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Free Report: 29 WordPress Hosts, Benchmarked for 2026.

We monitor uptime and TTFB every minute on 29 WordPress hosts – that’s 525,600 data points per host, every year.

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Instantly The 2026 Benchmark Report

Full rankings of 29 WordPress hosts across 5 benchmark tests:

  • TTFB
  • Global TTFB
  • Uptime
  • Load Handling
  • WPBench
Every Month Monthly Roundup
  • TTFB shifts and uptime drops across 29 hosts
  • New data centers and infrastructure changes
  • Vetted deals, separated from the noise

29 Hosts Benchmarked Every Month

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Mohan Raj is the founder of Hostingstep.com. He reviews web hosting providers by purchasing hosting accounts with his own funds and testing them 24/7, 365 days a year. He runs 525,600 performance tests a year, covering TTFB speed, uptime, load handling, Core Web Vitals and hardware benchmarks. With that data, he writes transparent hosting reviews with publicly verifiable performance data, giving the utmost confidence for Hostingstep.com visitors to find their ideal hosting choices.