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Site5 (site5.com) has been added on 📅 and last updated on 📆 . Trusted and verified by WHTOP on 2016.
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👉 Total Reviews: 7
🙌 Average Rating: 2.4 / 10
👍 Good Reviews: 1
👎 Bad Reviews: 6
👈 Official Responses: 0 2.4 / 10

7 user reviews		wpengine.com logo
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✓ Company Twitter and Facebook accounts are added
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VISIT WEBSITE
 Site5
2500 Ridgepoint Drive Suite 105c
Austin, TX 78754
US

site5.com is inactive, but is redirected to web.comPart of Newfold Digital
site5.com
WP Engine
Irongate House, 22-30 Duke's Place
London EC3A 7LP
UK

wpengine.com
📧 Emailsales@s...sales@w...
☎ Phone+1-888-748-3526, Fax: +1-925-478-3115020 3770 9704
Ranks🏆 Alexa Rating 78,439▲29,696 (lower is better)
📈 Domains 99,414▼-388 (higher is better)
Alexa Rank in IN 23,535
🏆 SEO MOZ DA/PA 69/67🔗 Links 1,542,280		🏆 Alexa Rating 2,347▲227 (lower is better)
Alexa Rank in US 1,175
🏆 SEO MOZ DA/PA 80/65🔗 Links 363,755
Languages en-US en-US
📄 InfoProviding hosting services for a great number of years, Site5 offers high performance with their services and operate on a constantly-upgraded hardware platform.

The company offers the following web services: Shared Hosting;Reseller Hosting;VPS Hosting;
Shared hosting plans guarantee backups and free migration made to Site5 website. With shared hosting packages, you can benefit from the following unlimited resources: Unlimited disk space;Unlimited data traffic;Unlimited websites (except [...] Read full review		WP 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
📡 EstablishedMarch, 19992010
🏁 Site speedAverage, load time 2.1 seconds 43% sites are slower
SEO Links count 12,822		Average, load time 2.3 seconds 39% sites are slower
SEO Links count 21,165
📣 Social Media
📣 Social Media
🔃 User Shares
https://twitter.com/site5
Started from: December, 2008
  • Tweets: 6,016
  • Followers: 9,751
  • Friends: 845
  • Last activity:
wpengine.com Iconwpengine
Started from: March, 2010
  • Tweets: 27,503
  • Followers: 44,328
  • Friends: 45
  • Last activity:
https://www.facebook.com/Site5/
  • Likes:
  • People talking about them:
  • Last activity:

wpengine.com IconWP Engine
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https://www.linkedin.com/company/world-wide-web-hosting-llc/
  • Followers: 568
  • Entity type: Privately Held
  • Founded: 2008
  • Employee Count: 51-200
  • Industry: Information Technology & Services
company/wpengine/
-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 - 3/0
💡 Plan NamehostBasic [Linux]-
💰 Price$ 7.65/mo.-
💿 Disk Spaceunlimited-
📶 Data Transferunmetered-
🔌 Hosted domains1-
🆓 Free Domain0-
📌 Dedicated IPs0-
🔨 Control PanelCPanel-
🌏 Server LocationUnited States-
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)24 Months ( 2 years ) $6.95/mo Only 23¢ a Day!
12 Months ( 1 year )$8.95/mo Only 30¢ a Day!
MultiAdmin Control Panel
Free Migration to Site5
Backups
Backstage ( Tour ) One interface to manage every aspect of your hosting account! See its advantages!
SiteAdmin ( Demo ) Our easy to use custom theme [...]		-
📅 Date PlanApr 2020-
💡 Plan NamehostPro [Linux]-
💰 Price$ 12.05/mo.-
💿 Disk Spaceunlimited-
📶 Data Transferunmetered-
🔌 Hosted domainsunlimited-
🆓 Free Domain0-
📌 Dedicated IPs0-
🔨 Control PanelCPanel-
🌏 Server LocationUnited States-
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)24 Months ( 2 years )
BEST VALUE $10.95/mo

MultiAdmin Control Panel
Free Migration to Site5
Backups
Backstage ( Tour ) One interface to manage every aspect of your hosting account! See its advantages!
SiteAdmin ( Demo ) Our easy to use custom theme for cPanel!
MultiAdmin ( Tour ) Give each [...]		-
📅 Date PlanApr 2020-
💡 Plan NamehostPro + Turbo [Linux]-
💰 Price$ 15.35/mo.-
💿 Disk Spaceunlimited-
📶 Data Transferunmetered-
🔌 Hosted domainsunlimited-
🆓 Free Domain0-
📌 Dedicated IPs0-
🔨 Control PanelCPanel-
🌏 Server LocationUnited States-
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)24 Months ( 2 years )$13.95/mo Only 46¢ a Day!
MultiAdmin Control Panel
Free Migration to Site5
Backups
Backstage ( Tour ) One interface to manage every aspect of your hosting account! See its advantages!
SiteAdmin ( Demo ) Our easy to use custom theme for cPanel!
MultiAdmin ( Tour ) Give each [...]		-
📅 Date PlanApr 2020-
🔧 Reseller Hosting - 3/0
💡 Plan NameStarter [Linux]-
💰 Price$ 28.55/mo.-
💿 Disk Space50 GB-
📶 Data Transfer500 GB-
🔌 Hosted domainsunlimited-
🆓 Free Domain0-
📌 Dedicated IPs0-
🔨 Control PanelCPanel, WHM-
🌏 Server LocationUnited States-
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)Unlimited Resold Accounts
cPanel / WHM
RVSkin
Free Billing Software
Domain Reseller Account
IP Addresses Included
Custom DNS Nameservers
Free Migration to Site5
Choose Your Location
Backups
Uptime Guarantee 99.9%

Site5 wants to help you provide the professional reseller hosting solution. To [...]		-
📅 Date PlanApr 2020-
💡 Plan NameStandard [Linux]-
💰 Price$ 40.65/mo.-
💿 Disk Space80 GB-
📶 Data Transfer700 GB-
🔌 Hosted domainsunlimited-
🆓 Free Domain0-
📌 Dedicated IPs0-
🔨 Control PanelCPanel, WHM-
🌏 Server LocationUnited States-
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)Unlimited Resold Accounts
cPanel / WHM
RVSkin
Free Billing Software
Domain Reseller Account
IP Addresses Included
Custom DNS Nameservers
Free Migration to Site5
Choose Your Location
Backups
Uptime Guarantee 99.9%		-
📅 Date PlanApr 2020-
💡 Plan NamePremier [Linux]-
💰 Price$ 60.45/mo.-
💿 Disk Space120 GB-
📶 Data Transfer1 TB-
🔌 Hosted domainsunlimited-
🆓 Free Domain0-
📌 Dedicated IPs0-
🔨 Control PanelCPanel, WHM-
🌏 Server LocationUnited States-
📜 DescriptionSame as previous plans-
📅 Date PlanApr 2020-
🔧 VPS - 7/0
💡 Plan NameVPS2 [Linux]-
💰 Price$ 70.38/mo.-
💿 Disk Space50 GB-
📶 Data Transfer1 TB-
🔌 Hosted domainsunlimited-
🆓 Free Domain0-
💪 CPU2 Cores-
🔋 RAM2 GB-
📌 Dedicated IPs2-
🔨 Control PanelCPanel, WHM, KVM-
🌏 Server LocationUnited States-
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)On our Site5 KVM VPS hosting plans are built with all SSD drives are designed to provide the performance you are looking for with a VPS server. No longer will you have to deal with a neighbor who uses more than their fair share of resources. Each client on the VPS hosting platform includes a fully [...]-
📅 Date PlanApr 2020-
💡 Plan NameVPS3 [Linux]-
💰 Price$ 97.11/mo.-
💿 Disk Space75 GB-
📶 Data Transfer1,500 GB-
🔌 Hosted domainsunlimited-
🆓 Free Domain0-
💪 CPU2 Cores-
🔋 RAM3 GB-
📌 Dedicated IPs2-
🔨 Control PanelCPanel, WHM, KVM-
🌏 Server LocationUnited States-
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)Site5's "No Worry" Full Management (without root access)
We handle everything for you, updates, security, monitoring, and more! Included

SiteAdmin/MultiAdmin/Softaculous

SiteAdmin is our custom easy to use cPanel theme $10/mo (included in price)
OR
cPanel/WHM offers the standard control panel [...]		-
📅 Date PlanApr 2020-
💡 Plan NameVPS4 [Linux]-
💰 Price$ 124.83/mo.-
💿 Disk Space100 GB-
📶 Data Transfer2 TB-
🔌 Hosted domainsunlimited-
🆓 Free Domain0-
💪 CPU4 Cores-
🔋 RAM4 GB-
📌 Dedicated IPs2-
🔨 Control PanelCPanel, WHM, KVM-
🌏 Server LocationUnited States-
📜 DescriptionSame as previous plans-
📅 Date PlanApr 2020-
💡 Plan NameVPS5 [Linux]-
💰 Price$ 173.34/mo.-
💿 Disk Space125 GB-
📶 Data Transfer2,500 GB-
🔌 Hosted domainsunlimited-
🆓 Free Domain0-
💪 CPU4 Cores-
🔋 RAM5 GB-
📌 Dedicated IPs2-
🔨 Control PanelCPanel, WHM, KVM-
🌏 Server LocationUnited States-
📜 DescriptionSame as previous plans-
📅 Date PlanApr 2020-
💡 Plan NameVPS6 [Linux]-
💰 Price$ 195.12/mo.-
💿 Disk Space150 GB-
📶 Data Transfer3 TB-
🔌 Hosted domainsunlimited-
🆓 Free Domain0-
💪 CPU6 Cores-
🔋 RAM6 GB-
📌 Dedicated IPs2-
🔨 Control PanelCPanel, WHM, KVM-
🌏 Server LocationUnited States-
📜 DescriptionSame as previous plans-
📅 Date PlanApr 2020-
💡 Plan NameVPS7 [Linux]-
💰 Price$ 282.24/mo.-
💿 Disk Space200 GB-
📶 Data Transfer4 TB-
🔌 Hosted domainsunlimited-
🆓 Free Domain0-
💪 CPU8 Cores-
🔋 RAM8 GB-
📌 Dedicated IPs2-
🔨 Control PanelCPanel, WHM, KVM-
🌏 Server LocationUnited States-
📜 DescriptionSame as previous plans-
📅 Date PlanApr 2020-
💡 Plan NameVPS8 [Linux]-
💰 Price$ 364.41/mo.-
💿 Disk Space250 GB-
📶 Data Transfer5 TB-
🔌 Hosted domainsunlimited-
🆓 Free Domain0-
💪 CPU8 Cores-
🔋 RAM10 GB-
📌 Dedicated IPs2-
🔨 Control PanelCPanel, WHM, KVM-
🌏 Server LocationUnited States-
📜 DescriptionSame as previous plans-
📅 Date PlanApr 2020-
🔧 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
📤 List of products
  • Shared Hosting
  • Reseller Hosting
  • VPS
  • Cloud
✍️ Support Options
  • Email
  • Help Desk
  • Phone / Toll-Free
  • Live Chat
  • Available 24/7
  • 0 WHTop support responses
  • Email
  • Help Desk
  • Phone / Toll-Free
  • Forum
  • Live Chat
  • Available 24/7
  • 0 WHTop support responses
💰 Payment Options
  • Credit / Debit / Prepaid Cards
  • PayPal
  • Credit / Debit / Prepaid Cards
👪 Last positive / negative customers review
 
Jeremy Insole (jeremy@i...)
on 📆 Feb 20, 2011
😁 I began with Site5 last week. I had a 13 months nightmare with Green Geeks, horrible support and lots of problems and downtime...I contacted everyone in the company and no one was of any help, even Trey Gardner, now Trey responds, but [...]

-anonymous- (-hidden-)
on 📆 Nov 06, 2023
😠 Avoid this Site5 company at all costs!!! Several years ago, I was a longterm customer of a company they bought. Site5 used my credit card on file from three years ago to steal $400 from me. I don't even have a website URL. Since they also [...]

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