Liquid Web vs FastComet
Liquid Web and FastComet 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
cPanel hosting on LiteSpeed with 30 daily offsite backups and 12 locations; small disks, now part of World Host Group
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, FastComet on 1. Higher is better.
| Liquid Web | FastComet | |
|---|---|---|
| Performance | 7.5 | 7.5 |
| Uptime | 8.0 (better) | 7.0 |
| Support | 8.0 (better) | 7.0 |
| Features | 8.5 (better) | 8.0 |
| Value | 7.0 | 8.0 (better) |
| Ease of use | 7.5 | 7.5 |
Which one is faster and more reliable?
| Liquid Web | FastComet | |
|---|---|---|
| Overall score | 7.7 (better) | 7.5 |
| Uptime (published)HostingStep 365 d vs Kripesh Adwani 365 d; methods differ | 99.99% (better) | 99.80% |
| Response time (published)HostingStep vs HostingStep; methods differ | 496 ms | 496 ms |
Which one costs less?
On renewal, Liquid Web is cheaper ($9.00/mo vs $9.95/mo). Intro prices need the listed term.
| Liquid Web | FastComet | |
|---|---|---|
| Cheapest plan | Essentials WordPress | Starter |
| Intro price | $9.00/mo | $1.99/mo (better) |
| Renewal price | $9.00/mo (better) | $9.95/mo |
| Required term | 1 months (better) | 12 months |
| Websites | 1 | 1 |
| Storage | 15 GB | 10 GB |
| Money back | 0 days | 30 days (better) |
What does each include?
| Liquid Web | FastComet | |
|---|---|---|
| Free domain | No | No |
| Free SSL | Free SSL certificates on the WordPress plans | Yes |
| Backups | Daily backups kept 7, 14 or 30 days by tier; Acronis backup storage on managed VPS | Not stated |
| Free migration | A self-serve migration tool and migration by a person on every WordPress plan | Website and server migrations by staff |
| Free CDN | Edge CDN powered by Cloudflare on every WordPress plan; CDN overage is usage-billed | Not stated |
| Caching | Object Cache Pro on every WordPress plan | Not stated |
| Staging | Staging sites with visual comparison on Pro and Elite; not on Essentials | Not stated |
| 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 | Not stated |
| 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% website availability excluding maintenance; 10% of the monthly fee credited per hour of downtime, up to 100% |
| 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 | 24/7, +1 855 818 9717 |
| Windows hosting | On VPS and dedicated servers | No |
| Daily offsite backups | Not stated | Up to 30 daily backups in a separate data center, unlimited full or incremental restores from the web interface |
| Web server | Not stated | LiteSpeed Enterprise with the LiteSpeed Cache plugin for WordPress, AMD EPYC CPUs, NVMe storage |
| Malware scanner | Not stated | Yes |
| Node.js and SSH | Not stated | Yes |
| Choice of data center | Not stated | Six locations at shared checkout (Dallas, Frankfurt, London, Singapore, Sydney, Mumbai); 12 locations across all products |
| Resource policy | Not stated | No constant utilisation of 80% of plan resources for an hour; 400 emails per hour; 10 simultaneous IMAP/POP3 connections; slow queries under 1% a day |
Company facts
| Liquid Web | FastComet | |
|---|---|---|
| Control panel | Liquid Web's own platform for WordPress plans; cPanel, InterWorx or Plesk on VPS | cPanel |
| Data centers | 4 | 12 (better) |
| Support channels | chat, phone, ticket, knowledge-base | chat, ticket, phone, knowledge-base |
| Founded | 1997 | 2013 |