Pressable vs GoDaddy
Pressable and GoDaddy compared on measured uptime, response time, pricing and features from our own tests. Pressable scores higher overall.
By Jennifer T. · Updated
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Verdict
PressableWins overall
Automattic's managed WordPress host: dedicated PHP workers, four origins, failover, a 100 percent SLA, from $25 a month
The largest registrar's cPanel hosting: three plans on a three-year term with a free domain and daily backups
Pressable wins 4 of the six sub-scores and comes out ahead overall (7.7 vs 7.2).
How do the scores compare?
Pressable leads on 4 sub-scores, GoDaddy on 0. Higher is better.
Which one is faster and more reliable?
Which one costs less?
On renewal, GoDaddy is cheaper ($11.99/mo vs $20.83/mo). Intro prices need the listed term.
What does each include?
| Pressable | GoDaddy | |
|---|---|---|
| Free domain | No | First year on every plan, marked with an asterisk whose disclaimer the page keeps collapsed |
| Free SSL | Included; a Jetpack Security licence comes with every plan | One year on Economy; unlimited certificates for all sites on Deluxe and Ultimate, auto-renewed through AutoSSL |
| Backups | Hourly database and daily full backups, restorable from the site dashboard, per the support policy | Automatic daily backups, with recovery of the whole account from the previous day |
| Free migration | Unlimited site migrations on every plan | No |
| Free CDN | Built-in edge cache and global CDN across more than 24 edge locations | The page lists CDN and firewall among the included essentials without naming the provider |
| Caching | Edge cache, OPcache, page cache and query cache | No |
| Staging | One staging and one sandbox site per WordPress install on every Signature plan | No |
| No | Free email is listed on every plan without a mailbox count | |
| Dedicated resources | 5 dedicated PHP workers (5 vCPUs) per site with 512 MB each and burst capacity; no shared memory pools | Not stated |
| Data center choice | Los Angeles, Dallas, Ashburn or Amsterdam per site at creation, with an account default; a secondary server in another region takes over on failure | No |
| Uptime guarantee | 100 percent network, infrastructure and hardware SLA with a credit of 5 percent of the monthly fee per 30 minutes of downtime, up to the full month | 99.9% per month in the hosting agreement, with a credit of 5% of the monthly fee on request, usable for future purchases |
| Developer tools | SSH and WP-CLI described on the features pages, an API, an MCP server, DupliKits site templates, multisite and headless support | Not stated |
| Security | Jetpack Security, malware monitoring and threat response, Secure Hosting Alliance certification | DDoS protection and network monitoring on every plan; a site security suite is included on the cards |
| Phone support | No | 24/7 chat, phone and email through GoDaddy Guides |
| Node.js and languages | Not stated | Node.js on every plan; the dashboard exposes CPU, memory, entry processes and I/O controls |
| Resource limits | Not stated | 250,000 inodes and 100 GB per account in the hosting agreement; no CPU or RAM figures on the plan page |
| Windows hosting | Not stated | No |