GoDaddy vs. Liquid Web

GoDaddy

Liquid Web

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
GoDaddy	Score 8.9 out of 10	N/A	GoDaddy Web Hosting provides users with storage, email addresses, and unlimited bandwith.	$6.99 per month with an annual term
Liquid Web	Score 8.0 out of 10	N/A	Liquid Web is a fully managed hosting service, boasting VPS hosting on the Storm Platform, and cloud dedicated hosting on the Storm Platform. Liquid Web supports managed WordPress, managed WooCommerce, VMware Private Cloud, as well as HIPAA and PCI compliant hosting, high availability database hosting, and dedicated or server clusters available for a variety of purposes, as well as websites.	$19 per month

Pricing

GoDaddy

Liquid Web

Editions & Modules

Basic: as low as $6.99
per month with an annual term
Basic: as low as $10.49
per month with an annual term
Premium: as low as $13.49
per month with an annual term
Commerce: as low as $14.99
per month with an annual term

Managed WordPress: $19
per month
Managed WooCommerce: $19
per month
VPS: $35
per month
Magenta Cloud: $49
per month
Cloud Dedicated: $149
per month
Private VPS Parent: $149
per month
Dedicated: $169
per month
Cloud Servers: $265
per month
HIPPA: $343
per month
Server Clusters: $743
per month
High Performance: 1,127
per month
High Availability: 1,448
per month
Database Hosting: 1,498
per month
VMware Private Cloud: 1,599
per month

Offerings

Pricing Offerings
GoDaddy	Liquid Web
Free Trial
Yes	No
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

Optional

No setup fee

Additional Details

Discounts available for annual subscription.

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More Pricing Information

Community Pulse
	GoDaddy	Liquid Web
Considered Both Products	GoDaddy Verified User Anonymous Chose GoDaddy GoDaddy is simple to use the platform that's why I elected the GoDaddy platform. Incentivized Helpful? SS Stephen Sauchelli Owner Chose GoDaddy Domain.com Website Builder, Hover and Azure Web PubSub Incentivized Helpful? Josh Edney Executive Pastor Chose GoDaddy GoDaddy is just more credible and has been in the industry longer. Incentivized Helpful? Kyle Bergeron IT Manager Chose GoDaddy We haven't really considered any others. GoDaddy has been our go to for hosting and domain registration needs. Incentivized Helpful? Manmeet Singh.. Brand Manager Chose GoDaddy Their backend is terrible as compared to Godaddy , also HostGator is slow as compared to Godaddy .I would like to also tell HostGator services are not good as compared to Godaddy , which included hosting , domain name , website builder , also many many more. Incentivized Helpful? AL Anatoly Lubarsky Founder and lead developer Chose GoDaddy SoftLayer and HighVelocity are better in terms of advanced web hosting and dedicated hosting than GoDaddy in my opinion. GoDaddy's main business is domain hosting and basic web hosting and GoDaddy is better at it in my opinion. Amazon Route 53 provides simple domain and web … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose GoDaddy GoDaddy is able to be integrated from these various platforms. I haven't used much of other services such as Host Gator, but GoDaddy's relative ease of use makes it a relatively simple platform for your small business needs. It does not quite plug and play, but it's not too far … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose GoDaddy Best customer service and fees when first becoming a client. Very helpful, supportive, and full of kindness when making website hosting changes. Follow up and good product offering. When I called to begin using the service they were helpful and switched it over for me at no fee … Incentivized Helpful? Joshua Day Internet Marketing Manager Chose GoDaddy GoDaddy's website builder is more robust than these other website hosting sites. I have used many different platforms, and GoDaddy is easier, faster, and more efficient in getting a website up and running, as well as maintaining it for a business that wants to grow. I am … Incentivized Helpful? Alex Greenwood Principal and Owner Chose GoDaddy I found Squarespace to be pretty user-unfriendly compared to GoDaddy. Their sites were hard to update and looked cheap. Incentivized Helpful? Jim Nelson Lead Developer Chose GoDaddy Whenever new clients come to me for website development, I begin our relationship by asking about domain registration and website hosting. I cringe when they say they use GoDaddy and often warn them that additional time and effort may be required to accomplish their goals. … Incentivized Helpful? David Fox President \| Sales & Marketing Advisor Chose GoDaddy Flywheel and WP Engine are both more expensive but they offer more bells and whistles if you need them. I think WP Engine recently bought Flywheel so their services are very similar. GoDaddy offers more standard options that are more affordable. Network Solutions is slightly … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose GoDaddy For my own business website I did switch to BigCommerce because they offered features that weren't available at the time with Go Daddy, such as sales tax rates for every city/state, and products were limited to I think 10 or 20 options at the time and I needed 100+ options for … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose GoDaddy GoDaddy has gotten too big for themselves. They have gone very corporate, you can't really get support as easily as you used to, and their pricing is ridiculous. Not to mention they sneak things into your cart during the checkout process and reel you in with introductory … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose GoDaddy We use GoDaddy because of institutional inertia. To be honest, most of the big-name registrars and web hosts out there are pretty terrible and suffer from the same issues with transfers, uptime, and support. I want to try evaluating more alternatives soon, but honestly, the … Incentivized Helpful? KT Karina Tama -Rutigliano CEO (Chief Executive Officer) Chose GoDaddy I thought they are a good company but [in my opinion] they are not. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose GoDaddy We had considered wix before selecting GoDaddy, however, it did not seem as easy to use, especially the website templates. The features we needed for the company website were not all readily available in wix, so we finally chose Godaddy & WordPress hosting for the website. The … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose GoDaddy Pricing was just better and domains are simple to keep organized. Incentivized Helpful? Emily Hammell Marketing and Communications Manager Chose GoDaddy We had used a few different platforms in the past, including Wix and Squarespace. These alternative platforms offered much more robust design elements that were more customizable and attractive, by far. These platforms weren't as cost-effective for our organization and didn't … Incentivized Helpful? Anne Theriault Internet & Small Business Mentor Chose GoDaddy GoDaddy works well with Wordpress and many Wordpress plugins. GoDaddy has fast page loading speeds and experienced customer service. The price is fair for anyone looking to begin a blog or website and doesn't want to invest too much in hosting. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose GoDaddy We are only now shopping around for an alternative, and have considered a local provider most seriously, but so far, no move is planned. GoDaddy is good enough as-is - we will see if we choose to step away from it, in favor of better support, less errors and more up time. So … Incentivized Helpful? Carter Durham Chief Creative Officer and Head of Product Chose GoDaddy GoDaddy compares well to other options and the tool used for building or updating the site content is relatively easy to use and problem-free. WordPress may have more options as far as templates are concerned, and we sometimes run into those constraints with GoDaddy as far as … Incentivized Helpful? page V CEO (Chief Executive Officer) Chose GoDaddy With GoDaddy: I can always expect that their support will be helpful and positive. That I can reach operators by phone or chat That I can find my domains and host in one place. That I can also purchase and access email for myself and my team. Incentivized Helpful? Meredith Brough Business Owner Chose GoDaddy I looked at several website builder options. Some looked good complicated, most were too expensive, then I found GoDaddy Web Builder and I loved the pricing, the functionality, and the variety of styles and options. It’s as easy as building a scrapbook page. I have shared it … Incentivized Helpful? KE Kiara Elder Senior Office Manager Chose GoDaddy I would recommend the other platforms for ease of use and overall functionally. Incentivized Helpful?	Liquid Web Kaushik Somaiya Owner Chose Liquid Web Liquid Web is more professional than all of them. The main reason is the rock solid support which is 24/7 available. Whenever we contact with queries, the solution is guaranteed. There is no need to create support tickets, all the queries gets solved over live chat. Incentivized Helpful? Francisco Mosse Director Chose Liquid Web In the last 20 years I used, between 5 and 10 hosting companies from Argentina, Canada, and USA. The best is Liquidweb. What I love from them is their support. I always know that I can send a ticket and in a short time (sometimes just minutes) I will have a reply. If I need … Incentivized Helpful? Lindsay Halsey Co-Founder Chose Liquid Web Liquid-Web is miles ahead of GoDaddy and Network Solutions in terms of customer support. It's a pleasure to speak with the Liquid-Web team and we've needed to reach out to support far less often after the shift to Liquid Web. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Liquid Web We evaluated Kinsta and WPEngine. Both offer great platforms but the lack of solid phone support and the substantial difference in server resource allocation made Liquid Web a clear winner. Incentivized Helpful? Tim Sleeper Web Developer Search Engine Optimization Chose Liquid Web The only other serious contender was DigitalOcean. Media Temple and GoDaddy are both terrible. While I liked DigitalOcean and the amount of flexibility it offered, we opted for a managed solution to lighten the workload for us. So, in the end, we picked Liquid-Web and we have … Incentivized Helpful? Chris Putnam Senior Web Developer Chose Liquid Web For me, Liquid-Web is the best overlap of: - Web hosting standardized Tools & Software - Quality Product (Reliable, Well-Performing) Incentivized Helpful?

Best Alternatives
	GoDaddy	Liquid Web
Small Businesses	Ecwid by Lightspeed Score 10.0 out of 10	Flywheel Score 9.9 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies	10Web Score 5.2 out of 10	WP Engine Score 8.9 out of 10
Enterprises	Adobe Experience Manager Score 8.4 out of 10	Pantheon Score 8.6 out of 10
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User Ratings
	GoDaddy	Liquid Web
Likelihood to Recommend	9.0 (0 ratings)	10.0 (0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	10.0 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Usability	10.0 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Availability	10.0 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Performance	10.0 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Support Rating	10.0 (0 ratings)	10.0 (0 ratings)
Implementation Rating	10.0 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Configurability	10.0 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Ease of integration	10.0 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Product Scalability	10.0 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale	10.0 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale	10.0 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	GoDaddy	Liquid Web
Likelihood to Recommend	I have purchased domains through a few different sites over the years and the ones I purchased from other companies, I always had issues with. The ones I have purchased through GoDaddy were no problem at all. They have easy help pages that helps you set up step-by-step no matter where you will use your domain. I now only purchase them from GoDaddy. They also have coupon codes where you can sometimes get them for 99 cents, especially if you are a new user. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	LiquidWeb is web suited for small and large companies as they offer VPS and dedicated servers, from small to very big servers if you need lot of CPU, RAM or disk. Incentivized Francisco Mosse Director Read full review
Pros	Customer service is definitely number one here. The fact that they are open for calls 24/7 and have a great support team is a really nice thing to have when you aren't fully versed in all things domains/cpanel/email etc. They also usually answer quickly. Ease of use throughout the website. It's made for the non web savvy individual, clear and instructive for proper usage. I think they know their target market well and it's nice to see that their website shows just that. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Phone support is somewhat rare, but rapid, knowledgeable, and English-speaking phone support is rarer still. Liquid Web ticks all these boxes and more. Easy staging environments. Partnership with iThemes for complete site management. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Cons	Support agents are woefully undertrained, even in knowledge of their own products. Support agents will always try to upsell you, even when you're dealing with an urgent, high-impact issue. There's no guarantee of uptime, and there will often be gaps in service as part of normal procedures. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	The only con I can think of is Liquid-Web is more expensive, but it is a managed VPS so the price is on par with other similar services. There are some cheaper managed VPS plans out there, but in my experience, those often come with mediocre support and periodic server issues. Incentivized Tim Sleeper Web Developer Search Engine Optimization Read full review
Likelihood to Renew	GoDaddy is the number one player in town. They have the most competitive and best pricing on everything from domain name registration to hosting packages that are very affordable. But of course due to inflation and everything going up in price today GoDaddy has raised their rates but nothing ever comes back down. Incentivized SS STEPHEN SAUCHELLI Owner Read full review	No answers on this topic
Usability	Some integration could be much cleaner and smoother. Seems it used to be easier. Plus, they took away the catch all email feature. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	No answers on this topic
Reliability and Availability	They are also available. They never have any outages or anything that I've yet to experience. Incentivized SS STEPHEN SAUCHELLI Owner Read full review	No answers on this topic
Performance	Like I said before they are the BEST! nothing slows them down. Incentivized SS STEPHEN SAUCHELLI Owner Read full review	No answers on this topic
Support Rating	I think a lot of companies can learn from GoDaddy's support team. I have found: Chat or phone support is almost always available. Their agents are friendly and helpful. Their agents seem to care and be knowledgeable about a wide range of issues. I rarely have to escalate my problem to get the support that I need. If they can't help me, then they can tell me why something is happening and direct me to resources that can fix my problem. Incentivized page V CEO (Chief Executive Officer) Read full review	No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered	GoDaddy is able to be integrated from these various platforms. I haven't used much of other services such as Host Gator, but GoDaddy's relative ease of use makes it a relatively simple platform for your small business needs. It does not quite plug and play, but it's not too far off, either. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Liquid Web is more professional than all of them. The main reason is the rock solid support which is 24/7 available. Whenever we contact with queries, the solution is guaranteed. There is no need to create support tickets, all the queries gets solved over live chat. The organization backend is strong. Servers are costly but good. Incentivized Kaushik Somaiya Owner Read full review
Scalability	Their customer service is easily reachable. Someone is always available to help you at any given time 24 hours a day. They are simply the best in the whole wide world. They have the best engineers and support team. Whatever I need they are there to help and assist along the way every time. Incentivized SS STEPHEN SAUCHELLI Owner Read full review	No answers on this topic
Return on Investment	Definitely a positive ROI because we are able to have a website to get information out there in addition to our social media pages. It brings everything together in one place. Companies with websites are way more credible than those without. We are planning on hosting our online store through GoDaddy, as well, which will also increase our ROI. Incentivized Kirsten Rodriguez Realtor Read full review	Positive! Our team voted moving our websites to Liquid Web as a top 3 decision/change made in 2018. Time! We save time managing and maintaining our website thanks to Liquid Web. Incentivized Lindsay Halsey Co-Founder Read full review
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