HostArmada vs Liquid Web
HostArmada and Liquid Web compared on measured uptime, response time, pricing and features from our own tests. They tie on overall score.
By Jennifer T. · Updated
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Verdict
7.7 out of 10
cPanel host since 2019 with stated cores and RAM, 7 to 21 daily backups, nine locations and a 45-day refund
7.7 out of 10
Lansing's managed host since 1997: WordPress plans from $9 with Cloudflare edge CDN and a 100% network SLA, no refunds
Both hosts score 7.7 overall.
How do the scores compare?
HostArmada leads on 1 sub-scores, Liquid Web on 2. Higher is better.
| HostArmada | Liquid Web | |
|---|---|---|
| Performance | 8.0 (better) | 7.5 |
| Uptime | 8.0 | 8.0 |
| Support | 7.5 | 8.0 (better) |
| Features | 8.0 | 8.5 (better) |
| Value | 7.0 | 7.0 |
| Ease of use | 7.5 | 7.5 |
Which one is faster and more reliable?
| HostArmada | Liquid Web | |
|---|---|---|
| Overall score | 7.7 | 7.7 |
| Uptime (published)Kripesh Adwani 365 d vs HostingStep 365 d; methods differ | 99.99% | 99.99% |
| Response time (published)Kripesh Adwani vs HostingStep; methods differ | 254 ms (better) | 496 ms |
Which one costs less?
On renewal, Liquid Web is cheaper ($9.00/mo vs $11.95/mo). Intro prices need the listed term.
| HostArmada | Liquid Web | |
|---|---|---|
| Cheapest plan | Start Dock | Essentials WordPress |
| Intro price | $2.15/mo (better) | $9.00/mo |
| Renewal price | $11.95/mo | $9.00/mo (better) |
| Required term | 12 months | 1 months (better) |
| Websites | 1 | 1 |
| Storage | 15 GB | 15 GB |
| Money back | 45 days (better) | 0 days |
What does each include?
| HostArmada | Liquid Web | |
|---|---|---|
| Free domain | No | No |
| Free SSL | Sectigo certificates through cPanel AutoSSL for every domain | Free SSL certificates on the WordPress plans |
| Backups | Daily offsite backups, 7, 14 or 21 kept by plan; one full account copy is promised in the SLA; restores from cPanel | Daily backups kept 7, 14 or 30 days by tier; Acronis backup storage on managed VPS |
| Free migration | 1, 3 or 5 website transfers by plan | A self-serve migration tool and migration by a person on every WordPress plan |
| Free CDN | Cloudflare is supported; no bundled CDN | Edge CDN powered by Cloudflare on every WordPress plan; CDN overage is usage-billed |
| Caching | Static web server cache on Start Dock and Web Warp; static and dynamic caching with Memcached, APC and OPcache on Speed Reaper | Object Cache Pro on every WordPress plan |
| Staging | No | Staging sites with visual comparison on Pro and Elite; not on Essentials |
| SSH, Git, Node.js and Python | Every plan, with Perl, WP-CLI, Drush and Composer-style PHP frameworks listed | Not stated |
| PHP versions | 5.6 to 8.3 selectable per account | Not stated |
| Resource limits | Entry processes 20 / 30 / 50, average CPU per day 40% / 60% / 90%, I/O 5 to 6 MB/s, files 250,000 / 350,000 / 500,000 | 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 |
| Data center choice | Nine locations on five continents, picked at checkout | Lansing, Phoenix, Ashburn and Amsterdam, selected on the purchase screen where a plan offers it |
| Uptime guarantee | 99.9% per month with a credit of 10% of the monthly fee per hour of downtime, up to 100%, based on HostArmada's own records | 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 |
| Security | Network and web application firewalls, malware scanning and removal, CloudLinux with CageFS, brute-force protection, two-factor login for the client area | DDoS protection, WAF, Kadence Security Pro and daily malware scans on every plan; Patchstack virtual patching on Elite |
| Phone support | 24/7, a US number, with chat and tickets | 24/7 by phone, chat and ticket |
| Website builder | A third-party drag-and-drop builder inside cPanel | Not stated |
| Windows hosting | No | On VPS and dedicated servers |
| Managed VPS | Not stated | Fully managed from $72 a month for 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 80 GB SSD and 3 TB; cPanel, InterWorx or Plesk; Windows available |
Company facts
| HostArmada | Liquid Web | |
|---|---|---|
| Control panel | cPanel with Softaculous, plus HostArmada's own client dashboard | Liquid Web's own platform for WordPress plans; cPanel, InterWorx or Plesk on VPS |
| Data centers | 9 (better) | 4 |
| Support channels | chat, ticket, phone, email, knowledge-base | chat, phone, ticket, knowledge-base |
| Founded | 2019 | 1997 |