Liquid Web vs Pressable
Liquid Web 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
Lansing's managed host since 1997: WordPress plans from $9 with Cloudflare edge CDN and a 100% network SLA, no refunds
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?
Liquid Web leads on 2 sub-scores, Pressable on 2. Higher is better.
| Liquid Web | Pressable | |
|---|---|---|
| Performance | 7.5 | 8.0 (better) |
| Uptime | 8.0 | 8.0 |
| Support | 8.0 | 8.0 |
| 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?
| Liquid Web | Pressable | |
|---|---|---|
| Overall score | 7.7 | 7.7 |
| Uptime (published)HostingStep 365 d vs Hostingstep 243 d; methods differ | 99.99% | 100.00% (better) |
| Response time (published)HostingStep vs Hostingstep; methods differ | 496 ms | 320 ms (better) |
Which one costs less?
On renewal, Liquid Web is cheaper ($9.00/mo vs $20.83/mo). Intro prices need the listed term.
| Liquid Web | Pressable | |
|---|---|---|
| Cheapest plan | Essentials WordPress | Signature 1 |
| Intro price | $9.00/mo (better) | $20.83/mo |
| Renewal price | $9.00/mo (better) | $20.83/mo |
| Required term | 1 months (better) | 12 months |
| Websites | 1 | 1 |
| Storage | 15 GB | 20 GB |
| Money back | 0 days | 30 days (better) |
What does each include?
| Liquid Web | Pressable | |
|---|---|---|
| Free domain | No | No |
| Free SSL | Free SSL certificates on the WordPress plans | Included; a Jetpack Security licence comes with every plan |
| Backups | Daily backups kept 7, 14 or 30 days by tier; Acronis backup storage on managed VPS | Hourly database and daily full backups, restorable from the site dashboard, per the support policy |
| Free migration | A self-serve migration tool and migration by a person on every WordPress plan | Unlimited site migrations on every plan |
| Free CDN | Edge CDN powered by Cloudflare on every WordPress plan; CDN overage is usage-billed | Built-in edge cache and global CDN across more than 24 edge locations |
| Caching | Object Cache Pro on every WordPress plan | Edge cache, OPcache, page cache and query cache |
| Staging | Staging sites with visual comparison on Pro and Elite; not on Essentials | One staging and one sandbox site per WordPress install on every Signature plan |
| Security | DDoS protection, WAF, Kadence Security Pro and daily malware scans on every plan; Patchstack virtual patching on Elite | Jetpack Security, malware monitoring and threat response, Secure Hosting Alliance certification |
| 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 | Los Angeles, Dallas, Ashburn or Amsterdam per site at creation, with an account default; a secondary server in another region takes over on failure |
| 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 | 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 |
| 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 | No |
| Windows hosting | On VPS and dedicated servers | Not stated |
| 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 |
| 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 |
Company facts
| Liquid Web | Pressable | |
|---|---|---|
| Control panel | Liquid Web's own platform for WordPress plans; cPanel, InterWorx or Plesk on VPS | MyPressable Control Panel (custom), with an API and an MCP server |
| Data centers | 4 | 5 (better) |
| Support channels | chat, phone, ticket, knowledge-base | chat, ticket, knowledge-base |
| Founded | 1997 | 2010 |