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✓ Products (plans) are added, but some are not updated from over 2 years
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✗ Forum, Blog/Announcements, Knowledgebase or FAQ URLs are missing
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👉 Total Reviews: 5
🙌 Average Rating: 6.6 / 10
👍 Good Reviews: 3
👎 Bad Reviews: 2
👈 Official Responses: 0 6.6 / 10

5 user reviews		wpengine.com logo
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✓ Company phone/fax is added
✓ Company Twitter and Facebook accounts are added
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✓ Forum, Blog/Announcements, Knowledgebase or FAQ URLs are added
✓ Products (plans) are added, but some are not updated from over 2 years
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 The Prime Host
2407 Stone Castle Cir
College Station, TX 77845
US

theprimehost.com is inactive, but is redirected to stablepoint.com
theprimehost.com
WP Engine
Irongate House, 22-30 Duke's Place
London EC3A 7LP
UK

wpengine.com
📧 Emailsales@t...sales@w...
☎ Phone+1 866-691-PRIME020 3770 9704
Ranks🏆 Alexa Rating 4,144,910▲2,972,204 (lower is better)
Alexa Rank in IN 158,209
🏆 SEO MOZ DA/PA 25/46🔗 Links 8,602		🏆 Alexa Rating 2,347▲227 (lower is better)
Alexa Rank in US 1,175
🏆 SEO MOZ DA/PA 80/65🔗 Links 363,755
Languagesen-us en-US
📄 InfoThe Prime Host has been providing premium web hosting since 2001 and offers comprehensive hosting packages that are unmatched in the industry today. Whether you are looking for extremely low priced multiple domain hosting or high traffic, mass storage hosting, The Prime Host has the plan for you. Our cPanel Reseller Hosting plans come with everything you need to get up and running with your very own web hosting business. We offer a true turn key solution with pre-made templates, WHMCS billing [...] Read full reviewWP Engine is a hosting platform that is rather new in the hosting industry. They claim to offer powerful hardware architecture and high speed. They are partners with Google, New Relic, Amazon, BigCommerce and Cloudflare.

They specialize in WordPress hosting and their plans are dedicated for both beginners and enterprises that need customized plans. Backups are made automatically, security is guaranteed with Cloudflare and speed is improved by CDN and their multiple data centers. Site [...] Read full review
📡 EstablishedMay, 20012010
🏁 Site speedAverage, load time 2.3 seconds 32% sites are slower
SEO Links count 39		Average, load time 2.3 seconds 39% sites are slower
SEO Links count 21,165
📣 Social Media
📣 Social Media
🔃 User Shares
https://twitter.com/theprimehost
Started from: July, 2009
  • Tweets: 76
  • Followers: 160
  • Friends: 21
  • Last activity:
wpengine.com Iconwpengine
Started from: March, 2010
  • Tweets: 27,503
  • Followers: 44,328
  • Friends: 45
  • Last activity:
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wpengine.com IconWP Engine
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  • Last activity:

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-WP Engine Blog
  • Blog Posts: 1,237
  • Software Wordpress version 6.4.3
  • Blog added on: Jan, 2015
  • Language: en-US
  • Last written post:

🔧 Shared Hosting - 8/0
💡 Plan NameThePrimeHost Starter Plan [Linux]-
💰 Price$ 2.95/mo.-
💿 Disk Spaceunlimited-
📶 Data Transferunmetered-
🔌 Hosted domains -
🆓 Free Domain -
🔨 Control Panel -
🌏 Server Location -
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)Server Specs Provided:Quad Xeon4GB RAM100 Megabit PortOperating System:LinuxWeb Server Software Offered:ApacheDatabases Features:MySQLWeb Hosting Server Features:FTP AccountsCron JobsBackupFile [...]-
📅 Date PlanOct 2008-
💡 Plan NameRuby [Linux]-
💰 Price$ 4.00/mo.-
💿 Disk Space350 GB-
📶 Data Transfer350 GB-
🔌 Hosted domains -
🆓 Free Domain -
🔨 Control Panel -
🌏 Server Location -
📜 DescriptionN/A-
📅 Date PlanDec 2014-
💡 Plan NameDiamond [Linux]-
💰 Price$ 7.00/mo.-
💿 Disk Spaceunlimited-
📶 Data Transferunmetered-
🔌 Hosted domains -
🆓 Free Domain -
🔨 Control Panel -
🌏 Server Location -
📜 DescriptionN/A-
📅 Date PlanDec 2014-
💡 Plan NamePure SSD Platinum [Linux]-
💰 Price$ 9.00/mo.-
💿 Disk Space10 GB-
📶 Data Transferunmetered-
🔌 Hosted domains -
🆓 Free Domain -
🔨 Control Panel -
🌏 Server Location -
📜 DescriptionN/A-
📅 Date PlanDec 2014-
💡 Plan NameThePrimeHost Inferno1 [Linux]-
💰 Price$ 20.00/mo.-
💿 Disk Space40 GB-
📶 Data Transfer400 GB-
🔌 Hosted domains -
🆓 Free Domain -
🔨 Control Panel -
🌏 Server Location -
📜 DescriptionN/A-
📅 Date PlanOct 2008-
💡 Plan NameThe Prime Host Inferno 2 [Linux]-
💰 Price$ 25.00/mo.-
💿 Disk Space50 GB-
📶 Data Transfer500 GB-
🔌 Hosted domains -
🆓 Free Domain -
🔨 Control Panel -
🌏 Server Location -
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)Server Specs Provided:Dual OpteronOperating System:LinuxWeb Server Software Offered:ApacheDatabases Features:MySQLWeb Hosting Server Features:FTP AccountsCron JobsBackupFile ManagerPassword Protect [...]-
📅 Date PlanOct 2008-
💡 Plan NameThe Prime Host Inferno 3 [Linux]-
💰 Price$ 35.00/mo.-
💿 Disk Space75 GB-
📶 Data Transfer650 GB-
🔌 Hosted domains -
🆓 Free Domain -
🔨 Control Panel -
🌏 Server Location -
📜 DescriptionSame as previous plans-
📅 Date PlanOct 2008-
💡 Plan NameThe Prime Host Inferno 4 [Linux]-
💰 Price$ 45.00/mo.-
💿 Disk Space90 GB-
📶 Data Transfer850 GB-
🔌 Hosted domains -
🆓 Free Domain -
🔨 Control Panel -
🌏 Server Location -
📜 DescriptionSame as previous plans-
📅 Date PlanOct 2008-
🔧 Dedicated Hosting - 2/0
💡 Plan NameE3-1270 Dedicated Server [Linux]-
💰 Price$ 99.00/mo.-
💿 Disk Space1000 GB-
📶 Data Transfer10 TB-
🔌 Hosted domains -
🆓 Free Domain -
🔨 Control Panel -
🌏 Server Location -
📜 DescriptionN/A-
📅 Date PlanDec 2014-
💡 Plan NameE3-1240V2 Dedicated Server
[Linux]		-
💰 Price$ 115.00/mo.-
💿 Disk Space1000 GB-
📶 Data Transfer10 TB-
🔌 Hosted domains -
🆓 Free Domain -
🔨 Control Panel -
🌏 Server Location -
📜 DescriptionN/A-
📅 Date PlanDec 2014-
🔧 Reseller Hosting - 8/0
💡 Plan NameEco 1 Reseller [Linux]-
💰 Price$ 7.50/mo.-
💿 Disk Space10 GB-
📶 Data Transfer100 GB-
🔌 Hosted domains -
🆓 Free Domain -
🔨 Control Panel -
🌏 Server Location -
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)Server Specs Provided:AMD Dual OpteronOperating System:LinuxWeb Server Software Offered:ApacheDatabases Features:MySQLWeb Hosting Server Features:FTP AccountsCron JobsBackupFile ManagerPassword Protect [...]-
📅 Date PlanOct 2008-
💡 Plan NameInferno 1 [Linux]-
💰 Price$ 20.00/mo.-
💿 Disk Space60 GB-
📶 Data Transfer600 GB-
🔌 Hosted domains -
🆓 Free Domain -
🔨 Control Panel -
🌏 Server Location -
📜 DescriptionN/A-
📅 Date PlanDec 2014-
💡 Plan NameInferno 2 [Linux]-
💰 Price$ 25.00/mo.-
💿 Disk Space75 GB-
📶 Data Transfer750 GB-
🔌 Hosted domains -
🆓 Free Domain -
🔨 Control Panel -
🌏 Server Location -
📜 DescriptionN/A-
📅 Date PlanDec 2014-
💡 Plan NameThePrimeHost Hybrid Reseller Plan
[Linux]		-
💰 Price$ 25.00/mo.-
💿 Disk Space7 GB-
📶 Data Transfer150 GB-
🔌 Hosted domains -
🆓 Free Domain -
🔨 Control Panel -
🌏 Server Location -
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)Operating System:LinuxWeb Server Software Offered:ApacheDatabases Features:MySQLWeb Hosting Server Features:FTP AccountsCron JobsFile ManagerPassword Protect DirectoriesFrontpage [...]-
📅 Date PlanOct 2008-
💡 Plan NameScorch [Linux]-
💰 Price$ 29.00/mo.-
💿 Disk Space100000 GB-
📶 Data Transfer1,000 TB-
🔌 Hosted domains -
🆓 Free Domain -
🔨 Control Panel -
🌏 Server Location -
📜 DescriptionN/A-
📅 Date PlanDec 2014-
💡 Plan NameThePrimeHost Hybrid Fusion Reseller Plan
[Linux]		-
💰 Price$ 35.00/mo.-
💿 Disk Space15 GB-
📶 Data Transfer200 GB-
🔌 Hosted domains -
🆓 Free Domain -
🔨 Control Panel -
🌏 Server Location -
📜 DescriptionN/A-
📅 Date PlanOct 2008-
💡 Plan NameInferno 3 [Linux]-
💰 Price$ 35.00/mo.-
💿 Disk Space150000 GB-
📶 Data Transfer1,500 TB-
🔌 Hosted domains -
🆓 Free Domain -
🔨 Control Panel -
🌏 Server Location -
📜 DescriptionN/A-
📅 Date PlanDec 2014-
💡 Plan NameInferno 4 [Linux]-
💰 Price$ 45.00/mo.-
💿 Disk Space200000 GB-
📶 Data Transfer2,000 TB-
🔌 Hosted domains -
🆓 Free Domain -
🔨 Control Panel -
🌏 Server Location -
📜 DescriptionN/A-
📅 Date PlanDec 2014-
🔧 VPS - 4/0
💡 Plan NameIgnite VPS 1 [Linux]-
💰 Price$ 50.00/mo.-
💿 Disk Space100 GB-
📶 Data Transferunmetered-
🔌 Hosted domains -
🆓 Free Domain -
🔨 Control Panel -
🌏 Server Location -
📜 DescriptionN/A-
📅 Date PlanDec 2014-
💡 Plan NameIgnite VPS 2 [Linux]-
💰 Price$ 75.00/mo.-
💿 Disk Space200 GB-
📶 Data Transferunmetered-
🔌 Hosted domains -
🆓 Free Domain -
🔨 Control Panel -
🌏 Server Location -
📜 DescriptionN/A-
📅 Date PlanDec 2014-
💡 Plan NameIgnite VPS 3 [Linux]-
💰 Price$ 100.00/mo.-
💿 Disk Space300 GB-
📶 Data Transferunmetered-
🔌 Hosted domains -
🆓 Free Domain -
🔨 Control Panel -
🌏 Server Location -
📜 DescriptionN/A-
📅 Date PlanDec 2014-
💡 Plan NameIgnite VPS 4 [Linux]-
💰 Price$ 125.00/mo.-
💿 Disk Space400 GB-
📶 Data Transferunmetered-
🔌 Hosted domains -
🆓 Free Domain -
🔨 Control Panel -
🌏 Server Location -
📜 DescriptionN/A-
📅 Date PlanDec 2014-
🔧 Cloud - 0/4
💡 Plan Name-Custom [Linux]
💰 Price-on request
💿 Disk Space-50 GB
📶 Data Transfer-500 GB
🔌 Hosted domains-30
🆓 Free Domain-0
🔋 RAM- 
📌 Dedicated IPs-0
🔨 Control Panel-
🌏 Server Location-United States
📜 Description-INFO (mouse over)For large businesses and mission-critical sites. This dedicated environment delivers high performance, with managed onboarding and our fastest support response.

Call +1-512-201-4819
to talk to a sales specialist

Local storage: 100 GB – 1 TB
Bandwidth / month: 400 GB+
Visits / month: Millions

[...]
📅 Date Plan-Nov 2021
💡 Plan Name-Startup [Linux]
💰 Price-€ 23.00/mo.
💿 Disk Space-10 GB
📶 Data Transfer-50 GB
🔌 Hosted domains-1
🆓 Free Domain-0
🔋 RAM- 
📌 Dedicated IPs-0
🔨 Control Panel-
🌏 Server Location-United States
📜 Description-INFO (mouse over)All the basics for starting a small website or blog.
Risk-free for 60 days.
Visits / month 25,000

Genesis Framework
35+ StudioPress Themes
24/7 chat support
Dev, Stage, Prod Environments
Transferable Sites
PHP 7.2 ready
LargeFS
Global CDN
Page Performance
[...]
📅 Date Plan-Nov 2021
💡 Plan Name-Growth [Linux]
💰 Price-€ 140.00/mo.
💿 Disk Space-20 GB
📶 Data Transfer-200 GB
🔌 Hosted domains-10
🆓 Free Domain-0
🔋 RAM- 
📌 Dedicated IPs-0
🔨 Control Panel-
🌏 Server Location-United States
📜 Description-INFO (mouse over)Features you need for a growing business.
Risk-free for 60 days.
Visits / month 100,000

Genesis Framework
35+ StudioPress Themes
24/7 chat support
Dev, Stage, Prod Environments
Transferable Sites
PHP 7.2 ready
LargeFS
Global CDN
Page Performance
[...]
📅 Date Plan-Nov 2021
💡 Plan Name-Scale [Linux]
💰 Price-€ 350.00/mo.
💿 Disk Space-50 GB
📶 Data Transfer-500 GB
🔌 Hosted domains-30
🆓 Free Domain-0
🔋 RAM- 
📌 Dedicated IPs-0
🔨 Control Panel-
🌏 Server Location-United States
📜 Description-INFO (mouse over)Higher capacity and site limits to scale your experiences.
Risk-free for 60 days.
Visits / month 400,000

Genesis Framework
35+ StudioPress Themes
24/7 chat support
Dev, Stage, Prod Environments
Transferable Sites
PHP 7.2 ready
LargeFS
Global CDN
Page [...]
📅 Date Plan-Nov 2021
💻 Supported Operating Systems
  • Linux
  • Linux
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👪 Last positive / negative customers review
 
ehogan (ehogan@c...)
on 📆 Nov 25, 2011
theprimehost.com is best!
😁 Been with theprimehost since 2006. Customer service is always quick, to the point and efficient.Most importantly up-time is amazing.

-anonymous- (-hidden-)
on 📆 Jun 11, 2020
😠 Absolutely TERRIBLE host. I was not aware of my hosting date coming to an end so I forgot to back up my files. After I contacted support, they assured me I will be able to get it for free. After they transferred me to a higher management, they [...]

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