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  "name": "Namecheap hosting test results",
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    "uptime": 6.5,
    "support": 6.5,
    "features": 7,
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    "easeOfUse": 7.5
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        "30 mailboxes, 30 subdomains, 50 FTP users",
        "300,000 inodes",
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      "publication": "Kripesh Adwani",
      "author": "Kripesh Adwani",
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      "title": "Kripesh Adwani, Namecheap shared hosting review",
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      "accessed": "2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z",
      "plan": "Stellar",
      "location": "United States",
      "tool": "Uptime monitor (unnamed on the page)",
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        },
        {
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      "loadTest": {
        "concurrentUsers": 50,
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        "errorRatePct": 0,
        "requests": 2521
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      "notes": "Monthly uptime table from February 2023; the worst months in the last year were July 2025 at 99.46 percent and May 2025 at 99.84 percent, and earlier months dipped to 99.42 percent (May 2024). The load test from the US was throttled to about 10 requests a second with an average response of 2,859 ms and no failed requests; the page calls it a poor result. Page load 1.51 s from the US and over 4 s from Bangalore, which mostly measures distance from the Phoenix server."
    },
    {
      "publication": "Cybernews",
      "author": "Konstantinas Kofanovas",
      "url": "https://cybernews.com/best-web-hosting/namecheap-review/",
      "title": "Cybernews, Namecheap review",
      "kind": "independent",
      "updated": "2026-05-15T00:00:00.000Z",
      "accessed": "2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z",
      "location": "United States",
      "uptime": [
        {
          "pct": 99.29,
          "windowDays": 14,
          "window": "two weeks of monitoring"
        }
      ],
      "responseMs": 229,
      "responseNote": "average response during the 50-user stress test",
      "loadTest": {
        "concurrentUsers": 50,
        "avgResponseMs": 229,
        "errorRatePct": 0
      },
      "lcpMs": 1135,
      "notes": "Reachability 94.20 percent in the same window. LCP 1,135 ms from the US, about 1.8 s from the UK and 2.7 s from India (WebPageTest). Uptime and stress tests through Grafana. Plan not stated."
    },
    {
      "publication": "HostScore",
      "url": "https://hostscore.net/review/namecheap/",
      "title": "HostScore, Namecheap review",
      "kind": "aggregate",
      "updated": "2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z",
      "accessed": "2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z",
      "uptime": [],
      "notes": "Overall HostScore 62.9 percent. Says uptime generally stays above 99.9 percent in its research without publishing intervals or figures. User submissions on the page: 166 positive, 37 negative."
    }
  ],
  "supportTests": [],
  "changelog": [
    {
      "date": "2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z",
      "change": "First version built from verified sources, read in a headless browser because the site answers plain requests with 403: the shared hosting page (three Stellar plans, the monthly, yearly and bi-yearly prices read by switching the billing tabs with the US data center selected, the tech specs table, the disclaimers), the hosting terms of service (30-day guarantee for first-time accounts, exclusions, cancellation three working days before renewal, Phoenix address), the uptime guarantee page (100 percent monthly, one day per hour of downtime, up to a month), the data centers knowledge base article (Phoenix, Amsterdam, Singapore, Farnborough) and the about page (2000, founder, 2,600 staff). Published measurements by Kripesh Adwani (365-day monthly table, Stellar in the US) and Cybernews (May 2026) are stored in thirdParty[]; HostScore is kept as an aggregate; no WPBeginner or HostingStep review with a dated figure was found. No HostIdea monitoring window is open, so the scores are provisional: uptime reflects 99.89 percent over a year against a 100 percent guarantee, performance the throttled load test against Cybernews's steadier one, support the chat-only channels and mixed public feedback, value the $5.88 renewal for three sites and the free trial.",
      "source": "https://www.namecheap.com/hosting/shared/"
    }
  ]
}