HostArmada vs Pressable
HostArmada and Pressable compared on measured uptime, response time, pricing and features from our own tests. They tie on overall score.
By Jennifer T. · Updated
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Verdict
7.7 out of 10
cPanel host since 2019 with stated cores and RAM, 7 to 21 daily backups, nine locations and a 45-day refund
7.7 out of 10
Automattic's managed WordPress host: dedicated PHP workers, four origins, failover, a 100 percent SLA, from $25 a month
Both hosts score 7.7 overall.
How do the scores compare?
HostArmada leads on 1 sub-scores, Pressable on 3. Higher is better.
| HostArmada | Pressable | |
|---|---|---|
| Performance | 8.0 | 8.0 |
| Uptime | 8.0 | 8.0 |
| Support | 7.5 | 8.0 (better) |
| Features | 8.0 | 8.2 (better) |
| Value | 7.0 (better) | 6.0 |
| Ease of use | 7.5 | 8.0 (better) |
Which one is faster and more reliable?
| HostArmada | Pressable | |
|---|---|---|
| Overall score | 7.7 | 7.7 |
| Uptime (published)Kripesh Adwani 365 d vs Hostingstep 243 d; methods differ | 99.99% | 100.00% (better) |
| Response time (published)Kripesh Adwani vs Hostingstep; methods differ | 254 ms (better) | 320 ms |
Which one costs less?
On renewal, HostArmada is cheaper ($11.95/mo vs $20.83/mo). Intro prices need the listed term.
| HostArmada | Pressable | |
|---|---|---|
| Cheapest plan | Start Dock | Signature 1 |
| Intro price | $2.15/mo (better) | $20.83/mo |
| Renewal price | $11.95/mo (better) | $20.83/mo |
| Required term | 12 months | 12 months |
| Websites | 1 | 1 |
| Storage | 15 GB | 20 GB |
| Money back | 45 days (better) | 30 days |
What does each include?
| HostArmada | Pressable | |
|---|---|---|
| Free domain | No | No |
| Free SSL | Sectigo certificates through cPanel AutoSSL for every domain | Included; a Jetpack Security licence comes with 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 | Hourly database and daily full backups, restorable from the site dashboard, per the support policy |
| Free migration | 1, 3 or 5 website transfers by plan | Unlimited site migrations on every plan |
| Free CDN | Cloudflare is supported; no bundled CDN | Built-in edge cache and global CDN across more than 24 edge locations |
| Caching | Static web server cache on Start Dock and Web Warp; static and dynamic caching with Memcached, APC and OPcache on Speed Reaper | Edge cache, OPcache, page cache and query cache |
| Staging | No | One staging and one sandbox site per WordPress install on every Signature plan |
| 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 | Los Angeles, Dallas, Ashburn or Amsterdam per site at creation, with an account default; a secondary server in another region takes over on failure |
| 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 | 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 |
| Security | Network and web application firewalls, malware scanning and removal, CloudLinux with CageFS, brute-force protection, two-factor login for the client area | Jetpack Security, malware monitoring and threat response, Secure Hosting Alliance certification |
| Phone support | 24/7, a US number, with chat and tickets | No |
| Website builder | A third-party drag-and-drop builder inside cPanel | Not stated |
| Windows hosting | No | Not stated |
| Not stated | No | |
| Dedicated resources | Not stated | 5 dedicated PHP workers (5 vCPUs) per site with 512 MB each and burst capacity; no shared memory pools |
| Developer tools | Not stated | SSH and WP-CLI described on the features pages, an API, an MCP server, DupliKits site templates, multisite and headless support |
Company facts
| HostArmada | Pressable | |
|---|---|---|
| Control panel | cPanel with Softaculous, plus HostArmada's own client dashboard | MyPressable Control Panel (custom), with an API and an MCP server |
| Data centers | 9 (better) | 5 |
| Support channels | chat, ticket, phone, email, knowledge-base | chat, ticket, knowledge-base |
| Founded | 2019 | 2010 |