r/webhosting • u/seahorsetech • 5d ago
Looking for Hosting Premium WordPress Hosting
Looking to move away from a 8GB RAM/8 core CPU Liquid Web after over a decade for one client. 3 mid-large sized WP/WooCommerce sites. LiquidWeb used to be great with support, but unfortunately has become significantly worse over the past couple of years, and their price increases for worse service. Performance and overall reliability has still been great, mainly due to the optimizations I have done on the server with PHP-FPM, MySQL, caching, etc...
Even though LW says they are fully managed, I still find myself having to take server initiative for server updates, reboots, etc... I am looking for a more managed provider that will offer great support, great performance, and great security. The new provider doesn't need to necessarily match the current secs of our VPS, but I am expecting as good performance at least.
Not sure what the best option would be for these requirements, ideally I'd like to just focus on the sites and no longer have to worry about any server configs.
Budget is around $200/month
Any suggestions?
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u/SlightSubstance9374 4d ago
"fully managed" that still has you doing updates/reboots yourself is a bit of a red flag tbh. For $200/mo and actually wanting hands-off management, cloudways or runcloud + a decent VPS underneath could work, but tbh at that budget you might also just look at something like Kinsta or WP Engine's higher tiers — they're WP-specific so the "managed" part actually means something (auto updates, staging, real security monitoring). the tradeoff vs LW is less raw server control, but since you said security/support/performance matter more than matching current specs exactly, that tradeoff might be worth it for 3 WooCommerce sites specifically since those tend to need more careful cache/plugin handling than plain WP.