Verpex vs GoDaddy
Verpex and GoDaddy compared on measured uptime, response time, pricing and features from our own tests. Verpex scores higher overall.
By Jennifer T. · Updated
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Verdict
VerpexWins overall
UK cPanel host on LiteSpeed and NVMe with nine locations, daily backups and a free domain, renewing at $6 to $15
The largest registrar's cPanel hosting: three plans on a three-year term with a free domain and daily backups
Verpex wins 3 of the six sub-scores and comes out ahead overall (7.5 vs 7.2).
How do the scores compare?
Verpex leads on 3 sub-scores, GoDaddy on 1. Higher is better.
Which one is faster and more reliable?
Which one costs less?
On renewal, Verpex is cheaper ($6.00/mo vs $11.99/mo). Intro prices need the listed term.
What does each include?
| Verpex | GoDaddy | |
|---|---|---|
| Free domain | Registration or transfer of a common extension (.com, .net, .org, .uk, .in among them) on yearly and longer terms; not on monthly billing; premium names excluded | First year on every plan, marked with an asterisk whose disclaimer the page keeps collapsed |
| Free SSL | Every plan, every domain | One year on Economy; unlimited certificates for all sites on Deluxe and Ultimate, auto-renewed through AutoSSL |
| Backups | Daily, every plan, with the Backuply tool in cPanel | Automatic daily backups, with recovery of the whole account from the previous day |
| Free migration | Expert migration on every plan; the about page promises zero downtime | No |
| Free CDN | No | The page lists CDN and firewall among the included essentials without naming the provider |
| Caching | LiteSpeed Web Server with LiteSpeed Cache; HostScore also lists Redis and Memcached | No |
| Staging | No | No |
| Developer tools | WP-CLI listed; HostScore lists multiple PHP versions, Node.js, Python and Git over SSH | Not stated |
| Resource limits | CloudLinux LVE: 1 vCPU and 1 GB on Bronze, 2 vCPU and 2 GB on Silver and Gold; entry processes 30 / 30 / 35; 1,024 IOPS; 50 MB/s I/O; unlimited inodes | 250,000 inodes and 100 GB per account in the hosting agreement; no CPU or RAM figures on the plan page |
| Data center choice | Nine locations on four continents, chosen at checkout | No |
| Uptime guarantee | Plan table: 99.5% on Bronze, 99.99% on Silver and Gold; the terms promise to endeavour 99.9% and carry no credit schedule | 99.9% per month in the hosting agreement, with a credit of 5% of the monthly fee on request, usable for future purchases |
| Security | CloudLinux with CageFS, Monarx malware protection, free SSL, isolated accounts | DDoS protection and network monitoring on every plan; a site security suite is included on the cards |
| Website builder | SitePad in cPanel; a separate AI site builder product | Not stated |
| Phone support | No | 24/7 chat, phone and email through GoDaddy Guides |
| Windows hosting | No | No |
| Node.js and languages | Not stated | Node.js on every plan; the dashboard exposes CPU, memory, entry processes and I/O controls |
| Not stated | Free email is listed on every plan without a mailbox count |