HostArmada vs NameHero
HostArmada and NameHero compared on measured uptime, response time, pricing and features from our own tests. HostArmada scores higher overall.
By Jennifer T. · Updated
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Verdict
7.7 out of 10
HostArmadaWins overall
cPanel host since 2019 with stated cores and RAM, 7 to 21 daily backups, nine locations and a 45-day refund
7.3 out of 10
cPanel host since 2015 with NVMe, LiteSpeed and stated cores and RAM: cheap for three years, four times the price after
HostArmada wins 2 of the six sub-scores and comes out ahead overall (7.7 vs 7.3).
How do the scores compare?
HostArmada leads on 2 sub-scores, NameHero on 0. Higher is better.
| HostArmada | NameHero | |
|---|---|---|
| Performance | 8.0 (better) | 7.5 |
| Uptime | 8.0 (better) | 6.5 |
| Support | 7.5 | 7.5 |
| Features | 8.0 | 8.0 |
| Value | 7.0 | 7.0 |
| Ease of use | 7.5 | 7.5 |
Which one is faster and more reliable?
| HostArmada | NameHero | |
|---|---|---|
| Overall score | 7.7 (better) | 7.3 |
| Uptime (published)Kripesh Adwani 365 d vs Kripesh Adwani 365 d; methods differ | 99.99% (better) | 99.98% |
| Response time (published)Kripesh Adwani vs Kripesh Adwani; methods differ | 254 ms | 24 ms (better) |
Which one costs less?
On renewal, NameHero is cheaper ($11.64/mo vs $11.95/mo). Intro prices need the listed term.
| HostArmada | NameHero | |
|---|---|---|
| Cheapest plan | Start Dock | Starter Cloud |
| Intro price | $2.15/mo (better) | $2.91/mo |
| Renewal price | $11.95/mo | $11.64/mo (better) |
| Required term | 12 months (better) | 36 months |
| Websites | 1 | 1 |
| Storage | 15 GB | 25 GB |
| Money back | 45 days (better) | 30 days |
What does each include?
| HostArmada | NameHero | |
|---|---|---|
| Free domain | No | Turbo Cloud and Business Cloud on a 24 or 36-month term; not on Starter or Plus |
| Free SSL | Sectigo certificates through cPanel AutoSSL for every domain | Free and auto-renewing SSL on every plan |
| Backups | Daily offsite backups, 7, 14 or 21 kept by plan; one full account copy is promised in the SLA; restores from cPanel | Nightly and weekly backups listed in the comparison table; HeroVault offsite backups with 30 days of retention cost $6.99 a month in the cart |
| Free migration | 1, 3 or 5 website transfers by plan | Complimentary migrations by the Level III team |
| Free CDN | Cloudflare is supported; no bundled CDN | QUIC.cloud CDN listed in the comparison table |
| Caching | Static web server cache on Start Dock and Web Warp; static and dynamic caching with Memcached, APC and OPcache on Speed Reaper | LiteSpeed web server with LiteSpeed Cache; the Turbo tier on the two upper plans |
| Staging | No | No |
| SSH, Git, Node.js and Python | Every plan, with Perl, WP-CLI, Drush and Composer-style PHP frameworks listed | Not stated |
| PHP versions | 5.6 to 8.3 selectable per account | Not stated |
| Resource limits | Entry processes 20 / 30 / 50, average CPU per day 40% / 60% / 90%, I/O 5 to 6 MB/s, files 250,000 / 350,000 / 500,000 | Not stated |
| Data center choice | Nine locations on five continents, picked at checkout | US (Lenexa, Kansas), London and Canada on the plan cards; the comparison table lists US for every plan |
| Uptime guarantee | 99.9% per month with a credit of 10% of the monthly fee per hour of downtime, up to 100%, based on HostArmada's own records | No |
| Security | Network and web application firewalls, malware scanning and removal, CloudLinux with CageFS, brute-force protection, two-factor login for the client area | Security Shield on every plan; HeroGuard with premium SSL, malware scanning and monitoring costs $9.99 a month in the cart |
| Phone support | 24/7, a US number, with chat and tickets | 1-855-984-6263, 9 AM to 5 PM Central per the about page; chat and tickets around the clock |
| Website builder | A third-party drag-and-drop builder inside cPanel | Not stated |
| Windows hosting | No | Not stated |
| Not stated | Unlimited accounts; mailbox quota 1 GB on Starter, 2 GB on Plus, unlimited above; 50 or 350 emails an hour | |
| Guaranteed resources | Not stated | Cores and RAM printed per plan, 1 and 1 GB up to 4 and 4 GB, on a partitioned cloud environment |
| SSH | Not stated | Jailed SSH access listed in the comparison table |
Company facts
| HostArmada | NameHero | |
|---|---|---|
| Control panel | cPanel with Softaculous, plus HostArmada's own client dashboard | cPanel |
| Data centers | 9 (better) | 3 |
| Support channels | chat, ticket, phone, email, knowledge-base | chat, ticket, phone, knowledge-base |
| Founded | 2019 | 2015 |