WP Engine vs A2 Hosting

Comparison
Compared options Visit WP Engine Visit A2 Hosting
Pricing
9 hosting plans 62 hosting plans
Starting price $23.00 / month $2.99 / month
Free domain No No
Coupons No 1 coupon
User Ratings
4.4
4.7
Reliability 4.5
4.5
Pricing 4.0
4.5
User Friendly 4.5
4.5
Support 4.5
4.5
Features 4.5
4.5
User Reviews
19 reviews 1845 reviews
Latest positive review
Always reliable and good support
Juancho Dev,
10
It has one-click backup and restore, and it has a staging environment! 24-7 available helpful tech support. Never had a problem with their servers
Really a great hosting company
Chimp Bytes,
10
A2 Hosting is one of the best hosting companies we've ever used. Prices are good and also their support and service is excellent!
We would recommend them gladly to anyone who is looking for a (new) hosting company.
Latest negative review
WP ENGINE HAS LET ME DOWN
Sandy McCarthy,
4.8
I have been with WP Engine for my wordpress site for several years now. I had heard they were the best for a business Wordpress site. In the past, I had no problems with my site ever going down. Since switching to WP Engine, ... More It has been problem after problem with my site going down for hours at a time. I finally had to set up with a Down Time notification service so I could keep track. They have switched my site over to different servers several times but never seem to be able to provide a reason or explanation for the problem. Their pricing is way higher than most companies (which they admit) yet they provide nothing special and their reliability is not stable at all. Now actively looking to switch my site to a different company. Less
Big disappointment
Rob Bob,
5.6
My plan was 4GB RAM and I could not upload more than 500M in media library of WP. The support said this was the plan after a couple days of investigating. No well configured, I tested other hostings and it wasn't a problem at... More all. If it was the fixed. No daily backups (extra paid), no Dynamic DNS in all plans. Less
Shared Hosting
4 plans from $23.00 to $242.00 10 plans from $2.99 to $505.99
Under $4

Free trial

$0.00 / MO
  • Space: Unlimited
  • Bandwidth: Unlimited
  • Panel: cpanel
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Startup

$2.99 / MO
  • Space: 100 GB
  • Bandwidth: Unlimited
  • Panel: cpanel
  • Number of Sites: 1
View Startup plan
Under $8 No

Drive

$5.99 / MO
  • Space: Unlimited
  • Bandwidth: Unlimited
  • Panel: cpanel
View Drive plan
Over $10

STARTUP

$23.00 / MO
  • Space: 10 GB
  • Bandwidth: 49.97 GB
  • Panel: other
  • Number of Sites: 1
View STARTUP plan

Turbo Max

$14.99 / MO
  • Space: Unlimited
  • Bandwidth: Unlimited
  • Panel: cpanel
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VPS
4 plans from $23.00 to $242.00 13 plans from $2.99 to $505.99
Under $4 No

Runway 1 - Unmanaged

$2.99 / MO
  • Space: 150 GB
  • Bandwidth: Unlimited
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Under $8 No

Runway 2 - Unmanaged

$7.99 / MO
  • Space: 250 GB
  • Bandwidth: Unlimited
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Over $10

Startup

$23.00 / MO
  • Space: 10 GB
  • Bandwidth: Unlimited
View Startup plan

Runway 4 - Unmanaged

$9.99 / MO
  • Space: 450 GB
  • Bandwidth: Unlimited
View Runway 4 - Unmanaged plan
Dedicated Server
No
12 plans from $2.99 to $505.99
Under $4 No No
Under $8 No No
Over $10 No

Unmanaged Hyper 1

$105.99 / MO
  • Space: 2 TB
  • Bandwidth: Unlimited
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Cloud Hosting
1 plan from $23.00 to $242.00 7 plans from $2.99 to $505.99
Under $4 No

Runway 1

$2.99 / MO
  • Space: 150 GB
  • Bandwidth: 2 TB
View Runway 1 plan
Under $8 No

Runway 2

$7.99 / MO
  • Space: 250 GB
  • Bandwidth: 3 TB
View Runway 2 plan
Over $10

Startup

$23.00 / MO
  • Space: 10 GB
  • Bandwidth: 49.97 GB
View Startup plan

Runway 4

$9.99 / MO
  • Space: 450 GB
  • Bandwidth: 4 TB
View Runway 4 plan
Website Builder
No
4 plans from $2.99 to $505.99
Under $4 No

1-PAGE

$2.99 / MO
  • Space: 100.04 MB
  • Bandwidth: Unlimited
View 1-PAGE plan
Under $8 No No
Over $10 No

BASIC

$8.99 / MO
  • Space: 249.96 MB
  • Bandwidth: Unlimited
View BASIC plan
CDN
No
4 plans from $2.99 to $505.99
Under $4 No

STARTUP

$2.99 / MO
  • Space: Unlimited
  • Bandwidth: Unlimited
  • Number of Sites: 1
View STARTUP plan
Under $8 No

DRIVE

$5.99 / MO
  • Space: Unlimited
  • Bandwidth: Unlimited
View DRIVE plan
Over $10 No

TURBO MAX

$14.99 / MO
  • Space: Unlimited
  • Bandwidth: Unlimited
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Resellers
No
8 plans from $2.99 to $505.99
Under $4 No No
Under $8 No No
Over $10 No

Kickstart

$17.99 / MO
  • Space: 60 GB
  • Bandwidth: 599.96 GB
  • Panel: whm
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SSL
No
4 plans from $2.99 to $505.99
Under $4 No No
Under $8 No No
Over $10 No

Basic SSL DV

$49.99 / MO
  • Space: Unlimited
  • Bandwidth: Unlimited
View Basic SSL DV plan
Data Centers
2 of 6 4 of 6
North America Yes Yes
Europe Yes Yes
Asia No Yes
Oceânia No Yes
South America No No
Africa & Middle East No No
Support Services
5 of 6 6 of 6
Live Chat Yes Yes
Phone Support Yes Yes
Email Support Yes Yes
Forum Support Yes Yes
Video guides No Yes
Knowledgebase Yes Yes
CMS support
1 of 6 5 of 6
WordPress Yes Yes
Joomla No Yes
Drupal No Yes
Magento No Yes
Softaculous No No
PrestaShop No Yes
OS Support
1 of 2 2 of 2
Windows/ASP.NET No Yes
Linux Yes Yes
Language Support
1 of 8 7 of 8
PHP Yes Yes
Java No Yes
Python No Yes
Node.js No Yes
Django No Yes
Perl No Yes
Ruby on Rails No Yes
ASP.NET No No
Database Support
1 of 3 3 of 3
MongoDB No Yes
MySQL Yes Yes
PostgreSQL No Yes
Payment Types Support
2 of 6 4 of 6
PayPal No Yes
Credit Card Yes Yes
Moneybookers No Yes
Wire Transfer Yes Yes
Webmoney No No
Bitcoin No No
Second

Second

Winner

Winner

Winner: A2 Hosting

Delight Johnson Hosting Expert

Comparing A2 Hosting and WP Engine is quite a challenge given that they are both excellent companies that work hard to please their customers. While A2 Hosting does have more options available, WP Engine provides some of the best rated and most complete hosting on the net, especially when it comes to Word Press sites. Users have given them an average score of 9.9/10, which is extremely high. They also have experts in Word Press hosting to help you through any type of issues you’re facing. It is this great level of service and focus on quality that helped us name WP Engine as the winner of this comparison.