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Cloudways vs Liquid Web: which is more reliable? (2026)
Cloudways and Liquid Web are effectively tied on reliability (32.0 vs 31.8). Over the last 90 days Cloudways reported 12 incidents and Liquid Web reported 20, with effective uptime of 93.44% and 94.03% respectively. Liquid Web resolves incidents faster on average (1d).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Cloudways | Liquid Web |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 32.0 | 31.8 |
| Rank (web hosts) | #9 | #10 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 93.44% | 94.03% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 12 | 20 |
| Partial / major outages | 5 | 4 |
| Avg time to resolve | 1d 3h | 1d |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Cloudways and Liquid Web differ
- Liquid Web reported 67% more incidents than Cloudways over the last 90 days (20 vs 12).
- Cloudways had 5 partial or major outages, compared with 4 for Liquid Web.
- Liquid Web fixes problems faster: 1d on average, against 1d 3h for Cloudways.
- Cloudways's longest outage on record lasted 3d (Apr 2, 2026); Liquid Web's lasted 3d (Jul 20, 2026).
90-day uptime
Cloudways
Liquid Web
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent Cloudways incidents
- InformationalOct 23, 2026 · resolved in 6d 21h
- MaintenanceOct 21, 2026 · resolved in 3h 22m
Cloudways Website & Affiliate portal unavailable
Affected: Cloudways Home
- Major outageOct 21, 2026 · resolved in 2d 3h
Critical PHP Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities - Monitoring & Mitigations Underwayofficial update ↗
Affected: Cloudways Cloud Platform Console, Cloudways Cloud Platform Service
- Major outageOct 20, 2026 · resolved in 23h 46m
Autonomous: Partial Service Degradation – London Regionofficial update ↗
- Major outageOct 12, 2026 · resolved in 1d 6h
Rackspace Webmail Login & Mailbox Provisioning Issuesofficial update ↗
Affected: Rackspace Email
- Degraded performanceOct 1, 2026 · resolved in 13d 5h
Degradation Impacting Vultr Server Operations
Affected: Cloudways Cloud Platform Service, Vultr
Recent Liquid Web incidents
- InformationalOct 27, 2026 · ongoing
- Partial outageOct 26, 2026 · resolved in 19h 4m
Errors with Object Storage and Block Storageofficial update ↗
Affected: Object Storage
- Partial outageOct 21, 2026 · ongoing
PHP Security Vulnerability Assessment (CVE-2026-109618 & CVE-2026-109619)official update ↗
Affected: Cloud Dedicated, Cloud VPS Hosting, CPanel, InterWorx, Plesk
- InformationalOct 21, 2026 · resolved in 5d 2h
- InformationalOct 20, 2026 · resolved in 21h 33m
Patch Deployment for CVE-2026-74580 Impacting Parent Servers
- Degraded performanceOct 14, 2026 · resolved in 3h 17m
Premium business email Webmail Access Issues
Affected: Business Email
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