InMotion Hosting vs. WordPress VIP

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
InMotion Hosting
Score 1.2 out of 10
N/A
InMotion Hosting presents itself as a web hosting company that boasts the latest enterprise building tools, technology, and professional expertise to speed business growth. They state their 24/7/365 U.S.-based customer service experts respond to call, chat, or email anytime. Offering what they describe as a fast and easy website hosting and technology solutions with all the essential features a small business or a brand new website needs to be at its best, InMotion states their…N/A
WordPress VIP
Score 9.0 out of 10
Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
Wordpress VIP, from a team at Automattic, is enterprise WordPress hosting with customer or digital experience features for enterprises.N/A
Pricing
InMotion HostingWordPress VIP
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
InMotion HostingWordPress VIP
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
InMotion HostingWordPress VIP
Considered Both Products
InMotion Hosting
Chose InMotion Hosting
I selected them 10 years ago so decided it must be easier to stick with them. Boy was I wrong. I think Cloudways blows them out of the water. Don't use InMotion Hosting or be warned. You get what you pay for. In my opinion, their support is lacking and they just want to bill …
Chose InMotion Hosting
inMotion shared hosting has not been as reliable as HostGator due to the aforementioned I/O limitations. inMotion VPS hosting is much more affordable than HostGator. I've found inMotion customer support to be much more reliable and responsive than HostGator at every level. …
Chose InMotion Hosting
The two companies I've used before InMotion are no longer in business.
Chose InMotion Hosting
InMotion is great if you're looking for a quick dedicated hosting solution for your needs. It's great in terms of having fixed costs for your hosting needs. However it hits a ceiling once you grow past a certain point. That's where solutions like AWS and Azure are much better …
Chose InMotion Hosting
As part of my search for a solid re-seller friendly hosting company, I also seriously considered Siteground. Inmotion Hosting provided a better pricing model, so I went with Inmotion. In the following years, I came across Cloud Access through Joomla's launch program. Their …
Chose InMotion Hosting
InMotion Hosting is ultimately more affordable and their customer support is superior to SiteGround
Chose InMotion Hosting
I had terrible tech support and frequent service outages with GoDaddy. Bluehost didn't have very good tech support and their pricing was higher.
WordPress VIP
Chose WordPress VIP
I was not involved in the selection process of this product as that decision was made at a higher level. Though, as previously stated, security and scalability were definitely some of the top factors from the limited amount of interactions I had with those making the decision.
Chose WordPress VIP
Since I have been in my position at Chive Media Group, we have not evaluated alternatives.
Chose WordPress VIP
Used custom websites served through AWS. Those are more complicated to manage and require a series of well built scripts and maintenance. They have their purpose but using WordPress makes it easier for other non-technical stakeholders.
Chose WordPress VIP
VIP can be a better option for sites with much higher volumes of traffic and more complex security requirements.
Chose WordPress VIP
It would be fair to say that both are superb products that follow through on promises and have very strong marketing and teams behind them. For truly enterprise organisations though, one would be tempted to recommend WordPress VIP at this moment in time, but one to keep an eye …
Chose WordPress VIP
We use DigitalOcean for smaller-scale sites, and the level of support, reliability and seamless scalability is nowhere near the same level as WordPress VIP.
Chose WordPress VIP
Wordpress VIP is optimized for sites developed in Wordpress, making everything smooth and easy compared to other options
Chose WordPress VIP
In the competition noted WordPress VIP is the only true enterprise dedicated to WordPress hosting. Their hosting framework is 100% geared up for providing enterprise organizations with the infrastructure needed.
Chose WordPress VIP
For our usage, I would say they are all about the same. The support offered by VIP put it over the top.
Chose WordPress VIP
Our team manages 4 different brands' websites and before WordPress VIP we were using multiple different hosts including Dreamhost and AWS. These were convoluted and didn't offer the enterprise features for our organization that WP VIP was capable of. We also considered …
Features
InMotion HostingWordPress VIP
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
InMotion Hosting
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Ratings
WordPress VIP
7.3
Ratings
10% below category average
Role-based user permissions00 Ratings7.30 Ratings
Platform & Infrastructure
Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Product A and Product B
InMotion Hosting
-
Ratings
WordPress VIP
7.3
Ratings
4% below category average
API00 Ratings9.10 Ratings
Internationalization / multi-language00 Ratings5.50 Ratings
Web Content Creation
Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Product A and Product B
InMotion Hosting
-
Ratings
WordPress VIP
8.2
Ratings
6% above category average
WYSIWYG editor00 Ratings9.10 Ratings
Code quality / cleanliness00 Ratings7.30 Ratings
Admin section00 Ratings8.20 Ratings
Page templates00 Ratings8.20 Ratings
Mobile optimization / responsive design00 Ratings9.10 Ratings
Publishing workflow00 Ratings7.30 Ratings
Web Content Management
Comparison of Web Content Management features of Product A and Product B
InMotion Hosting
-
Ratings
WordPress VIP
8.0
Ratings
8% above category average
Content taxonomy00 Ratings7.30 Ratings
SEO support00 Ratings7.30 Ratings
Bulk management00 Ratings7.30 Ratings
Availability / breadth of extensions00 Ratings9.10 Ratings
Community / comment management00 Ratings9.10 Ratings
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InMotion HostingWordPress VIP
Small Businesses
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Score 10.0 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
WP Engine
WP Engine
Score 8.9 out of 10
RWS Tridion Sites
RWS Tridion Sites
Score 9.0 out of 10
Enterprises
AccuWebHosting.Com
AccuWebHosting.Com
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RWS Tridion Sites
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User Ratings
InMotion HostingWordPress VIP
Likelihood to Recommend
1.0
(0 ratings)
8.7
(0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
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9.1
(0 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
1.0
(0 ratings)
8.3
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
InMotion HostingWordPress VIP
Likelihood to Recommend
For VPS hosting, they're the only host I use or would recommend. They have a budget friendly approach and the resources advertised are accurate. I was disappointed (and unfortunately surprised) to see the I/O limitations of 1MB/s imposed on their shared reseller hosting. It's not advertised but really does cripple shared reseller hosting as nearly any activity on the site immediately starts affecting performance.
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WordPress VIP really changed the game when it comes to WordPress CMS and Content Management. A one-stop shop for all our client's business needs. We are focusing on Content Management instead of technicalities. The big advantage is the security features covering all recent vulnerabilities that any WordPress developer/user wastes lots of precious time fixing/updating. Performance-wise, WordPress VIP is definitely up there. We’ve been doing lots of optimization work over the last few years. Every client wants to score 100. With WordPress VIP we decreased the time spent on optimization significantly and now feel confident with taking more performance optimisation work than we did before. Lastly, maybe the most important for every business is the support quality. WordPress VIP runs a superb support team with phenomenal knowledge and expertise. Quick to respond and solves issues here and now. It is definitely recommended.
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Pros
  • Customer Support is one reason I use InMotion Hosting.
  • When I call InMotion I get someone I can talk to, and not a support person reading off a screen.
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  • Email support is more than enough! They are quick and always responsive even when there are urgent problems.
  • Manages our WordPress codebase for security patches and updates rather well.
  • Their partnership with our development team has helped us be hands-off with confidence when it comes to fixing any bugs.
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Cons
  • In my opinion, UI/UX
  • In my experience, being decent
  • In my experience, removing bugs
  • In my experience, not saying anything to get the sale
  • In my experience, realizing your customer support team IS your sales team
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  • Too many different dashboard formats
  • Everything should have the same look and feel.
  • The admin portal looks different than the user content portal
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Likelihood to Renew
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It's true enterprise ready hosting framework providing unparalleled hosting infrastructure for WordPress. Where an organisation has high load needs, but with stability and scale VIP delivers. It provides complete peace of mind that the hosting, security and scalability are taken care of and organisations can focus on developing out their website strategies
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Usability
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There is documentation for everything you might need.
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Support Rating
Their team was always responsive, helpful and eager to support us whenever we needed their help. Additionally, they followed up each time they supported us to see if the applied fixes to our problems satisfactorily resolved our issues. In all, their support was top notch.
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There wasn't a single problem that wouldn't be solved by the WordPress VIP support team, and I had quite a few questions during the process. They were always available and provided in-depth expertise on topics I was interested in. I not only consulted problems with them but also advised on future actions - in general, I'd highly recommend getting in touch.
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Alternatives Considered
As part of my search for a solid re-seller friendly hosting company, I also seriously considered Siteground. Inmotion Hosting provided a better pricing model, so I went with Inmotion. In the following years, I came across Cloud Access through Joomla's launch program. Their website management tool was awesome, and I recommend individual Joomla users check them out if they want to launch with this awesome CMS. I've yet to experience their customer service, so I'm not sure how it fares.
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It would be fair to say that both are superb products that follow through on promises and have very strong marketing and teams behind them. For truly enterprise organisations though, one would be tempted to recommend WordPress VIP at this moment in time, but one to keep an eye on, Engine, is extremely capable.
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Return on Investment
  • They've provided me with a reliable hosting infrastructure for myself and clients.
  • They deliver support for things beyond my ability.
  • They've made it easy to provide hosting, access client websites, and make Joomla website design easy.
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  • By migrating our mobile applications to Wordpress's APIs, we could remove a large portion of our technical infrastructure, which was hosted on Google Cloud, along with an additional database and a lot of business logic used to support data transformation and ingestion.
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