WP Engine vs A2 Hosting

A2 WordPress From $12.97/mo
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Turbo Servers
(Up To 20X Faster)
  • Improve Your Conversion Rate
  • Boost Your SEO Rankings
  • Lower Your Bounce Rate
  • Handle Up To 9X More Traffic

Your choice of web host has a direct impact on your sites' speed and can be the key reason why your site ultimately succeeds or fails. We want to see you succeed! That's why we designed our high speed Turbo Servers. After all, at A2 Hosting, it's "Our Speed, Your Success". What makes our Turbo Servers so fast?

  • 40% Faster AMD EPYC CPU Performance
  • 2X Faster To First Byte
  • Can Handle 9X More Traffic
  • 3X Faster Read/Write Speeds with NVMe Drives
  • LiteSpeed Performance Enhanced Web Server
  • A2 Optimized - Powered By APC/OPcache & Turbo Cache

See how we tested our Turbo Servers' performance against competing solutions.

Website Staging

Create an independent clone of your website to test your site updates, plugins, themes and more before they are made live to your audience.

Jetpack Personal License (Single-URL)

Jetpack is a powerful toolkit/plugin loaded with resources to enhance your WordPress account and site. It bundles a number of fantastic tools to help you design, secure, and grow your site. Not only does Jetpack include free backups, you also get a number of features to boost the speed and security of your website including:

  • Backups - Daily, Automated & Easy-To-Use
  • Photon Unlimited Image CDN
  • Lazy Loading Images
  • Brute Force Protection
  • Automated Spam Filtering
  • Website Stats
  • 100’s of Free WordPress Templates
Hassle-Free Money-Back Guarantee

Risk-Free. Hassle-Free. Worry-Free.

We've got a lot of cool features we want you to try. So do it! Try us risk-free! If you decide we're not the right host for you, just cancel your account and we'll give you a full refund within 30-days or a prorated refund for your unused service after 30-days rounded up to the next full month of service . It's that easy! That's unlike other hosts where once you've tried their service and want a refund, you're out of luck.

WordPress Pre-Installed with A2 Optimized

This is industry leading Managed WordPress Hosting! You don't have to worry about installing or setting up WordPress! In fact, your WordPress install comes pre-configured with our A2 Optimized setup! A2 Optimized is a result of our team of WordPress experts testing and determining the fastest, most secure WordPress settings.

Perpetual Security w/ Free HackScan

Fixing a hacked site is a major headache. We want to make your life easier so we include free HackScan protection to help block hacks before they can do damage your site. HackScan is just one feature of Perpetual Security; our proactive protection against malicious hackers and security threats! Additional Perpetual Security features:

  • KernelCare - Daily, Automatic & Rebootless Kernel Updates
  • Reinforced DDoS Protection
  • Dual Web Hosting Firewall
  • Brute Force Defense
  • Auto-Heal Hosting Protection
  • Virus Scanning
  • Server Hardening
  • 24/7/365 Security Monitoring
24/7/365 Guru Crew Support

REAL Hosting Support! REAL Smart. REAL Fast. REAL Experience.

Submit a ticket. Email us. Call us. Chat with us. Wherever you are. Whenever you need us, 24/7/365.

We’re here for you! We're here for you at 3:00 AM, when the ball drops on New Years Eve or even on February 29th.

We’ve hand-selected our support technicians. The Guru Crew is here to track down the solution to your hosting questions. Whether you need advanced PHP Hosting support or have a question about how to get your blog set up, the Guru Crew is here.

Use Any Plugin Or Theme
Free SSL Certificate (HTTPS)

A2 Hosting provides you with free and automated SSL Certificates for enhanced website security and protection. Your websites get a trusted HTTPS for an encrypted connection. Best of all, our SSL Certificates are setup automatically for your domains by default! It's a no click SSL Certificate configuration!

 
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Everything You Want In A Managed WordPress Hosting Solution

We listened to the WordPress community, WordPress users and our customers to design the ultimate Managed WordPress Hosting solution.

Staging

Test your updates before you publish them live to your site.

A2 Optimized

Pre-configured with the best speed and security settings.

Free SSL

Your Let's Encrypt SSL pre-configured for your site.

Up To 20X Faster

Host your site on our Turbo Servers for the fastest WordPress Hosting!

Easy Backups

Automated & available in your free Jetpack account for the easiest WordPress backups.

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WP Engine vs A2 Hosting - What Our Customers Have To Say?

We strive to offer the fastest, easiest and most reliable WordPress Hosting around. It begins with our blazing fast service that you can depend on backed by our 24/7/365 Guru Crew. Here are just a few A2 Hosting customers who have enjoyed our service.

“A2 Hosting support is THE BEST! My site is always up, so on the rare occasion that I have to contact support it's usually due to something I broke. They have without fail given me fast and accurate replies, even when the problem is with another company (e.g. wordpress). I give A2 Hosting an A+++!”

— Elizabeth M. October 20, 2020

“Yes, I had some hiccups installing Wordpress as it is a new venture for me. With no previous experience in setting up a website, I greatly appreciated the professional and human, friendly (something more rare nowadays) and individual assistance in resolving my questions. Thank you, A2 hosting team!”

— Caroline Matta October 6, 2020

“I am impressed with Customer Care's service since I signed up with A2 hosting. As a newbie, I encounter problems with my wordpress site and have even been locked out of my site on quite a few occasions. A2's customer care came to the rescue and I am extremely satisfied with the service provided.”

— Brigitte pace October 4, 2020

“Another problem was resolved in minutes. My only request would be to have a migrated site checked by the technicians to ensure everything works correctly. We had a problem with the WordPress login not working after migration. This got resolved though a live chat very quickly but it would have been better had it worked correctly after the...” Read full review

— Debra October 1, 2020

“Excellent!! There are a few lingering questions regard to the packaging deal(s). You mentioned WooEcommerce can be added with 1-click. The comparison chart also shows the same for the WordPress platform. Does that mean no differences between pre-configured WordPress offering v. any of A2Hosting and added by the subscriber using the 1-click...” Read full review

— Byong Yu September 27, 2020

“Alex Thank you I hope you can help later on .I went back and sign up Manage Wordpress hosting for 1yr Triple domain Thank you FVMS 5 Star”

— Francisco S. September 22, 2020

“Outstanding migration from the old server to A2. I have 1 shopping cart with 20k+ products, 2 WordPress sites, two HTML websites, and nightmares about migrating them. Woke up next morning, all done, they all work! Thank you, A2.”

— Phillip C. September 12, 2020

“Every time I have had an issue, even when it was something that you don't really handle, i.e. wordpress theme issues, you still took the time to give me some good advice and point me in the right direction. So thanks to the support staff I have been able to fix every thing that I have encountered so far. And the fact that the support staff not only...” Read full review

— david h. September 10, 2020

“Thank you for a very rapid reply to my enquiry. I managed to sort out my Wordpress problem - wouldn't have coped without you.”

— Michael T. September 7, 2020

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WP Engine vs A2 Hosting: A2 Is The Best In The Industry!

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Compare WP engine vs A2 Hosting

The speed graph shown on this page compares average loading times for a webpage on WP engine and A2 Hosting. We gathered these results from diagnostics we collected before and after a website was moved from WP engine to A2 Hosting. At A2 Hosting, we do not gauge whether websites moving from WP engine had any specialized packages concerning speed. It also does not take into account whether the website is using a specialized speed package from A2 Hosting (for example, our “Turbo” package). It is simply a before and after test to find the average load time for a website hosted with A2 Hosting and WP engine.

About WP engine

WP engine is a web hosting company that specializes in Managed WordPress Hosting solutions. WP engine was founded in 2010 by Jason Cohen, Ben Metcalfe and Cullen Wilson. They are headquartered within Austin, Texas. WP engine has offices worldwide located in San Francisco, London and Limerick, Ireland.

WP engine has worked with the technology incubator Capital Factory. The Capital Factory has often worked with start up companies like WP engine offering a number of support services.  Both organizations are located in in Austin, Texas.

As of 2018, Jason Cohen was still with the company serving the role of Chief Technology Officer. His previous projects before founding WP engine included IT WatchDogs as well as Smart Bear. As CEO of Smart Bear, he helped create a professional-grade tool used specifically for code review. Cohen has also worked as both a partner and mentor to the Capital Factory.

WP engine vs A2 Hosting

When choosing a web hosting company, it's a good idea to compare the web hosting companies A2 Hosting versus WP engine. This is especially true if you're interested in WordPress Hosting as both offer Managed WordPress Hosting solutions. While A2 Hosting offers both Shared WordPress Hosting solutions and Managed WordPress, WP engine specializes more specifically in Managed WordPress solutions. For enhanced security for site visitors, both A2 Hosting and WP engine offer free SSL Certificates. Both WordPress Hosting companies have been around for quite some time. WP engine was launched in 2010 while A2 Hosting was launched in 2003 and has been independently owned ever since.

*A2 Hosting is in no way affiliated with WP engine or endorsed by WP engine. The information on this webpage is solely for the purpose of informing our potential customers, like you, about your options when choosing a hosting service. The prices shown are the minimum prices for hosting services provided by A2 Hosting and WP engine as of the date this webpage was created. Pricing and features are subject to change.