InMotion Hosting is known for their free domains, free data backup, green data centers, and a 90 day money back guarantee. They have been operating since 2001, and host over 500K sites. Their data centers are located in Los Angeles, CA and Ashburn, VA (near Washington D.C.)
I have purchased a hosting plan on
Here is the plan information I chose:
| Plan Name | Business Launch |
|---|---|
| Cost | $6.99/month |
| Disk Space | Unlimited |
| Bandwidth | Unlimited |
| Uptime Guarantee | 99.9% |
| Money Back Guarantee | 90 days |
| Notes | They had to call me to verify before setting up my account. They normally only do this during business hours, but you can call them if it's at night. After verification my site was ready within 30 minutes. |
On this page: Uptime | Speed | Support | Alternatives
Contents
- 0.1 Uptime Test
- 0.2 InMotion Hosting: How Good (Or Bad!) Is Hosting Speed & Uptime? Uptime Test Results
- 0.3 Recent Raw Results for InMotion Hosting: How Good (Or Bad!) Is Hosting Speed & Uptime?
- 0.4 Page Speed Test
- 0.5 InMotion Hosting: How Good (Or Bad!) Is Hosting Speed & Uptime? Page Speed Test Results
- 0.6 Recent Raw Results for InMotion Hosting: How Good (Or Bad!) Is Hosting Speed & Uptime?
- 1 Does InMotion Hosting: How Good (Or Bad!) Is Hosting Speed & Uptime? Suck?
- 2 Still think InMotion Hosting: How Good (Or Bad!) Is Hosting Speed & Uptime? sucks?
- 3 InMotion Hosting: How Good (Or Bad!) Is Hosting Speed & Uptime? Alternatives: Better speed, reliability, and support
- 3.1 Hosts faster than InMotion Hosting: How Good (Or Bad!) Is Hosting Speed & Uptime?
- 3.2 Hosts more reliable than InMotion Hosting: How Good (Or Bad!) Is Hosting Speed & Uptime?
- 3.3 Hosts more helpful than InMotion Hosting: How Good (Or Bad!) Is Hosting Speed & Uptime?
- 3.4 InMotion Hosting: How Good (Or Bad!) Is Hosting Speed & Uptime? vs Other Hosts
Uptime Test
I use Pingdom to report website uptime. Pingdom is configured to make an HTTP request to the host every minute, and report if it is unreachable. It'll also report an error if the host takes longer than 30 seconds to respond (Yes, that's not actually down, but if your site takes that long to respond it is unusable in my opinion). Pingdom performs this test from at least 3 servers worldwide, and reports a problem if 2/3 servers do no respond.
This test is important if you are concerned about the reliability of your web host (this is important!)
InMotion Hosting: How Good (Or Bad!) Is Hosting Speed & Uptime? Uptime Test Results
Let’s see if
Recent Raw Results for InMotion Hosting: How Good (Or Bad!) Is Hosting Speed & Uptime?
| Date | Uptime | Downtime | Outages | Avg Response Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100.000% | 0 mins | 0 | 1849 ms | |
| 100.000% | 0 mins | 0 | 1842 ms | |
| 97.000% | 29 mins | 5 | 1850 ms | |
| 100.000% | 0 mins | 0 | 1879 ms | |
| 100.000% | 0 mins | 0 | 1861 ms | |
| 100.000% | 0 mins | 0 | 1893 ms | |
| 99.000% | 1 mins | 1 | 1792 ms | |
| 100.000% | 0 mins | 0 | 1825 ms | |
| 100.000% | 0 mins | 0 | 1728 ms | |
| 100.000% | 0 mins | 0 | 1760 ms | |
| 100.000% | 0 mins | 0 | 1784 ms | |
| 100.000% | 0 mins | 0 | 1737 ms | |
| 100.000% | 0 mins | 0 | 1775 ms | |
| 100.000% | 0 mins | 0 | 1762 ms | |
| 100.000% | 0 mins | 0 | 1780 ms | |
| 100.000% | 0 mins | 0 | 1793 ms | |
| 100.000% | 0 mins | 0 | 1879 ms | |
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| 100.000% | 0 mins | 0 | 1888 ms | |
| 99.000% | 3 mins | 1 | 1864 ms | |
| 100.000% | 0 mins | 0 | 1992 ms | |
| 100.000% | 0 mins | 0 | 2068 ms | |
| 99.000% | 2 mins | 1 | 1893 ms | |
| 99.000% | 2 mins | 1 | 1615 ms | |
| 100.000% | 0 mins | 0 | 1328 ms | |
| 99.000% | 2 mins | 1 | 1629 ms | |
| 100.000% | 0 mins | 0 | 1713 ms | |
| 100.000% | 0 mins | 0 | 1754 ms | |
| 99.000% | 2 mins | 1 | 1807 ms | |
| 100.000% | 0 mins | 0 | 1759 ms | |
| 100.000% | 0 mins | 0 | 1748 ms | |
| 100.000% | 0 mins | 0 | 1758 ms | |
| 100.000% | 0 mins | 0 | 1896 ms | |
| 100.000% | 0 mins | 0 | 1881 ms | |
| 100.000% | 0 mins | 0 | 1896 ms | |
| 100.000% | 0 mins | 0 | 1889 ms | |
| 100.000% | 0 mins | 0 | 1846 ms | |
| 98.958% | 15 mins | 1 | 1937 ms | |
| 100.000% | 0 mins | 0 | 1741 ms | |
| 100.000% | 0 mins | 0 | 1764 ms | |
| 100.000% | 0 mins | 0 | 1871 ms | |
| 100.000% | 0 mins | 0 | 1954 ms | |
| 100.000% | 0 mins | 0 | 2332 ms | |
| 100.000% | 0 mins | 0 | 2321 ms | |
| 100.000% | 0 mins | 0 | 2215 ms | |
| 100.000% | 0 mins | 0 | 2181 ms | |
| 100.000% | 0 mins | 0 | 1967 ms | |
| 100.000% | 0 mins | 0 | 1645 ms | |
| 100.000% | 0 mins | 0 | 1746 ms | |
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| 100.000% | 0 mins | 0 | 1696 ms | |
| 100.000% | 0 mins | 0 | 1600 ms | |
| 100.000% | 0 mins | 0 | 1624 ms | |
| 100.000% | 0 mins | 0 | 1614 ms | |
| 100.000% | 0 mins | 0 | 1631 ms | |
| 88.472% | 166 mins | 2 | 1399 ms | |
| 0.000% | 1440 mins | 1 | 0 ms | |
| 0.000% | 1440 mins | 1 | 0 ms | |
| 0.000% | 1440 mins | 1 | 0 ms | |
| 0.000% | 1440 mins | 1 | 0 ms |
Page Speed Test
This test is performed by submitting a typical web page served on the host to WebPageTest and recording how long it takes to load. This test web page is 56 KB of HTML, 287 KB of JavaScript, 51 KB of CSS, and 1,128 KB of images (these are typical according to the HTTP Archive). WebPageTest (a 3rd-party, vendor-neutral organization) uses servers located in Virgina and California to measure the page load waterfall in the latest version of Chrome, on a very fast internet connection. The test is ran 5 times each, and the middle (median) result is what is counted from each location. Then the east coast and west coast times are averaged, which should eliminate any bias due to server location. We're interested in first page load, not the repeat/cached view.
If you're really interested, I use the 'Load Time' measurement that's returned from WebPageTest for ranking page speed. I still collect other metrics such as TTFB
(time to first byte), fully loaded time, and the speed index, in addition to server setting scores which are translated to grades. You can see these detailed values in the "Raw Results."
This test is important if your site resembles a typical website and you're concerned about speed (which you should be!)
In September 2014 I updated this test to be more accurate, and you'll notice page speeds were a bit higher before then. The test used to be run only 3 times from one location using a simulated cable internet connection on Internet Explorer 11. The new method provides much more consistent results.
InMotion Hosting: How Good (Or Bad!) Is Hosting Speed & Uptime? Page Speed Test Results
Let’s see if
Recent Raw Results for InMotion Hosting: How Good (Or Bad!) Is Hosting Speed & Uptime?
| Date | Location | Load time | TTFB | Fully loaded | Speed index | Keep-alive Score | Compress Score | Caching Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.5 | 0.0s | 1.5s | 0.0s | F | F | F | ||
| 1.5 | 0.0s | 1.5s | 0.0s | F | F | F | ||
| 1.2 | 0.0s | 1.2s | 0.0s | F | F | F | ||
| 1.2 | 0.0s | 1.2s | 0.0s | F | F | F | ||
| 1.1 | 0.0s | 1.1s | 0.0s | F | F | F | ||
| 1.1 | 0.0s | 1.1s | 0.0s | F | F | F | ||
| 1.2 | 0.0s | 1.2s | 0.0s | F | F | F | ||
| 1.2 | 0.0s | 1.2s | 0.0s | F | F | F | ||
| 1.2 | 0.0s | 1.2s | 0.0s | F | F | F | ||
| 1.2 | 0.0s | 1.2s | 0.0s | F | F | F | ||
| 1.2 | 0.0s | 1.2s | 0.0s | F | F | F | ||
| 1.2 | 0.0s | 1.2s | 0.0s | F | F | F | ||
| 1.2 | 0.0s | 1.2s | 0.0s | F | F | F | ||
| 1.2 | 0.0s | 1.2s | 0.0s | F | F | F | ||
| 1.2 | 0.0s | 1.2s | 0.0s | F | F | F | ||
| 1.2 | 0.0s | 1.2s | 0.0s | F | F | F | ||
| 1.2 | 0.0s | 1.2s | 0.0s | F | F | F | ||
| 1.8 | 0.0s | 1.8s | 0.0s | F | F | F | ||
| 1.8 | 0.0s | 1.8s | 0.0s | F | F | F | ||
| 1.2 | 0.0s | 1.2s | 0.0s | F | F | F | ||
| 1.2 | 0.0s | 1.2s | 0.0s | F | F | F | ||
| 1.9 | 0.0s | 1.9s | 0.0s | F | F | F | ||
| 1.9 | 0.0s | 1.9s | 0.0s | F | F | F | ||
| 1.3 | 0.0s | 1.3s | 0.0s | F | F | F | ||
| 1.3 | 0.0s | 1.3s | 0.0s | F | F | F | ||
| 0.7 | 0.0s | 0.7s | 0.0s | F | F | F | ||
| 0.7 | 0.0s | 0.7s | 0.0s | F | F | F | ||
| 1.2 | 0.0s | 1.2s | 0.0s | F | F | F | ||
| 1.2 | 0.0s | 1.2s | 0.0s | F | F | F | ||
| 1.5 | 0.0s | 1.5s | 0.0s | F | F | F | ||
| 1.2 | 0.1s | 1.2s | 0.0s | F | F | F | ||
| 1.2 | 0.1s | 1.2s | 0.0s | F | F | F | ||
| 3.6 | 0.4s | 3.7s | 1.2s | A | F | F | ||
| 2.6 | 0.2s | 2.6s | 1.0s | A | F | F | ||
| 3.3 | 0.4s | 3.5s | 1.5s | A | F | F | ||
| 2.6 | 0.2s | 2.7s | 0.9s | A | F | F | ||
| 2.8 | 0.3s | 3.0s | 1.1s | A | F | F | ||
| 2.6 | 0.2s | 2.6s | 0.9s | A | F | F | ||
| 3.0 | 0.3s | 3.1s | 1.4s | A | F | F | ||
| 2.6 | 0.2s | 2.6s | 1.0s | A | F | F | ||
| 3.0 | 0.3s | 3.1s | 1.3s | A | F | F | ||
| 2.6 | 0.2s | 2.7s | 1.0s | A | F | F | ||
| 2.9 | 0.3s | 3.0s | 1.3s | A | F | F | ||
| 2.6 | 0.2s | 2.7s | 1.0s | A | F | F | ||
| 2.9 | 0.3s | 2.7s | 1.3s | A | F | F | ||
| 2.6 | 0.2s | 2.5s | 1.0s | A | F | F | ||
| 2.9 | 0.3s | 2.7s | 1.3s | A | F | F | ||
| 2.6 | 0.2s | 2.5s | 1.0s | A | F | F | ||
| 2.9 | 0.3s | 2.7s | 1.3s | A | F | F | ||
| 2.6 | 0.2s | 2.5s | 1.0s | A | F | F | ||
| 3.1 | 0.3s | 3.0s | 1.6s | A | F | F | ||
| 2.6 | 0.2s | 2.5s | 1.0s | A | F | F | ||
| 2.9 | 0.3s | 2.7s | 1.4s | A | F | F | ||
| 2.6 | 0.2s | 2.5s | 1.1s | A | F | F | ||
| 3.0 | 0.3s | 2.8s | 1.5s | A | F | F | ||
| 2.6 | 0.2s | 2.5s | 1.0s | A | F | F | ||
| 2.9 | 0.3s | 2.7s | 1.2s | A | F | F | ||
| 2.6 | 0.2s | 2.5s | 1.1s | A | F | F | ||
| 2.9 | 0.4s | 2.7s | 1.3s | A | F | F | ||
| 2.6 | 0.2s | 2.5s | 1.0s | A | F | F |
Does InMotion Hosting: How Good (Or Bad!) Is Hosting Speed & Uptime? Suck?
Some people may think
Is InMotion Hosting: How Good (Or Bad!) Is Hosting Speed & Uptime? slow?
This test measures the total time it takes to load a standard web page. Lower is better. Learn more about the Page Speed Test.
Let’s take a look at some of the times that
| Date | Location | Load time | TTFB | Fully loaded | Speed index | Keep-alive Score | Compress Score | Caching Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| None found! | ||||||||
Is InMotion Hosting: How Good (Or Bad!) Is Hosting Speed & Uptime? unreliable?
This test is performed by measuring the % uptime of a host. Higher is better. Learn more about the Uptime Test.
Let’s take a look at some of the times that
| Date | Uptime | Downtime | Outages | Avg Response Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 97.000% | 29 mins | 5 | 1850 ms | |
| 99.000% | 1 mins | 1 | 1792 ms | |
| 99.000% | 3 mins | 1 | 1864 ms | |
| 99.000% | 2 mins | 1 | 1893 ms | |
| 99.000% | 2 mins | 1 | 1615 ms | |
| 99.000% | 2 mins | 1 | 1629 ms | |
| 99.000% | 2 mins | 1 | 1807 ms | |
| 98.958% | 15 mins | 1 | 1937 ms | |
| 88.472% | 166 mins | 2 | 1399 ms | |
| 0.000% | 1440 mins | 1 | 0 ms | |
| 0.000% | 1440 mins | 1 | 0 ms | |
| 0.000% | 1440 mins | 1 | 0 ms | |
| 0.000% | 1440 mins | 1 | 0 ms |
Does InMotion Hosting: How Good (Or Bad!) Is Hosting Speed & Uptime? have poor customer service?
This test measures how quickly the host’s support team responds to your request. Lower is better. Learn more about the Support Response Test.
Let’s take a look at some of the times that
| Date | Support Ticket Submitted | Support Ticket Resolved | Response Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| None found! | |||
Still think InMotion Hosting: How Good (Or Bad!) Is Hosting Speed & Uptime? sucks?
I’ve presented you with lots of data that will show you whether or not
Support Response Test
I personally contact each host's support department with a new question/concern and measure how long it takes for them to get back to me.
This test is important for every host - it's imperative your web host is able to quickly address your concerns in a timely manner, even if you're an expert webmaster. Who wants to deal with a host that has poor customer service? Tech is hard, and tech support is critical!
InMotion Hosting: How Good (Or Bad!) Is Hosting Speed & Uptime? Support Response Test Results
Let’s see if
Recent Raw Results for InMotion Hosting: How Good (Or Bad!) Is Hosting Speed & Uptime?
| Date | Support Ticket Submitted | Support Ticket Resolved | Response Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 4:18pm | Mar 10, 4:29pm | 0.2 hours | |
| Feb 24, 3:27am | Feb 24, 4:34am | 1.1 hours | |
| Jan 27, 5:52am | Jan 27, 6:18am | 0.4 hours | |
| Dec 20, 2:49pm | Dec 20, 4:38pm | 1.8 hours | |
| Nov 28, 4:32pm | Nov 28, 5:15pm | 0.7 hours | |
| Oct 26, 10:54am | Oct 26, 11:16am | 0.3 hours | |
| Sept 6, 6:45pm | Sept 6, 9:04pm | 2.3 hours | |
| Aug 9, 2:44pm | Aug 9, 4:17pm | 1.5 hours | |
| July 13, 2:05pm | July 13, 2:14pm | 0.2 hours |
InMotion Hosting: How Good (Or Bad!) Is Hosting Speed & Uptime? Alternatives: Better speed, reliability, and support
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Hosts faster than InMotion Hosting: How Good (Or Bad!) Is Hosting Speed & Uptime?
This test measures the total time it takes to load a standard web page. Lower is better. Learn more about the Page Speed Test.
If
Hosts more reliable than InMotion Hosting: How Good (Or Bad!) Is Hosting Speed & Uptime?
This test is performed by measuring the % uptime of a host. Higher is better. Learn more about the Uptime Test.
If
Hosts more helpful than InMotion Hosting: How Good (Or Bad!) Is Hosting Speed & Uptime?
This test measures how quickly the host’s support team responds to your request. Lower is better. Learn more about the Support Response Test.
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