Web Hosting Comparison

Also known as disk space, this is the amount of storage allocated to your account.

Whether you want to develop with MySQL, MariaDB or both, rest assured that your databases come fine tuned for the best performance at A2 Hosting.

The amount of information delivered from your account's server to your website visitors.

An Aberdeen Group study shows a 1-second page load delay causes a 7% decrease in conversion rates, 16% decrease in visitor satisfaction and 11% fewer page views. Don't fall victim to a slow host.

Our Turbo servers provide a drop-in Apache replacement that load pages up to 20X faster page loads compared to standard hosting. What makes our Turbo servers so fast?

• Fewer users per server
• A2 Optimized - Powered By APC/OPcache & Turbo Cache
• Uses less CPU and memory than Apache
• Handles connections faster and more efficiently
• Provides enhanced stability

Learn more about how our Turbo Servers can make your site fly!

Provide enhanced processing power with unbelievable I/O capacity to help vastly reduce bottlenecks. Our EPYC hardware also uses non-volatile memory express (NVMe) giving our Solid State Drives (SSDs) the ability to reach their full performance potential with ultra-fast read/write speeds.

Freedom from accidental deletion, mistakes & data corruption! Server Rewind is our free file recovery program. Easily restore your data from saved snapshots when recovery is necessary.

• Automatic - Account backup snapshots are taken regularly.
• Convenient - Access Server Rewind from your control panel.
• Exclusive – You can only get your hands on it at A2 Hosting!
• Free - Yes, it's actually 100% free. We promise.

_{Data backup and restoration is performed on a "best effort" basis. Please be sure to create your own backups of your data. You never know when our datacenter will be hit by a meteor. We will not be responsible for damage or loss as the result of a failed file restore.}

While standard hard drives can only perform hundreds of input/output operations per second, our SSDs perform thousands every second! With no moving parts and no bottlenecks, our SSDs can help your site really fly!

Some hosts claim to offer Solid State Drive Hosting but only host your OS or databases, not your files.  We use SSD for everything so you get the biggest speed boost possible That's why our SSD Hosting loads pages faster than our competition and why even we host our site on SSDs.

A2 Hosting provides you with free and automated SSL Certificates for enhanced website security and protection. Your websites get a trusted HTTPS for an encrypted connection. Best of all, our SSL Certificates are setup automatically for your domains by default! It's a no click SSL Certificate configuration!

Our proactive protection against malicious hackers and security threats! Our Perpetual Security is unrelenting and constant hosting protection, squashing threats before they potentially develop into something larger. Main Perpetual Security features:

• KernelCare - Daily, Automatic & Rebootless Kernel Updates
• Reinforced DDoS Protection
• Dual Web Hosting Firewall
• Brute Force Defense
• Virus Scanning
• Server Hardening
• 24/7/365 Security Monitoring

Risk Free. Hassle Free. Worry Free.

We've got a lot of cool features we want you to try. So do it! Try us risk free! If you decide we're not the right host for you, just cancel your account and we'll give you a full refund within 30-days or a prorated refund for your unused service after 30-days. It's that easy! That's unlike other hosts where once you've tried their service and want a refund, you're out of luck.

REAL Hosting Support! REAL Smart. REAL Fast. REAL Experience.

Submit a ticket. Email us. Call us. Chat with us. Wherever you are. Whenever you need us, 24/7/365.

We’re here for you! We're here for you at 3:00 AM, when the ball drops on New Years Eve or even on February 29th.

We’ve hand-selected our support technicians. The Guru Crew is here to track down the solution to your hosting questions. Whether you need advanced PHP Hosting support or have a question about how to get your blog set up, the Guru Crew is here.

Read what our customers have to say about us before you purchase!

Ready to love your host? It doesn't have to be a headache to move your site. We'll be able to migrate your site for you for free in most cases! Just contact our Guru Crew Support team! We actually have an expert migration team dedicated to website transfers. Day in and day out they transfer websites to our servers. They're pros at what they do so you have nothing to worry about!

A2 Optimized ends the guesswork of how to get the fastest page loads for your software. Thanks to testing, testing and more testing, our team has created A2 Optimized.

Your A2 Optimized install, exclusive to A2 Hosting customers, provides auto-configuration for the most popular software including WordPress, Drupal, Joomla, PrestaShop and more so you get the best performance and most secure settings. With auto-optimizations like compression and caching, you can turn your focus to building your site, writing content and promotion.

While standard hard drives can only perform hundreds of input/output operations per second, our SSDs perform thousands every second! With no moving parts and no bottlenecks, our SSDs can help your site really fly!

Some hosts claim to offer Solid State Drive Hosting but only host your OS or databases, not your files.  We use SSD for everything so you get the biggest speed boost possible That's why our SSD Hosting loads pages faster than our competition and why even we host our site on SSDs.

Want to use our hosting service with a server located close to you? You can! Get the same award winning A2 Hosting service while hosting on a server located closer to you and your visitors. Just select your hosting location from our order form.

Maintaining site performance during traffic spikes is a concern of the past with more power and additional account resources!

With our Anycast DNS solution, DNS records are duplicated across A2 Hosting's global network ultimately bringing them closer to your visitors. Anycast DNS increases performance when your site is visited by offering quicker response times, lowering latency and increasing redundancy.

Our exclusive A2 Optimized Site Accelerator is a cPanel plugin providing pre-configured caching for your applications from a single interface for even faster page loads. Caching options include:

• Turbo Cache - The entire HTML contents of a page is stored by Turbo Cache and served without running PHP for up to 20X faster page loads.
• OPcache/APC – Tests show OPcache can cut PHP page response time in half. OPcache comes pre-configured with PHP 5.5 and later version. APC is available on earlier PHP versions.
• Memcached - Increases the speed of your MySQL databases by keeping your most important data in memory for quicker retrieval.

HTTP/3 provides significantly faster page load times than HTTP because of its ability to deliver more HTTP requests at once and prioritize those requests. HTTP/3 delivers files 20%-30% faster than HTTP.

With ESI, you no longer have to designate an entire page as non-cacheable just because one portion cannot be cached. Instead you can easily designate portions of your page to be cached (or not cached) with ESI. This is significant especially for sites created by applications like Magento or WordPress.

QUIC is an internet transportation protocol that makes HTTP traffic more efficient and faster by reducing connection establishment times.

WebSocket's create two-way interaction between a browser and a website possible for a realtime web experience. This is instead of the server needing to be called intermittently to access new information. Websockets are ideal for developing live content and realtime games. Not only do our Turbo Servers make it easier to setup a WebSocket, Turbo allows you to better handle incoming connections and provides enhanced security.

A2 Hosting uses the best hardware, fined-tuned by our Guru Crew experts! You'll be hosted on a server with:

• 12 Core Server Minimum
• 64 GB RAM Server Mimimum

Boost your site's performance and security for free! Our CDN is a group of servers connected worldwide that automatically determines the fastest route to deliver your site to your visitors. Our CDN Benefits

• Increased Site Speed - Pretty cool, right?
• Enhanced Security – CloudFlare CDN recognizes and blocks many malicious threats before they can even reach your site.
• Free Universal SSL - Help keep your visitors safer with free SSL!
• Easy Setup - Simple 1-click CDN setup.
• Increased Uptime - If one CDN server is unavailable, your site's traffic is automatically routed through the next nearest server.
• Free – Other hosts charge for CDN access. Go figure!

Add all the features of our free CDN including increased site speed, enhanced security and increased uptime as well as the following benefits to your account:

Auto-Optimization with Mirage - Quickly produces a usable page for all devices by displaying a full page to start interacting with, then fills in the rest of the page without disrupting your visitor's experience.

Free Universal SSL - Help keep your visitors safer with free SSL!

Auto-Configured – No control panels to log into or buttons to click to get started. CloudFlare Basic comes pre-Installed.

Add all the features of our free CDN including increased site speed, enhanced security and increased uptime as well as the following benefits to your account:

Free Universal SSL - Help keep your visitors safer with free SSL!

Mobile Optimization with Mirage & Polish - Quickly produces a usable page for mobile devices by displaying a full page for to start interacting, then fills in the rest of the page without disrupting the visitor's experience.

Auto-Configured – No control panels to log into or buttons to click. CloudFlare  comes pre-installed.

SPDY Support – According to Google, web pages load up to 64% faster with SPDY protocol than with HTTP alone.

Create an independent clone of your website to test your site updates, plugins, themes and more before they are made live to your audience.

Our servers are fast. They're also reliable. We understand if your site is down, your visitors can’t purchase from you. They can’t find your contact information. They can’t read your new blog post. The bottom line is downtime means lost opportunity. We get it.

Our 24/7/365 support staff includes expert system admins hard at work ensuring your server runs at its peak. We employ our industry's best practices, feature servers in the best data centers and make sure your server includes the latest security patches. That's why we can commit to your site being up over 99.9% of the time.

REAL Hosting Support! REAL Smart. REAL Fast. REAL Experience.

Submit a ticket. Email us. Call us. Chat with us. Wherever you are. Whenever you need us, 24/7/365.

We’re here for you! We're here for you at 3:00 AM, when the ball drops on New Years Eve or even on February 29th.

We’ve hand-selected our support technicians. The Guru Crew is here to track down the solution to your hosting questions. Whether you need advanced PHP Hosting support or have a question about how to get your blog set up, the Guru Crew is here.

Our proactive protection against malicious hackers and security threats! Our Perpetual Security is unrelenting and constant hosting protection, squashing threats before they potentially develop into something larger. Main Perpetual Security features:

• KernelCare - Daily, Automatic & Rebootless Kernel Updates
• Reinforced DDoS Protection
• Dual Web Hosting Firewall
• Brute Force Defense
• Virus Scanning
• Server Hardening
• 24/7/365 Security Monitoring

Read what our customers have to say about us before you purchase!

At A2 Hosting, we have extremely high satisfaction levels with the Better Business Bureau!

The "A2" in our name stands for Ann Arbor, the city where we're headquartered. Nicknamed named Tree Town, Ann Arbor is home to over 150,000 trees! This is a big reason we protect the environment for future generations:

• 100% Carbon Neutral - Since 2007 we have worked with Carbonfund.org to help in their creation of clean, renewable energy and CO2 reductions on a global scale.
• Telcommuting – Prevents unnecessary CO2 emissions from daily commutes to an office.
• Recycling Older Servers – Instead of piling up in a landfill, we re-use them as internal servers, dedicated servers for clients with lower resource requirements & resell them to the public.
• Reducing Trash – We reduce our waste with practices like using coffee mugs instead of disposable coffee cups when in the office.

REAL Hosting Support! REAL Smart. REAL Fast. REAL Experience.

Submit a ticket. Email us. Call us. Chat with us. Wherever you are. Whenever you need us, 24/7/365.

We’re here for you! We're here for you at 3:00 AM, when the ball drops on New Years Eve or even on February 29th.

We’ve hand-selected our support technicians. The Guru Crew is here to track down the solution to your hosting questions. Whether you need advanced PHP Hosting support or have a question about how to get your blog set up, the Guru Crew is here.

Ready to love your host? It doesn't have to be a headache to move your site. We'll be able to migrate your site for you for free in most cases! Just contact our Guru Crew Support team! We actually have an expert migration team dedicated to website transfers. Day in and day out they transfer websites to our servers. They're pros at what they do so you have nothing to worry about!

Fixing a hacked site is a major headache. We want to make your life easier so we include free HackScan protection to help block hacks before they can do damage your site. HackScan is just one feature of Perpetual Security; our proactive protection against malicious hackers and security threats! Additional Perpetual Security features:

• KernelCare - Daily, Automatic & Rebootless Kernel Updates
• Reinforced DDoS Protection
• Dual Web Hosting Firewall
• Brute Force Defense
• Auto-Heal Hosting Protection
• Virus Scanning
• Server Hardening
• 24/7/365 Security Monitoring

Our multi-function security tool providing free account protection.

1.) Out of date version detection

A hacker can compromise your site is if you’re using insecure, outdated software. You'll receive notification if you have out of date software installed.

2.) Infected file quarantine

Receive a warning if an infected file on your account is detected. Infected files are auto-quarantined 24 hours later for your protection.

3.) WordPress, Joomla & Drupal Software Patching

A notification will be sent when files are found that can be patched. Patches are back-ports of bug fixes found in updated versions of your isoftware meaning the latest version will likely resolve the issue. After 2-days, the patch will be applied automatically, but will not update the version of your software.

Optional feature that makes your A2 Hosting account more secure by requiring an additional, uniquely generated piece of information each time you log in. Just follow these easy instructions to setup 2FA for your account.

Don't fall victim to a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack, a malicious attempt to disrupt a site or network with a flood of Internet traffic from multiple compromised computer systems. Our expert Reinforced DDoS defense solution provides high scale capacity, instant attack detection and fast mitigation. While DDoS attacks can be complicated and difficult to mitigate, our solution improves the likelihood that your site will remain online during even the most sophisticated DDoS attacks.

We've ended the guesswork of how to get the fastest WordPress page loads. Thanks to testing, testing and more testing, our team has created A2 Optimized.

A2 Optimized is a WordPress plugin, exclusive to A2 Hosting customers, providing auto-configuration for your site so you get the best WordPress performance and security. With auto-optimizations like compression and caching, you can turn your focus to building your site and writing content.

Did you know over 10 million sites are hacked each year? 1 in 6 are powered by WordPress. We don't want your site to become another statistic. That's why we've created A2 Optimized! This plugin auto-hardens your WordPress sites to help prevent hacks. With A2 Optimized, you automatically get:

• Unique WordPress Login URL
• Automatic WordPress Updates
• ReCaptcha on WordPress Login Page

We offer 2 easy options to get A2 Optimized WordPress up and running:

• WordPress auto-installed right from our order form! Once you purchase your hosting account, you'll receive an email detailing where to log in. It couldn't be faster or easier!

• Use the 1-click Softaculous installer found in your cPanel control panel.

WP-CLI is a set of command-line tools to help you manage your WordPress installations. Update plugins, set up multisite WordPress installs and more without the use of your web browser.

Communicates with your Turbo server and LSCache to statically cache your dynamic WordPress pages and greatly reduce your site's page load time

Don't fall victim to a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack, a malicious attempt to disrupt a site or network with a flood of Internet traffic from multiple compromised computer systems. Our expert Reinforced DDoS defense solution provides high scale capacity, instant attack detection and fast mitigation. While DDoS attacks can be complicated and difficult to mitigate, our solution improves the likelihood that your site will remain online during even the most sophisticated DDoS attacks.

When you need an SSL Certificate, A2 Hosting is your host. We've got you covered whether you need to secure a single site, require a Wild Card SSL or an advanced option. Choose from our selection of affordable SSL Certificates in addition to our free Let's Encrypt SSL option. Our around-the-clock support staff will be happy to help you with the install of your SSL Certificate.

Use PayPal to accept money on your website! Sign up now for your PayPal merchant account!

Our servers are fast. They're also reliable. We understand if your site is down, your visitors can’t purchase from you. They can’t find your contact information. They can’t read your new blog post. The bottom line is downtime means lost opportunity. We get it.

Our 24/7/365 support staff includes expert system admins hard at work ensuring your server runs at its peak. We employ our industry's best practices, feature servers in the best data centers and make sure your server includes the latest security patches. That's why we can commit to your site being up over 99.9% of the time.

Our supercharged version of the CentOS operating system is specifically designed to meet a site's growing needs. With its unheralded ability to isolate and control resource spikes, CloudLinux provides superior site availability. 

Our network is redundant with multiple 10GB carriers in all data center locations!

Access your e-mail the way you want. Want POP3 or IMAP? You got it! Prefer to use webmail? You can use that as well from your hosting control panel!

All incoming mail will be processed through the Barracuda server and scanned for potential SPAM and viruses. Messages meeting the SPAM criteria or those potentially with viruses are kept on the Barracuda server for retrieval if necessary. Messages that pass the Barracuda filters are sent through.

At A2 Hosting, we got our start by offering the best PHP Hosting. Even today, you still get the best versions of PHP. You can even toggle between PHP versions by clicking the PHP icon in your control panel.

Whether you want to develop with MySQL, MariaDB or both, rest assured that your databases come fine tuned for the best performance at A2 Hosting.

Your account includes the MySQL-compatible MariaDB database engine. Studies have shown MariaDB performs up to 5% better than MySQL as well as having more transparent and faster security releases.

While most hosts only allow it in a VPS environment, we've optimized our servers for Node.js. We've even documented how easy it is to install Node.js on your account.

PostgreSQL is up-to-date on your server, tuned for maximum security and performance. Manage your PostgreSQL databases with SSH (included free) or phpPgAdmin (pre-installed).

Serious web development requires serious web hosting. Your account includes 100% free, instant SSH access on sign up. No need to even turn it on.

Regardless of whether you're looking to install an application or develop one from scratch at A2 Hosting, you'll know Apache is tuned for high performance and ultimate reliability.

Thanks to our developer friendly hosting, you can always rely on A2 Hosting to offer current versions of Python. You can even select your version of Python you want to use!

Ready for maximum performance? At A2 Hosting, you always get the best version of Ruby! You can even manage your Ruby Gems directly from your control panel.

Our free shared SSL certificate is great for securing a connection to your server not seen by the public. It features an A2 Hosting domain name in place of your domain name. The URL format for our shared SSL looks similar to:

yourusername.wwwsr1.supercp.com

Offers an intuitive interface and makes it easy to manage your:

• Domains
• Software
• Databases
• Email

Boost your site's performance and security for free! Our CDN is a group of servers connected worldwide that automatically determines the fastest route to deliver your site to your visitors. Our CDN Benefits

• Increased Site Speed - Pretty cool, right?
• Enhanced Security – CloudFlare CDN recognizes and blocks many malicious threats before they can even reach your site.
• Free Universal SSL - Help keep your visitors safer with free SSL!
• Easy Setup - Simple 1-click CDN setup.
• Increased Uptime - If one CDN server is unavailable, your site's traffic is automatically routed through the next nearest server.
• Free – Other hosts charge for CDN access. Go figure!

Just click the Softaculous icon in your cPanel control panel to install the most popular software to your account with 1-click. It couldn't be easier to use! Install blogs, CMSes, eCommerce solutions and so much more. You'll automatically be notified when a new version of your software is available, so you can update it with 1-click.

There are 100's of software applications to choose from including WordPress, WooCommerce, PrestaShop, Joomla, Drupal, Magento, OpenCart and more!

Communicates with your Turbo server and LSCache to statically cache your dynamic WordPress pages and greatly reduce your site's page load time

LiteMage is a caching solution designed to help you get the fastest Magento page load speeds. LiteMage uses Edge Sides Includes (ESI) on your pages that were previously unable to be cached. ESI "punches holes" where the unique, non-cacheable content on your pages is. This allows the rest of your page to be served from cache so it can load faster for each of your site visitors.

Uses the LSCache for WordPress plugin to give your WooCommerce store an extra speed boost.

Communicates directly with your server to save and serve static copies of your dynamic PrestaShop pages to greatly reduce your store’s page-load time.

A full page caching add-on that communicates with your server and LSCache to statically cache your dynamic XenForo site to greatly reduce your page load times.

Accurately cache both logged-in and logged-out users to dramatically increase the performance of your Drupal site.

Boost the peformance of your Joomla site by serving static snapshots of dynamic content. Page load times are drastically reduced by skipping unnecessary PHP transactions.

Cache your private and public content on the same page with Edge Side Includes (ESI).

LiteSpeed Cache allows your MediaWiki site to completely bypass PHP and deliver faster results for both your logged-in and non-logged-in users.

Provides performance boosting caching for all visitors to your OpenCart site, whether they're logged in, logged out, have a cart full of products or have an empty cart!

Increase your store's performance with LiteSpeed's server-level full-page caching. The flexible and sophisticated tag-based structure offers targeted cache purging, triggered as product data is updated.

LiteMage is a caching solution designed to help you get the fastest Magento page load speeds. LiteMage uses Edge Sides Includes (ESI) on your pages that were previously unable to be cached. ESI "punches holes" where the unique, non-cacheable content on your pages is. This allows the rest of your page to be served from cache so it can load faster for each of your site visitors.

We've ended the guesswork of how to get the fastest Magento page loads. Thanks to testing, testing and more testing, our team has created A2 Optimized. There's no more guesswork! A2 Optimized provides auto-configuration for your site so you get the best Magento performance and security. With auto-optimizations like compression and cron optimizations, you can turn your focus to building your site and selling your products!