{"id":2324,"date":"2019-04-02T17:25:03","date_gmt":"2019-04-02T21:25:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reviewsignal.com\/blog\/?page_id=2324"},"modified":"2019-05-16T11:01:46","modified_gmt":"2019-05-16T15:01:46","slug":"enterprise-wordpress-hosting-performance-benchmarks-2019","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/reviewsignal.com\/blog\/enterprise-wordpress-hosting-performance-benchmarks-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Enterprise WordPress Hosting Performance Benchmarks (2019)"},"content":{"rendered":"

The full company list, product list, methodology, and notes can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This post focuses only on the results of the testing in the Enterprise ($500\/month) price bracket for WordPress Hosting.<\/p>\n

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Other Price Tier Results<\/h2>\n

<$25\/Month Tier<\/a>$25-50\/Month Tier<\/a>$51-100\/Month Tier<\/a>$101-200\/Month Tier<\/a>$201-500\/Month Tier<\/a>$500+\/Month (Enterprise) Tier<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Hosting Plan Details<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Click table for full product information.<\/em><\/p>\n

Load Storm Testing Results<\/h2>\n

Load Storm is designed to simulate real users visiting the site, logging in and browsing. It tests uncached performance.
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Results Table<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Company Name<\/td>\nTotal Requests<\/td>\nTotal Errors<\/td>\nPeak RPS<\/td>\nAverage RPS<\/td>\nPeak Response Time(ms)<\/td>\nAverage Response Time (ms)<\/td>\nTotal Data Transferred (GB)<\/td>\nPeak Throughput (MB\/s)<\/td>\n\n
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Average Throughput (MB\/s)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Flywheel<\/a><\/td>\n1,785,867<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n1,455.38<\/td>\n992.15<\/td>\n6,239<\/td>\n426<\/td>\n107.29<\/td>\n89<\/td>\n60<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kinsta<\/a><\/td>\n1,755,316<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n1,418.63<\/td>\n975.18<\/td>\n2,511<\/td>\n426<\/td>\n107.69<\/td>\n87<\/td>\n60<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Liquid Web<\/a><\/td>\n1,029,906<\/td>\n722<\/td>\n703.58<\/td>\n572.17<\/td>\n15,878<\/td>\n2,346<\/td>\n57<\/td>\n39<\/td>\n32<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pantheon<\/a><\/td>\n1,957,349<\/td>\n1,920<\/td>\n1,536.00<\/td>\n1,087.42<\/td>\n15,110<\/td>\n235<\/td>\n112.45<\/td>\n90<\/td>\n62<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pressable<\/a><\/td>\n1,961,025<\/td>\n359<\/td>\n1,563.13<\/td>\n1,089.46<\/td>\n10,021<\/td>\n432<\/td>\n107.97<\/td>\n86<\/td>\n60<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Presslabs<\/a><\/td>\n2,229,984<\/td>\n47<\/td>\n1,773.15<\/td>\n1,238.88<\/td>\n12,135<\/td>\n208<\/td>\n112.54<\/td>\n91.02<\/td>\n62.52<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Servebolt.com<\/a><\/td>\n2,851,014<\/td>\n109<\/td>\n2,290.83<\/td>\n1,583.90<\/td>\n15,106<\/td>\n121<\/td>\n106.81<\/td>\n86<\/td>\n59<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SiteGround<\/a><\/td>\n2,496,158<\/td>\n18<\/td>\n2,019.62<\/td>\n1,386.75<\/td>\n5,767<\/td>\n97<\/td>\n116.58<\/td>\n95<\/td>\n65<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
WordPress.com VIP<\/a><\/td>\n1,865,399<\/td>\n9<\/td>\n1,512.27<\/td>\n1,036.33<\/td>\n7,123<\/td>\n100<\/td>\n155.98<\/td>\n129<\/td>\n87<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Discussion<\/h3>\n

Flywheel<\/a>\u00a0[Reviews<\/a>], Kinsta<\/a>, Pantheon<\/a>\u00a0[Reviews<\/a>], Pressable<\/a>, Presslabs<\/a>, Servebolt<\/a>, SiteGround<\/a>\u00a0[Reviews<\/a>], and WordPress.com VIP<\/a> all handled this test without issue. The fastest average response time was a miniscule 97ms from SiteGround with WordPress.com VIP right behind it at 100ms.<\/p>\n

LiquidWeb<\/a>\u00a0[Reviews<\/a>] experienced increased response times during the test.<\/p>\n

Load Impact Testing Results<\/h2>\n

Load Impact is designed to test cached performance by repeatedly requesting the homepage.
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Results Table<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Company Name<\/td>\nRequests<\/td>\nErrors<\/td>\nData Transferred (GB)<\/td>\nPeak Average Load Time (ms)<\/td>\nPeak Average Bandwidth (Mbps)<\/td>\nPeak Average Requests\/Sec<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Flywheel<\/a><\/td>\n1490818<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n83.1<\/td>\n673<\/td>\n1290<\/td>\n2830<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kinsta<\/a><\/td>\n1465982<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n81.49<\/td>\n644<\/td>\n1280<\/td>\n2820<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Liquid Web<\/a><\/td>\n459063<\/td>\n1384<\/td>\n25.58<\/td>\n8790<\/td>\n271<\/td>\n589<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pantheon<\/a><\/td>\n2154844<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n123.95<\/td>\n65<\/td>\n1980<\/td>\n4200<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pressable<\/a><\/td>\n1391512<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n79.12<\/td>\n818<\/td>\n1290<\/td>\n2770<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Presslabs<\/a><\/td>\n2006864<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n112.9<\/td>\n170<\/td>\n1760<\/td>\n3830<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Servebolt.com<\/a><\/td>\n1906013<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n115.32<\/td>\n169<\/td>\n1690<\/td>\n3410<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SiteGround<\/a><\/td>\n1825573<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n102.9<\/td>\n219<\/td>\n1470<\/td>\n3180<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
WordPress.com VIP<\/a><\/td>\n2103974<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n126.72<\/td>\n67<\/td>\n1960<\/td>\n3960<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Discussion<\/h3>\n

Flywheel, Kinsta, Pantheon, Pressable, Presslabs, Servebolt, SiteGround, and WordPress.com VIP all handled this test without issue. Pantheon led the pack with a 65ms average response time with WordPress.com VIP right behind them at 67ms.<\/p>\n

LiquidWeb struggled with this test and had substantially increased response times.<\/p>\n

Uptime Monitoring Results<\/h2>\n

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Results Table<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Company Name<\/td>\nUptimeRobot<\/td>\nStatusCake<\/td>\nStatusCake Avg Response Time<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Flywheel<\/td>\n99.979<\/td>\n100%<\/td>\n0.390s<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kinsta<\/td>\n100<\/td>\n100%<\/td>\n0.515s<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Liquid Web<\/td>\n99.999<\/td>\n100%<\/td>\n0.789s<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pantheon<\/td>\n100<\/td>\n100%<\/td>\n0.085s<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pressable<\/td>\n100<\/td>\n99.96%<\/td>\n0.618s<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Presslabs<\/td>\n100<\/td>\n100%<\/td>\n0.153s<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Servebolt.com<\/td>\n100<\/td>\n100%<\/td>\n0.085s<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SiteGround<\/td>\n99.995<\/td>\n100%<\/td>\n0.400s<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
WordPress.com VIP<\/td>\n100<\/td>\n100%<\/td>\n0.249s<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Discussion<\/h3>\n

Near perfect with everyone above 99.9%. Only Flywheel and Pressable dipped below 99.99% on individual monitors with the majority having 100% uptime overall.<\/p>\n

WebPageTest.org Results<\/h2>\n

WebPageTest fully loads the homepage and records how long it takes from 11 different locations around the world.<\/p>\n

Results Table<\/h3>\n
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