Hosting.com vs Pressable
Hosting.com and Pressable 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
The former A2 Hosting under World Host Group: stated cores and RAM, 30-day backups, staging from Pro, phone support
7.7 out of 10
Automattic's managed WordPress host: dedicated PHP workers, four origins, failover, a 100 percent SLA, from $25 a month
Both hosts score 7.7 overall.
How do the scores compare?
Hosting.com leads on 3 sub-scores, Pressable on 2. Higher is better.
| Hosting.com | Pressable | |
|---|---|---|
| Performance | 8.5 (better) | 8.0 |
| Uptime | 8.0 | 8.0 |
| Support | 6.0 | 8.0 (better) |
| Features | 8.5 (better) | 8.2 |
| Value | 7.0 (better) | 6.0 |
| Ease of use | 7.5 | 8.0 (better) |
Which one is faster and more reliable?
| Hosting.com | Pressable | |
|---|---|---|
| Overall score | 7.7 | 7.7 |
| Uptime (published)Kripesh Adwani 365 d vs Hostingstep 243 d; methods differ | 99.99% | 100.00% (better) |
| Response time (published)HostingStep vs Hostingstep; methods differ | 500 ms | 320 ms (better) |
Which one costs less?
On renewal, Hosting.com is cheaper ($13.99/mo vs $20.83/mo). Intro prices need the listed term.
| Hosting.com | Pressable | |
|---|---|---|
| Cheapest plan | Starter | Signature 1 |
| Intro price | $1.99/mo (better) | $20.83/mo |
| Renewal price | $13.99/mo (better) | $20.83/mo |
| Required term | 48 months | 12 months (better) |
| Websites | 5 | 1 |
| Storage | 15 GB | 20 GB |
| Money back | 30 days | 30 days |
What does each include?
| Hosting.com | Pressable | |
|---|---|---|
| Free domain | First year | No |
| Free SSL | Standard on Starter and Pro; premium certificate on Max | Included; a Jetpack Security licence comes with every plan |
| Daily backups | Stored off-server, restore to any point in the last 30 days | Not stated |
| Staging | 3 sites on Starter, 20 on Pro, 200 on Max | One staging and one sandbox site per WordPress install on every Signature plan |
| Free managed migration | Yes | Not stated |
| Web application firewall and malware removal | Yes | Not stated |
| Caching and hardware | LiteSpeed caching, tuned MySQL, AMD EPYC CPUs, NVMe storage | Not stated |
| AI website builder for WordPress | Yes | Not stated |
| OpenAPI and MCP server | On every plan; Claude skills pack and Node.js from Pro | Not stated |
| Uptime guarantee | 99.9% per month; 5% of the service fee credited per hour of unscheduled downtime, up to the full month, on request | 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 |
| Service level agreement | Max plan only | Not stated |
| Phone support | +1 (734) 222-4678, 24/7/365 | 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 migration | Not stated | Unlimited site migrations on every plan |
| 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
| Hosting.com | Pressable | |
|---|---|---|
| Control panel | cPanel with the hosting.com panel on top | MyPressable Control Panel (custom), with an API and an MCP server |
| Data centers | 5 | 5 |
| Support channels | chat, ticket, phone, email, knowledge-base | chat, ticket, knowledge-base |
| Founded | 2003 | 2010 |