Liquid Web
Liquid Web is a web hosting provider based in Lansing, USA, founded in 1997. As of 2026 it holds an HRI of 87/100, a strong signal, ranked independently by HostList with no paid placements.
Liquid Web, founded in 1997, is a managed web hosting provider with a focus on high-performance services. The company operates two data centers in Lansing, Michigan, offering services such as managed VPS hosting, dedicated servers, and specialized hosting for platforms like WordPress, WooCommerce, and Magento. Liquid Web is known for its 24/7 expert support and a 99.999% uptime guarantee, making it suitable for businesses and agencies that require reliable and resilient infrastructure. Their service offerings are complemented by tools like Kadence and LearnDash, which enhance website and eCommerce performance.
Infrastructure tier: Established provider
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What Liquid Web Discloses
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29 of 30 questions unanswered
- Entry plan price
- Refund window
- Site migration
- Verified coupon
- Status page
- Incident history feed
- Uptime SLA
- Ownership
- Legal entity
- Data residency
- GDPR DPA
- Datacenter regions
- Server stack
- Storage
- Security included
- Security contact
- Certifications
- Data centre model
- Backups
- Support
- Support languages
- Published plans
- Resource limits
- Renewable energy
- Description
- Logo
- Social profiles
- YouTube
- Changelog
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What Customers Say About Liquid Web
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What people are saying
Trustpilot★☆☆☆☆No support for Events Calendar, bug in software“I am very disappointed, that The Events Calendar and Event Tickets are now belonging to LiquidWeb. An important function of those plugins - selling tickets - is not working correctly anymore. Showing "sold out" when there are still tickets left. This is very bad and should be fixed asap. But support does not answer…”
Trustpilot★★★★★I love Liquid Web Inc“I love Liquid Web Inc. Their team is always there to help! Today I purchased a new Domain from them to replace my old business name. The new Domain was up and running immediately! Andre was my tech support pro today and what an excellent tech pro and nice gentleman he is! Yes, I absolutely love this company. No, they…”
Trustpilot★☆☆☆☆Avoid - dishonest company“Avoid Liquid Web. They will happily take your money and then misrepresent what features are included in the product you paid for. When I contacted support regarding a missing MailerLite add-on, representative Daniel Darnell explicitly told me that "Mailerlite was never a Restrict Content Pro add-on that we sold or…”
Trustpilot★☆☆☆☆Kadence + The Event Calendar“It's been getting worse and worse since Liquid Web bought Kadence and The Event Calendar. Golden founder Ben Ritner. Sell Kadence and The Event Calendar back to those who can. This company is a huge waste. I will have to find another template and will no longer deploy Kadence on new websites.”
Trustpilot★★★★★Akhil made a potentially difficult PHP…“Akhil made a potentially difficult PHP upgrade easy! Followed up and resolved all issues. Great job!”
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Liquid Web holds 53U across 6 racks, leading 1 of them. Rack space is allocated by rank alone and cannot be bought.
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- Windows VPS Hosting7U · held 22+ days
- Magento Hosting5U · held 7 days
- RDP Hosting5U · held 22+ days
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Where Liquid Web Ranks
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Interview
No WP Legends interview recorded with Liquid Web.Deals
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Is Liquid Web a good web hosting company?
Liquid Web has a HRI™ of 87/100 on HostList.io with a Google rating of 4.2/5 from 142 reviews, placing it among the better-rated providers in its category. HRI (HostList Ranking Index) is calculated algorithmically from trust signals, profile completeness, data freshness, and performance data, no provider can pay to improve it. A score of 80–89 indicates a strong, well-reviewed provider.
What type of hosting company is Liquid Web?
Liquid Web is classified as a dedicated web hosting company on HostList.io. Use the HostMatch™ tool at hostlist.io/match to describe your project requirements and get a ranked recommendation from 30,000+ hosting providers including Liquid Web.
Where is Liquid Web based?
Liquid Web is headquartered in Lansing, USA. Hosting companies based in USA are listed at hostlist.io/hosting/usa.
How does Liquid Web compare to other web hosting companies?
Liquid Web can be compared to any other hosting provider using HostList.io's side-by-side comparison tool at hostlist.io/compare. The tool shows both providers' HRI™ breakdowns, sub-scores (Trust, Completeness, Freshness, Performance), and review data side by side. Liquid Web has a current HRI of 87/100.
Does Liquid Web offer coupons or discounts in September 2026?
Liquid Web has no HostList-verified coupon code right now. Hosting providers commonly discount the first term of shared and WordPress plans, with the lowest prices on longer billing cycles. For codes checkout-verified across the market this month, see hostlist.io/deals/web-hosting-coupons, updated continuously.
What's Happening at Liquid Web
A chiller failure at the PHX-01 data centre in Phoenix caused outages on August 13, after overnight storms disturbed the facility's power feed. Namecheap, Liquid Web (including its Nexcess brand), phoenixNAP and hosting.com all traced disruptions to the site, with the storm-related power issue cited as the root cause.
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What People Say About Liquid Web
Public mentions from X, Reddit, and other social platforms. Unfiltered and not part of the HRI score, shown for context.
 There is this panel that cannot be disabled or removed. The Liquid Web's horrible-looking panel. Who asked for it? # EDIT: It comes with Kadence Blocks! Se…
Hi Everyone. Just confirming, customers are complaining to me about emails not being sent through, checked a blacklist and realised that my IP is on a blacklist - which is odd, be…
I see those ads for Liquid Web every time I log in here and I'd like to say be VERY CAREFUL when signing up with them. I was on them for years, but when I moved to a new cheaper ho…
Hi all, I’m in the process of building a WordPress site that will host forms collecting sensitive personal health information, so HIPAA compliance is a must. I’ve come across a co…
I have been trying to get off Liquid Web for years since their customer service has gone down the toilet but continually struggle to find another host that has high quality custome…
How Liquid Web's Score Is Calculated
HRI is calculated algorithmically based on publicly available data. It considers trust signals (reviews, ratings), data completeness, freshness of information, and technical performance. No host can pay to improve their score.
Full methodology →HRI over the last 50 days
WordPress plugin fit
Hosting Intelligence mappings. Editorial rows cite HostList research; host-declared rows come from the claimed dashboard and stay labelled until verified. Order is by fit tier, not paid placement.
- Elementor Website BuilderRecommended
Managed WordPress suited to builder workloads. Source
- WooCommerceRecommended
Managed WordPress and WooCommerce-friendly infrastructure. Source
- Wordfence SecurityRecommended
Common security layer on managed WordPress. Source
- Yoast SEORecommended
Runs well on managed WordPress with strong PHP resources. Source