HostingSimple vs Liquid Web.
Cheaper than us. Here's what you'd be giving up.
Liquid Web is the one host in this comparison that undercuts us at every single tier, and their Thrive rates are not promotional — they are the real monthly numbers. If price is the deciding factor, they win, and the rest of this page is about whether it should be.
When Liquid Web is genuinely the right pick.
We want you on the right host — even if that's not us. This is when we'd tell you to stay.
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We are 25% more expensive than Liquid Web at one site and 62% more at 25. That is not a rounding difference and no framing makes it disappear. What you are paying for above WP Studio is a single-tenant instance — Liquid Web is multi-tenant at every tier, so above the entry plans these are different products rather than the same product at different prices. Below WP Studio they are genuinely comparable, and Liquid Web is cheaper. Buy theirs.
What you'd actually pay, for your workload.
Drag the sliders to your real numbers. We compute the cheapest plan that fits, including Liquid Web's renewal hikes and any overage billing. Honest math — show your accountant.
Your workload
Or pick a scenario below. All math is 36 months total cost of ownership in USD.
Same workload, both hosts. What it costs, what runs.
Three common workloads, run through the same calculator. Numbers are 3-year sticker cost — no estimates, no hand-waving.
Don't switch from Liquid Web if any of these are true.
We'd rather lose a sale than recommend a bad move. If one of these describes you, save your migration energy for a better moment.
Price is the deciding factor.
They are cheaper than us at every tier and the gap is widest exactly where agencies live. If the budget is the constraint, this is a short conversation.
You're on a 2- or 3-year term.
Those discounts are real — 25% and 33% — and take Builder to $61.67. Nothing we offer competes with a committed multi-year rate. Finish the term.
You rely on Cloudflare Enterprise.
Liquid Web bundles Cloudflare Enterprise; we run a standard CDN instead. It is a different trade, and for a buyer who specifically wants that edge network it is a point in their favour.
The specific differences, not the marketing.
Six rows. Concrete values. If something looks stale, tell us — we update within 24h.
Pre-migration questions, answered by an engineer.
Real questions we get during pre-sales calls — answered the way we'd answer them on chat.
Are you honestly telling me to use a competitor?
At the entry tiers, yes. Liquid Web Spark is $12 against our $15 for a comparable product. We would rather you found that out here than three days after switching.
So what am I paying more for at the agency tiers?
A single-tenant instance, roughly double the disk, and a white-label portal. Liquid Web is multi-tenant throughout, so above WP Studio you are comparing different products rather than the same one priced differently. Whether that is worth 62% depends entirely on whether isolation matters to your clients.
Is the $12 an introductory rate?
No. That is what makes them a serious competitor rather than a cheap one. Their page defaults to a discounted annual view, but the underlying monthly rate is genuinely $12 and it does not jump at renewal.
What about their 3-year pricing?
It is 33% off, which takes Builder to $61.67 a month. We do not sell multi-year terms and we are not going to match that. If you are willing to commit for three years, they are substantially cheaper.
Move off Liquid Web. We do the heavy lifting.
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