Liquid Web vs Verpex
Liquid Web and Verpex 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
7.5 out of 10
UK cPanel host on LiteSpeed and NVMe with nine locations, daily backups and a free domain, renewing at $6 to $15
Liquid Web wins 3 of the six sub-scores and comes out ahead overall (7.7 vs 7.5).
How do the scores compare?
Liquid Web leads on 3 sub-scores, Verpex on 1. Higher is better.
| Liquid Web | Verpex | |
|---|---|---|
| Performance | 7.5 | 7.5 |
| Uptime | 8.0 (better) | 7.0 |
| Support | 8.0 (better) | 7.5 |
| Features | 8.5 (better) | 8.0 |
| Value | 7.0 | 7.5 (better) |
| Ease of use | 7.5 | 7.5 |
Which one is faster and more reliable?
| Liquid Web | Verpex | |
|---|---|---|
| Overall score | 7.7 (better) | 7.5 |
| Uptime (published)HostingStep 365 d vs TechRadar; methods differ | 99.99% | 100.00% (better) |
| Response time (published)HostingStep vs TechRadar; methods differ | 496 ms | 49 ms (better) |
Which one costs less?
On renewal, Verpex is cheaper ($6.00/mo vs $9.00/mo). Intro prices need the listed term.
| Liquid Web | Verpex | |
|---|---|---|
| Cheapest plan | Essentials WordPress | Bronze |
| Intro price | $9.00/mo | $3.00/mo (better) |
| Renewal price | $9.00/mo | $6.00/mo (better) |
| Required term | 1 months (better) | 12 months |
| Websites | 1 | 1 |
| Storage | 15 GB | 30 GB |
| Money back | 0 days | 30 days (better) |
What does each include?
| Liquid Web | Verpex | |
|---|---|---|
| Free domain | No | 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 |
| Free SSL | Free SSL certificates on the WordPress plans | Every plan, every domain |
| Backups | Daily backups kept 7, 14 or 30 days by tier; Acronis backup storage on managed VPS | Daily, every plan, with the Backuply tool in cPanel |
| Free migration | A self-serve migration tool and migration by a person on every WordPress plan | Expert migration on every plan; the about page promises zero downtime |
| Free CDN | Edge CDN powered by Cloudflare on every WordPress plan; CDN overage is usage-billed | No |
| Caching | Object Cache Pro on every WordPress plan | LiteSpeed Web Server with LiteSpeed Cache; HostScore also lists Redis and Memcached |
| 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 | CloudLinux with CageFS, Monarx malware protection, free SSL, isolated accounts |
| 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 | 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 |
| Data center choice | Lansing, Phoenix, Ashburn and Amsterdam, selected on the purchase screen where a plan offers it | Nine locations on four continents, chosen at checkout |
| 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 | Plan table: 99.5% on Bronze, 99.99% on Silver and Gold; the terms promise to endeavour 99.9% and carry no credit schedule |
| 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 | No |
| Windows hosting | On VPS and dedicated servers | No |
| Developer tools | Not stated | WP-CLI listed; HostScore lists multiple PHP versions, Node.js, Python and Git over SSH |
| Website builder | Not stated | SitePad in cPanel; a separate AI site builder product |
Company facts
| Liquid Web | Verpex | |
|---|---|---|
| Control panel | Liquid Web's own platform for WordPress plans; cPanel, InterWorx or Plesk on VPS | cPanel with Softaculous, SitePad builder and Backuply |
| Data centers | 4 | 9 (better) |
| Support channels | chat, phone, ticket, knowledge-base | chat, ticket, email, knowledge-base |
| Founded | 1997 | 2018 |