With our budget hosts trying to challenge the premium hosts now that WP Rocket is on board, lets find out how they have performed in Mumbai?

Speed Test – Week 148 Method

  • Compare 6 WordPress Hosts
  • Use 6 Live Sites, each with a Different Host but with Identical Content (you can check them out here)
  • Use GTmetrix Speed Test

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  • Location of Test: Mumbai, India
  • Plugins Installed: WP Rocket
  • Frequency of Testing: Every Hour for 7 Days
  • Number of Weekly Tests = 1 x24 x7 x6 = 1,008 (xHours xDays xSites)
  • Speed Testing is checking how long it takes for a website to fully load using a desktop internet browser

Which WordPress Host will conquer the Speed Test this week? 

 

WordPress Hosts

Identical Live Sites

Weekly Tests

SiteGround Weekly Speed Results

SiteGround Speed Dashboard & Load Time Chart

Lightning Base Weekly Speed Results

Lightning Base Speed Dashboard & Load Time Chart

flywheel Weekly Speed Results

Flywheel Speed Dashboard & Load Time Chart

kinsta Weekly Speed Results

Kinsta Speed Dashboard & Load Time Chart

pressidium Weekly Speed Results

Pressidium Speed Dashboard & Load Time Chart

wp engine Weekly Speed Results

WP Engine Speed Dashboard & Load Time Chart

Speed Test – Week 148 Summary Table

The fastest host this week in Mumbai is Kinsta with a time of 2.43s.

With our 4 new premium hosts on board in 2019, Kinsta dominated early with fastest load time across 4 of the first 5 weeks of testing. But the prior 2 weeks Flywheel took the honors of fastest host. This week Kinsta has returned to form and quite comfortably recorded the fastest average load time.

The other element we’re wanting to check is the influence WP Rocket has had on our hosts. If we look back to Week 143 results (where the same test was conducted from Mumbai, just without WP Rocket), the constant theme is how well Kinsta continues to perform. The biggest improvement came from Flywheel, while WP Engine was actually worse off with WP Rocket.

For next week’s test, I will change up our testing location to Vancouver as we continue with WP Rocket comparisons. I wonder whether Kinsta & Flywheel will continue to lead the way in the Great White North?

Speed Test Results - Summary Table - Week 148

And this Week’s Winner is…

Speed Rankings

With our new hosts yet to achieve enough results to summarise, feel free to check out how our previous hosts performed over the course of 3 years of testing. 

Which host was Fastest after 3 Years?