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Web Faction (webfaction.com) has been added on 📅 and last updated on 📆 . Trusted and verified by WHTOP on 2016.
WP Engine (wpengine.com) has been added on 📅 and last updated on 📆 . Trusted and verified by WHTOP on 2016.

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webfaction.com logo
Profile completion status:
Things done
✓ Company descriptions is fine
✓ Company address location is complete
✓ Company phone/fax is added
✓ Company Twitter and Facebook accounts are added
✓ "About page" URL or "Contact page" URLs are added
✓ Forum, Blog/Announcements, Knowledgebase or FAQ URLs are added
✓ Products (plans) are added, but some are not updated from over 2 years
Note: Add a promotion or coupon

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👉 Total Reviews: 1
🙌 Average Rating: 9 / 10
👍 Good Reviews: 1
👎 Bad Reviews: 0
👈 Official Responses: 0 9 / 10

1 user reviews		wpengine.com logo
Profile completion status:
Things done
✓ Company descriptions is fine
✓ Company address location is complete
✓ Company phone/fax is added
✓ Company Twitter and Facebook accounts are added
✓ "About page" URL or "Contact page" URLs are added
✓ Forum, Blog/Announcements, Knowledgebase or FAQ URLs are added
✓ Products (plans) are added, but some are not updated from over 2 years
✓ Promotions are added, but some are not updated from over 2 years

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VISIT WEBSITE
 Web Faction
5TH FLOOR, THE OLD VINYL FACTORY
Hayes UB3 1HA
UK

webfaction.com is inactive, but is redirected to tsohost.comPart of HEG
webfaction.com
WP Engine
Irongate House, 22-30 Duke's Place
London EC3A 7LP
UK

wpengine.com
📧 Emailwebmaster@w...sales@w...
☎ Phone+44.8458620318020 3770 9704
Ranks🏆 Alexa Rating 41,136▲5,504 (lower is better)
📈 Domains 48,049▼-122 (higher is better)
Alexa Rank in IN 10,438
🏆 SEO MOZ DA/PA 50/54🔗 Links 103,128		🏆 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-GB en-US
📄 InfoWebFaction is part of the Paragon Internet Group Limited and they have currently joined up with GoDaddy, a massive hosting company on the web. They offer hosting mainly for developers and claim to host more than 200,000 apps at the moment.
They provide customers with shared hosting and cloud servers. Among the features they include in their servers, we can find the following: SSD storage, the latest versions of tools, such as Ruby, PHP, Python or Node.js. Their hosting system is fully [...] 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
📡 EstablishedSeptember, 20032010
🏁 Site speedFast, load time 1.7 seconds 56% sites are slower
SEO Links count 810		Average, load time 2.3 seconds 39% sites are slower
SEO Links count 21,165
📣 Social Media
📣 Social Media
🔃 User Shares
https://twitter.com/webfaction
Started from: October, 2008
  • Tweets: 2,045
  • Followers: 5,590
  • Friends: 5,533
  • Last activity:
wpengine.com Iconwpengine
Started from: March, 2010
  • Tweets: 27,503
  • Followers: 44,328
  • Friends: 45
  • Last activity:
https://www.facebook.com/webfaction/
  • Likes:
  • People talking about them:
  • Last activity:

wpengine.com IconWP Engine
  • Likes:
  • People talking about them:
  • Last activity:

https://www.linkedin.com/company/webfaction/company/wpengine/
http://blog.webfaction.com
  • Blog Posts: 25
  • Blog added on: Feb, 2012
  • Language: en-US
  • Last written post:

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 - 1/0
💡 Plan NameShared 1GB [Linux]-
💰 Price$ 10.00/mo.-
💿 Disk Space100 GB SSD-
📶 Data Transfer1 TB-
🔌 Hosted domainsunlimited-
🆓 Free Domain0-
📌 Dedicated IPs0-
🔨 Control Panel[In-house]-
🌏 Server Location-
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)2 days TRIAL !
1GB RAM
3.5Ghz shared CPUs
Extra diskspace +$5/month per 50GB or get another plan on another server and spread your storage over multiple servers
Extra dedicated IP address +$5/month
60-day money back guarantee !		-
📅 Date PlanApr 2020-
🔧 Cloud - 5/4
💡 Plan NameCloud 2GB [Linux]Custom [Linux]
💰 Price$ 20.00/mo.on request
💿 Disk Space15 GB SSD50 GB
📶 Data Transfer1,500 GB500 GB
🔌 Hosted domainsunlimited30
🆓 Free Domain00
🔋 RAM2 GB 
📌 Dedicated IPs00
🔨 Control Panel[In-house]
🌏 Server LocationUnited States
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)Extra diskspace +$5/month per 50GB or get another plan on another server and spread your storage over multiple servers
Extra dedicated IP address +$5/month
60-day money back guarantee !		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 PlanApr 2020Nov 2021
💡 Plan NameCloud 4GB [Linux]Startup [Linux]
💰 Price$ 30.00/mo.€ 23.00/mo.
💿 Disk Space45 GB SSD10 GB
📶 Data Transfer2 TB50 GB
🔌 Hosted domainsunlimited1
🆓 Free Domain00
🔋 RAM4 GB 
📌 Dedicated IPs00
🔨 Control Panel[In-house]
🌏 Server LocationUnited States
📜 DescriptionSame as previous plansINFO (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 PlanApr 2020Nov 2021
💡 Plan NameCloud 8GB [Linux]Growth [Linux]
💰 Price$ 60.00/mo.€ 140.00/mo.
💿 Disk Space90 GB SSD20 GB
📶 Data Transfer3 TB200 GB
🔌 Hosted domainsunlimited10
🆓 Free Domain00
🔋 RAM8 GB 
📌 Dedicated IPs00
🔨 Control Panel[In-house]
🌏 Server LocationUnited States
📜 DescriptionSame as previous plansINFO (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 PlanApr 2020Nov 2021
💡 Plan NameCloud 12GB [Linux]Scale [Linux]
💰 Price$ 120.00/mo.€ 350.00/mo.
💿 Disk Space180 GB SSD50 GB
📶 Data Transfer4 TB500 GB
🔌 Hosted domainsunlimited30
🆓 Free Domain00
🔋 RAM12 GB 
📌 Dedicated IPs00
🔨 Control Panel[In-house]
🌏 Server LocationUnited States
📜 DescriptionSame as previous plansINFO (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 PlanApr 2020Nov 2021
💡 Plan NameCloud 24GB [Linux]-
💰 Price$ 240.00/mo.-
💿 Disk Space360 GB SSD-
📶 Data Transfer5 TB-
🔌 Hosted domainsunlimited-
🆓 Free Domain0-
💪 CPU8 CPU Cores-
🔋 RAM24 GB-
📌 Dedicated IPs0-
🔨 Control Panel[In-house]-
🌏 Server Location-
📜 DescriptionSame as previous plans-
📅 Date PlanApr 2020-
💻 Supported Operating Systems
  • Linux
  • Linux
📤 List of products
  • Shared Hosting
  • Cloud
  • Cloud
✍️ Support Options
  • Email
  • Help Desk
  • Phone / Toll-Free
  • Forum
  • 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
 
-anonymous- (-no email-)
on 📆 Apr 04, 2012
😁 They have one plan now which makes signup simple. The price is right on the mark and support has been helpful so far. In total I think it is a great service and I intend to stay. I

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