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About GoDaddy

One of the taglines on the GoDaddy website is that it 'has a plan for everything.' This sums up our research pretty well. There's so much you can do on GoDaddy, but the cost of many features and services can really add up. In contrast, WPMU DEV is 'Everything WordPress' (and only WordPress) with simple and flexible pricing.

How the battle went down.

For these tests, we used two different (and free) performance testing tools:

loader.io

A load testing service that allows you to stress test your web-apps and APIs with thousands of concurrent connections. Find out more

KeyCDN's performance testing tool

This tool measures the performance of any URL from 10 different locations around the world. We used this to test TTFB. Find out more

*Based on starting plans for each platform.
*As of September 2020
Max Parallel Clients
The number of users the server handled at one time before maxing out.
140
40
TTFB Average (All Locations)
The average TTFB reading across all the tested locations (lower number is better).
476 ms
332 ms
TTFB Average (Geo-Optimized)
The lowest (A.K.A best) TTFB reading out of all the locations tested (lower number is better).
81.14 ms
66.5 ms

Looking at the above, WPMU DEV takes it out when it comes to max parallel clients. During the test, DEV was able to handle over three times the amount of parallel users before erroring out.

When it comes to host speed, GoDaddy has the advantage in both TTFB categories. Just keep in mind it’s best to have a combination of server strength and speed.

Full TTFB results:

Check out the full list of TTFB times (depending on location) below if you want to see who delivers the speed closer to your area.

WPMU DEV
GoDaddy

How did we come to the above results?

Get a behind-the-scenes look at our hosting testing methodology.

Max Parallel Users? Average TTFB? Geo-optimized TTFB?! What does it all mean? Get a behind-the-scenes, step-by-step look at our exact hosting performance testing methodology.

See how we tested

Battle of the hosting features:

*As of September 2020
WPMU DEV
GoDaddy
Data Centers
The locations of data centers where you can host your site.
US (East & West), UK, Australia, Canada, Japan, Netherlands, Germany, India, Singapore
Singapore, Amsterdam, Arizona
Dedicated Server Resources
Server memory, CPUs, and storage space is allocated to each individual site.
Yes
No
Custom SSL Certificates
The option to upload your own SSL certs instead of one provided by a free certificate authority.
Yes
No
Dedicated IP Address
Each site is assigned its own IPv4 and IPv6 addresses.
Yes
IPv4 only
WordPress Multisite Support
The option to host WordPress Multisite networks.
Yes
Yes
Site Backups
The max number of backup restore points you can keep and for how long.
Unlimited for 30 days
Last 90 days
Expert Migrations
If an automated migration doesn't work for any reason, experts will manually move the site for free.
Yes
Yes
Staging Sites
Easy one-click creation of staging sites for development and testing.
Yes
No
Uptime Guarantee
The percentage of uptime promised in a given month. If this is not met, credit is given back to customers.
99.95%
99.9%
SSH Access
The ability to add and manage SSH users to access the site for development.
Yes
No
Email Accounts
The option to add email accounts linked to your domain, free of charge.
Yes
Only on the annual plan, costs extra if you pay monthly.
Monthly Cost
This is the expected cost of 1 average small-business site when paid per month (in USD).
$10
$10

Not convinced?

Put WPMU DEV to the test yourself.

Check out our hosting plans or take a WPMU DEV Agency membership (Incl. three Bronze level sites) for a free 7 day trial. See how it performs for yourself and run your own tests following our methodology (or any other you prefer).

Want to test for longer than 7 days? Everything WPMU DEV comes with an automatic 30 day money-back guarantee.