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2 | SiteGround | Hostinger | ChemiCloud | NameHero | GoDaddy | A2 Hosting | Bluehost | HostGator | GreenGeeks | NameCheap | InMotion | DreamHost | FastComet | HostArmada | WPX | |
3 | Plan | GrowBig | Business | WP Turbo | Turbo WP | Managed WP Deluxe | Turbo Boost | Choice Plus | Business | Pro | EasyWP Turbo | WP Power | WP Unlimited | Extra | Speed Reaper | Business |
4 | Performance | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
5 | Environment | Shared | Shared | Shared | Shared | Shared | Shared | Shared | Shared | Shared | Shared | Shared | Shared | Shared | Shared | Shared |
6 | Data centers | 11 | 9 | 9 | 1 (US) | 10 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 3 (US + UK + EU) | 3 (US + EU) | 2 | 12 | 9 | 3 |
7 | Server | Nginx + Apache | LiteSpeed | LiteSpeed | LiteSpeed | Nginx + Apache | LiteSpeed | Nginx + Apache | Nginx + Apache | LiteSpeed | Nginx + Apache | Nginx + Apache | Nginx + Apache | LiteSpeed | LiteSpeed | LiteSpeed |
8 | Cache plugin | SiteGround Optimizer | LiteSpeed Cache | LiteSpeed Cache | LiteSpeed Cache | x | LiteSpeed Cache | x | x | LiteSpeed Cache | EasyWP Cache | x | x | LiteSpeed Cache | LiteSpeed Cache | LiteSpeed Cache |
9 | CDN | SiteGround CDN ($14.99/mo) | QUIC.cloud | QUIC.cloud | QUIC.cloud | Cloudflare free | QUIC.cloud | Cloudflare free | Cloudflare free | QUIC.cloud | Supersonic CDN | x | x | QUIC.cloud | QUIC.cloud | QUIC.cloud |
10 | Full page caching | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | x | x | ✓ | x | x | x | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
11 | Image optimization | SG Optimizer | QUIC | QUIC | QUIC | x | QUIC | x | x | QUIC | x | x | x | QUIC | QUIC | QUIC |
12 | Storage type | SATA | NVMe | NVMe | NVMe | NVMe | NVMe | SATA | SATA | SATA | SATA | NVMe | SATA | NVMe | SATA | SATA |
13 | Object cache | Memcached | Memcached | Redis | Redis | x | Redis | x | x | Memcached | x | Memcached | x | Memcached | Memcached | x |
14 | OPcache | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | x | ✓ | x | x | ✓ | x | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
15 | MySQL version | 5.7 | - | - | - | 8 | 8 | 8 | 5.7 | - | 8 | - | 8 | 8 | 8 | - |
16 | MariaDB version | - | 10.5 | 10.6 | 10.6 | - | 10.6 | - | - | 10.5 | - | 10.5 | - | - | - | 10.5 |
17 | PHP version | 8.3 | 8.2 | 8.3 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 8.3 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 8.3 | 8.2 | 8.3 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 8.3 |
18 | Specs | View | View | View | View | View | View | View | View | View | View | View | View | View | View | View |
19 | Resource Limits | ⓘ | ⓘ | ⓘ | ⓘ ⓘ | ⓘ ⓘ | ⓘ | ⓘ | ⓘ | ⓘ | ⓘ ⓘ ⓘ | ⓘ | ⓘ | ⓘ | ⓘ | ⓘ |
20 | CPU cores + RAM | 1 core + shared RAM | 2 cores + 1.536 GB RAM | 3 cores + 3 GB RAM | 3 cores + 3 GB RAM | 1 core + 1 GB RAM | 2 cores + 2 GB RAM | Undisclosed | 3 cores + shared RAM | 3 cores + 2 GB RAM | .75 core + 768 MB RAM | 1 core + shared RAM | Not listed | 4 cores + 4 GB RAM | 6 cores + 6 GB RAM | 1 core + 1 GB RAM |
21 | Scalable cores/RAM | x | x | ✓ | x | x | ✓ | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
22 | Storage | 20 GB | 200 GB* | 40 GB | "Unlimited" | 20 GB | "Unlimited" | 40 GB | 40 GB | "Unlimited" | 50 GB | "Unlimited" | Not specified | 35 GB | 40 GB | 15 GB |
23 | Bandwidth | Unmetered | "Unlimited" | "Unlimited" | "Unlimited" | Unmetered | "Unlimited" | Unmetered | Unmetered | "Unlimited" | Unmetered | "Unlimited" | Unmetered | 97.28 GB | 90 GB | 200 GB |
24 | Inodes | 400,000 | 600,000 | 500,000 | 500,000 | 250,000 | 600,000 | 200,000 | 200,000 | 400,000 | 200,000 | 50,000 | "Unlimited" | 500,000 | 500,000 | Unmetered |
25 | I/O | Unknown | 1.024 MB/s | 10 MB/s | 32 MB/s | 500 KB/s | 8 MB/s | Undisclosed | Undisclosed | 15 MB/s | 50 MB/s | 9.216 MB/s | Undisclosed | 6 MB/s | 6 MB/s | Undisclosed |
26 | IOPs | Unmetered | Unknown | 1024 | 4024 | Unmetered | 5120 | Undisclosed | Undisclosed | Unmetered | Unmetered | Undisclosed | Undisclosed | 1024 | 6144 | Unmetered |
27 | EPs | 24 | 30 | 30 | 100 | 100 | 50 | Undisclosed | Undisclosed | 300 | 20 | 40 | Undisclosed | 40 | 50 | Undisclosed |
28 | NProcs | 80 | 60 | 100 | 400 | 115 | 75 | Undisclosed | Undisclosed | "Unlimited" | Unmetered | 200 | Undisclosed | 80 | 100 | Undisclosed |
29 | PHP memory | 768 MB | 2 GB | 1 GB | 512 MB | No limit | 1 GB | 256 MB | 256 MB | 512 MB | 768 MB | 2.048 GB | 300 MB | 2 GB | 2 GB | 512 MB |
30 | Lowest cron job execution | 30 min | 1 min | 15 min | 15 min | 1 min | 15 min | 15 min | 15 min | 1 min | 5 min | 90 min | 15 min | 5 min | 1 min | 5 min |
31 | ⓘ | ⓘ ⓘ | ⓘ ⓘ | - | ⓘ | - | - | ⓘ ⓘ | ⓘ | No email | - | ⓘ | ⓘ | ⓘ | ⓘ | |
32 | Storage | 10GB | 1 GB | "Unlimited" | "Unlimited" | x | 15 GB | "Unlimited" | "Unlimited" | 250 MB | x | 10GB | 25 GB | "Unlimited" | 3 GB | "Unlimited" |
33 | Outgoing | 400/hour | 50/hour + 300/day | 300/hour + 3000/day | 350/hour | 30/min, 1,000/day | 500/hour + 1,000/day | 150/hour | 500/hour | 300/hour | x | 250/hour | 100/hour | 400/hour | 400/hour | 50/30 min |
34 | Recipients | 40 | 1,000 | 25 | Unknown | 500 | 500 | No limit | 900 | "Unlimited" | x | 50 | 100 | 40 | 40 | 49 |
35 | Attachment size | 50 MB | 30 MB | 50 MB | 50 MB | 25 MB | 50 MB | 50 MB | 20 MB | 50 MB | x | 50 MB | 30 MB | 50 MB | 50 MB | 20 MB |
36 | Mailbox size | No limit | 1 GB | "Unlimited" | "Unlimited" | Unknown | "Unlimited" | No limit | No limit | "Unlimited" | x | No limit | No limit | 2 GB | 3 GB | 500 MB |
37 | List members | No limit | "Unlimited" | 1,500 | "Unlimited" | 100 | "Unlimited" | No limit | 900 | "Unlimited" | x | No limit | No limit | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
38 | Incoming | 20/min | 500/day | "Unlimited" | "Unlimited" | 3,600/hour | "Unlimited" | No limit | No limit | "Unlimited" | x | No limit | No limit | 40/min | 40/min | None |
39 | SMTP/POP connections | No limit | Unknown | 500/60 | 100/3 | 500 SMTP relays/hour | "Unlimited" | No limit | 30 POP checks | Unknown | x | No limit | No limit | 10 | 10 | "Unlimited" |
40 | Database | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ⓘ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
41 | Size | 1 GB | 3 GB | "Unlimited" | "Unlimited" | 1 GB | 5 GB | 5 GB | 10 GB | "Unlimited" | 10 GB | No limit | 3 GB | 1024 MB | 1 GB | 1.5 - 2 GB |
42 | Table size | No limit | "Unlimited" | "Unlimited" | "Unlimited" | No limit | "Unlimited" | 5000 tables | 5000 tables | "Unlimited" | Unknown | No limit | No limit | 400 MB | 400 MB | "Unlimited" |
43 | Concurrent MySQL connections | 20 | 75 | 15 | 45 | 30 | 35 | 25 | 25 | "Unlimited" | 30 | 20 | 300 | 40 | None | "Unlimited" |
44 | Queries | Unknown | Limited | Limited | Limited | Unknown | Limited | Unknown | Unknown | "Unlimited" | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Limited | Limited | "Unlimited" |
45 | Backups | - | - | - | ⓘ | ⓘ | - | - | ⓘ | - | - | - | - | - | - | ⓘ |
46 | Frequency | Daily | Daily | Daily | Daily | Daily | Daily | Daily | Daily (1st year only) | Daily | Daily | Manual | Daily | Daily | Daily | Daily |
47 | Retention | 30 days | 14 days | 14 days | 1 day | 30 days | 30 days | 30 days | 7 days | 2 days | 14 days | 7 days | 14 days | 30 days | 21 days | 28 days |
48 | Size | 8 GB | 5.12 GB | "Unlimited" | "Unlimited" | 4 GB | 50 GB | 30 GB | 10 GB | 10 GB | No limit | Unknown | No limit | "Unlimited" | "Unlimited" | "Unlimited" |
49 | Backups stop at | No limit | 30 GB disk space or 10 GB email storage | N/A | 1 GB database | 50 GB disk space | N/A | 10 GB | No limit | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||||
50 | Migrations | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
51 | Free migrations | $30/site | x | 10-200 | 1 | Paid | 1 cPanel | Free if eligable | $149.99 | 1 | 1 | $199 | $99/site | 3 | 5 | 5 |
52 | Max account transfer size | No limit | No limit | No limit | 1 database | 10GB data or 100,000 files | 30 GB | 2 GB | N/A | No limit | No limit | No limit | No limit | No limit | No limit | No limit |
53 | Time frame | No limit | No limit | 60 days | 30 days | No limit | No limit | 30 days | N/A | 1 year | No limit | No limit | No limit | No limit | No limit | No limit |
54 | Uptimes | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
55 | Status page | x | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Third-party only | x | x | Post updates only | ✓ | ✓ | x | x | x |
56 | Major outages | Yes (see TrustPilot) | None | 2011 node outage | Several | From ransomware attack | Several | Several | None | None | None | None | None | None | 2021 global outage | |
57 | Uptime guarantee credit | 5% of month | 5% | 1 month per 1% | Not specified | 5% of month | Not specified | None | 1 month | Not specified | 1 month | None | 10% renewal fee (max) | None | ||
58 | Security | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
59 | Major incidents | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2015 breach | Several | 0 | 2013 email hacked | 2021 database leak | 2022 DDoS attack | 0 | 0 | ||||
60 | SSL | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Paid | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
61 | Security suite | Custom | x | Imunify360 | Imunify360 | Custom | Imunify360 | Imunify360 | x | Imunify360 | Custom | x | x | Imunify360 | Imunify360 | x |
62 | Malware removal | Tools only | Tools only | ✓ | Paid service | x | Paid service | x | x | Paid service | Tools only | Tools only | Tools only | Tools only | ✓ | Free |
63 | Support | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ⓘ |
64 | Phone support | x | x | x | 1-855-984-6263 | 1 (480) 366-3549 | 1-734-222-4678 | 1 (888) 401-4678 | 1 (866) 964-2867 | 1-877-326-7483 | x | x | x | x | 1-302-415-3033 | x |
65 | Configures cache plugin + CDN | x | x | ✓ | ✓ | x | ✓ | x | x | x | x | x | x | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
66 | Price | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
67 | Monthly | $4.99 | $3.99 | $4.95 | $10.97 | $11.99 | $6.99 | $5.45 | $5.25 | $4.95 | $4.91 | $6.75 | $3.95 | $3.74 | $4.94 | $20.83 |
68 | Contract length | 1 year | 4 years | 1-3 years | 3 years | 3 years | 1 or 3 years | 1 year | 3 years | 1 year | 1 year | 1 year | 3 years | 1-2 years | 1-3 years | 1 year |
69 | 3 year price | $779.64 | $143.64 | $178.20 | $394.92 | $431.64 | $215.64 | $268.20 | $189.00 | $466.20 | $229.08 | $356.82 | $142.20 | $389.16 | $177.70 | $749.88 |
70 | Renewal | $29.99/mo | $8.99 | $19.95 | $19.95 | $16.99/mo | $24.99 | $21.99/mo | $19.99/mo | $16.95 | $7.09 | $22.99 | $10.99 | $24.95 | $19.75 | $20.83 |
71 | Renewal notice | 30 days | Approx 30 days | 10 days | 4 days | 30 days | 3 days | 30 days | 45 days | 7 days | 7 days | 30 days | Unknown | 14 days | 14 days | N/A |
72 | Autorenewal billing | 15 days | 14 days | 7 days | Same day | Same day | Same day | 15 days | 15 days | 24 hours | Same day | Unknown | Unknown | Same day | 7 days | Same day |
73 | Money back guarantee | 30 days | 30 days | 45 days | 30 days | 30 days* | 30 days | 30 days | 30 days | 30 days | 30 days | 90 days | 97 days | 45 days | 45 days | 30 days |
74 | Misc | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
75 | Control panel | Site Tools | hPanel | cPanel | cPanel | Custom (limited) | cPanel | cPanel | cPanel | cPanel | Custom (limited) | cPanel | Custom | cPanel | cPanel | Custom |
76 | Staging / cloning | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | x | ✓ | x | ✓ | x | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
77 | Disallowed plugins | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
78 | Headquarters | Alexandria, Virginia (USA) | Kaunas, Lithuania | Middletown, Delaware | Jackson, Wyoming | Tempe, Arizona | Ann Arbor, Michigan | Jacksonville, Florida | Houston, Texas | Agoura Hills, California | Phoenix, Arizona | Las Vegas, Nevada | Los Angeles, California | San Francisco, California | Wilmington, Delaware | Sofia, Bulgaria |
79 | Reviews | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
80 | Reddit feedback | Read | Read | Read | Read | Read | Read | Read | Read | Read | Read | Read | Read | Read | Read | Read |
81 | GMB | 4.9/5 (1.6k+ reviews) | 4.8/5 (1.2k+ reviews) | 5/5 (117 reviews) | - | 3.3/5 (350+ reviews) | 4.8/5 (2.6k+ reviews) | 1.3/5 (26 reviews) | 3.8/5 | - | 1.8/5 (50+ reviews) | 4.1/5 (370+ reviews) | 1.6/5 (31 reviews) | 0 reviews | 4.9/5 (46 reviews) | 4.2/5 (5 reviews) |
82 | Yelp | 1.7/5 (129 reviews) | - | - | - | - | 2.7/5 (59 reviews) | 1/5 (29 reviews) | - | 1.8/5 (111 reviews) | 1.5/5 (30 reviews) | 1.6/5 (17) | - | - | - | - |
83 | Doesn't allow | Doesn't allow | 4.6/5 (13 reviews) | Doesn't allow | 3.5/5 (190+ reviews) | 4.1/5 (1.6k+ reviews) | Doesn't allow | Doesn't allow | Doesn't allow | Doesn't allow | Doesn't allow | Doesn't allow | 4.2/5 (1.2k+ reviews) | 4.9/5 (108 reviews) | 4.8/5 (270+ reviews) | |
84 | BBB | 1/5 (2 reviews) | 1/5 (5 reviews) | - | 1/5 (1 review) | 1.07/5 (350+ reviews) | 2.63/5 (8 reviews) | 1.05/5 | 1/5 (23 reviews) | 3.09/5 (23 reviews) | 1.27/5 (45 reviews) | 2/5 (5 reviews) | 1.73/5 (11 reviews) | 0 reviews | - | - |
85 | BBB complaints (3 yrs) | 39 | 15 | - | 7 | 1.2k+ | 15 | 463 | 78 | 24 | 158 | 16 | 21 | 5 | - | - |
86 | TrustPilot Complaints | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
87 | Speed | 47 | 104 | 0 | 8 | 189 | 35 | 219 | 100 | 2 | 56 | 32 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 5 |
88 | Resources | 78 | 124 | 0 | 8 | 194 | 35 | 133 | 99 | 18 | 75 | 22 | 27 | 19 | 2 | 8 |
89 | Downtimes | 135 | 260 | 1 | 14 | 735 | 113 | 679 | 384 | 28 | 241 | 94 | 87 | 39 | 0 | 41 |
90 | Support | 339 | 797 | 1 | 40 | 3,210 | 197 | 1,822 | 1,026 | 53 | 865 | 199 | 154 | 65 | 6 | 39 |
91 | Migrations | 43 | 105 | 0 | 14 | 214 | 32 | 195 | 145 | 9 | 27 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 11 |
92 | Security/malware | 38 | 71 | 1 | 1 | 375 | 32 | 285 | 181 | 12 | 143 | 30 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 10 |
93 | 25 | 112 | 0 | 3 | 441 | 22 | 178 | 113 | 11 | 160 | 37 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 4 | |
94 | DNS | 23 | 53 | 0 | 8 | 198 | 5 | 112 | 44 | 3 | 70 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
95 | Control panel + bugs | 63 | 140 | 0 | 10 | 228 | 23 | 191 | 124 | 14 | 79 | 33 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 3 |
96 | Billing/renewals | 236 | 407 | 0 | 35 | 2,688 | 53 | 1,090 | 571 | 70 | 622 | 75 | 80 | 42 | 5 | 9 |
97 | Suspensions | 17 | 89 | 0 | 10 | 186 | 20 | 108 | 85 | 10 | 253 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 1 |
98 | Scams/fraud | 40 | 145 | 0 | 11 | 780 | 23 | 322 | 158 | 23 | 386 | 23 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 4 |
99 | Total complaints | 648 | 1,625 | 2 | 85 | 8,128 | 332 | 3,295 | 1,647 | 136 | 2,384 | 349 | 335 | 127 | 8 | 84 |
100 | Total reviews | 15k+ | 24k+ | 600+ | 1.3k+ | 90k+ | 2.5k+ | 10k+ | 5.4k+ | 800+ | 14k+ | 1.5k+ | 5.4k+ | 2.5k+ | 700+ | 3k+ |
101 | Plan reviews | 53% positive (10/19) | 38% positive (14/37) | 100% positive (3/3) | 100% positive (5/5) | 28% positive (10/36) | 60% positive (33/55) | 5% positive (1/20) | 9% positive (2/23) | 100% positive (1/1) | 54% positive (28/52) | 64% positive (7/11) | 80% positive (19/24) | 58% positive (7/12) | 91% positive (21/23) | 100% positive (1/1) |
102 | Rating (1-5) | 4.8 | 4.6 (fake) ⓘ ⓘ | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.9 |