Nexcess
Nexcess is a web hosting provider based in Detroit, USA, founded in 2000. As of 2026 it holds an HRI of 85/100, a strong signal, ranked independently by HostList with no paid placements.
Nexcess, founded in 2006, provides a full range of hosting services including shared, VPS, WordPress, cloud, dedicated, and reseller hosting. Their infrastructure includes a data center in Dearborn, Michigan, with additional facilities in Southfield, Michigan, as well as international locations in Australia and the United Kingdom. Nexcess is known for its resilient infrastructure, featuring redundant network connections, power supply, cooling systems, and fire protection. They guarantee 100% uptime through a service level agreement and maintain SSAE 16 certification. Nexcess is well-suited for businesses seeking scalable and reliable hosting services with strong compliance standards and global reach.
Infrastructure tier: Premium managed
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What Nexcess Discloses
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28 of 30 questions unanswered
- Entry plan price
- Refund window
- Site migration
- 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 Nexcess
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Nexcess holds no rack space yet. It is the named challenger for a seat, which means one rank change puts it on the wall.
Where Nexcess Ranks
Live positions across the HostList Best rankings, by HRI™. Positions are earned, never bought.
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Interview
No WP Legends interview recorded with Nexcess.Deals
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Is Nexcess a good web hosting company?
Nexcess has a HRI™ of 85/100 on HostList.io with a Google rating of 4.4/5 from 84 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 Nexcess?
Nexcess 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 Nexcess.
Where is Nexcess based?
Nexcess is headquartered in Detroit, USA. Hosting companies based in USA are listed at hostlist.io/hosting/usa.
How does Nexcess compare to other web hosting companies?
Nexcess 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. Nexcess has a current HRI of 85/100.
Does Nexcess offer coupons or discounts in September 2026?
Nexcess 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.
- Nexcess HRI 87 to 84, Completeness down 3
- Nexcess verified 2 facts: Founded year, Active verified coupon
What's Happening at Nexcess
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.
How Nexcess'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 61 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 page-builder workloads. Source
- JetpackRecommended
Supported on Nexcess WordPress plans. Source
- LiteSpeed CacheRecommended
Nexcess offers LiteSpeed-oriented WordPress performance tooling. Source
- UpdraftPlusRecommended
Useful for portable backups alongside host backups. Source
- WooCommerceRecommended
Managed WooCommerce and Magento specialist heritage. Source
- Wordfence SecurityRecommended
Common security layer on managed WordPress. Source
- Yoast SEORecommended
Managed WordPress suited to SEO-heavy content sites. Source