ScalaHosting vs Pressable
ScalaHosting and Pressable compared on measured uptime, response time, pricing and features from our own tests. ScalaHosting scores higher overall.
By Jennifer T. · Updated
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Verdict
ScalaHostingWins overall
Dallas and Sofia host with its own SPanel, an anytime prorated refund and a credit table that reaches 100 percent
Automattic's managed WordPress host: dedicated PHP workers, four origins, failover, a 100 percent SLA, from $25 a month
ScalaHosting wins 3 of the six sub-scores and comes out ahead overall (8.1 vs 7.7).
How do the scores compare?
ScalaHosting leads on 3 sub-scores, Pressable on 2. Higher is better.
| ScalaHosting | Pressable | |
|---|---|---|
| Performance | 8.0 | 8.0 |
| Uptime | 8.5 (better) | 8.0 |
| Support | 8.5 (better) | 8.0 |
| Features | 8.0 | 8.2 (better) |
| Value | 7.5 (better) | 6.0 |
| Ease of use | 7.5 | 8.0 (better) |
Which one is faster and more reliable?
| ScalaHosting | Pressable | |
|---|---|---|
| Overall score | 8.1 (better) | 7.7 |
| Uptime (published)Kripesh Adwani 365 d vs Hostingstep 243 d; methods differ | 99.99% | 100.00% (better) |
| Response time (published)WPBeginner vs Hostingstep; methods differ | 526 ms | 320 ms (better) |
Which one costs less?
On renewal, ScalaHosting is cheaper ($11.95/mo vs $20.83/mo). Intro prices need the listed term.
| ScalaHosting | Pressable | |
|---|---|---|
| Cheapest plan | Mini | Signature 1 |
| Intro price | $2.95/mo (better) | $20.83/mo |
| Renewal price | $11.95/mo (better) | $20.83/mo |
| Required term | 36 months | 12 months (better) |
| Websites | 1 | 1 |
| Storage | 10 GB | 20 GB |
| Money back | 30 days, then prorated at any time (better) | 30 days |
What does each include?
| ScalaHosting | Pressable | |
|---|---|---|
| Free domain | Start, Advanced and Entry Cloud; not on Mini | No |
| Free SSL | Yes | Included; a Jetpack Security licence comes with every plan |
| Automated backups | Daily, 7 restore points kept for the last 7 days | Not stated |
| Free migration | Website and email migration | Unlimited site migrations on every plan |
| Control panel | SPanel (free, with SShield security and spam protection) or cPanel | Not stated |
| CDN | CDN integration | Not stated |
| WP-CLI and SSH | Yes | Not stated |
| Malware protection | Real-time, on every plan | Not stated |
| Staging | Not listed on the plan cards | One staging and one sandbox site per WordPress install on every Signature plan |
| Uptime guarantee | 99.9%; credits from 10% at 99.8% up to 100% below 99%, claimed through billing | 100 percent network, infrastructure and hardware SLA with a credit of 5 percent of the monthly fee per 30 minutes of downtime, up to the full month |
| Money-back guarantee | Full refund within 30 days; prorated refund of unused time at any time after that; new clients only; web, reseller and VPS hosting | Not stated |
| Choice of data center | Dallas, New York, Seattle or Sofia on ScalaHosting's own infrastructure; partner cloud and AWS regions for cloud plans | Not stated |
| Phone support | Yes | No |
| Windows hosting | No | Not stated |
| Backups | Not stated | Hourly database and daily full backups, restorable from the site dashboard, per the support policy |
| Free CDN | Not stated | Built-in edge cache and global CDN across more than 24 edge locations |
| Caching | Not stated | Edge cache, OPcache, page cache and query cache |
| Not stated | No | |
| Dedicated resources | Not stated | 5 dedicated PHP workers (5 vCPUs) per site with 512 MB each and burst capacity; no shared memory pools |
| Data center choice | Not stated | Los Angeles, Dallas, Ashburn or Amsterdam per site at creation, with an account default; a secondary server in another region takes over on failure |
| Developer tools | Not stated | SSH and WP-CLI described on the features pages, an API, an MCP server, DupliKits site templates, multisite and headless support |
| Security | Not stated | Jetpack Security, malware monitoring and threat response, Secure Hosting Alliance certification |
Company facts
| ScalaHosting | Pressable | |
|---|---|---|
| Control panel | SPanel (ScalaHosting's own) or cPanel | MyPressable Control Panel (custom), with an API and an MCP server |
| Data centers | 5 | 5 |
| Support channels | chat, ticket, phone, knowledge-base | chat, ticket, knowledge-base |
| Founded | 2007 | 2010 |