We rank speed using our fixed eight-criterion scoring methodology, where performance carries the highest weight (20%), supported by an automated weekly responsiveness test. The test makes five sequential HTTPS requests to each provider's official public website from the WhichHosting application server and uses the median time to first byte (TTFB). The server location may vary between runs. Marketing websites may use a CDN, so these measurements indicate public-infrastructure responsiveness, not the future performance of a hosted customer website.
Provider plans, prices and specs change often. Each provider carries a verification state and a last-checked date; anything not yet checked by our editors is shown as pending verification rather than as a confirmed fact. Always confirm the current offer on the provider’s site.
Cloudways is a managed cloud platform that deploys on third-party infrastructure such as DigitalOcean and Vultr.
Latest weekly median: 19 ms TTFB
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Vultr sells unmanaged cloud compute, bare metal and managed databases billed hourly.
Latest weekly median: 24 ms TTFB
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RoseHosting is a long-running managed Linux VPS specialist with hands-on server administration.
Latest weekly median: 25 ms TTFB
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ScalaHosting offers shared and self-managed or managed VPS hosting with the SPanel control panel.
Latest weekly median: 27 ms TTFB
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KnownHost focuses on managed VPS, cloud and dedicated servers with cPanel or DirectAdmin.
Latest weekly median: 30 ms TTFB
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Verpex is a newer shared and reseller host with generous limits and many datacenter choices.
Latest weekly median: 38 ms TTFB
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Hostinger sells low-cost shared, cloud and VPS hosting through its own hPanel control panel.
Latest weekly median: 50 ms TTFB
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Kinsta is a premium managed WordPress platform running on Google Cloud infrastructure.
Latest weekly median: 130 ms TTFB
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Kamatera offers hourly cloud servers with fully custom CPU, RAM and storage configuration.
Latest weekly median: 280 ms TTFB
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HostArmada runs shared, WordPress and VPS plans on a cloud SSD platform with free migrations.
Latest weekly median: 366 ms TTFB
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A repeatable, supporting measurement used alongside our locked performance scores.
Important: this test measures providers’ public marketing websites, which may be served through a CDN. It does not measure a hosting plan and cannot predict the speed of your future website.
The leading providers in this ranking on the specs that decide most buying decisions.
| Overall score | 8.8 / 10 | 8.7 / 10 | 8.7 / 10 | 8.9 / 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plan compared | Flexible 1 GB | Regular Performance Cloud Compute | NVME Solo | Mini |
| Starting price | $14.00/mo | $2.50/mo | $7.19/mo | $2.95/mo |
| Renewal price | $14.00/mo | $2.50/mo | $7.19/mo | $11.95/mo |
| WordPress | ||||
| Data centre locations | Israel | Spain, Italy, India, Sweden, France, USA, United Kingdom, Israel, Netherlands, Mexico, Brazil, Poland, Australia, Germany, Japan, Canada, South Korea | USA | Bulgaria, Spain, India, Norway, Sweden, France, USA, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Australia, Ireland, Germany, Japan, Canada, South Korea, Finland |
| Security score | 9.1 / 10 | 8.6 / 10 | 9.0 / 10 | 9.2 / 10 |
The weekly test order is determined by the latest complete set of median TTFB measurements. A run is published only when all ranked providers are measured successfully. This automated responsiveness ranking is separate from, and does not recalculate, our locked eight-criterion provider scores.
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