Liquid Web vs AccuWeb Hosting
Liquid Web and AccuWeb Hosting compared on measured uptime, response time, pricing and features from our own tests. Liquid Web scores higher overall.
By Jennifer T. · Updated
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Verdict
7.7 out of 10
Liquid WebWins overall
Lansing's managed host since 1997: WordPress plans from $9 with Cloudflare edge CDN and a 100% network SLA, no refunds
7.6 out of 10
New Jersey host since 2003: guaranteed RAM and CPU on shared plans, eight locations, a $2.79 plan that renews at $2.79
Liquid Web wins 3 of the six sub-scores and comes out ahead overall (7.7 vs 7.6).
How do the scores compare?
Liquid Web leads on 3 sub-scores, AccuWeb Hosting on 1. Higher is better.
| Liquid Web | AccuWeb Hosting | |
|---|---|---|
| Performance | 7.5 | 7.5 |
| Uptime | 8.0 (better) | 7.0 |
| Support | 8.0 (better) | 7.5 |
| Features | 8.5 (better) | 8.0 |
| Value | 7.0 | 8.0 (better) |
| Ease of use | 7.5 | 7.5 |
Which one is faster and more reliable?
| Liquid Web | AccuWeb Hosting | |
|---|---|---|
| Overall score | 7.7 (better) | 7.6 |
| Uptime (published)HostingStep 365 d vs TechRadar 7 d; methods differ | 99.99% | 100.00% (better) |
| Response time (published)HostingStep vs TechRadar; methods differ | 496 ms | 285 ms (better) |
Which one costs less?
On renewal, AccuWeb Hosting is cheaper ($2.79/mo vs $9.00/mo). Intro prices need the listed term.
| Liquid Web | AccuWeb Hosting | |
|---|---|---|
| Cheapest plan | Essentials WordPress | Bootstrap++ |
| Intro price | $9.00/mo | $2.79/mo (better) |
| Renewal price | $9.00/mo | $2.79/mo (better) |
| Required term | 1 months (better) | 36 months |
| Websites | 1 | 100 |
| Storage | 15 GB | 25 GB |
| Money back | 0 days | 30 days (better) |
What does each include?
| Liquid Web | AccuWeb Hosting | |
|---|---|---|
| Free domain | No | First year on an annual or longer term; the plan cards list .us, .com, .org, .co.uk, .in and .net, the comparison table .com, .net, .biz, .us and .org |
| Free SSL | Free SSL certificates on the WordPress plans | Let's Encrypt on every plan; a premium SSL for the first year on Enterprise Pro++ annual terms |
| Backups | Daily backups kept 7, 14 or 30 days by tier; Acronis backup storage on managed VPS | Free daily backups; any day's copy restored on request |
| Free migration | A self-serve migration tool and migration by a person on every WordPress plan | Listed on every plan |
| Free CDN | Edge CDN powered by Cloudflare on every WordPress plan; CDN overage is usage-billed | Premium++ and Enterprise Pro++, enabled on request for the main domain |
| Caching | Object Cache Pro on every WordPress plan | LiteSpeed web server with built-in caching |
| Staging | Staging sites with visual comparison on Pro and Elite; not on Essentials | No |
| Security | DDoS protection, WAF, Kadence Security Pro and daily malware scans on every plan; Patchstack virtual patching on Elite | Not stated |
| Resource limits | WordPress plans are sized by visitors (50,000 a month on the entry tiers), shared storage and bandwidth; managed VPS plans state vCPU, RAM, SSD and bandwidth | Not stated |
| Data center choice | Lansing, Phoenix, Ashburn and Amsterdam, selected on the purchase screen where a plan offers it | Eight locations in the order form: Denver, Dallas, London, Frankfurt, Johannesburg, Mumbai, Singapore, Sydney |
| Uptime guarantee | 100% network uptime in the SLA with credits up to the monthly charge, claimed within days of an outage; the managed VPS page states 99.9% server uptime | 99.9 percent a month in the terms, with credits of one, two or five days of service depending on the shortfall |
| Managed VPS | Fully managed from $72 a month for 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 80 GB SSD and 3 TB; cPanel, InterWorx or Plesk; Windows available | Not stated |
| Phone support | 24/7 by phone, chat and ticket | US and UK numbers, 24 hours Monday to Saturday per the contact page; chat and tickets around the clock |
| Windows hosting | On VPS and dedicated servers | Not stated |
| Not stated | 150, 500 or 1,000 accounts with spam filtering; mailbox size 3, 5 or 10 GB | |
| Guaranteed resources | Not stated | Dedicated RAM and vCPU printed per plan (1 GB and 1 vCPU up to 2 GB and 2 vCPU) with IOPS and inode limits |
| PHP versions | Not stated | PHP 8.1 to 8.4, switchable in cPanel |
| Dedicated IP | Not stated | With the premium SSL on Enterprise Pro++ annual terms, except Johannesburg |
Company facts
| Liquid Web | AccuWeb Hosting | |
|---|---|---|
| Control panel | Liquid Web's own platform for WordPress plans; cPanel, InterWorx or Plesk on VPS | cPanel |
| Data centers | 4 | 8 (better) |
| Support channels | chat, phone, ticket, knowledge-base | chat, ticket, phone, knowledge-base |
| Founded | 1997 | 2003 |