Verpex vs Namecheap
Verpex and Namecheap 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
The Phoenix registrar's cPanel hosting: three sites for $5.88 at renewal, a 30-day free trial and four data centers
Verpex wins 4 of the six sub-scores and comes out ahead overall (7.5 vs 6.9).
How do the scores compare?
Verpex leads on 4 sub-scores, Namecheap on 1. Higher is better.
Which one is faster and more reliable?
Which one costs less?
On renewal, Namecheap is cheaper ($5.88/mo vs $6.00/mo). Intro prices need the listed term.
What does each include?
| Verpex | Namecheap | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | No |
| Free SSL | Every plan, every domain | 50 standard certificates for one year on every plan, installed automatically |
| Backups | Daily, every plan, with the Backuply tool in cPanel | Twice a week on Stellar (restored by ticket); Stellar Plus and Business add AutoBackup with 6 daily, 3 weekly and 5 monthly copies |
| Free migration | Expert migration on every plan; the about page promises zero downtime | cPanel-to-cPanel transfers free; manual migration case by case |
| Free CDN | No | Supersonic CDN with DDoS protection, for domains on Namecheap's hosting nameservers |
| Caching | LiteSpeed Web Server with LiteSpeed Cache; HostScore also lists Redis and Memcached | No |
| Staging | No | No |
| 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 | Phoenix, Amsterdam, Singapore or Farnborough at checkout; moving an account later is a billing request |
| 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 | 100% monthly on shared plans; one day of service added per hour of unscheduled downtime, up to one month, claimed by ticket within 10 days |
| Security | CloudLinux with CageFS, Monarx malware protection, free SSL, isolated accounts | Imunify360 (malware scanning, intrusion prevention, machine-learning firewall), KernelCare patching, account isolation, cPanel two-factor login |
| Website builder | SitePad in cPanel; a separate AI site builder product | Sitejet AI website builder and an AI assistant for WordPress on every plan |
| Phone support | No | No |
| Windows hosting | No | No |
| SSH and languages | Not stated | Jailshell SSH, PHP, Perl, Python, Node.js and Ruby scripts |
| Dedicated IP | Not stated | $4.00 a month add-on |