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There is a difference between shared and unshared hosting. With shared hosting, several websites share the resources of one server, which is cost-effective but can be at the expense of performance. The alternative is non-shared hosting, which is more expensive but gives you complete control over performance. For a small, non-business critical hobby blog, I have decided to use shared hosting. I made good experience with the hosting from Siteground and Hostinger. In my personal case, the Business Plan from Hostiger for €7.99/month is perfectly sufficient. Ignoring the new subscriber offers, here is a high level comparison:

The domain I bought first at Checkdomain, then Strato and finally directly at Hostinger. It is convenient to manage the domain and the hosting at the same provider. Additionally Hostinger is cheaper than the competition. Each provider offers a huge discount for the first year, afterwards the prices per year are as following: