In this article I’m going to explain different Liquid Web’s brands i.e. LiquidWeb and Nexcess, with the intent of helping you identify which brand is right for you and your business needs.
About Liquid Web Company
Liquid Web, LLC., was founded in 1997 by Matthew Hill, is a privately held provider of web hosting services based in Lansing, Michigan, United States. The company also has locations in Ann Arbor, MI, Phoenix, AZ, San Antonio Tx, and Amsterdam, NL. They provide a range of hosting products and services.
Liquid Web has expanded over the years by acquiring additional companies (and their products/services) and adding them to the Liquid Web brand.
Their first acquisition was in January 2018 of iThemes, a major WordPress plugin development and training company.
Their second acquisition was September 2019 of Nexcess, a leading provider of hosted eCommerce solutions.
In this post, I am going to compare two different products/ services related to hosting of Liquid Web company.
Let’s get started!
LiquidWeb – Sophisticated hosting solutions
LiquidWeb are actually better suited for a small business that needs a dedicated or semi-dedicated (VPS) solution.
That said, they do offer a few solutions that are ideal for an enterprise that needs high-end networking and hosting solutions.
What They Offer
There are four product lines offered by Liquid Web.
- Virtual Private Servers (VPS)
- Dedicated Servers
- Cloud Dedicated Servers
- HIPAA Compliant Servers
Each of the available hosting services, Virtual Private Servers, Dedicated Servers, Cloud Dedicated Servers and HIPAA Compliant Servers, are all a variation of isolated or dedicated hosting solutions. The difference is in the environment itself.
Virtual Private Servers (VPS) – Starting at $15/month
Unlike a dedicated server, where you are the only tenant on that server, a VPS is a dedicated server divided into virtual environments that are isolated (private) for multiple tenants. A VPS tenant won’t have “parent server” access, but their VPS does offer them access to control their own isolated “virtual” server.
Dedicated Servers – Starting at $169/month
Dedicated servers are physical server boxes that are made available for a single tenant. The tenant then can do whatever they’d like with that server.
Cloud Dedicated Servers – Starting at $149/month
Cloud Dedicated Servers, are intended for a single tenant, but instead of just a physical box that is limited to it’s preconfigured resources, the cloud server offers resource scaleability and flexibility.
HIPAA Compliant Servers – Starting at $344/month
HIPAA hosting refers to website, application or data storage and hosting services that comply with the physical safeguard requirements of the HIPAA Security Rule. HIPAA hosting is an important part of the requirements needed for application developers to ensure HIPAA compliance of their solutions.
Who Should/Shouldn’t Use LiquidWeb?
Not everybody needs a dedicated server to run their website. In fact, most people don’t. Which means the main products offered by Liquid Web are not a fit for everyone!
LiquidWeb is highly recommended only for:
- Mid to High Level Expert
- Have IT Staff or Outsourced Team
- Have a High Trafficked Website
- Run a Large eCommerce Website
- Need to Run Several Websites with Mid to High Traffic
- Need to Host Enterprise Level Software (i.e QuickBooks)
- Need to Host Your Own Organizational Email System
- Need Hosting for a Mobile Application (probably want Cloud for this)
- If You’re a Web Pro Offering Hosting (Liquid Web has a killer reseller program)
If anything on the list below are true for you, then you should NOT use LiquidWeb dedicated solutions.
- You Need Hosting for a Basic Website
- You Have NO Tech Experience
- You Do NOT have the Budget for IT Staff or Outsourcing
- Hosted Email Works Great for You (i.e Google Suites)
- NO Interested in Learning to Manage a Server
If you’re not a fit for these Liquid Web solutions, you might be a fit for the Nexcess brand hosting solutions so keep reading.
Nexcess – Fully Managed Hosting
Nexcess offers powerful hosting technology designed for what you need.
- Managed WordPress Hosting
- Managed WooCommerce Hosting
- Managed Magento Hosting
- WPQuickStart
Managed WordPress Hosting – Starting at $19/month
Nexcess Managed WordPress plans starts at $19/month for 1 site, but supports 15GB of storage and 2TB of bandwidth. If you’re not sure what that means, that means you can host a huge site, with tons of traffic.
Managed WooCommerce Hosting – Starting at $19/month
Nexcess Managed WooCommerce plans start at $19/month for 1 site, but supports 30GB of storage and 3TB of bandwidth and great for stores doing 500 or less sales per hour.
Here are the highlights of Nexcess Managed WooCommerce hosting.
- Cluster Environments for scaling and performance
- Extensive resources
- Builtin image compression
- Integration of IconicWP Woo extensions
- Astra Pro theme (“fastest theme for eCommerce”)
- WP101 WooCommerce Tutorials
- iThemes Security Pro
- Abandoned Cart by Jilt
Managed Magento Hosting – Starting at $49/month
If you use or want to use Magento, give Nexcess a try. Their plans start at $49 per month.
WPQuickStart – Starting at $19/month and $49/month
WPQuickStart is the only product in the market that combines superior software with superior hosting specifically tailored to WordPress.
Membership sites with WPQuickStart are the fastest and most affordable way to build a membership site on WordPress
Who Should/Shouldn’t Use Nexcess
While the starter plan is a fit for most anyone just starting out or with a small commerce store, Nexcess is most suitable for an online business that is growing fast and needs the flexibility to support their growth.
You should consider using Nexcess if:
- You have an online store that does 50+ sales per hour and growing
- You have one or more large WordPress sites that have a large amount of traffic
- You host multiple sites that require extensive resources and support
You should not use Nexcess if:
- You don’t have a WordPress site
- You don’t need an commerce website
Below is the Infographic of the comparison between LiquidWeb vs. Nexcess
Follow the link below to know more.
- Liquid Web – https://liquidweb.i3f2.net/c/1438208/278394/4464
- Nexcess – https://nexcess.pxf.io/c/1438208/878328/12206