Namecheap started as a domain registrar in 2001, but expanded into hosting in 2008. Their data centers are located in Phoenix, Arizona and Atlanta, Georgia.
I have purchased a hosting plan on Namecheap: How Good (Or Bad!) Is Hosting Speed & Uptime? and set up a typical web site. I use that example website to run these tests. Learn more about how I test.
Here is the plan information I chose:
| Plan Name | Professional |
|---|---|
| Cost | $7.48/month |
| Disk Space | 100GB |
| Bandwidth | Unlimited |
| Uptime Guarantee | 99.9% |
| Money Back Guarantee | 14 days |
| Notes | Site was ready within minutes after I purchased. |
On this page: Uptime | Speed | Support | Alternatives
Contents
- 0.1 Uptime Test
- 0.2 Namecheap: How Good (Or Bad!) Is Hosting Speed & Uptime? Uptime Test Results
- 0.3 Recent Raw Results for Namecheap: How Good (Or Bad!) Is Hosting Speed & Uptime?
- 0.4 Page Speed Test
- 0.5 Namecheap: How Good (Or Bad!) Is Hosting Speed & Uptime? Page Speed Test Results
- 0.6 Recent Raw Results for Namecheap: How Good (Or Bad!) Is Hosting Speed & Uptime?
- 1 Does Namecheap: How Good (Or Bad!) Is Hosting Speed & Uptime? Suck?
- 2 Still think Namecheap: How Good (Or Bad!) Is Hosting Speed & Uptime? sucks?
- 3 Namecheap: How Good (Or Bad!) Is Hosting Speed & Uptime? Alternatives: Better speed, reliability, and support
- 3.1 Hosts faster than Namecheap: How Good (Or Bad!) Is Hosting Speed & Uptime?
- 3.2 Hosts more reliable than Namecheap: How Good (Or Bad!) Is Hosting Speed & Uptime?
- 3.3 Hosts more helpful than Namecheap: How Good (Or Bad!) Is Hosting Speed & Uptime?
- 3.4 Namecheap: 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!)
Namecheap: How Good (Or Bad!) Is Hosting Speed & Uptime? Uptime Test Results
Namecheap: How Good (Or Bad!) Is Hosting Speed & Uptime? performs okay in the
Let’s see if Namecheap: How Good (Or Bad!) Is Hosting Speed & Uptime? is consistent in its uptime stats:
Recent Raw Results for Namecheap: How Good (Or Bad!) Is Hosting Speed & Uptime?
| Date | Uptime | Downtime | Outages | Avg Response Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99.000% | 2 mins | 1 | 412 ms | |
| 100.000% | 0 mins | 0 | 415 ms | |
| 100.000% | 0 mins | 0 | 366 ms | |
| 100.000% | 0 mins | 0 | 379 ms | |
| 100.000% | 0 mins | 0 | 453 ms | |
| 100.000% | 0 mins | 0 | 429 ms | |
| 100.000% | 0 mins | 0 | 383 ms | |
| 100.000% | 0 mins | 0 | 869 ms | |
| 100.000% | 0 mins | 0 | 421 ms | |
| 100.000% | 0 mins | 0 | 388 ms | |
| 98.000% | 28 mins | 2 | 431 ms | |
| 100.000% | 0 mins | 0 | 416 ms | |
| 100.000% | 0 mins | 0 | 467 ms | |
| 100.000% | 0 mins | 0 | 499 ms | |
| 100.000% | 0 mins | 0 | 392 ms | |
| 100.000% | 0 mins | 0 | 399 ms | |
| 99.000% | 2 mins | 1 | 379 ms | |
| 100.000% | 0 mins | 0 | 412 ms | |
| 99.000% | 6 mins | 2 | 394 ms | |
| 100.000% | 0 mins | 0 | 392 ms | |
| 97.000% | 36 mins | 2 | 435 ms | |
| 100.000% | 0 mins | 0 | 381 ms | |
| 100.000% | 0 mins | 0 | 532 ms | |
| 100.000% | 0 mins | 0 | 365 ms | |
| 100.000% | 0 mins | 0 | 466 ms | |
| 100.000% | 0 mins | 0 | 439 ms | |
| 100.000% | 0 mins | 0 | 488 ms | |
| 100.000% | 0 mins | 0 | 416 ms | |
| 100.000% | 0 mins | 0 | 514 ms | |
| 100.000% | 0 mins | 0 | 444 ms | |
| 100.000% | 0 mins | 0 | 539 ms | |
| 100.000% | 0 mins | 0 | 478 ms | |
| 99.000% | 1 mins | 1 | 559 ms | |
| 99.000% | 2 mins | 2 | 507 ms | |
| 99.000% | 1 mins | 1 | 504 ms | |
| 100.000% | 0 mins | 0 | 487 ms | |
| 100.000% | 0 mins | 0 | 479 ms | |
| 100.000% | 0 mins | 0 | 451 ms | |
| 100.000% | 0 mins | 0 | 465 ms | |
| 100.000% | 0 mins | 0 | 503 ms | |
| 99.000% | 3 mins | 2 | 457 ms | |
| 100.000% | 0 mins | 0 | 434 ms | |
| 100.000% | 0 mins | 0 | 450 ms | |
| 100.000% | 0 mins | 0 | 447 ms | |
| 100.000% | 0 mins | 0 | 458 ms | |
| 100.000% | 0 mins | 0 | 629 ms | |
| 100.000% | 0 mins | 0 | 488 ms | |
| 100.000% | 0 mins | 0 | 481 ms | |
| 100.000% | 0 mins | 0 | 478 ms | |
| 100.000% | 0 mins | 0 | 477 ms | |
| 100.000% | 0 mins | 0 | 442 ms | |
| 99.000% | 11 mins | 5 | 550 ms | |
| 100.000% | 0 mins | 0 | 399 ms | |
| 100.000% | 0 mins | 0 | 485 ms | |
| 100.000% | 0 mins | 0 | 426 ms | |
| 100.000% | 0 mins | 0 | 418 ms | |
| 100.000% | 0 mins | 0 | 409 ms | |
| 100.000% | 0 mins | 0 | 411 ms | |
| 100.000% | 0 mins | 0 | 413 ms | |
| 100.000% | 0 mins | 0 | 400 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.
Namecheap: How Good (Or Bad!) Is Hosting Speed & Uptime? Page Speed Test Results
Namecheap: How Good (Or Bad!) Is Hosting Speed & Uptime? performs great in the Speed: Which Web Hosting Brands Are Best For Your Site? Test, with an average result of 3.13 seconds. It's best result was 2.00 s but it has been as bad as 72.71 s. Namecheap: How Good (Or Bad!) Is Hosting Speed & Uptime? most recent result on Jan 16 was 2.00 s. Namecheap proves that they have consistent, low page load times. While I bet it could be improved if they enabled compression and caching headers, their stats are something other hosts strive for.
Let’s see if Namecheap: How Good (Or Bad!) Is Hosting Speed & Uptime? is consistent in its page speed stats:
Recent Raw Results for Namecheap: How Good (Or Bad!) Is Hosting Speed & Uptime?
| Date | Location | Load time | TTFB | Fully loaded | Speed index | Keep-alive Score | Compress Score | Caching Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.6 | 0.3s | 2.7s | 0.8s | A | A | F | ||
| 2.6 | 0.3s | 2.7s | 0.8s | A | A | F | ||
| 2.5 | 0.3s | 2.7s | 0.9s | A | A | F | ||
| 2.5 | 0.3s | 2.7s | 0.9s | A | A | F | ||
| 2.5 | 0.3s | 2.7s | 0.9s | A | A | F | ||
| 2.5 | 0.3s | 2.7s | 0.9s | A | A | F | ||
| 31.7 | 0.0s | 31.7s | 0.0s | F | F | F | ||
| 31.7 | 0.0s | 31.7s | 0.0s | F | F | F | ||
| 2.6 | 0.3s | 2.8s | 0.9s | A | A | F | ||
| 2.6 | 0.3s | 2.8s | 0.9s | A | A | F | ||
| 2.4 | 0.3s | 2.6s | 0.8s | A | A | F | ||
| 2.5 | 0.3s | 2.7s | 0.9s | A | A | F | ||
| 2.5 | 0.3s | 2.7s | 0.9s | A | A | F | ||
| 2.8 | 0.3s | 2.9s | 0.9s | A | A | F | ||
| 2.8 | 0.3s | 2.9s | 0.9s | A | A | F | ||
| 2.5 | 0.3s | 2.6s | 0.9s | A | A | F | ||
| 2.5 | 0.3s | 2.6s | 0.9s | A | A | F | ||
| 2.5 | 0.3s | 2.7s | 0.9s | A | A | F | ||
| 2.5 | 0.3s | 2.7s | 0.9s | A | A | F | ||
| 2.5 | 0.3s | 2.7s | 0.9s | A | A | F | ||
| 2.5 | 0.3s | 2.7s | 0.9s | A | A | F | ||
| 2.6 | 0.3s | 2.7s | 0.9s | A | A | F | ||
| 2.6 | 0.3s | 2.7s | 0.9s | A | A | F | ||
| 2.5 | 0.3s | 2.7s | 1.0s | A | A | F | ||
| 2.5 | 0.3s | 2.7s | 1.0s | A | A | F | ||
| 2.6 | 0.3s | 2.8s | 0.9s | A | A | F | ||
| 2.6 | 0.3s | 2.8s | 0.9s | A | A | F | ||
| 2.6 | 0.3s | 2.8s | 0.9s | A | A | F | ||
| 2.6 | 0.3s | 2.8s | 0.9s | A | A | F | ||
| 2.6 | 0.3s | 2.7s | 0.9s | A | A | F | ||
| 2.6 | 0.3s | 2.7s | 0.9s | A | A | F | ||
| 2.7 | 0.4s | 2.8s | 0.9s | A | A | F | ||
| 2.7 | 0.4s | 2.8s | 0.9s | A | A | F | ||
| 2.5 | 0.3s | 2.7s | 0.9s | A | A | F | ||
| 2.5 | 0.3s | 2.7s | 0.9s | A | A | F | ||
| 2.5 | 0.3s | 2.7s | 0.8s | A | A | F | ||
| 2.5 | 0.3s | 2.7s | 0.8s | A | A | F | ||
| 2.6 | 0.3s | 2.8s | 0.9s | A | A | F | ||
| 2.6 | 0.3s | 2.8s | 0.9s | A | A | F | ||
| 2.6 | 0.3s | 2.7s | 0.9s | A | A | F | ||
| 2.5 | 0.3s | 2.7s | 0.9s | A | A | F | ||
| 2.5 | 0.3s | 2.7s | 0.9s | A | A | F | ||
| 2.5 | 0.3s | 2.7s | 0.9s | A | A | F | ||
| 2.5 | 0.3s | 2.7s | 0.9s | A | A | F | ||
| 2.7 | 0.4s | 2.8s | 0.9s | A | A | F | ||
| 2.7 | 0.4s | 2.8s | 0.9s | A | A | F | ||
| 2.6 | 0.3s | 2.7s | 1.0s | A | A | F | ||
| 2.6 | 0.5s | 2.8s | 1.0s | A | A | F | ||
| 2.6 | 0.5s | 2.8s | 1.0s | A | A | F | ||
| 2.6 | 0.3s | 2.8s | 1.0s | A | A | F | ||
| 2.6 | 0.3s | 2.8s | 1.0s | A | A | F | ||
| 2.4 | 0.3s | 2.5s | 0.9s | A | A | F | ||
| 2.4 | 0.3s | 2.5s | 0.9s | A | A | F | ||
| 2.5 | 0.3s | 2.7s | 0.9s | A | A | F | ||
| 2.5 | 0.3s | 2.7s | 0.9s | A | A | F | ||
| 2.5 | 0.3s | 2.6s | 0.8s | A | A | F | ||
| 2.5 | 0.3s | 2.6s | 0.8s | A | A | F | ||
| 2.6 | 0.3s | 2.7s | 0.9s | A | A | F | ||
| 2.6 | 0.3s | 2.7s | 0.9s | A | A | F | ||
| 2.4 | 0.3s | 2.6s | 0.8s | A | A | F |
Does Namecheap: How Good (Or Bad!) Is Hosting Speed & Uptime? Suck?
Some people may think Namecheap: How Good (Or Bad!) Is Hosting Speed & Uptime? sucks. Here are some real benchmarks to show you Namecheap: How Good (Or Bad!) Is Hosting Speed & Uptime?‘s speed, reliability, and support – so you can see if they really do suck.
Is Namecheap: 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.
Namecheap: How Good (Or Bad!) Is Hosting Speed & Uptime? performs stellar in the Speed: Which Web Hosting Brands Are Best For Your Site? Test, with an average result of 3.13 seconds. It's best result was 2.00 s but it has been as bad as 72.71 s. Namecheap: How Good (Or Bad!) Is Hosting Speed & Uptime? most recent result on Jan 16 was 2.00 s. Namecheap proves that they have consistent, low page load times. While I bet it could be improved if they enabled compression and caching headers, their stats are something other hosts strive for.
Let’s take a look at some of the times that Namecheap: How Good (Or Bad!) Is Hosting Speed & Uptime? had some poor page speed performance:
| Date | Location | Load time | TTFB | Fully loaded | Speed index | Keep-alive Score | Compress Score | Caching Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31.7 | 0.0s | 31.7s | 0.0s | F | F | F | ||
| 31.7 | 0.0s | 31.7s | 0.0s | F | F | F |
Is Namecheap: 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.
Namecheap: How Good (Or Bad!) Is Hosting Speed & Uptime? performs alright in the
Let’s take a look at some of the times that Namecheap: How Good (Or Bad!) Is Hosting Speed & Uptime? had some poor uptime performance
| Date | Uptime | Downtime | Outages | Avg Response Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99.000% | 2 mins | 1 | 412 ms | |
| 98.000% | 28 mins | 2 | 431 ms | |
| 99.000% | 2 mins | 1 | 379 ms | |
| 99.000% | 6 mins | 2 | 394 ms | |
| 97.000% | 36 mins | 2 | 435 ms | |
| 99.000% | 1 mins | 1 | 559 ms | |
| 99.000% | 2 mins | 2 | 507 ms | |
| 99.000% | 1 mins | 1 | 504 ms | |
| 99.000% | 3 mins | 2 | 457 ms | |
| 99.000% | 11 mins | 5 | 550 ms |
Does Namecheap: 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.
Namecheap: How Good (Or Bad!) Is Hosting Speed & Uptime? performs okay in the
Let’s take a look at some of the times that Namecheap: How Good (Or Bad!) Is Hosting Speed & Uptime? had some poor support response performance:
| Date | Support Ticket Submitted | Support Ticket Resolved | Response Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| None found! | |||
Still think Namecheap: How Good (Or Bad!) Is Hosting Speed & Uptime? sucks?
I’ve presented you with lots of data that will show you whether or not Namecheap: How Good (Or Bad!) Is Hosting Speed & Uptime? sucks. So, what do you think? Are they reliable, fast, and helpful? If not, consider these Namecheap: How Good (Or Bad!) Is Hosting Speed & Uptime? alternatives.
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!
Namecheap: How Good (Or Bad!) Is Hosting Speed & Uptime? Support Response Test Results
Namecheap: How Good (Or Bad!) Is Hosting Speed & Uptime? performs okay in the
Let’s see if Namecheap: How Good (Or Bad!) Is Hosting Speed & Uptime? is consistent in its support response stats:
Recent Raw Results for Namecheap: How Good (Or Bad!) Is Hosting Speed & Uptime?
| Date | Support Ticket Submitted | Support Ticket Resolved | Response Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 4:21pm | Mar 10, 6:30pm | 2.2 hours | |
| Feb 24, 3:34am | Feb 24, 6:05am | 2.5 hours | |
| Jan 27, 5:57am | Jan 27, 8:10am | 2.2 hours | |
| Dec 20, 2:55pm | Dec 20, 3:33pm | 0.6 hours | |
| Nov 28, 4:38pm | Nov 28, 7:23pm | 2.8 hours | |
| Oct 26, 10:57am | Oct 26, 4:56pm | 6.0 hours | |
| Sept 6, 6:49pm | Sept 6, 9:06pm | 2.3 hours | |
| Aug 9, 3:00pm | Aug 9, 3:03pm | 0.1 hours | |
| July 13, 2:15pm | July 13, 3:22pm | 1.1 hours |
Namecheap: How Good (Or Bad!) Is Hosting Speed & Uptime? Alternatives: Better speed, reliability, and support
Are you having problems with Namecheap: How Good (Or Bad!) Is Hosting Speed & Uptime?? It’s not uncommon to want to change to a better host if your current host has issues with being slow, down, or unsupportive. Let’s see if we can find a Namecheap: How Good (Or Bad!) Is Hosting Speed & Uptime? competitor that has better uptime, faster load times, and speedier support.
Hosts faster than Namecheap: 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 Namecheap: How Good (Or Bad!) Is Hosting Speed & Uptime? is having page speed problems, consider these alternative hosts that score better:
Hosts more reliable than Namecheap: 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 Namecheap: How Good (Or Bad!) Is Hosting Speed & Uptime? is having uptime problems, consider these alternative hosts that score better:
Hosts more helpful than Namecheap: 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.
If Namecheap: How Good (Or Bad!) Is Hosting Speed & Uptime? is having support response problems, consider these alternative hosts that score better:
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