Liquid Web VS WPEngine

Nexcess is Liquid Web’s specialized platform built specifically for WordPress, WooCommerce and Magento. You purchase through Liquid Web, but the actual hosting dashboard is Nexcess. It’s a structural decision: Liquid Web manages infrastructure and support, while Nexcess handles the application-level tools, staging, backups and ecommerce optimizations.

Yes. Managed WordPress and WooCommerce plans include no visit caps, no bandwidth throttling and no overage fees. This is valuable for sites that get seasonal spikes, viral traffic or heavy ad campaigns. Your plan isn’t punished for growth.

Security is built into the platform: automatic updates, daily malware scans, free SSL, Cloudflare Enterprise, DDoS protection and isolated staging updates. Higher-tier plans bring deeper protections, but even base plans offer more built-in security than many competing hosts.

WP Engine is ideal for businesses, agencies, developers, and content creators who need fast, secure, and scalable WordPress hosting. It’s overkill for simple or low-traffic sites but perfect for mission-critical projects.

Yes. In our tests, page loads were under 2 seconds even before optimization. With caching enabled, response times dropped below 100ms consistently—even under simulated traffic.

Absolutely. Daily automated backups (stored off-site and encrypted) and free SSL via Let’s Encrypt are included on all plans. Restoring from a backup took just minutes in our test.