Nexcess Review 2024

Nexcess Pricing

The Nexcess plan starts at $19 per month. It is differentiated based on storage, sites allowed, and Bandwidth.

• Spark: $19 per month, 1 Site, 15 GB Storage, 2 TB Bandwidth
• Maker: $79 per month, 5 sites, 40 GB Storage, 3 TB Bandwidth
• Designer: $109 per month, 10 sites, 60 GB Storage, 4 TB Bandwidth
• Builder: $149 per month, 25 sites, 100 GB Storage, 5 TB Bandwidth
• Producer: $299 per month, 50 sites, 300 GB Storage, 5 TB Bandwidth
• Executive: $549 per month, 100 sites, 500 GB Storage, 10 TB Bandwidth
• Enterprise: $999 per month, 250 sites, 800 GB Storage, 10 TB Bandwidth

There are also four months of free hosting if you pay annually. In the review section, I’ve mentioned it suits the best agencies, which you can confirm from the above pricing.

Nexcess Performance Test

Server Response Time

The Nexcess site recorded an average response time of 439 ms in the last 365 days.

Last 12 months average speed of Nexcess hosting:

• September 2024 average TTFB: 433 ms
• August 2024 average TTFB: 436 ms
• July 2024 average TTFB: 450 ms
• June 2024 average TTFB: 463 ms
• May 2024 average TTFB: 435 ms
• April 2024 average TTFB: 436 ms
• March 2024 average TTFB: 436 ms
• February 2024 average TTFB: 445 ms
• January 2024 average TTFB: 436 ms
• December 2023 average TTFB: 435 ms
• November 2023 average TTFB: 433 ms

Uptime

The Nexcess site recorded 99.98% uptime. Their uptime is reliable, with only nine outages in the last 12 months.

Last 12 months average uptime of Nexcess hosting:

• September 2024 average uptime: 99.99%
• August 2024 average uptime: 100%
• July 2024 average uptime: 99.99%
• June 2024 average uptime: 100%
• May 2024 average uptime: 100%
• April 2024 average uptime: 99.99%
• March 2024 average uptime: 100%
• February 2024 average uptime: 100%
• January 2024 average uptime: 100%
• December 2023 average uptime: 100%
• November 2023 average uptime: 100%

Load Testing

Nexcess recorded an average response time of 296 ms while handling 500 concurrent visitors. The scores are impressive, considering the affordable pricing and free auto-scaling architecture with Nexcess.

Core Web Vitals

With Core Web Vitals getting into the ranking factor, we can’t simply ignore it. This basic test will measure the metrics like the Largest Contentful Paint and Cumulative Layout shift.

Global TTFB

The Nexcess hosting global TTFB is 793 ms. The score is obtained by testing the site from 40 global locations.

Nexcess Features

Free Auto Scaling

The only host that offers free auto-scaling is Nexcess. Nexcess automatically scales your site for 24 hours a month whenever your site requires more power. Those 24 hours can happen anytime and don’t need to be continuous. You can have 8 hours of auto-scaling in the first week, 10 hours in the next week, or any other possible combinations. Nexcess claims that 24 hours of free scaling is enough for most sites.

Powerful CDN

With Nexcess, you don’t need to pay for CDN. They’ve developed their global CDN with 22 Edge locations across the globe. The major highlight is the 250 GB Bandwidth per month.

Automatic Updates

This feature is not a traditional automatic WordPress core and plugin update. Through the visual comparison feature, Nexcess will take screenshots before and after updating the plugin. If the visual seems broken after the update, Nexcess will revert the update. If there are no issues with the visual, the update will be passed to the production site.

How good is this feature not found on other hosts, and how much time can one save with this incredible feature? With Nexcess, it’s nearly a set-and-forget regarding automatic updates.

No Traffic limits

Nexcess limits your plan based on bandwidth, not Traffic. This is an excellent advantage, as you won’t get shocking bills at the end of the month. WP Engine limits 25,000 visits on its $30 per month plan, while Nexcess, $19 per month, can handle five times more Traffic.

Control Panel

Nexcess has its own control panel that is faster and easier to use. It’s super fun working on this panel, as I see some unique features, such as visual comparisons and stencils.

Right after the login, the Home tab gives you complete information like invoices, support tickets, announcements, etc. Under the Plans option, you can use site-related features like

• Enabling auto-scaling, CDN, and SSL
• Create staging sites
• Access logs and domain options
• Managing backups and restores
• Email hosting access, etc.

The other panel options are SSL, Support, Billing, and DNS, which do their respective jobs.

Backups

Nexcess provides automatic backups and stores copies of the last 30 days for free. You can also manually create backups when needed. Restoring is accessible and available with a single click.

Email Hosting

If you need an email and a host, you’ll love this feature of Nexcess. You can create unlimited emails for any number of your sites. You can either use Local mail delivery or access Webmail to check your emails.

Staging sites

Staging sites have the same setup as production sites. You can even enable CDN on the staging site to check its performance.

Concluding Nexcess Review:

Though Nexcess is not as fast as its competitors, it comes with a reliable performance in speed and uptime. The pricing is ultra-affordable in the Managed WordPress hosting category as it comes with free email hosting, CDN, auto-scaling, etc, which you can’t find with its competitors. If you are an agency, Nexcess will most likely help you to save a lot of money!