Namecheap Review

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

Namecheap 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).

  • From the time they were added in Jan 2017, Namecheap’s speed has consistently been in the bottom half of our hosts. 
  • Namecheap is currently ranked in 8th place in our Speed Rankings.
Namecheap Speed Test Results Table - Overall

H2 2018 Results

Namecheap Speed Test Chart - Jul 2018 to Dec 2018
Namecheap Speed Test Results Table - Jul 2018 to Dec 2018

H1 2018 Results

Namecheap Speed Test Chart - Jan 2018 to Jul 2018
Namecheap Speed Test Results Table - Jan 2018 to Jul 2018

H2 2017 Results

Namecheap Speed Test Chart - Aug 2017 to Dec 2017
Namecheap Speed Test Results Table - Aug 2017 to Dec 2017

H1 2017 Results

Namecheap Speed Test Chart - Jan 2017 to Aug 2017
Namecheap Speed Test Results Table - Jan 2017 to Aug 2017

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).

  • While Namecheap tend to experience downtime each week, the duration was usually short in 2017. This resulted in a 4th place ranking at the end of 2017. Unfortunately, the results have dropped away in H1 & H2 2018, with Namecheap recording 614 minutes of downtime.
  • Namecheap is currently ranked 7th in our Uptime Rankings.
Namecheap Uptime Test Results - Apr 2016 to Dec 2018

Namecheap Review – Overall Test Results

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

  • The early signs for Namecheap indicated they were below average when it came to speed and above average with uptime. But 2018 has not been kind to Namecheap, with the the below average speed continuing, and the  uptime results falling into the bottom 2 active hosts. 
  • Namecheap is currently 8th in our Overall Rankings.
Namecheap Overall Test Results - Apr 2016 to Dec 2018

How does Namecheap compare to our 9 other Hosts?