WordPress Hosting Benchmarks 2026: 24/7, 365 Days Tested

We are back with our WordPress Hosting Benchmarks for 2026.

Our benchmarks are built on 365 days of continuous monitoring data collected from January 1 to December 31, 2025.

What sets us apart is that we purchase our own hosting accounts with popular providers, set up identical sites, and monitor their performance 24/7, 365 days a year. Thus, we bring the most valuable data, which is not available anywhere else on the internet.

This report analyzes “2025 full-year performance data”. If you are looking for 2026 performance updates, check our Best WordPress hosting roundup, which we update every quarter as new data comes in.

What’s New in the 2026 Benchmarks:

Test Setup

Benchmark Test 1 — TTFB (Time to First Byte)

We use the Pingdom synthetic monitoring tool, configured to ping each test site at 60-second intervals from 19 geographically distributed locations across North America. The TTFB scores from all locations are averaged to produce the final score. In total 43,800 individual tests are done per month, and 525,600 tests per year, per provider.

Full-Year TTFB Results (17 Hosts, 365 Days)

Average TTFB — Full Year 2025

365 days of continuous monitoring · 525,600 tests per provider · Lower is better

WP Engine

365ms

Rocket.net

373ms

Templ

386ms

WPX Hosting

411ms

GreenGeeks

422ms

Cloudways

449ms

Kinsta

459ms

Hosting.com

470ms

NameHero

476ms

Hostinger

483ms

Liquid Web

497ms

FastComet

521ms

ChemiCloud

528ms

Bluehost

532ms

HostGator

580ms

SiteGround

632ms

DreamPress

663ms

0ms200ms400ms600ms

Elite (<400ms)

Strong (400–500ms)

Average (500–600ms)

Below Avg (600–700ms)

Poor (>700ms)

#	Hosting	Average TTFB	Min	Max	Range
1	WP Engine	365ms	259ms	503ms	244ms
2	Rocket.net	373ms	270ms	909ms	639ms
3	Templ	386ms	282ms	948ms	666ms
4	WPX Hosting	411ms	282ms	872ms	590ms
5	GreenGeeks	422ms	340ms	648ms	308ms
6	Cloudways	449ms	352ms	666ms	314ms
7	Kinsta	459ms	371ms	938ms	567ms
8	Hosting.com	470ms	362ms	981ms	619ms
9	NameHero	476ms	393ms	659ms	266ms
10	Hostinger	483ms	367ms	799ms	432ms
11	Liquid Web	497ms	366ms	703ms	337ms
12	FastComet	521ms	390ms	1,001ms	611ms
13	ChemiCloud	528ms	370ms	2,043ms	1,673ms
14	Bluehost	532ms	396ms	855ms	459ms
15	HostGator	580ms	453ms	1,763ms	1,310ms
16	SiteGround	632ms	502ms	2,121ms	1,619ms
17	DreamPress	663ms	454ms	1,297ms	843ms

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WP Engine takes the #1 in TTFB performance for the first time in 5 years. It has recorded an average response time of 365ms. Rocket.net drops to #2 with 373ms response time. It had held the top spot for 4 consecutive years from 2020 to 2024. The score is still elite but the competitors are closing the gap. Templ hosting holds steady at #3 with 386ms.

The TTFB gap between the fastest and the slowest host is 298ms. This indicates that hosting choice alone accounts for nearly a 2x difference in initial server response time.

WP Engine (365ms), Rocket.net (373ms), Templ (386ms)

WPX Hosting (411ms), GreenGeeks (422ms), Cloudways (449ms), Kinsta (459ms), Hosting.com (formerly A2 Hosting) (470ms), NameHero (476ms), Hostinger (483ms), Liquid Web (497ms).

GreenGeeks at 422ms leads the shared hosting providers, performing better than many premium managed WordPress hosts. Liquid Web breaks into the strong tier for the first time with a 497ms average.

FastComet (521ms), ChemiCloud (528ms), Bluehost (532ms), HostGator (580ms), SiteGround (632ms), DreamPress (663ms)

DreamPress at 663ms is the slowest among all. The score was obtained after we enabled their CDN, which was added to their infrastructure stack in 2025. SiteGround at 632ms and HostGator at 580ms round out the bottom three. FastComet (521ms), ChemiCloud (528ms), and Bluehost (532ms) record in the low-500s range, below average but not dramatically slower.

TTFB Screenshots — Full Year (365 Days) (17 hosts)

WP Engine

Rocket.net

Templ

WPX

GreenGeeks

Cloudways

Kinsta

Hosting.com

NameHero

Hostinger

Liquid Web

FastComet

ChemiCloud

Bluehost

HostGator

SiteGround

DreamPress

Q4 2025 TTFB: New Providers

In Mid-2025, we started testing a new set of 13 additional providers. The below table shows their Q4 2025 (October – December) TTFB data for even comparison among the new entrants.

Q4 2025 TTFB — New Providers

October–December 2025 monitoring data · Lower is better

Pressable

341ms

WordPress.com

357ms

GoDaddy Managed WP

361ms

HostArmada

454ms

NameCheap

462ms

Interserver

462ms

ScalaHosting

465ms

Hostinger Business

478ms

EasyWP

490ms

DreamHost (Shared)

495ms

InMotionHosting

537ms

Ionos

545ms

GoDaddy (Shared)

751ms

0ms200ms400ms600ms800ms

#	Hosting	Q4 2025 TTFB
1	Pressable	341ms
2	WordPress.com	357ms
3	GoDaddy Managed WP	361ms
4	HostArmada	454ms
5	NameCheap	462ms
6	Interserver	462ms
7	ScalaHosting	465ms
8	Hostinger Business	478ms
9	EasyWP	490ms
10	DreamHost (Shared)	495ms
11	InMotionHosting	537ms
12	Ionos	545ms
13	GoDaddy (Shared)	751ms

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Pressable (341ms), WordPress.com (357ms), and GoDaddy Managed WordPress (361ms) record elite-grade TTFB and are strong contenders to WP Engine and Rocket.net to secure top spots in our next year’s benchmarks with 2026 365-days of data.

HostArmada, NameCheap, Interserver, ScalaHosting, Hostinger, EasyWP, and DreamHost record in the 450–500ms range. InMotionHosting (537ms) and Ionos (545ms) sit in the below-average range.

On downsides, GoDaddy’s split personality is striking where their Managed WordPress (361ms) is 2x faster than their shared hosting (751ms), two completely different infrastructure stacks.

The full 365-days TTFB benchmarks for these companies will be included in 2027 benchmarks report.

TTFB Screenshots — Q4 2025 Hosts (13 hosts)

Pressable

WordPress.com

GoDaddy Managed WP

HostArmada

NameCheap

InterServer

ScalaHosting

Hostinger Business

EasyWP

DreamHost

InMotion Hosting

Ionos

GoDaddy

Benchmark Test 2 — Uptime

The uptime monitoring is measured through the same Pingdom tool with the test sites are pinged from 19 North American regions with a 30-second timeout threshold. If the site is unresponsive past the threshold, downtime is recorded.

Full-Year Uptime Results (17 Hosts, 365 Days)

Uptime — Full Year 2025

365 days of monitoring · 19 North American locations · 30-second timeout

Templ

99.9996%2 min · 1 outage

Cloudways

99.9977%12 min · 8 outages

WPX Hosting

99.9969%16 min · 9 outages

WP Engine

99.9952%25 min · 1 outage

Rocket.net

99.9943%30 min · 2 outages

Hostinger

99.9937%33 min · 11 outages

Liquid Web

99.9880%1h 3m · 5 outages

Bluehost

99.9744%2h 14m · 14 outages

GreenGeeks

99.9737%2h 18m · 21 outages

Kinsta

99.9714%2h 29m · 5 outages

SiteGround

99.9629%3h 13m · 44 outages

DreamPress

99.9557%3h 53m · 16 outages

Hosting.com

99.9425%5h 1m · 49 outages

NameHero

99.9385%5h 22m · 51 outages

FastComet

99.9233%6h 43m · 39 outages

HostGator

99.9104%7h 50m · 19 outages

ChemiCloud

99.7559%21h 22m · 67 outages

Elite (99.99%+)

Acceptable (99.97–99.98%)

Below Avg (99.95–99.96%)

Poor (<99.90%)

#	Hosting	Uptime	Downtime	Total Outages
1	Templ	99.9996%	2 min	1
2	Cloudways	99.9977%	12 min	8
3	WPX Hosting	99.9969%	16 min	9
4	WP Engine	99.9952%	25 min	1
5	Rocket.net	99.9943%	30 min	2
6	Hostinger	99.9937%	33 min	11
7	Liquid Web	99.9880%	1h 3m	5
8	Bluehost	99.9744%	2h 14m	14
9	GreenGeeks	99.9737%	2h 18m	21
10	Kinsta	99.9714%	2h 29m	5
11	SiteGround	99.9629%	3h 13m	44
12	DreamPress	99.9557%	3h 53m	16
13	Hosting.com	99.9425%	5h 1m	49
14	NameHero	99.9385%	5h 22m	51
15	FastComet	99.9233%	6h 43m	39
16	HostGator	99.9104%	7h 50m	19
17	ChemiCloud	99.7559%	21h 22m	67

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Zero hosts achieved 100% uptime in 2025. Templ hosting came closest at 99.9996% with just 2 minutes of total downtime and a single outage.

The raw uptime percentage hides the significant differences among the hosts. For example, 6 hosts record at 99.99%+ uptime, but the actual downtime ranges from 2 minutes (Templ) to 33 minutes (Hostinger). On paper, they might look identical, but in practice, the reliability gap is much bigger.

Templ (99.9996%, 2 min, 1 outage), Cloudways (99.9977%, 12 min, 8 outages), WPX Hosting (99.9969%, 16 min, 9 outages), WP Engine (99.9952%, 25 min, 1 outage), Rocket.net (99.9943%, 30 min, 2 outages), Hostinger (99.9937%, 33 min, 11 outages).

Out of these outages, WP Engine is the only host where the downtime was a scheduled maintenance window during their infrastructure upgrade. If we leave the single outage that lasted for 25 minutes, WP Engine could have achieved 100% uptime in 2025.

Liquid Web (99.9880%, 63 min, 5 outages), Bluehost (99.9744%, 134 min, 14 outages), GreenGeeks (99.9737%, 138 min, 21 outages), Kinsta (99.9714%, 149 min, 5 outages)

Kinsta’s uptime is hugely affected by the Cloudflare outages in 2025 which is a part of their infrastructure stack. It recorded just 5 outages but downtimes recorded are 149 minutes. Historically, they’ve secured 100% uptime in 2023 and 2024 and 99.999% uptime in 2021 and 2022.

SiteGround (99.9629%, 193 min, 44 outages), DreamPress (99.9557%, 233 min, 16 outages), Hosting.com (99.9425%, 301 min, 49 outages), NameHero (99.9385%, 322 min, 51 outages), FastComet (99.9233%, 403 min, 39 outages), HostGator (99.9104%, 470 min, 19 outages)

HostGator’s worst uptime hit is 79.38%, which is approximately 5 hours of downtime. FastComet’s worst uptime reached 82.29%. DreamPress recorded an outage of 91.74% roughly 2 hours of downtime in a single day.

ChemiCloud recorded an uptime of 99.7559% which is below their 99.99% SLA guarantee. The 67 outages with 1281 minutes of downtimes is the worst reports in our pool. The worst single day outage at 57.73% means the site has been down for nearly 10 hours.

Uptime Screenshots — Full Year (365 Days) (17 hosts)

Templ

Cloudways

WPX

WP Engine

Rocket.net

Hostinger

Liquid Web

Bluehost

GreenGeeks

Kinsta

SiteGround

DreamPress

Hosting.com

NameHero

FastComet

HostGator

ChemiCloud

Q4 2025 Uptime: New Hosting Providers

In this section, let’s discuss the Q4 2025 uptime data for the newly added 13 hosting providers.

Q4 2025 Uptime — New Providers

October–December 2025 monitoring data

Pressable

100.00%

WordPress.com

100.00%

EasyWP

100.00%

InMotionHosting

99.99%

Interserver

99.99%

Ionos

99.99%

GoDaddy (Shared)

99.99%

GoDaddy Managed WP

99.98%

Hostinger Business

99.98%

NameCheap

99.98%

ScalaHosting

99.97%

HostArmada

99.97%

DreamHost (Shared)

99.96%

Elite (99.99%+)

Acceptable (99.97–99.98%)

Below Avg (99.95–99.96%)

#	Hosting	Q4 2025 Uptime
1	Pressable	100.00%
2	WordPress.com	100.00%
3	EasyWP	100.00%
4	InMotionHosting	99.99%
5	Interserver	99.99%
6	Ionos	99.99%
7	GoDaddy (Shared)	99.99%
8	GoDaddy Managed WP	99.98%
9	Hostinger Business	99.98%
10	NameCheap	99.98%
11	ScalaHosting	99.97%
12	HostArmada	99.97%
13	DreamHost (Shared)	99.96%

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Pressable, WordPress.com, and EasyWP recorded 100% uptime in Q4 2025. Pressable and WordPress.com guarantee 100% and 99.999% uptime SLAs respectively. It will be interesting to see their progress in Q1 2026. EasyWP is a surprise find where their uptime average used to stay at 99.96% in 2022-23.

InMotionHosting, Interserver, Ionos, and GoDaddy Shared scored 99.99% uptime. GoDaddy Managed WordPress, Hostinger Business, and NameCheap sit at 99.98%.

ScalaHosting and HostArmada at 99.97%, and DreamHost Shared at 99.96%, fill the last three spots. Their uptime is still good and within their SLAs.

Q4 2025 is a single quarter and it cannot capture full seasonal variations. The 365-day uptime data for these hosts will be discussed in the 2027 report.

Uptime Screenshots — Q4 2025 Hosts (13 hosts)

Pressable

WordPress.com

EasyWP

InMotion Hosting

InterServer

Ionos

GoDaddy

GoDaddy Managed WP

Hostinger Business

NameCheap

ScalaHosting

HostArmada

DreamHost

Benchmark Test 3 — Load Testing

The load test measures how each host handles sustained concurrent traffic. We use the Loader.io tool to send 100 simultaneous visitors to the test site and the average response time is measured. This is a point-in-time test conducted under identical conditions for all 30 providers.

Results

Load Test — 100 Concurrent Visitors

Loader.io · 1 minute sustained load · Lower is better · Passed hosts only

Pressable

12ms

WordPress.com

16ms

GreenGeeks

26ms

WP Engine

27ms

Hostinger Business

31ms

InMotionHosting

31ms

HostArmada

32ms

GoDaddy Managed WP

35ms

Kinsta

40ms

Hosting.com

43ms

ScalaHosting

48ms

Templ

58ms

Liquid Web

60ms

FastComet

78ms

Interserver

80ms

DreamHost (Shared)

147ms

NameCheap

150ms

SiteGround

170ms

HostGator

213ms

DreamPress

221ms

Hostinger

245ms

Cloudways

282ms

0ms100ms200ms300ms

Elite (<40ms)

Strong (40–80ms)

Average (100–300ms)

#	Hosting	Avg Response Time	Error Rate
1	Pressable	12ms	0%
2	WordPress.com	16ms	0%
3	GreenGeeks	26ms	0%
4	WP Engine	27ms	0%
5	Hostinger Business	31ms	0%
6	InMotionHosting	31ms	0%
7	HostArmada	32ms	0%
8	GoDaddy Managed WP	35ms	0%
9	Kinsta	40ms	0%
10	Hosting.com	43ms	0%
11	ScalaHosting	48ms	0%
12	Templ	58ms	0%
13	Liquid Web	60ms	0%
14	FastComet	78ms	0%
15	Interserver	80ms	0%
16	DreamHost (Shared)	147ms	0%
17	NameCheap	150ms	0%
18	SiteGround	170ms	0%
19	HostGator	213ms	2.0%
20	DreamPress	221ms	0.1%
21	Hostinger	245ms	0%
22	Cloudways	282ms	2%
23	ChemiCloud	1,068ms	4.2%
24	Bluehost	Failed	79% errors
25	Rocket.net	Failed	100% errors
26	NameHero	Failed	56% errors
27	WPX Hosting	Failed	51.6% errors
28	Ionos	Failed	65.4% errors
29	EasyWP	Failed	56.8% errors
30	GoDaddy (Shared)	Failed	68.8% errors

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Pressable (12ms), WordPress.com (16ms), GreenGeeks (26ms), WP Engine (27ms), Hostinger Business (31ms), InMotionHosting (31ms), HostArmada (32ms), GoDaddy Managed WP (35ms) and Kinsta (40ms)

Pressable and WordPress.com record the fastest load response times among any hosts we have tested in the last 5 years. GreenGeeks is consistent year over year with a response time of 26ms, the fastest shared hosting in our test.

Among the new hosting providers, InMotionHosting (31ms), HostArmada (32ms), and GoDaddy Managed WP (35ms) all delivered strong load handling with zero errors.

Hosting.com (43ms), ScalaHosting (48ms), Templ (58ms), Liquid Web (60ms), FastComet (78ms), Interserver (80ms).

DreamHost Shared (147ms), NameCheap (150ms), SiteGround (170ms), HostGator (213ms, 2.0% error rate), DreamPress (221ms), Hostinger (245ms), Cloudways (282ms, 2% errors).

Cloudways at 282ms shows a drop in performance compared to previous years. Hostinger Premium recorded 245ms while Hostinger Business recorded 31ms, demonstrating the impact of the CDN included with the Business plan while the Premium plan is tested without CDN.

ChemiCloud (1,068ms, 4.2% errors)

Bluehost: The test failed due to their security settings. They have upgraded to a completely new infrastructure stack which includes Oracle Cloud and Cloudflare. Our test was blocked within minutes of starting, indicating their security layer rejects our load traffic.

Rocket.net: Similar to Bluehost, Rocket.net uses Cloudflare Enterprise and our load test is blocked at the Cloudflare level.

NameHero (56% errors), Ionos (65.4%), EasyWP (56.8%), GoDaddy Shared (68.8%): A mix of 4xx/5xx errors indicating actual server stress or restrictive resource caps under 100 concurrent visitors.

WPX Hosting: This year, our load test was blocked by WPX’s security.

Load Test Screenshots (30 hosts)

Pressable

WordPress.com

GreenGeeks

WP Engine

Hostinger Business

InMotion Hosting

HostArmada

GoDaddy Managed WP

Kinsta

Hosting.com

ScalaHosting

Templ

Liquid Web

FastComet

InterServer

DreamHost

NameCheap

SiteGround

HostGator

DreamPress

Hostinger

Cloudways

ChemiCloud

Bluehost

Rocket.net

NameHero

WPX

Ionos

EasyWP

GoDaddy

Benchmark Test 4 – Server Hardware Test

The server hardware test is done through the Hosting Benchmark Tool, which measures the server-side hardware performance through CPU, memory, filesystem, and database tests. The plugin generates a composite score of 0 to 10, reflecting the raw computational resources allocated to each provider’s hosting plan.

A higher score indicates the server can handle heavy backend workloads. A lower score indicates the provider restricts resource allocation, not that their technology is inferior.

Results

WPBenchmark Server Hardware Score

Composite score 0–10 · CPU, memory, filesystem, database tests · Higher is better

Bluehost

9.6/10

HostGator

9.6/10

ScalaHosting

8.8/10

Kinsta

8.8/10

SiteGround

8.4/10

Templ

7.5/10

Rocket.net

7.5/10

Hostinger Business

7.4/10

InMotionHosting

7.4/10

Hostinger

7.4/10

Liquid Web

7.2/10

Ionos

7.2/10

WordPress.com

6.8/10

Pressable

6.7/10

EasyWP

6.7/10

WP Engine

6.5/10

WPX Hosting

6.5/10

DreamHost (Shared)

6.1/10

DreamPress

6.1/10

ChemiCloud

6.1/10

Hosting.com

5.5/10

Interserver

5.3/10

HostArmada

5.1/10

GreenGeeks

5.0/10

NameCheap

5.0/10

FastComet

4.8/10

Cloudways

4.7/10

GoDaddy Managed WP

3.8/10

GoDaddy (Shared)

3.8/10

NameHero

3.7/10

02.55.07.510

Elite (8.0+)

Strong (7.0–7.9)

Moderate (5.0–6.9)

Limited (<5.0)

#	Hosting	WPBench Score
1	Bluehost	9.6/10
2	HostGator	9.6/10
3	ScalaHosting	8.8/10
4	Kinsta	8.8/10
5	SiteGround	8.4/10
6	Templ	7.5/10
7	Rocket.net	7.5/10
8	Hostinger Business	7.4/10
9	InMotionHosting	7.4/10
10	Hostinger	7.4/10
11	Liquid Web	7.2/10
12	Ionos	7.2/10
13	WordPress.com	6.8/10
14	Pressable	6.7/10
15	EasyWP	6.7/10
16	WP Engine	6.5/10
17	WPX Hosting	6.5/10
18	DreamHost (Shared)	6.1/10
19	DreamPress	6.1/10
20	ChemiCloud	6.1/10
21	Hosting.com	5.5/10
22	Interserver	5.3/10
23	HostArmada	5.1/10
24	GreenGeeks	5.0/10
25	NameCheap	5.0/10
26	FastComet	4.8/10
27	Cloudways	4.7/10
28	GoDaddy Managed WP	3.8/10
29	GoDaddy (Shared)	3.8/10
30	NameHero	3.7/10

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Bluehost (9.6), HostGator (9.6), ScalaHosting (8.8), Kinsta (8.8), SiteGround (8.4)

Bluehost and HostGator really surprised us, as both jumped to 9.6 from 4.0 and 4.3 respectively in the last year. This is largely due to the Oracle Cloud infrastructure upgrade. We also see surprisingly good uptime in Bluehost in Q1 2026. Kinsta at 8.8 is consistent Y-O-Y and the only managed WordPress hosting providers that offers the real computational power for the price they charge. ScalaHosting debuts at 8.8.

Templ (7.5), Rocket.net (7.5), Hostinger Business (7.4), InMotionHosting (7.4), Hostinger (7.4), Liquid Web (7.2), Ionos (7.2)

Most of the hosts here are consistent with their performance. However, Rocket.net has dropped below 8 for the first time. Hostinger and Hostinger Business both secured the same server score of 7.4, indicating that a lower price does not mean lower computational power.

WordPress.com (6.8), Pressable (6.7), EasyWP (6.7), WP Engine (6.5), WPX Hosting (6.5), DreamHost Shared (6.1), DreamHost DreamPress (6.1), ChemiCloud (6.1), Hosting.com (5.5), Interserver (5.3), HostArmada (5.1), GreenGeeks (5.0), NameCheap (5.0).

This tier consists of a mix of managed WordPress and shared hosts. The first half consists of mostly managed WordPress hosts while later half have shared hosts.

FastComet (4.8), Cloudways (4.7), GoDaddy Managed WP (3.8), GoDaddy Shared (3.8), NameHero (3.7)

The GoDaddy Managed WordPress Hosting scored 3.8 despite delivering fast performance across most of the tests. This illustrates that GoDaddy allocates limited server resources, masking the limitation with edge-caching CDN.

Server Benchmark Screenshots (30 hosts)

Bluehost

HostGator

ScalaHosting

Kinsta

SiteGround

Templ

Rocket.net

Hostinger Business

InMotion Hosting

Hostinger

Liquid Web

Ionos

WordPress.com

Pressable

EasyWP

WP Engine

WPX

DreamHost

DreamPress

ChemiCloud

Hosting.com

InterServer

HostArmada

GreenGeeks

NameCheap

FastComet

Cloudways

GoDaddy Managed WP

GoDaddy

NameHero

Benchmark Test 5 – Global TTFB

The global TTFB test measures how the host performs for global visitors. While all our test sites are hosted on US-based data centers, we want to see how the site performs globally because some businesses receive international traffic. If you have one such business, these are the test metrics you should look into. We use the SpeedVitals tool to ping the test site from 40 international locations. This is a point-in-time test conducted under ideal conditions for all the hosting providers to measure the real-world experience for visitors on pages that are already receiving traffic.

Global TTFB – Results

The below chart shows the global TTFB performance score for each of the hosts sorted from fastest to slowest. The host with edge-caching leads the graph while the rest of the pack includes both static assets CDN or no CDN host with TTFB value ranges between 350ms to 500ms. SiteGround and InterServer fall into the poor tier. 

Global TTFB — 40 International Locations

Point-in-time test · Lower is better

WP Engine

65ms

Rocket.net

66ms

WordPress.com

69ms

Pressable

74ms

GoDaddy Managed WP

75ms

Templ

167ms

Bluehost

224ms

WPX

240ms

Liquid Web

349ms

Hostinger Business

351ms

DreamHost

385ms

Cloudways

386ms

GreenGeeks

386ms

FastComet

387ms

InMotionHosting

390ms

HostArmada

402ms

Hostinger

404ms

HostGator

427ms

ScalaHosting

442ms

NameCheap

448ms

NameHero

448ms

ChemiCloud

460ms

Kinsta

477ms

Ionos

480ms

EasyWP

534ms

Hosting.com

642ms

GoDaddy

689ms

InterServer

789ms

SiteGround

1200ms

0ms300ms600ms900ms1250ms

Excellent (<200ms)

Good (200–350ms)

Average (350–500ms)

Below Average (500–700ms)

Poor (>700ms)

Full Data Table

#	Hosting	Global TTFB
1	WP Engine	65ms
2	Rocket.net	66ms
3	WordPress.com	69ms
4	Pressable	74ms
5	GoDaddy Managed WP	75ms
6	Templ	167ms
7	Bluehost	224ms
8	WPX	240ms
9	Liquid Web	349ms
10	Hostinger Business	351ms
11	DreamHost	385ms
12	Cloudways	386ms
13	GreenGeeks	386ms
14	FastComet	387ms
15	InMotionHosting	390ms
16	HostArmada	402ms
17	Hostinger	404ms
18	HostGator	427ms
19	ScalaHosting	442ms
20	NameCheap	448ms
21	NameHero	448ms
22	ChemiCloud	460ms
23	Kinsta	477ms
24	Ionos	480ms
25	EasyWP	534ms
26	Hosting.com	642ms
27	GoDaddy	689ms
28	InterServer	789ms
29	SiteGround	1200ms

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WP Engine (65ms), Rocket.net (66ms), WordPress.com (69ms), Pressable (74ms), GoDaddy Managed WP (75ms), Templ (167ms).

All these six hosts run edge-caching CDN where the requests from visitors are handled at their global points of presence location rather than sending the request back to the US origin server. WP Engine leads at 65 ms powered by Cloudflare Enterprise CDN. WordPress.com and Pressable are powered by their own in-house CDN, while Rocket.net and GoDaddy managed WordPress also delivers sub-100ms response time. Templ excels at 167ms, the only Google Cloud-backed edge-caching CDN host in the pool. 

Bluehost (224ms), WPX (240ms), Liquid Web (349ms).

Bluehost delivers a global TTFB of 224ms, powered by Cloudflare CDN, which puts them ahead of several managed providers on global performance. WPX is at 240ms powered by its own XDN edge-caching infrastructure. Liquid Web, powered by Cloudflare, scores 349ms, a respectable result for a managed host that relies on static CDN.  

Hostinger Business (351ms), DreamHost (385ms), Cloudways (386ms), GreenGeeks (386ms), FastComet (387ms), InMotionHosting (390ms), HostArmada (402ms), Hostinger (404ms), HostGator (427ms), ScalaHosting (442ms), NameCheap (448ms), NameHero (448ms), ChemiCloud (460ms), Kinsta (477ms), Ionos (480ms).

This is one of the largest sections which consists of both shared and managed WordPress hosts. Hostinger Business leads the pack at 351ms, powered by its own Hostinger CDN. Kinsta sits at 477ms despite being powered by edge caching. DreamHost, Cloudways, and GreenGeeks are the top 3 providers tested without CDN, yet they offer decent global TTFB performance. 

EasyWP (534ms), Hosting.com (642ms), GoDaddy (689ms).

EasyWP records 534ms, which is just below average. Even though EasyWP uses static CDN, it does not make much difference with speed. Their parent brand NameCheap is tested without CDN yet offers faster performance. 

InterServer (789ms), SiteGround (1200ms).

InterServer at 789ms and SiteGround at 1200ms are the poor performing hosts in our list. SiteGround is the most concerning case as we have tested them with their own CDN. Their global TTFB performance is 18 times slower than WP Engine. Both these hosts might offer slower experience for visitors from global locations. 

Edge-caching is the biggest lever. Every single host in the excellent tier comes with edge-caching CDN, and no host without edge-caching breaks the 200ms barrier. If global performance matters for your site, Edge-caching host is your ideal option.

Global TTFB Screenshots (29 hosts)

WP Engine

WordPress.com

Pressable

Templ

GoDaddy Managed WP

Rocket.net

Bluehost

Liquid Web

Cloudways

ScalaHosting

GreenGeeks

NameCheap

InMotion Hosting

Hostinger

DreamHost

FastComet

HostGator

EasyWP

Kinsta

Ionos

ChemiCloud

Hostinger Business

HostArmada

NameHero

WPX

GoDaddy

Hosting.com

SiteGround

InterServer

Beyond the Benchmarks: Analysis & Insights

In this section, we analyze the data to find uncommon patterns, consistency scores, CDN impact and categorical comparisons that the raw benchmark numbers don’t reveal. 

TTFB Consistency Score

Our benchmark test 1 average TTFB tells how fast a host typically responds to a request. However, it does not tell how predictable the response time is.

A host averaging 450ms with consistent daily performance is more reliable than a host which averages 380ms but also spikes to 1500ms in a single day. The consistency matters in user experience and helps in achieving Core Web Vitals stability.

Let me introduce our new TTFB consistency score, which tells the difference between a host’s highest and lowest record over the full year. A lower score indicates tighter and a more predictable performance. We have skipped the new hosting providers which we have tested in Q4 2025 and only consider the 17 main hosting providers which are calculated using the 365-day monitoring data.

Results

TTFB Consistency — Range (Max – Min)

365 days of data · Lower range = more predictable performance

WP Engine

244ms

NameHero

266ms

GreenGeeks

308ms

Cloudways

314ms

Liquid Web

337ms

Hostinger

432ms

Bluehost

459ms

Kinsta

567ms

WPX Hosting

590ms

FastComet

611ms

Hosting.com

619ms

Rocket.net

639ms

Templ

666ms

DreamPress

843ms

HostGator

1,310ms

SiteGround

1,619ms

ChemiCloud

1,673ms

0ms500ms1,000ms1,500ms

Most Consistent (<350ms)

Moderate (350–620ms)

Least Consistent (1,000ms+)

#	Hosting	Avg TTFB	Min TTFB	Max TTFB	Range
1	WP Engine	365ms	259ms	503ms	244ms
2	NameHero	476ms	393ms	659ms	266ms
3	GreenGeeks	422ms	340ms	648ms	308ms
4	Cloudways	449ms	352ms	666ms	314ms
5	Liquid Web	497ms	366ms	703ms	337ms
6	Hostinger	483ms	367ms	799ms	432ms
7	Bluehost	532ms	396ms	855ms	459ms
8	Kinsta	459ms	371ms	938ms	567ms
9	WPX Hosting	411ms	282ms	872ms	590ms
10	FastComet	521ms	390ms	1,001ms	611ms
11	Hosting.com	470ms	362ms	981ms	619ms
12	Rocket.net	373ms	270ms	909ms	639ms
13	Templ	386ms	282ms	948ms	666ms
14	DreamPress	663ms	454ms	1,297ms	843ms
15	HostGator	580ms	453ms	1,763ms	1,310ms
16	SiteGround	632ms	502ms	2,121ms	1,619ms
17	ChemiCloud	528ms	370ms	2,043ms	1,673ms

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WP Engine (244ms range), NameHero (266ms), GreenGeeks (308ms), Cloudways (314ms), Liquid Web (337ms)

WP Engine is the most consistent WordPress hosting provider with the slowest recorded day of 503ms, which is barely double their fastest (259ms). Combining this with just one outage all the year, WP Engine delivers the most predictable hosting numbers in the industry. NameHero presents a paradox with tight TTFB range of 266ms, where at the same time they recorded 51 outages in uptime data. You need a top-tier from them to enjoy lesser outages and get predicatble TTFB performance.

Hostinger (432ms), Bluehost (459ms), Kinsta (567ms), WPX Hosting (590ms), FastComet (611ms), Hosting.com (619ms), Rocket.net (639ms), Templ (666ms)

Rocket.net and Templ hosting ranks in top 3 for average TTFB but show wider consistency ranges at 639ms and 666ms respectively.

HostGator (1,310ms), SiteGround (1,619ms), ChemiCloud (1,673ms)

ChemiCloud’s 1673ms range means their TTFB on worst day (2043ms) was 5.5x on their best day (370ms). SiteGround’s score of 1,619ms and HostGator’s 1,310ms tell similar stories of wide performance swings.

CDN Impact Analysis – How Much Does CDN Type Actually Matter?

To measure the CDN impact on hosting providers, we are taking the global TTFB data in reference. We have taken all the 34 hosting accounts into consideration and we have grouped them by CDN type: edge, caching, static, or origin only.

Edge Caching CDN 8 hosts: Serves the complete HTML page from the nearest CDN edge location.

WP Engine, Rocket.net, Templ, Kinsta, WPX Hosting, Pressable, WordPress.com, GoDaddy Managed WP

Static Asset CDN 7 hosts: Serves static assets (images, CSS, JS) from CDN, but HTML still routes to origin server.

Bluehost, HostGator, DreamPress, EasyWP, Hostinger Business, Liquid Web, ScalaHosting and SiteGround.

Origin Only 19 hosts: No CDN. All requests including HTML route from origin server.

Cloudways, DreamHost (Shared), GreenGeeks, Hosting.com, Hostinger, ChemiCloud, FastComet, NameHero, HostArmada, NameCheap, InMotionHosting, Interserver, Ionos, GoDaddy (Shared)

CDN Type Comparison

The Edge Caching CDN hosts (154ms) are 3x faster than hosts with Static CDN (504ms) or hosts with no CDN (478ms). The most striking find is that static asset CDN hosts are actually no faster than origin-only hosts on average. Serving images and CSS files from a CDN edge location provides zero measurable advantage when the HTML document itself still transfers from the origin server. The bottleneck in global performance is not static assets, it is the HTML response and only edge caching eliminates the round trip.

There are also some interesting findings across all the categories:

Cloudways (386ms) sits inside the origin-only group but outperforms four of the seven static asset CDN hosts — HostGator, EasyWP, ScalaHosting, and SiteGround.

GreenGeeks on origin-only (386ms) performs 3x faster than SiteGround with static asset CDN (1200ms), and is even slightly faster than HostGator’s static asset CDN setup (427ms).

Even among edge-caching hosts, results vary widely. Kinsta (477ms) sits near the bottom of the pack despite running Cloudflare edge infrastructure slower than GreenGeeks (386ms) and Cloudways (386ms), both of which have no CDN.

CDN architecture creates a strong baseline advantage at the edge-caching level, but below that tier, implementation quality and origin server performance determine how each individual host actually performs.

Shared vs Managed WordPress Hosting – The Performance Gap

There are 9 shared and 8 managed WordPress hosting providers tested for full year in 2025. Here is our comparison between them.

Aggregate Comparison (2025 Full Year)

Managed WordPress: WP Engine, Rocket.net, Templ, WPX Hosting, Kinsta, Cloudways, DreamPress, and Liquid Web.

Shared Hosting: GreenGeeks, Hosting.com, Hostinger, Bluehost, SiteGround, ChemiCloud, FastComet, NameHero, HostGator.

The average TTFB gap between Managed and shared host is just 66ms. But the real gap is reliability.

Shared hosts receive 6x more outages (35 outages) than Managed hosts per year (9 outages). The outage frequency tells you how often your site will experience interruptions.

The data doesn’t support the claim that managed WordPress is always better. Instead, it points to a more specific conclusion “Managed hosting is more stable and the premium pricing is worth paying when downtime costs you money”.

Provider Report Card

Letter grades across all benchmark tests. Grades are assigned by percentile rank: A+ (top 15%), A (top 30%), B+ (top 45%), B (top 60%), C (top 75%), D (top 88%), F (bottom).

Full-Year Report Card (17 hosts, 365 days of data)

Hosts with missing test data (load test blocked by security) show “-” for that test and do not receive an overall tier.

Hosting

TTFB

Uptime

Load

WPBench

Global

Overall

WP Engine

A+

A

A

B

A+

A+

Templ

A+

A+

B+

B+

A+

A+

GreenGeeks

A

B

A+

B

B+

Strong

Cloudways

A

A+

C

C

B+

Strong

Kinsta

B+

B

A

A+

C

Strong

Hosting.com

B+

C

A

B

C

Average

Hostinger

B

A

D

A

B+

Average

Liquid Web

B

B+

B+

A

B+

Average

Bluehost

D

B+

F

A+

A

Average

FastComet

C

D

B+

C

C

Below Average

SiteGround

F

B

C

A+

F

Below Average

DreamPress

F

C

D

B+

D

Poor

ChemiCloud

C

F

F

B+

C

Poor

HostGator

D

F

D

A+

F

Poor

NameHero

B

D

—

D

C

—

WPX Hosting

A

A+

—

B

C

—

Rocket.net

A+

A

—

A

A+

—

WP Engine and Templ qualify for an overall elite grade based on the grades across all the 5 performance tests.

None of the hosts have earned straight A’s, which means every provider has at least one weakness. WP Engine comes closest with A+ in TTFB, A in Uptime, A in Load Test, A+ in Global TTFB, only a B in WPBench holds them back.

SiteGround is the most polarized host with A+ in WPBench but secured F in both TTFB and Global TTFB. Strong hardware, poor performance. Bluehost shows a similar split with D in TTFB but A+ in WPBench and A in Global TTFB, their CDN masks a slow origin server.

GreenGeeks is the best-balanced shared hosting with A in TTFB, A+ in Load Test, B+ in Global TTFB, no F grades anywhere.

Q4 2025 Early Grades (13 hosts, partial monitoring)

These grades are based on the same benchmark tests but only based on the Q4 2025 data. So these are preliminary grades and no overall tier is assigned.

Hosting

TTFB

Uptime

Load

WPBench

Global

Early Signal

Pressable

A+

A+

A+

A+

B+

A+

WordPress.com

A+

A+

A+

A+

B+

A+

GoDaddy Managed WP

A+

A

A

A

D

A+

HostArmada

B

A

A

A

B

C

Hostinger Business

B

A

A

A

A

A+

InMotionHosting

C

A

A

B

A

D

Interserver

B

A+

B+

B

B

F

NameCheap

B

A

C

B

B

C

ScalaHosting

B

A

A

A

A+

B

EasyWP

B

B+

—

—

B+

C

DreamHost (Shared)

B

A

C

B

B+

C

Ionos

D

A

—

—

A

D

GoDaddy (Shared)

F

B+

—

—

D

D

Pressable and WordPress.com each record an A+ in 4 out of 5 categories. They are positioned to enter the elite ranking in next year’s benchmarks if this trend continues.

GoDaddy managed WordPress hosting earns A+ in both TTFB and Global TTFB, but D in WPBench reveals limited server resources behind their fast CDN.

WordPress Hosting Performance Stats 2026

Testing Scale

All Tested WordPress Hosting Providers

WP Engine Elite

TTFB365ms

Uptime99.9952%

Load Test27ms

Global TTFB65ms

WPBench6.5/10

WP Engine is the fastest WordPress host in our benchmarks, reclaiming the number one spot in TTFB for the first time since 2020. It also records the tightest year-long response time consistency (~244ms range) of any provider in our cohort. The recent infrastructure upgrade delivers measurable performance improvement across every metric we have tested, like origin response time, load handling at 27ms, and a global TTFB of 65ms, which is the fastest of any host. The one area where WP Engine trails is the raw server-side resource allocation with a WP Bench score of 6.5. If you run a plugin or workload-heavy WordPress, WooCommerce sites, you should benchmark before committing.

See our full WP Engine Review

Templ Elite

TTFB386ms

Uptime99.9996%

Load Test58ms

Global TTFB167ms

WPBench7.5/10

Templ hosting is one of the consistent performance year over year. It is also the only WordPress host powered by Google Cloud, Google CDN and Google DNS. It has delivered an average global TTFB of 167 ms, which landed in the Elite tier alongside WP Engine. The WPBench score of 7.5 for a $15 per month plan is commendable. The load handling score of 58ms is great but there is room for improvements when compared to hosts like Pressable, WP Engine, etc.

See our full Templ Review

GreenGeeks Strong

TTFB422ms

Uptime99.9737%

Load Test26ms

Global TTFB386ms

WPBench5.0/10

GreenGeeks is one of the best performing shared hosts in our 2026 benchmarks. It has delivered a 26ms load handling response time with zero errors, which is one of the best scores among any of the shared hosting companies we have tested in the last 5 years. GreenGeeks is also the most balanced shared host in our report card where there are no failing grades in any of the benchmarks. The global TTFB of 386 ms is an average tier, but they are tested without CDN, so the score is acceptable. The trade-off is the uptime frequency. The uptime stands at 99.97%, which is well within their SLA, but it has got 21 outages lasting 138 minutes. That means on average there are around 1.8x outages per month. The WPBench score is below average It might be an issue if you are trying to run a large WordPress site at their Lite plan which we’ve tested. Higher plans might offers higher WPBench score.

See our full GreenGeeks Review

Cloudways Strong

TTFB449ms

Uptime99.9977%

Load Test282ms

Global TTFB386ms

WPBench4.7/10

Cloudways recorded just 12 minutes of downtime in the whole 2025, making the second best uptime WordPress host in our benchmarks. The TTFB response time is consistent across the last 5 years and you can put your trust on Cloudways for reliability and performance. The load handling performance has declined compared to previous years and needs further analysis. The WPBench score also dropped from prior years.

See our full Cloudways Review

Kinsta Strong

TTFB459ms

Uptime99.9714%

Load Test40ms

Global TTFB477ms

WPBench8.8/10

Kinsta holds the record for offering the highest server hardware score among any of the managed WordPress hosts. They have been maintaining this position for 5 consecutive years, making them the strongest choice for any of the resource-intensive WordPress applications. The load handling score of 40ms lands in the elite tier, meaning Kinsta can also handle a large volume of concurrent visitors. The two drawbacks we noticed with Kinsta are global TTFB and uptime. The global TTFB 477ms lands in average tier despite company claims to use Edge caching. Kinsta suffered downtime due to Cloudflare outages in both 2024 and 2025. We hope Kinsta addresses this Cloudflare dependency in coming years.

See our full Kinsta Review

Hosting.com Average

TTFB470ms

Uptime99.9425%

Load Test43ms

Global TTFB642ms

WPBench5.5/10

Hosting.com, formerly A2 Hosting, offers the strong load handling in our 2026 benchmarks. The WPBench score improved from 3.4 to 5.5 after the transition to new hosting.com data centers. Uptime is one of the biggest concerns with Hosting.com where 49 outages are recorded totalling for 301 minutes of downtime in the entire year. The global TTFB of 642ms lands them in below average tier, reflecting that origin-only delivery limits their global reach.

See our full Hosting.com Review

Hostinger Average

TTFB483ms

Uptime99.9937%

Load Test245ms

Global TTFB404ms

WPBench7.4/10

Hostinger recorded just 33 minutes of downtime in 2025 with only a few outages, which is the best uptime among all the shared hosting companies we have benchmarked in 2026. They also maintain the highest WPBench score among shared hosting companies. The global TTFB of 404ms lands Hostinger in the average tier, as CDN is not included on their Premium plan. The load handling score at 245 ms is a trade-off that is acceptable for low-to-moderate traffic sites, but not for well-established sites. However, the Hostinger Business Plan, which we have tested and benchmarked, offers just 31ms of load handling as it comes with Hostinger CDN. More details can be seen on the Hostinger Business section.

See our full Hostinger Review

Liquid Web Average

TTFB497ms

Uptime99.9880%

Load Test60ms

Global TTFB349ms

WPBench7.2/10

Liquid Web is the most consistent WordPress host in our benchmarks across the last 5 years. The TTFB standard deviation from 2021 to 2025 is just 28.6ms, which means the year-over-year predictability of TTFB performance is not matched by any other hosting providers in our benchmarks. The load handling score of 60ms, uptime and WP Bench of 7.2 are equally steady across all the 5 years. The global TTFB of 349ms lands them in good tier even though they just use static CDN rather than a true edge caching.

See our full Liquid Web Review

Bluehost Average

TTFB532ms

Uptime99.9744%

Load TestAborted (~79% errors)

Global TTFB224ms

WPBench9.6/10

Bluehost performance in 2025 can be clearly differentiated between pre and post Oracle infrastructure upgrade. We have upgraded our test site to their new Oracle infrastructure in Q4 2025, and the host has recorded 100% uptime in a single quarter for the first time ever in our 5 years of testing. The massive improvement is seen from WPBench score where Bluehost delivered the highest server allocation score of 9.6 in our benchmarks. This is one of the truly great improvements and Bluehost can be used for any resource intensity of application even on the starter plan. However, we need to wait and see whether Bluehost adjusts the server resources in coming months. Bluehost also started offering Cloudflare CDN integration, which improved the global TTFB to 224ms. The origin TTFB of 532ms remains below average because it consists of mixed scores from both old infrastructure and new Oracle infrastructure. So take this with a grain of salt and you can always look into our Bluehost review for the latest performance. Our only concern is that Bluehost’s security settings block our load test, so we cannot verify their load handling capacity.

See our full Bluehost Review

FastComet Below Average

TTFB521ms

Uptime99.9233%

Load Test78ms

Global TTFB387ms

WPBench4.8/10

FastComet offers a mixed bag of performance where it can handle the load at 78 ms response time but the uptime is concerning at 39 outages in 2025 with a single worst day uptime of just 82.29%. The TTFB also climbed steadily from 326 ms in 2022 to 521 ms in 2025, a 60% degradation in origin response. The WPBench resource allocation is also getting limited with just 4.8.

See our full FastComet Review

SiteGround Below Average

TTFB632ms

Uptime99.9629%

Load Test170ms

Global TTFB1,200ms

WPBench8.4/10

SiteGround records the second highest server hardware resource (WPBench 8.4) allocation in our 2026 benchmarks. However, the rest of the performance benchmarks are concerning. The global TTFB stands at 1200ms, which is the highest among the entire 29 WordPress hosts we have tested. The TTFB also regressed from 403 ms in 2022 to 632 ms in 2025. It also recorded 44 outages across the year, which calls into question their reliability, especially considering they charge the highest renewal price among shared hosting companies.

See our full SiteGround Review

DreamPress Poor

TTFB663ms

Uptime99.9557%

Load Test221ms

Global TTFB726ms

WPBench6.1/10

DreamPress performance has been declining year over year and it has declined a lot in 2025 benchmarks. The TTFB regressed from 431ms to 663ms, making it the slowest host in our benchmarks apart from HostGator and SiteGround. The load handling score of 221ms is the slowest for a managed host. And a 722 ms global TTFB places DreamPress in the poor tier even though it was tested with static CDN similar to Hostinger. Uptime has improved compared to previous years, but downtime remains elevated for a managed WordPress host. We noticed that several shared hosts offer a faster performance at 80% lower cost, including DreamHost’s own shared hosting services.

See our full DreamPress Review

ChemiCloud Poor

TTFB528ms

Uptime99.7559%

Load Test1,068ms

Global TTFB460ms

WPBench6.1/10

ChemiCloud’s average performance continues in our 2026 benchmarks. The uptime stands at 99.76% and it falls below their own 99.99% uptime SLA guarantee. It has recorded 67 outages with 21+ hours of downtime, marking it as the least reliable host by a wide margin. The worst single day uptime stands at 57.73%, meaning the site was offline for nearly 10 hours in a single day. The load test also performed poorly at 1,068ms with a 4.2% error rate. The global TTFB of 466ms lands in average tier, which is the positive data point. The WPBench score has improved from 3.5 to 6.1, which is a good improvement because of the recent server infrastructure upgrades.

See our full ChemiCloud Review

HostGator Poor

TTFB580ms

Uptime99.9104%

Load Test213ms (2.0% errors)

Global TTFB427ms

WPBench9.6/10

HostGator has got a similar story of Bluehost. Our test site has been upgraded to new Oracle data center and we have seen a clear visible improvement post the data center changeover. HostGator has improved the TTFB from 789ms to 580ms, which is a 26.5% improvement, and it is backed by a WPBench score jump from 4.3 to 9.6, which confirms the genuine impact of the Oracle infrastructure upgrade. The global TTFB of 427ms lands in average tier. However, the load testing is a concern as the response time spiked to 10,002ms under full load with a 2.0% error rate, settling at 213ms.

See our full HostGator Review

Rocket.net

TTFB373ms

Uptime99.9943%

Load TestN/A (security block)

Global TTFB66ms

WPBench7.5/10

Rocket.net has recorded top TTFB performance for 5 consecutive years, the only WordPress host in our benchmarks with half a decade of elite-tier speeds. Their global TTFB of 66ms is the second fastest we have recorded among 29 hosts. They are one of the very few hosts to closely integrate Cloudflare Enterprise in their infrastructure stack, which can be seen from their consistent TTFB across the years. The uptime is near perfect with just two outages, and the WPBENCH score stands at 7.5, which is a great addition to their profile. The TTFB gradually climbed from 266 ms in 2021 to 373 ms in 2025, which is worth monitoring, but it is not a dent in their overall position. Our load test is blocked by Rocket.net security, so we can’t test their load handling performance.

See our full Rocket.net Review

WPX Hosting

TTFB411ms

Uptime99.9969%

Load TestN/A (51.6% errors)

Global TTFB240ms

WPBench6.5/10

WPX hosting records a global TTFB of 240ms thanks to their own XCDN edge caching, it lands in Good tier. The TTFB is consistent across the years and the uptime is near perfect with just 16 minutes of downtime. Our load test got failed due to WPX security restrictions with 51.6% errors. This is a limitation of our testing methodology rather than WPX’s server capacity.

See our full WPX Hosting Review

NameHero

TTFB476ms

Uptime99.9385%

Load TestFailed (56% errors)

Global TTFB448ms

WPBench3.7/10

NameHero delivers the second tightest TTFB consistency score of 266 ms in our 2026 benchmarks. This means you will get a predictable day-to-day TTFB response time performance. However, it was let down by 51 outages and a failed load test that indicates the server can’t handle concurrent traffic. The consistent TTFB means each of the individual visitors are served at a stable speed, but the outage adds up to 322 minutes of downtime, tells a different story about infrastructure capacity. The WPBENCH score of 3.7 is the second lowest among hosts, confirming limited server resource allocation on the starter plan. The global TTFB of 448ms sits in the average tier.

See our full NameHero Review

Pressable Q4 2025 Data

TTFB342ms

Uptime100.00%

Load Test12ms

Global TTFB74ms

WPBench6.7/10

Pressable recorded the fastest load handling response time in our entire 2026 benchmarks with just 12ms response time. It is supported by 100% uptime and a fastest 74ms global TTFB across all the hosts. Unlike most managed WordPress hosts that rely on Cloudflare, Pressable uses its own CDN and DNS infrastructure, which drives its fastest-in-class load handling response time. The WPBench score of 6.7 is moderate. Since the host was tested in Q4 2025, the full year monitoring data will determine whether these speeds will sustain or not.

See our full Pressable Review

WordPress.com Q4 2025 Data

TTFB358ms

Uptime100.00%

Load Test16ms

Global TTFB69ms

WPBench6.8/10

WordPress.com has got the same infrastructure stack of Pressable. It delivered a global TTFB of 69ms in our 2026 benchmarks, the 3rd fastest across all 29 hosts. The most impressive part here is the plan costs just $2.75 per month and it stays the same for renewals too. The load test score of 16ms is the second fastest only next to Pressable. It also recorded 100% uptime over 90 days and a sub-360ms TTFB, landing it in the Elite tier.

See our full WordPress.com Review

GoDaddy Managed WP Q4 2025 Data

TTFB361ms

Uptime99.99%

Load Test35ms

Global TTFB75ms

WPBench3.8/10

GoDaddy Managed WordPress recorded a global TTFB of 75ms in our 2026 benchmarks, the 5th fastest across all 29 hosts. They have secured good performance across all the performance metrics, apart from WPBench score of 3.8. This indicates that GoDaddy Managed WordPress performance is driven by its edge-caching CDN architecture rather than raw server resources. The load test score of 35ms is excellent with zero errors and 99.99% uptime confirms the platform can handle traffic reliably.

See our full GoDaddy Managed WP Review

GoDaddy (Shared) Q4 2025 Data

TTFB698ms

Uptime99.98%

Load TestFailed (68.8% errors)

Global TTFB689ms

WPBench3.8/10

GoDaddy’s shared hosting product performs exactly opposite to the managed WordPress host. It has got a 698ms TTFB, a failed load test with 68.8% errors and a global TTFB of 689ms that lands in below average tier. Apart from a decent uptime of 99.98%, the rest of the performance scores are below average.

HostArmada Q4 2025 Data

TTFB447ms

Uptime99.98%

Load Test32ms

Global TTFB402ms

WPBench5.1/10

HostArmada is one of the most promising web hosting providers we have tested in our 2026 benchmarks. It has recorded a TTFB consistency score of 204ms, the tightest among the Q4 2025 tested host. It also recorded a 32ms load response time, similar to GreenGeeks and it is tested without CDN. The global TTFB stands at 402ms which is average tier but it is fine considering its origin only delivery as no CDN is involved. The WPBench score of 5.1 is moderate and the uptime is adequate enough.

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Hostinger Business Q4 2025 Data

TTFB473ms

Uptime99.99%

Load Test31ms

Global TTFB351ms

WPBench7.4/10

Hostinger Business demonstrates what a CDN can impact within a single brand in our 2026 benchmarks. While the Hostinger premium plan recorded 245ms load handling, the business recorded load handling response time of just 31ms due to the addition of CDN. However, the rest of the performance are nearly identical. Hostinger Business offers a WPBench score of 7.4 and a global TTFB of 351ms.

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InMotionHosting Q4 2025 Data

TTFB535ms

Uptime99.99%

Load Test31ms

Global TTFB390ms

WPBench7.4/10

InMotionHosting excels at most things: It offers strong server resources of 7.4 WPBench score of 7.4. It handles load well with 31 ms load handling response time and also delivers a global TTFB of 390 ms. It has also got a very good uptime of 99.99%. However, the origin response time is 535 ms which is average.

Interserver Q4 2025 Data

TTFB459ms

Uptime99.998%

Load Test80ms

Global TTFB789ms

WPBench5.3/10

InterServer recorded just 2 minutes of downtime in the last 90 days. The strongest yearly uptime signal among all Q4 2025 hosting providers. The reliability is fine but the global performance is a trade-off with the 789ms global TTFB recorded and it lands in poor tier. The origin TTFB of 459ms and load handling 80ms are competitive among competitors.

Ionos Q4 2025 Data

TTFB606ms

Uptime99.99%

Load TestFailed (65.4% errors)

Global TTFB480ms

WPBench7.2/10

Ionos allocates competitive server resource of WPBench of 7.2 and maintains a decent uptime of 99.99%. It records a global TTFB of 480ms which lands in the below average tier and also the load test got failed with 65.4% error. This indicates the entry-level plan cannot handle concurrent traffic.

NameCheap Q4 2025 Data

TTFB461ms

Uptime99.99%

Load Test150ms

Global TTFB448ms

WPBench5.0/10

NameCheap delivers predictable TTFB performance with an average of 461ms and it has recorded just 4 outages in Q4 2025. The global TTFB of 448ms sits in the mid-pack of average tier. It has got consistent origin-only performance as there is no edge caching used. The load handling score of 150 ms is average and the WP benchmark of 5.0 is moderate.The basic plan can handle traffic but is not optimized for speed.

ScalaHosting Q4 2025 Data

TTFB465ms

Uptime99.98%

Load Test48ms

Global TTFB442ms

WPBench8.8/10

ScalaHosting recorded in the WP Bench score of 8.8, the highest among shared hosting companies in our 2026 benchmarks, apart from Bluehost. The load test score is 48 ms with 0 errors confirms they can handle the concurrent traffic well and the yearly uptime stands at 99.98%. The global TTFB of 442 ms sits in average tier. However, there are some consistency concerns where the TTFB range spikes up to 1195 ms and it has got recorded 15 outages in the 90 days which is elevated. The full-year monitoring will reveal whether the TTFB spikes will settle into a stable range.

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EasyWP Q4 2025 Data

TTFB488ms

Uptime99.97%

Load TestFailed (56.8% errors)

Global TTFB534ms

WPBench6.7/10

EasyWP delivers the second tightest TTFB consistency range of 243 ms among Q4 2025 hosts. However, the load test got failed with 56.8% error rate. It has also got a below average global TTFB of 534 ms despite using a static CDN. The most impressive part is the Q4 uptime which is 100% though we need to monitor for longer period to see how it performs.

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DreamHost (Shared) Q4 2025 Data

TTFB494ms

Uptime99.99%

Load Test147ms

Global TTFB385ms

WPBench6.1/10

DreamHost Shared hosting delivers a faster TTFB, better uptime and a lower price compared to its managed WordPress hosting product DreamPress. It has a global TTFB of 385ms, placing it in the average tier and the load test score of 147 ms with 0 errors which is adequate. It has recorded just two outages in Q4 2025.

This HostingStep benchmark report is generated from 365 days of performance data collected in the main cohort (January 1 – December 31, 2025). A set of newly added hosting providers are tested with only Q4 2025 data. All the hosting accounts are independently purchased by HostingStep and the invoice can be verified manually from this link. For methodology details, visit our Methodology page. For quarterly performance updates, check our Best WordPress Hosting roundup.