Liquid Web vs Nexcess: Side-by-Side Comparison (2025)

E kamaʻilio e pili ana Liquid Web vs Nexcess today.

In the past, we’ve covered Liquid Web i loko o kā mākou liquidweb hosting review. akā, Kahawai never came under our radar until now. This is going to be a much needed comparison between the two services and what makes them fit for your needs.

Before we begin, it is kinda important that you understand one important thing:

Nexcess is a part of Liquid Web.

I ka ʻoiaʻiʻo Liquid Web houses some of the most iconic brands of digital space including:

Liquid Web (High Performance Managed Hosting)
Kahawai (Digital Commerce Cloud)
Stellar WP (Best WordPress Tools)

Still, many people are quite confused about how Liquid Web a Kahawai are related. Essentially, Nexcess is a Digital Commerce Cloud division of Liquid Web.
Liquid Web itself provides lawelawe lawelawe lawelawe for dedicated & VPS customers.

So what we want to discuss in this article is what kind of services do these 2 individual divisions offer. What kind of pricing there is? Should a CMS like WordPress interest you? Or should you choose WooCommerce or Magento or just let the company take care of the heavyload for you?

Now that you’re set up with the important information, let’s compare Liquid Web & Nexcess.

Liquid Web vs

Set Up & Ease of Use
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Set Up & Ease of Use

	LiquidWeb	Kahawai
pāʻoihana	E hoʻomaka, Liquid Web offers managed hosting solutions for Dedicated and Cloud VPS servers.	Nexcess offers managed hosting solutions for primary eCommerce platforms like WooCommerce, WordPress, and Magento.
n Market	Liquid Web’s services are built for performance and aimed at enterprise business solutions.	Nexcess captures the smaller-entrepreneurial-oriented market with a primary focus on eStores & IT startups
Pehea Hoʻonohonoho hoʻonohonoho Differs?	The setup process eases the user into selecting their preferred hardware configuration.	Nexcess’ checkout process is remarkably different. Compared to Liquid Web, Nexcess is a bit more UI and detail-heavy.
	As usual, you’ll be asked for payment information in the next step. Both services land on similar conclusions and offer a seemingly identical user-experience. So, you can say that either service is simpler to sign up for.

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	LiquidWeb	Kahawai
ʻO Uptime Auana	First off, being hosted in multi-server environments, the uptime numbers are going to be marginally better.	Nexcess does not document a lot about uptime but since they do shared hosting, a 99.9% output could be doubtful. But again, they might share servers with LiquidWeb.
lako paʻa hoʻonohonohoʻia	Liquid Web’s dedicated servers start-off with a 4-core CPU, 16 GB RAM, and 2 x 240 GB SSD for a traffic intensive website.	Nexcess beginner WordPress plan comes with 1 website, 15 GB storage and 2 TB bandwidth but at a cheaper price tag and optimization.
kope papaʻa Details	You get built-in backup drives, along with off-shore backup drives by default so you don’t have to go look for a third-party backup service.	Depending on the scale of a WordPress website, daily backups should suffice temporary failures.
CDN hoʻohui '	Comes with Cloudflare CDN for worldwide server reach with faster content loading.	Comes with a custom CDN and advanced caching for ultra-fast loading. Plus, image compression to further reduce loading times.
Na Makuahine Panel Choice	You can choose between Interworx, cPanel, and Plesk for efficient server management, including root access.	1-Click setup, migration, core updates, plugin updates, and staging. You do get a UI front, but the service retains the majority of control.
maluhia	Multi-level DDoS protection, including routine checkups and maintenance rounds for complete security assurance.	Free SSL certificates, iThemes security, and always-on security monitoring make the suite of armour of your eCommerce site
Support	24/7 on-site support for all your queries and routine demands.	They have CMS experts to help you figure out things one-by-one.
	There are no specific right or wrongs when it comes to features. Each subset of pros serve their purpose in the broader context of ends.

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	LiquidWeb	Kahawai
nohona ma	One thing to understand for pricing is that it is totally subjective. LiquidWeb could appear an elephant in the room due its hardware capabilities.	But on the other hand, what Nexcess’ lacks in hardware, it tends to make up for affordable pricing, server optimization, and eCommerce features.
Ka hoʻomakaʻana o ka uku	Liquid Web’s dedicated plans start with a $169/month plan that offers the quad-core CPU with 16 GB RAM for high-traffic websites.	Nexcess’ beginner WordPress plan is $9.50/month that lets you host 1 website at a time.
VPS & More	Moving on to VPS plans, for $15/month, you get a dual-core CPU, 40 GB SSD, Linux and your choice of management UI	The starter WooCommerce plan costs $9.50/month, offers 30 GB storage, and bandwidth depending on incoming orders.
Kapua Cloud	Their Cloud hosting plans are some of the most pricey with opening plans at $265/month. Features like 960 GB SSD, cPanel server, Centos 7, and Acronis Cyber Backup.	Magento is an open-source CMS, yet the pricing here could sound steep. For $49/month, you get space on the server with other users and 50 GB storage & 10 domains to play with.
Nā Hōʻike'ē aʻe	The amount of hosting variety is more or less limited with Liquid Web. Although you can find options like VMware Private Cloud, HIPAA Compliant Hosting, and Private VPS parent.	With Nexcess, you can find Magento Bare Metal hosting, Magento Managed Clusters, its own version of cloud hosting, enterprise hosting, and additional services like domain registration and SSL certificates.
Nā hua'ōlelo	There are hands-on tools or addons for you to edit things by yourself. You will need to contact support for any inquiries.	Nexcess offers a custom site-builder in the form of WPQuickStart. It utilizes a simple procedure to create an eStore for your products for the cost of $19/month.
	Price is a tricky trick to pull off. Especially when you are catering to 2 different sets of crowds that could have different demands and motives for their website.

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In retrospect, it needs to be said again that Liquid Web is a parent company to Kahawai. Both share most of the same resources with each other, regardless of being different in market share.

If you still have doubts about what service to go for from the above discussion, why not shoot us a comment?

We’d love to hear from you and also let us know what makes a good hosting service for you. If you have used Liquid Web/Nexcess in the past then do let us know your opinion as well.

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