See exactly how many hours of downtime a "99% Uptime" free host allows vs a 99.9% paid host, and calculate your lost traffic & revenue.
Even a 1% drop in uptime (from 99.9% to 98.9%) means over 3 full days of lost visitors and AdSense/affiliate clicks every year:
| Uptime Tier | Monthly Downtime | Yearly Downtime | Typical Hosting Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 98.0% | 14 hours 24 mins | 7 days 7.2 hours | Free cPanel Hosting (InfinityFree / Byet) |
| 99.0% ("Two Nines") | 7 hours 12 mins | 3 days 15.6 hours | Ultra-cheap / Overloaded Shared Hosting |
| 99.9% ("Three Nines") | 43 mins 12 secs | 8 hours 45 mins | Standard Reputable Shared & WordPress Hosts |
| 99.99% ("Four Nines") | 4 mins 19 secs | 52 mins 34 secs | Multi-Region Cloud / Cloudflare Pages |