Verpex vs NameHero
Verpex and NameHero compared on measured uptime, response time, pricing and features from our own tests. Verpex scores higher overall.
By Jennifer T. · Updated
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Verdict
VerpexWins overall
UK cPanel host on LiteSpeed and NVMe with nine locations, daily backups and a free domain, renewing at $6 to $15
cPanel host since 2015 with NVMe, LiteSpeed and stated cores and RAM: cheap for three years, four times the price after
Verpex wins 2 of the six sub-scores and comes out ahead overall (7.5 vs 7.3).
How do the scores compare?
Verpex leads on 2 sub-scores, NameHero on 0. Higher is better.
Which one is faster and more reliable?
Which one costs less?
On renewal, Verpex is cheaper ($6.00/mo vs $11.64/mo). Intro prices need the listed term.
What does each include?
| Verpex | NameHero | |
|---|---|---|
| Free domain | Registration or transfer of a common extension (.com, .net, .org, .uk, .in among them) on yearly and longer terms; not on monthly billing; premium names excluded | Turbo Cloud and Business Cloud on a 24 or 36-month term; not on Starter or Plus |
| Free SSL | Every plan, every domain | Free and auto-renewing SSL on every plan |
| Backups | Daily, every plan, with the Backuply tool in cPanel | Nightly and weekly backups listed in the comparison table; HeroVault offsite backups with 30 days of retention cost $6.99 a month in the cart |
| Free migration | Expert migration on every plan; the about page promises zero downtime | Complimentary migrations by the Level III team |
| Free CDN | No | QUIC.cloud CDN listed in the comparison table |
| Caching | LiteSpeed Web Server with LiteSpeed Cache; HostScore also lists Redis and Memcached | LiteSpeed web server with LiteSpeed Cache; the Turbo tier on the two upper plans |
| Staging | No | No |
| Developer tools | WP-CLI listed; HostScore lists multiple PHP versions, Node.js, Python and Git over SSH | Not stated |
| Resource limits | CloudLinux LVE: 1 vCPU and 1 GB on Bronze, 2 vCPU and 2 GB on Silver and Gold; entry processes 30 / 30 / 35; 1,024 IOPS; 50 MB/s I/O; unlimited inodes | Not stated |
| Data center choice | Nine locations on four continents, chosen at checkout | US (Lenexa, Kansas), London and Canada on the plan cards; the comparison table lists US for every plan |
| Uptime guarantee | Plan table: 99.5% on Bronze, 99.99% on Silver and Gold; the terms promise to endeavour 99.9% and carry no credit schedule | No |
| Security | CloudLinux with CageFS, Monarx malware protection, free SSL, isolated accounts | Security Shield on every plan; HeroGuard with premium SSL, malware scanning and monitoring costs $9.99 a month in the cart |
| Website builder | SitePad in cPanel; a separate AI site builder product | Not stated |
| Phone support | No | 1-855-984-6263, 9 AM to 5 PM Central per the about page; chat and tickets around the clock |
| Windows hosting | No | Not stated |
| Not stated | Unlimited accounts; mailbox quota 1 GB on Starter, 2 GB on Plus, unlimited above; 50 or 350 emails an hour | |
| Guaranteed resources | Not stated | Cores and RAM printed per plan, 1 and 1 GB up to 4 and 4 GB, on a partitioned cloud environment |
| SSH | Not stated | Jailed SSH access listed in the comparison table |