Verpex vs HostPapa
Verpex and HostPapa 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
Canadian cPanel host with phone support in 16 countries and five data centers; backups cost extra after year one
Verpex wins 3 of the six sub-scores and comes out ahead overall (7.5 vs 7.3).
How do the scores compare?
Verpex leads on 3 sub-scores, HostPapa 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 $8.99/mo). Intro prices need the listed term.
What does each include?
| Verpex | HostPapa | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 terms of one year or longer, select extensions; a non-refundable domain fee applies if you cancel in the first term |
| Free SSL | Every plan, every domain | Standard certificate |
| Backups | Daily, every plan, with the Backuply tool in cPanel | Not stated |
| Free migration | Expert migration on every plan; the about page promises zero downtime | Yes |
| Free CDN | No | Not stated |
| Caching | LiteSpeed Web Server with LiteSpeed Cache; HostScore also lists Redis and Memcached | Not stated |
| Staging | No | 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 | Not stated |
| Data center choice | Nine locations on four continents, chosen at checkout | Not stated |
| 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% measured monthly, excluding scheduled maintenance, as a reasonable-efforts commitment; no credit schedule in the terms |
| Security | CloudLinux with CageFS, Monarx malware protection, free SSL, isolated accounts | Imunify360 basic on Essentials; Protection Power plus Imunify360 on Growth and above, free for the full term |
| Website builder | SitePad in cPanel; a separate AI site builder product | Not stated |
| Phone support | No | 24/7, local numbers in 16 countries |
| Windows hosting | No | No |
| Automated backups | Not stated | 1 GB on Essentials and 5 GB on Growth free for the first year; a paid add-on afterwards |
| CDN | Not stated | Yes |
| Server resources | Not stated | Relative tiers 1x, 2x, 4x, 8x; cores, inodes and database size not published on the plan cards |
| Choice of data center | Not stated | Toronto, Buffalo, Miami, Los Angeles or Amsterdam, per the data centers page |