Let’s zoom into the uptime results from North America?

Uptime Test – Week 13 Method

  • Compare 8 WordPress Hosts
  • Use 8 Live Sites, each with a Different Host but with Identical Content (you can check them out here)
  • Use Pingdom Uptime Test

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  • Location of Test: 10 Locations across North America
  • Frequency of Testing: Every Minute across the Last 7 Days
  • Number of Weekly Tests = 1 x60 x24 x7 x8 = 80,640 (xMinutes xHours xDays xSites)
  • Uptime testing is confirming that the website is actually accessible to visitors
  • An example of why an outage (or downtime) can occur is scheduled maintenance of the server the website is hosted on

 
Which WordPress Hosts can ace the uptime test this week?
 

WordPress Hosts

Identical Live Sites

Weekly Tests

WordPress Host #1: SiteGround

SiteGround Uptime Dashboard - Week 13

SiteGround Uptime Response Time - Week 13

SiteGround Uptime Status - Week 13

WordPress Host #2: A2 Hosting

A2 Uptime Dashboard - Week 13

A2 Uptime Response Time - Week 13

A2 Uptime Status - Week 13

WordPress Host #3: GoDaddy

GoDaddy Uptime Dashboard - Week 13

GoDaddy Uptime Response Time - Week 13

GoDaddy Uptime Status - Week 13

WordPress Host #4: DreamHost

DreamHost Uptime Dashboard - Week 13

DreamHost Uptime Response Time - Week 13

DreamHost Uptime Status - Week 13

WordPress Host #5: InMotion Hosting

InMotion Uptime Dashboard - Week 13

InMotion Uptime Response Time - Week 13

InMotion Uptime Status - Week 13

WordPress Host #6: HostGator

HostGator Uptime Dashboard - Week 13

HostGator Uptime Response Time - Week 13

HostGator Uptime Status - Week 13

WordPress Host #7: Bluehost

Bluehost Uptime Dashboard - Week 13

Bluehost Uptime Response Time - Week 13

Bluehost Uptime Status - Week 13

WordPress Host #8: Web Hosting Hub

Hub Uptime Dashboard - Week 13

Hub Uptime Response Time - Week 13

Hub Uptime Status - Week 13

Uptime Test – Week 13 Summary Table

Our hosts have recorded a solid uptime performance, with 5 hosts achieving the ultimate goal of 100% Uptime:

  1. GoDaddy
  2. SiteGround
  3. InMotion Hosting
  4. DreamHost
  5. Web Hosting Hub

GoDaddy takes the win this week in North America, being the fastest of those with 100% Uptime!

A2 Hosting’s roller coaster ride has continued, dropping from 1st last week to 7th this week. Their Average Response Time was faster than GoDaddy’s, but once again they have been let down by 10 Minutes of downtime.

SiteGround continues to perform brilliantly when it comes to perfect Uptime – it is now 12 out of 13 weeks they have achieved 100%!!

Uptime Test Results - Week 13 Summary Table

And The Week 13 Winner is…

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Uptime Rankings

After 13 weeks of testing, let’s summarize all the results to see how our 8 hosts are performing overall. It will also allow us to find out which host is currently leading our uptime challenge.

Who has the Best Uptime after 13 Weeks?

Check out the Uptime Rankings