog or a simple brochure site, the speed is functional. For anything where page load time affects revenue or engagement, faster alternatives exist at similar or lower prices.

Is HostGator good for ecommerce?
No. The 356ms TTFB is too slow for ecommerce, where checkout page speed directly affects conversion rates and cart abandonment. Research consistently shows that each additional 100ms of load time reduces conversion rates by up to 7%. The lack of free backups is an additional liability for any site processing financial transactions. WooCommerce will technically run on HostGator, but SiteGround or A2 Hosting Turbo are significantly better choices for online stores that depend on fast, reliable page delivery.

Should I get the Hatchling or Baby plan?
If you need only one website, the Hatchling plan is sufficient. The Baby plan's sole meaningful advantage is unlimited site hosting, which matters only if you plan to run multiple WordPress installations on the same account. Both plans share identical server resources and deliver the same performance, so there is no speed benefit to upgrading. The $0.75/month difference ($4.50 versus $3.75) buys you multi-site capability and nothing else.

Final Verdict: The Brand That Forgot Why It Existed

Rating: 7.4/10

HostGator was once the underdog that disrupted web hosting. Brent Oxley built it in a dorm room. The alligator mascot became iconic. The company grew to eight million domains by offering hosting that was cheaper, scrappier, and more accessible than the established players. That story ended in 2012 when EIG wrote a check for $299 million, and it ended again in 2021 when Newfold Digital absorbed what was left. The mascot survived. The identity did not.

What remains is corporate shared hosting with a legacy brand name attached. The 356ms TTFB is the slowest in our review series. The 218% renewal increase is among the steepest. The checkout experience is designed to extract revenue through pre-checked add-ons rather than through the quality of the hosting itself. The absence of free backups at a mid-tier renewal price is a frustrating omission that cheaper competitors have solved. And the fundamental question — why does this brand exist separately from Bluehost — has no satisfying answer beyond "because Newfold Digital owns both domains and sees no reason to retire one."

The 45-day money-back guarantee is genuine. Phone support is available 24/7. cPanel works as expected. The uptime is decent at 99.94%. These are real, measurable qualities that matter to specific people. HostGator is not a scam, it is not broken, and it will serve your website without catastrophic failure. It works. It is fine.

But "fine" is not a compelling reason to choose a host in 2026, when Hostinger offers 47% faster performance at less than half the five-year cost, when DreamHost includes free backups and domain privacy for less money, and when A2 Hosting Turbo delivers near-VPS speed at a comparable renewal price. HostGator does not need to be bad to be a poor value. It just needs to be outperformed by every alternative in its price range, and it is.

If the 45-day guarantee and phone support are your non-negotiable requirements, HostGator is the host that meets them. For everyone else, there are better places to put your website and your money.

Last Updated: March 2026
Testing Period: 90 days (Baby plan, $4.50/mo intro)