--- title: "Liquid Web vs AccuWeb Hosting: which is better in 2026?" url: "https://hostidea.com/compare/accuweb-vs-liquidweb" canonical: "https://hostidea.com/compare/accuweb-vs-liquidweb" author: "Jennifer T." generated: "2026-10-15" note: "Markdown twin generated at build time from the same content as the HTML page. The HTML page is canonical." --- # Liquid Web vs AccuWeb Hosting Liquid Web and AccuWeb Hosting compared on measured uptime, response time, pricing and features from our own tests. Liquid Web scores higher overall. By [Jennifer T.](https://hostidea.com/authors/jennifer-t) ยท Updated Oct 14, 2026 We may earn a commission when you buy through our links. Rankings come from the published methodology and sourced data, not from commissions. [Disclosure](https://hostidea.com/disclosure). ## Verdict [7.7 out of 10](https://hostidea.com/methodology#scoring) [Liquid Web](https://hostidea.com/reviews/liquidweb)Wins overall Lansing's managed host since 1997: WordPress plans from $9 with Cloudflare edge CDN and a 100% network SLA, no refunds [7.6 out of 10](https://hostidea.com/methodology#scoring) [AccuWeb Hosting](https://hostidea.com/reviews/accuweb) New Jersey host since 2003: guaranteed RAM and CPU on shared plans, eight locations, a $2.79 plan that renews at $2.79 Liquid Web wins 3 of the six sub-scores and comes out ahead overall (7.7 vs 7.6). ## How do the scores compare? Liquid Web leads on 3 sub-scores, AccuWeb Hosting on 1. Higher is better. | | [Liquid Web](https://hostidea.com/reviews/liquidweb) | [AccuWeb Hosting](https://hostidea.com/reviews/accuweb) | | --- | --- | --- | | Performance | 7.5 | 7.5 | | Uptime | 8.0 | 7.0 | | Support | 8.0 | 7.5 | | Features | 8.5 | 8.0 | | Value | 7.0 | 8.0 | | Ease of use | 7.5 | 7.5 | ## Which one is faster and more reliable? | | [Liquid Web](https://hostidea.com/reviews/liquidweb) | [AccuWeb Hosting](https://hostidea.com/reviews/accuweb) | | --- | --- | --- | | Overall score | 7.7 | 7.6 | | Uptime (published)HostingStep 365 d vs TechRadar 7 d; methods differ | 99.99% | 100.00% | | Response time (published)HostingStep vs TechRadar; methods differ | 496 ms | 285 ms | ## Which one costs less? On renewal, AccuWeb Hosting is cheaper ($2.79/mo vs $9.00/mo). Intro prices need the listed term. Prices verified Oct 14, 2026 (Liquid Web) and Oct 14, 2026 (AccuWeb Hosting). USD. | | [Liquid Web](https://hostidea.com/reviews/liquidweb) | [AccuWeb Hosting](https://hostidea.com/reviews/accuweb) | | --- | --- | --- | | Cheapest plan | Essentials WordPress | Bootstrap++ | | Intro price | $9.00/mo | $2.79/mo | | Renewal price | $9.00/mo | $2.79/mo | | Required term | 1 months | 36 months | | Websites | 1 | 100 | | Storage | 15 GB | 25 GB | | Money back | 0 days | 30 days | ## What does each include? | | [Liquid Web](https://hostidea.com/reviews/liquidweb) | [AccuWeb Hosting](https://hostidea.com/reviews/accuweb) | | --- | --- | --- | | Free domain | No | First year on an annual or longer term; the plan cards list .us, .com, .org, .co.uk, .in and .net, the comparison table .com, .net, .biz, .us and .org | | Free SSL | Free SSL certificates on the WordPress plans | Let's Encrypt on every plan; a premium SSL for the first year on Enterprise Pro++ annual terms | | Backups | Daily backups kept 7, 14 or 30 days by tier; Acronis backup storage on managed VPS | Free daily backups; any day's copy restored on request | | Free migration | A self-serve migration tool and migration by a person on every WordPress plan | Listed on every plan | | Free CDN | Edge CDN powered by Cloudflare on every WordPress plan; CDN overage is usage-billed | Premium++ and Enterprise Pro++, enabled on request for the main domain | | Caching | Object Cache Pro on every WordPress plan | LiteSpeed web server with built-in caching | | 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 | Not stated | | 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 | Eight locations in the order form: Denver, Dallas, London, Frankfurt, Johannesburg, Mumbai, Singapore, Sydney | | 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 | 99.9 percent a month in the terms, with credits of one, two or five days of service depending on the shortfall | | 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 | US and UK numbers, 24 hours Monday to Saturday per the contact page; chat and tickets around the clock | | Windows hosting | On VPS and dedicated servers | Not stated | | Email | Not stated | 150, 500 or 1,000 accounts with spam filtering; mailbox size 3, 5 or 10 GB | | Guaranteed resources | Not stated | Dedicated RAM and vCPU printed per plan (1 GB and 1 vCPU up to 2 GB and 2 vCPU) with IOPS and inode limits | | PHP versions | Not stated | PHP 8.1 to 8.4, switchable in cPanel | | Dedicated IP | Not stated | With the premium SSL on Enterprise Pro++ annual terms, except Johannesburg | ## Company facts | | [Liquid Web](https://hostidea.com/reviews/liquidweb) | [AccuWeb Hosting](https://hostidea.com/reviews/accuweb) | | --- | --- | --- | | Control panel | Liquid Web's own platform for WordPress plans; cPanel, InterWorx or Plesk on VPS | cPanel | | Data centers | 4 | 8 | | Support channels | chat, phone, ticket, knowledge-base | chat, ticket, phone, knowledge-base | | Founded | 1997 | 2003 | Visit Liquid Web (affiliate link: /go/liquidweb)Visit AccuWeb Hosting (affiliate link: /go/accuweb)