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Managed WordPress Hosting Performance Benchmarks

• mikeytown2 13y ago
  I'm curious how pantheon would have done in this test as it is the new kid on the block. https://www.getpantheon.com/wordpress https://www.getpantheon.com/wordpress
  • ohashi 13y ago
    author here. If/when I get around to doing an update of these tests there are a lot of companies missing (flywheel, mediatemple, dreamhost, etc). Pantheon added it while I was working on this, so I didn't even get a chance to consider them for this go. I will definitely keep them in mind though.
    • jmhobbs 13y ago
      Flywheel is amazing, you should really add them to the test. http://getflywheel.com/ http://getflywheel.com/
      • ohashi 13y ago
        Next round, definitely
    • nptime 13y ago
      Could you please at least update this version of the article with a link to the demo page that you blitz'd? Or, at least one public link to a webpagetest.org result that shows the number of requests, grades and total amount of data downloaded per page requested? This is a great writeup and a real gem among a sea of junk hosting reviews out there, but I am having a hard time couching these results against my current service because blitz.io, and webpagetest.org results obviously vary to a HUGE degree depending the site / page tested and how it has been optimized. My regular testing includes webpagetest.org and blitz.io as well, so I just need a little more of a frame of reference to decide whether or not I want to use one of those coupon codes and make a switch. Thanks!
      • ohashi 13y ago
        Let's see if this works. WebPageTest.org – Dulles,VA Result URL WebPageTest.org – Miami, FL Result URL WebPageTest.org – Denver, CO Result URL WebPageTest.org –Los Angeles, CA Result URL 1.894s http://www.webpagetest.org/result/140217_6C_J3P/ http://www.webpagetest.org/result/140217_6C_J3P/ 2.035s http://www.webpagetest.org/result/140217_DQ_HF4/ http://www.webpagetest.org/result/140217_DQ_HF4/ 2.381s http://www.webpagetest.org/result/140217_66_H6X/ http://www.webpagetest.org/result/140217_66_H6X/ 1.648s http://www.webpagetest.org/result/140217_JY_GRT/ http://www.webpagetest.org/result/140217_JY_GRT/ 0.850s http://www.webpagetest.org/result/140304_FV_6XQ/ http://www.webpagetest.org/result/140304_FV_6XQ/ 0.961s http://www.webpagetest.org/result/140304_RG_6Z9/ http://www.webpagetest.org/result/140304_RG_6Z9/ 1.056s http://www.webpagetest.org/result/140304_MH_6ZH/ http://www.webpagetest.org/result/140304_MH_6ZH/ 0.665s http://www.webpagetest.org/result/140304_RN_70Y/ http://www.webpagetest.org/result/140304_RN_70Y/ 1.245s http://www.webpagetest.org/result/140217_XW_J0Q/ http://www.webpagetest.org/result/140217_XW_J0Q/ 0.950s http://www.webpagetest.org/result/140217_KG_HW9/ http://www.webpagetest.org/result/140217_KG_HW9/ 1.419s http://www.webpagetest.org/result/140217_N8_J39/ http://www.webpagetest.org/result/140217_N8_J39/ 0.924s http://www.webpagetest.org/result/140217_Z1_J7G/ http://www.webpagetest.org/result/140217_Z1_J7G/ 0.940s http://www.webpagetest.org/result/140217_QR_JT7/ http://www.webpagetest.org/result/140217_QR_JT7/ 1.208s http://www.webpagetest.org/result/140217_XH_JJ0/ http://www.webpagetest.org/result/140217_XH_JJ0/ 1.229s http://www.webpagetest.org/result/140217_ER_JE6/ http://www.webpagetest.org/result/140217_ER_JE6/ 0.671s http://www.webpagetest.org/result/140217_DW_JB9/ http://www.webpagetest.org/result/140217_DW_JB9/ 0.642s http://www.webpagetest.org/result/140217_0K_JYE/ http://www.webpagetest.org/result/140217_0K_JYE/ 1.174s http://www.webpagetest.org/result/140217_CB_K2X/ http://www.webpagetest.org/result/140217_CB_K2X/ 1.721s http://www.webpagetest.org/result/140217_1Q_K61/ http://www.webpagetest.org/result/140217_1Q_K61/ 0.981s http://www.webpagetest.org/result/140217_A8_KNH/ http://www.webpagetest.org/result/140217_A8_KNH/ 1.073s http://www.webpagetest.org/result/140217_NR_M5G/ http://www.webpagetest.org/result/140217_NR_M5G/ 1.327s http://www.webpagetest.org/result/140217_RM_M1H/ http://www.webpagetest.org/result/140217_RM_M1H/ 1.682s http://www.webpagetest.org/result/140217_5P_KVQ/ http://www.webpagetest.org/result/140217_5P_KVQ/ 1.353s http://www.webpagetest.org/result/140217_ED_KPJ/ http://www.webpagetest.org/result/140217_ED_KPJ/ 0.732s http://www.webpagetest.org/result/140217_C4_M93/ http://www.webpagetest.org/result/140217_C4_M93/ 0.725s http://www.webpagetest.org/result/140217_1W_MGX/ http://www.webpagetest.org/result/140217_1W_MGX/ 1.216s http://www.webpagetest.org/result/140217_9Q_MKK/ http://www.webpagetest.org/result/140217_9Q_MKK/ 0.812s http://www.webpagetest.org/result/140217_X5_NH5/ http://www.webpagetest.org/result/140217_X5_NH5/ 1.235s http://www.webpagetest.org/result/140217_RX_NJ1/ http://www.webpagetest.org/result/140217_RX_NJ1/ 1.060s http://www.webpagetest.org/result/140217_ND_NP4/ http://www.webpagetest.org/result/140217_ND_NP4/ 1.080s http://www.webpagetest.org/result/140217_C1_NV3/ http://www.webpagetest.org/result/140217_C1_NV3/ 0.924s http://www.webpagetest.org/result/140218_91_HS4/ http://www.webpagetest.org/result/140218_91_HS4/ 1.083s http://www.webpagetest.org/result/140218_MA_HSG/ http://www.webpagetest.org/result/140218_MA_HSG/ 1.460s http://www.webpagetest.org/result/140218_B3_HTE/ http://www.webpagetest.org/result/140218_B3_HTE/ 0.748s http://www.webpagetest.org/result/140218_VB_HW8/ http://www.webpagetest.org/result/140218_VB_HW8/ 0.616s http://www.webpagetest.org/result/140219_EE_RAE/ http://www.webpagetest.org/result/140219_EE_RAE/ 1.021s http://www.webpagetest.org/result/140219_CV_S2J/ http://www.webpagetest.org/result/140219_CV_S2J/ 1.516s http://www.webpagetest.org/result/140219_HH_SKQ/ http://www.webpagetest.org/result/140219_HH_SKQ/ 1.116s http://www.webpagetest.org/result/140219_28_SV6/ http://www.webpagetest.org/result/140219_28_SV6/ EDIT: nope. That's was supposed to be a table of the webpagetest.org results :/ its 3am here and I need to get some sleep and be awake again in a few hours. I will have to get back to you on a nicer formatted version.
  • contentdjango 13y ago
    Interesting benchmarks. I am really impressed with the depth you have gone with these tests. It will be great to see newer companies included in that list too like cloudways.com and jumpstarter.io. Pantheon, Cloudways and Jumpstarter are three great platforms with a potential to beat a lot of higher players in this industry.
• bsirkia 13y ago
  It totally blows my mind that Wordpress powers (or claims to power) 19% of the web. I had never used it until this year (after using other CMSs like SquareSpace and Statamic) and wanted to blow my brains out. I really wonder how the CMS landscape will look in five years.
  • camus2 13y ago
    wordpress has a lot of features (and plugins) if you want something like a multi-user blog, the code base is what it is,but noone can deny that.Furthermore for non technical user it's like one of the easiest thing to deploy and supports a wide range of cheap hosting providers. Furthermore neither Statamic nor SquareSpace are opensource => vendor lockin.
  • mpclark 13y ago
    I hear people say stuff like this a lot. I've been using WordPress for years and find it really, really good -- not hard to get into, infinitely customisable, well supported, always improving, well-written plugins for every function that a reasonable number of people requires etc etc. Is it just because it doesn't use the latest methods or languages or something? Is there really more to this than simple techno-snobbery? FWIW I think the answer to your question is dead simple -- WordPress will still be the CMS leader in five years, running something rather greater than 20% of the web. You can't beat the entry price...
    • aranjedeath 13y ago
      The major issue I've had with wp is the speed. I don't know if it's a php problem or a wp problem, but running wp on shit-tier commodity hardware results in a complete inability for your site to be {hn'd/slashdotted/dugg/whatever} due to the ~500ms page generation times (that only increase with any plugins at all). The caching plugins mostly resolve this, but still not well enough to be accessible during a wave of pageviews. It seems like unless you're willing to pay for managed wp hosting (or fancy hardware), you can't expect more than 10 pageviews/s to be handled. This makes me sad.
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• timdorr 13y ago
  Oh hey, it's my old company ASO on there! I haven't followed Doug and the team much since I sold it, but good to know it's still a contender and the support levels are still as high quality as I left it. Did you have a chance to test on one of their business accounts? http://asmallorange.com/hosting/business/ http://asmallorange.com/hosting/business/ It's like a standard shared account, but not oversold and therefore able to better scale.
  • ohashi 13y ago
    This was tested on a VPS ($25 one) using their custom LEMP WordPress stack.
• josephjrobison 13y ago
  Good to see SiteGround keeps up, I've found their offering very compelling and signed up for them. Support does seem good so far, and I think they can compete on cost because they're mostly based out of Bulgaria from what I can tell. Their highest WordPress plan tops out at $15...so that's half of WP Engine's starting plan.
• bhartzer 13y ago
  I'd like to see this test run again... but with a lot more WP hosts than were originally included in the test.
• frade33 13y ago
  I am amazed noone had mentined Dreampress $20/month (includes two VPS files + mysql and uses varinsh cache) which they claim is equal to $500 wordpress.com VIP. I am using it, but I never had the privilege so far to hit more than 100 concurrent users.
  • ohashi 13y ago
    They are on the list for the next round of testing.
    • frade33 13y ago
      Okay!
    • lelandriordan 13y ago
      Please do Flywheel next time too
      • ohashi 13y ago
        They are on the list too! Pantheon and Media Temple as well.