Pricing Plans
Compare Liquid Web's hosting plans
WordPress Hosting
VPS Hosting
Cloud Hosting
All plans include a 30-day money-back guarantee
Pros & Cons
What We Like
- Businesses and agencies needing managed hosting with premium support
- Mission-critical websites requiring 100% uptime SLA
- WooCommerce stores needing optimized ecommerce hosting
- Users willing to pay premium for Heroic Support
- HIPAA-compliant healthcare applications
- Enterprise clients needing dedicated infrastructure
What Could Be Better
- Budget-conscious users
- Need shared hosting
- Beginners who don't need managed services
- Simple personal blogs
- Price-sensitive projects
- Need many international locations
Rating Breakdown
Value for Money
3.0Performance
5.0Support Quality
5.0Security
5.0Features
4.5Ease of Use
4.0Transparency
3.5Overall Rating
Weighted average of all categories
4.3/5
Technical Specifications
Complete feature breakdown across all 170 data points
Storage & Resources
- Storage
- 40 GB SSD
- Storage Type
- SSD
- Bandwidth
- 5000 GB
- Websites
- Unlimited
- Databases
- Unlimited
- PHP Versions
- 7.4, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3
Performance
- Uptime Guarantee
- 100%
- Uptime SLA Credit
- CDN Included
- CDN Provider
- Cloudflare Enterprise CDN (on managed WordPress/WooCommerce)
- HTTP/2
- Brotli Compression
Server Locations
- Location Count
- 10 locations
- Choose Location
- Locations
- Lansing, MI (US-Central), Phoenix, AZ (US-West), Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Security
- Free SSL
- Wildcard SSL
- Dedicated IP
- DDoS Protection
- DDoS Level
- Multi-level DDoS protection included
- 2FA
Backups & Malware
- Malware Scanning
- Malware Removal
- Firewall
- Backup Frequency
- Daily (30-day retention)
- Backup Retention
- 30 days
- On-Demand Backup
- Restore Fee
- Free
Developer Tools
- SSH Access
- Git Deployment
- Staging
- Cron Jobs
- Redis
- WP-CLI
Language Support
- Node.js
- Python
- Ruby
WordPress
- WP Optimized
- Auto Install
- Auto Updates
- WP Staging
- WooCommerce
- LiteSpeed Cache
- Object Caching
- Multisite
Support
- Live Chat
- Chat Hours
- 24/7/365
- Phone Support
- Phone Hours
- 24/7/365 (59-second response guarantee)
- Ticket Support
- Priority Support
- Avg Wait
- 1 min
- KB Quality
- 5/5
- Channels
- Phone, Live Chat, Ticket, Knowledge Base
- Languages
- English
- Email Included
- Account Limit
- Unlimited
- Webmail
- Spam Filter
- Forwarding
Pricing Details
- Monthly Price
- $3.5/mo
- Renewal Price
- $3.5/mo
- 1st Year Cost
- $396
- 2nd Year Cost
- $396
- Setup Fee
- None
- Money Back
- 30 days
- Monthly Billing
- Min Contract
- 1 months
Free Inclusions
- Free SSL
- Free Domain
- Free Migration
- Free CDN
Migration
- Free Migration
- Sites Limit
- Unlimited sites
- Turnaround
- 1 days
- Quality
- 5/5
Control Panel
- cPanel
- Panel Name
- cPanel/InterWorx/Plesk (choice)
- Softaculous
- Site Builder
Compliance
- GDPR
- PCI
- HIPAA
- Certifications
- SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA, PCI-DSS
CMS Platforms
- Drupal
- Joomla
- Magento
- Laravel
- Django
- Next.js
- Rails
- Static Sites
Content Policies
- Adult Content
- Gambling
- legal_only
- Crypto Sites
- Bandwidth Overage
- 5TB included on entry VPS; overage billed or upgrade required
- Storage Overage
- Upgrade to higher tier or add storage
Business Features
- API Access
- Reseller Hosting
- White Label
Best For (Score)
- Beginners
- 2/5
- Bloggers
- 2/5
- Developers
- 4/5
- eCommerce
- 5/5
- Agencies
- 5/5
- Enterprise
- 5/5
Company Info
- Founded
- 1997
- Headquarters
- United States
- Parent Company
- CloudOne Digital
- Trustpilot
- 4.2/5 (2,637 reviews)
Our Ratings
- Overall
- 4.3/5
- Value
- 3/5
- Performance
- 5/5
- Support
- 5/5
- Security
- 5/5
- Features
- 4.5/5
- Ease of Use
- 4/5
- Transparency
- 3.5/5
Managed WordPress
- Available
Regional Info
- Best Countries
- United States, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Australia
- Currencies
- USD
- Support Languages
- English
- Data Sovereignty
- GDPR, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, SOC 2
External Ratings
- Trustpilot
- 4.2/5
- Reviews Count
- 2,637
- G2 Rating
- 4.3/5
- BBB Rating
- A+
Advanced Technical
- DB Type
- MySQL/MariaDB
- Elasticsearch
- Image Optimization
- PHP Switching
Access & Limits
- Subdomains
- Unlimited
- FTP Accounts
- Unlimited
- SSH Tier
- All plans (root access available)
- Staging Tier
- Managed WordPress/WooCommerce plans
- Instant Activation
Additional Pricing
- Exclusions
- 30-day guarantee for managed VPS and managed cloud server hosting only; Domain fees non-refundable; Custom configurations may have exclusions
- Payment Methods
- Credit Card, Debit Card, PayPal, Bank Transfer, Check
- Auto Renewal
- SSL Provider
- Let's Encrypt (auto-renewed)
Support Details
- Phone Countries
- United States
- Priority Cost
- $Included with Fully Managed plans
- Community Forum
- Outsourced
- Object Cache Type
- Redis
Affiliate Program
- Affiliate Available
- Commission Type
- Percentage of MRR
- Commission Amount
- 300% per Liquid Web sale; 400% per Nexcess sale; up to $7,000 per sale; 90-day cookie; via Impact
Additional Policies
- File Hosting
- Suspension Policy
- Violation of ToS; non-payment; abuse reports
- Downloadable Backups
Additional Platforms
- PrestaShop
- Ghost
- Shopify Migration
- Wix Migration
- Squarespace Migration
- Webflow Export
Editorial Notes
- Best For
- Businesses and agencies needing managed hosting with premium support; Mission-critical websites requiring 100% uptime SLA; WooCommerce stores needing optimized ecommerce hosting; Users willing to pay premium for Heroic Support; HIPAA-compliant healthcare applications; Enterprise clients needing dedicated infrastructure
- Avoid If
- Budget-conscious users; Need shared hosting; Beginners who don't need managed services; Simple personal blogs; Price-sensitive projects; Need many international locations
- Known Issues
- Premium pricing (significantly higher than budget hosts); No shared hosting option; Windows VPS much more expensive than Linux; Some users report billing confusion especially with Nexcess; Support quality reportedly declined after CloudOne acquisition per some reviews; Complex pricing structure with many tiers; Limited international data centers compared to hyperscalers
- USP
- 100% uptime SLA with 1000% credit and 59-second Heroic Support response guarantee
- Ideal Customer
- Business or agency needing premium managed hosting with industry-leading support SLA
Competition
- Competitors
- WP Engine, Kinsta, Cloudways
- Best Alternative To
- WP Engine
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Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about Liquid Web
Liquid Web is excellent for businesses needing premium managed hosting with industry-leading support. They offer 100% uptime SLA with 1000% credit and 59-second support response guarantee, but pricing is significantly higher than budget alternatives.
Liquid Web is owned by CloudOne Digital, formed when One Equity Partners acquired Liquid Web in April 2023. The Liquid Web family includes Nexcess, StellarWP, and Modern Tribe.
Liquid Web managed VPS starts at $33/month. Self-managed VPS starts at $3.50/month. Dedicated servers start at $149.25/month. Managed WordPress (via Nexcess) starts around $13.30/month promo.
Liquid Web is more suited for businesses and experienced users. While their Heroic Support is excellent, the premium pricing and advanced features are overkill for simple beginner sites.
Yes, email hosting is included with cPanel-based plans. Webmail access, spam filtering, and email forwarding are available.
Yes, Liquid Web (via Nexcess) offers highly optimized managed WordPress and WooCommerce hosting with staging, auto-updates, CDN, and image optimization included.
Liquid Web guarantees 100% network uptime backed by a 1000% SLA - meaning 10x credit for any downtime. They maintained 99.9992% actual uptime in 2021.
Yes, with a 30-day money-back guarantee for managed VPS and cloud hosting. Monthly billing is available with no long-term contracts required.
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