Verpex vs HostGator
Verpex and HostGator 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
Newfold's Texas-born cPanel host: four shared tiers on a 36-month term with a free domain, Cloudflare CDN and staging
Verpex wins 3 of the six sub-scores and comes out ahead overall (7.5 vs 7.4).
How do the scores compare?
Verpex leads on 3 sub-scores, HostGator on 2. Higher is better.
Which one is faster and more reliable?
Which one costs less?
On renewal, Verpex is cheaper ($6.00/mo vs $10.99/mo). Intro prices need the listed term.
What does each include?
| Verpex | HostGator | |
|---|---|---|
| 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; $22.99 is deducted from a refund if you cancel within the year |
| Free SSL | Every plan, every domain | Let's Encrypt, auto-renewed |
| Backups | Daily, every plan, with the Backuply tool in cPanel | Weekly courtesy backups, restorable with one click; the terms call them a courtesy, so keep your own |
| Free migration | Expert migration on every plan; the about page promises zero downtime | A free site migration tool is listed on the plan cards; the comparison table on the same page says paid migration is available |
| Free CDN | No | Cloudflare with Argo routing on every plan |
| Caching | LiteSpeed Web Server with LiteSpeed Cache; HostScore also lists Redis and Memcached | Static content caching and object caching on every plan; the feature list names an NGINX caching layer |
| Staging | No | WordPress staging site on every plan |
| 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 | No |
| 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 | The plan page says 99 percent; the terms we read contain no uptime clause or credit schedule |
| Security | CloudLinux with CageFS, Monarx malware protection, free SSL, isolated accounts | Malware scanning, AI-powered detection and removal from Baby up, web application firewall, DDoS protection, DDoS scrub center |
| Website builder | SitePad in cPanel; a separate AI site builder product | Not stated |
| Phone support | No | Baby, Business and Pro; Hatchling is chat only |
| Windows hosting | No | No |
| SSH and languages | Not stated | SSH, WP-CLI, cron, PHP 8.2, Ruby on Rails, Perl, Python, unlimited MySQL and SFTP users |
| Not stated | Unlimited POP3 and IMAP mailboxes with SpamAssassin; Pro Email is a paid product after a free trial |