No teaser trap here
.menu costs $133.80 to keep for 5 years.
10 registrars sell .menu. Good news: Porkbun is the cheapest both on day one and over 5 years.
Get it at Porkbun$25.96cheapest 1st year
$26.96cheapest renewal
$26.96cheapest transfer
.menu · 5-year billPorkbun
Year 1$25.96
Years 2–5$107.84
Total$133.80
Honest
cheapest now and cheapest later
What .menu costs over time
Each line is a registrar’s running total. Where lines cross, the cheap start stops being cheap.
Cheapest to keep (Porkbun)
Everyone else
Every registrar, ranked
| Registrar | 1st year | Renewal | Transfer | Keep 5 yrs | Verdict | Offer | |
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$25.96 |
$26.96 | $26.96 | $133.80 | Honest | PROMO Porkbun coupon AWESOMENESS | Buy |
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Dynadot
US · free privacy · checked 2026-11-05
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$26.97 | $26.97 | $26.97 | $134.85 | Honest | — | Buy |
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NameSilo
US · free privacy · checked 2026-10-17
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$27.99 | $27.99 | $27.99 | $139.95 | Honest | — | Buy |
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Hover
CA · free privacy · checked 2026-11-05
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$34.99 | $34.99 | $34.99 | $174.95 | Honest | — | Buy |
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OVHcloud
FR · free privacy · checked 2026-11-05
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$33.26 | $36.71 | $38.60 | $180.10 | Honest | — | Buy |
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INWX
DE · checked 2026-11-05
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$39.36 | $39.36 | $39.36 | $196.80 | Honest | — | Buy |
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Netim
FR · free privacy · checked 2026-11-05
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$40.50 | $40.50 | $28.00 | $202.50 | Honest | — | Buy |
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ClouDNS
BG · checked 2026-11-05
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$43.79 | $43.39 | $43.39 | $217.35 | Honest | — | Buy |
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Squarespace Domains
US · free privacy · checked 2026-11-05
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$50.00 | $50.00 | — | $250.00 | Honest | — | Buy |
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Gandi
FR · free privacy · checked 2026-11-05
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$47.84 | $87.98 | $40.54 | $399.76 | Honest | — | Buy |
Keep = first year plus renewals for the period you pick. ×3.0 means the renewal is
three times the first-year price. Prices exclude tax; other currencies converted to USD at the ECB daily rate.
Keeping it for 5 years
The whole-bill winner — what we’d pick for a name you mean to hold on to.
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