InMotion Hosting Review

After 3 Years of testing, let’s package up all the InMotion Hosting Test Results and find out how they’ve performed so far…

InMotion Hosting Review – Testing Method

  • Prior to testing, I have setup identical content on all 8 Live Test Sites
  • Each week over 80,000 speed & uptime tests are run using independent tools, GTmetrix & Pingdom
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  • Test results below are from 04 Apr 2016 to 22 Dec 2018

Test #1: Speed

The GTmetrix Speed Test checks how long it takes for a website to fully load using a desktop internet browser. This test is then repeated every hour throughout the week (1,340 times).

  • InMotion Hosting’s speed has been a little inconsistent across the last 3 years. Their load times have been on a bit of a roller coaster, where some weeks they can be the fastest hosts, while other weeks they can drop to slowest. Their most recent results in H2 2018 are their most impressive, where they are the 2nd fastest host.
  • InMotion is currently sitting in 3rd place in our Speed Rankings.
InMotion Hosting Speed Test Results Table - Overall

H2 2018 Results

InMotion Hosting Speed Test Chart - Jul 2018 to Dec 2018
InMotion Hosting Speed Test Results Table - Jul 2018 to Dec 2018

H1 2018 Results

InMotion Hosting Speed Test Chart - Jan 2018 to Jul 2018
InMotion Hosting Speed Test Results Table - Jan 2018 to Jul 2018

H2 2017 Results

InMotion Hosting Speed Test Chart - Aug 2017 to Dec 2017
InMotion Hosting Speed Test Results Table - Aug 2017 to Dec 2017

H1 2017 Results

InMotion Hosting Speed Test Chart - Jan 2017 to Aug 2017
InMotion Hosting Speed Test Results Table - Jan 2017 to Aug 2017

2016 Results

InMotion Hosting Speed Test Chart - Apr 2016 to Dec 2016
InMotion Hosting Speed Test Results Table - Apr 2016 to Dec 2016

Test #2: Uptime

The Pingdom Uptime Test confirms that the website is actually accessible to visitors. This test is then repeated every minute throughout the week (80,640 times).

  • InMotion Hosting have also performed erratically when it comes to Uptime. Their 2016 performance was positive, finishing 3rd, but as time has gone on, they have progressively dropped away. In 2017 they were 7th and both H1 & H2 2018 they’ve fallen to be the worst active host, recording 765 minutes of downtime.
  • InMotion is currently ranked 8th in our Uptime Rankings.
InMotion Hosting Uptime Test Results - Apr 2016 to Dec 2018

InMotion Hosting Review – Overall Test Results

The Overall Ranking accumulates the results from the speed & uptime tests to determine the #1 Host.

  • InMotion Hosting’s performance started off as promising but inconsistent across 2016 & 2017, resulting in a ranking of 4th at the end of 2017. While their speed in H2 2018 has been very impressive, they have been let down by disappointing uptime results across 2018. 
  • InMotion is currently 5th in our Overall Rankings.
InMotion Hosting Overall Test Results - Apr 2016 to Dec 2018

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