Pressable vs GreenGeeks
Pressable and GreenGeeks 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
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Pressable wins 4 of the six sub-scores and comes out ahead overall (7.7 vs 7.3).
How do the scores compare?
Pressable leads on 4 sub-scores, GreenGeeks on 1. Higher is better.
| Pressable | GreenGeeks | |
|---|---|---|
| Performance | 8.0 (better) | 7.5 |
| Uptime | 8.0 (better) | 7.0 |
| Support | 8.0 (better) | 7.5 |
| Features | 8.2 (better) | 7.5 |
| Value | 6.0 | 6.5 (better) |
| Ease of use | 8.0 | 8.0 |
Which one is faster and more reliable?
| Pressable | GreenGeeks | |
|---|---|---|
| Overall score | 7.7 (better) | 7.3 |
| Uptime (published)Hostingstep 243 d vs Kripesh Adwani 361 d; methods differ | 100.00% (better) | 99.81% |
| Response time (published)Hostingstep vs HostingStep; methods differ | 320 ms (better) | 411 ms |
Which one costs less?
On renewal, GreenGeeks is cheaper ($13.95/mo vs $20.83/mo). Intro prices need the listed term.
| Pressable | GreenGeeks | |
|---|---|---|
| Cheapest plan | Signature 1 | Lite |
| Intro price | $20.83/mo | $2.95/mo (better) |
| Renewal price | $20.83/mo | $13.95/mo (better) |
| Required term | 12 months | 12 months |
| Websites | 1 | 1 |
| Storage | 20 GB | 25 GB |
| Money back | 30 days | 30 days |
What does each include?
| Pressable | GreenGeeks | |
|---|---|---|
| Free domain | No | Registration or transfer for the first year, per the plan page FAQ |
| Free SSL | Included; a Jetpack Security licence comes with every plan | Let's Encrypt, deployed and renewed automatically |
| Backups | Hourly database and daily full backups, restorable from the site dashboard, per the support policy | No |
| Free migration | Unlimited site migrations on every plan | A courtesy transfer within 30 days of sign-up, per the terms; charged after that |
| Free CDN | Built-in edge cache and global CDN across more than 24 edge locations | Free CDN integration is listed; HostingStep says no CDN was integrated on its test account |
| Caching | Edge cache, OPcache, page cache and query cache | LiteSpeed web server with LiteSpeed caching and HTTP/3 |
| Staging | One staging and one sandbox site per WordPress install on every Signature plan | No |
| No | Not stated | |
| 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 | Chicago, Montreal, Amsterdam or Singapore |
| 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% in the terms, limited to GreenGeeks' servers and primary connection, with no credit schedule |
| 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 | Advanced security suite and free hacked-site cleanup with restrictions, per the plan page |
| Phone support | No | 24/7 by phone, chat and ticket |
| SSH and SFTP | Not stated | Free on every plan, with the latest PHP and MySQL |
| Resource limits | Not stated | No |
| Green hosting | Not stated | Energy use matched three times over with renewable energy credits through the Bonneville Environmental Foundation; EPA Green Power Partner since 2009 |
| Windows hosting | Not stated | No |
Company facts
| Pressable | GreenGeeks | |
|---|---|---|
| Control panel | MyPressable Control Panel (custom), with an API and an MCP server | cPanel |
| Data centers | 5 (better) | 4 |
| Support channels | chat, ticket, knowledge-base | chat, phone, ticket, knowledge-base |
| Founded | 2010 | 2008 |