Liquid Web vs NameHero
Liquid Web and NameHero compared on measured uptime, response time, pricing and features from our own tests. Liquid Web scores higher overall.
By Jennifer T. · Updated
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Verdict
7.7 out of 10
Liquid WebWins overall
Lansing's managed host since 1997: WordPress plans from $9 with Cloudflare edge CDN and a 100% network SLA, no refunds
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
Liquid Web wins 3 of the six sub-scores and comes out ahead overall (7.7 vs 7.3).
How do the scores compare?
Liquid Web leads on 3 sub-scores, NameHero on 0. Higher is better.
| Liquid Web | NameHero | |
|---|---|---|
| Performance | 7.5 | 7.5 |
| Uptime | 8.0 (better) | 6.5 |
| Support | 8.0 (better) | 7.5 |
| Features | 8.5 (better) | 8.0 |
| Value | 7.0 | 7.0 |
| Ease of use | 7.5 | 7.5 |
Which one is faster and more reliable?
| Liquid Web | NameHero | |
|---|---|---|
| Overall score | 7.7 (better) | 7.3 |
| Uptime (published)HostingStep 365 d vs Kripesh Adwani 365 d; methods differ | 99.99% (better) | 99.98% |
| Response time (published)HostingStep vs Kripesh Adwani; methods differ | 496 ms | 24 ms (better) |
Which one costs less?
On renewal, Liquid Web is cheaper ($9.00/mo vs $11.64/mo). Intro prices need the listed term.
| Liquid Web | NameHero | |
|---|---|---|
| Cheapest plan | Essentials WordPress | Starter Cloud |
| Intro price | $9.00/mo | $2.91/mo (better) |
| Renewal price | $9.00/mo (better) | $11.64/mo |
| Required term | 1 months (better) | 36 months |
| Websites | 1 | 1 |
| Storage | 15 GB | 25 GB |
| Money back | 0 days | 30 days (better) |
What does each include?
| Liquid Web | NameHero | |
|---|---|---|
| Free domain | No | Turbo Cloud and Business Cloud on a 24 or 36-month term; not on Starter or Plus |
| Free SSL | Free SSL certificates on the WordPress plans | Free and auto-renewing SSL on every plan |
| Backups | Daily backups kept 7, 14 or 30 days by tier; Acronis backup storage on managed VPS | 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 | A self-serve migration tool and migration by a person on every WordPress plan | Complimentary migrations by the Level III team |
| Free CDN | Edge CDN powered by Cloudflare on every WordPress plan; CDN overage is usage-billed | QUIC.cloud CDN listed in the comparison table |
| Caching | Object Cache Pro on every WordPress plan | LiteSpeed web server with LiteSpeed Cache; the Turbo tier on the two upper plans |
| Staging | Staging sites with visual comparison on Pro and Elite; not on Essentials | No |
| Security | DDoS protection, WAF, Kadence Security Pro and daily malware scans on every plan; Patchstack virtual patching on Elite | Security Shield on every plan; HeroGuard with premium SSL, malware scanning and monitoring costs $9.99 a month in the cart |
| Resource limits | WordPress plans are sized by visitors (50,000 a month on the entry tiers), shared storage and bandwidth; managed VPS plans state vCPU, RAM, SSD and bandwidth | Not stated |
| Data center choice | Lansing, Phoenix, Ashburn and Amsterdam, selected on the purchase screen where a plan offers it | US (Lenexa, Kansas), London and Canada on the plan cards; the comparison table lists US for every plan |
| Uptime guarantee | 100% network uptime in the SLA with credits up to the monthly charge, claimed within days of an outage; the managed VPS page states 99.9% server uptime | No |
| Managed VPS | Fully managed from $72 a month for 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 80 GB SSD and 3 TB; cPanel, InterWorx or Plesk; Windows available | Not stated |
| Phone support | 24/7 by phone, chat and ticket | 1-855-984-6263, 9 AM to 5 PM Central per the about page; chat and tickets around the clock |
| Windows hosting | On VPS and dedicated servers | 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
| Liquid Web | NameHero | |
|---|---|---|
| Control panel | Liquid Web's own platform for WordPress plans; cPanel, InterWorx or Plesk on VPS | cPanel |
| Data centers | 4 (better) | 3 |
| Support channels | chat, phone, ticket, knowledge-base | chat, ticket, phone, knowledge-base |
| Founded | 1997 | 2015 |