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GoDaddy Web Hosting vs Nexcess: which is more reliable? (2026)
GoDaddy Web Hosting is more reliable than Nexcess, scoring 76.5 vs 55.4 out of 100. Over the last 90 days GoDaddy Web Hosting reported 5 incidents and Nexcess reported 19, with effective uptime of 99.49% and 99.19% respectively. GoDaddy Web Hosting resolves incidents faster on average (14m).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | GoDaddy Web Hosting | Nexcess |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 76.5 | 55.4 |
| Rank (web hosts) | #5 | #6 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.49% | 99.19% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 5 | 19 |
| Partial / major outages | 0 | 1 |
| Avg time to resolve | 14m | 11h 39m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where GoDaddy Web Hosting and Nexcess differ
- Nexcess reported 3.8× as many incidents as GoDaddy Web Hosting over the last 90 days (19 vs 5).
- Nexcess had 1 partial or major outage, compared with 0 for GoDaddy Web Hosting.
- GoDaddy Web Hosting fixes problems faster: 14m on average, against 11h 39m for Nexcess (50.7× quicker).
- GoDaddy Web Hosting's longest incident on record lasted 20h 21m (Jul 9, 2026); Nexcess's lasted 3d (Jul 18, 2026).
90-day uptime
GoDaddy Web Hosting
Nexcess
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent GoDaddy Web Hosting incidents
- Degraded performanceOct 22, 2026 · ongoing
Affected: Web Hosting, Virtual Private Server (VPS), Web Hosting Plus, Managed WooCommerce Stores, UI
- MaintenanceOct 21, 2026 · resolved in 20h 38m
Affected: Web Hosting
- Degraded performanceSep 27, 2026 · resolved in 27m
Web Hosting Dashboard Degraded
Affected: Web Hosting
- Degraded performanceSep 15, 2026 · resolved in <1m
Affected: Web Hosting, Web Hosting Plus
- InformationalSep 4, 2026 · resolved in <1m
Managed WordPress Hosting and Web Hosting Degraded
Affected: Web Hosting, Web Requests (HTTP / HTTPS)
- InformationalAug 11, 2026 · resolved in <1m
Recent Nexcess incidents
- InformationalOct 27, 2026 · ongoing
- InformationalOct 22, 2026 · ongoing
PHP Security Vulnerability Assessment (CVE-2026-109618 & CVE-2026-109619)
- Degraded performanceSep 26, 2026 · resolved in 4h 34m
Service disruption on subset of cloudhosts in the us-midwest-2 region
Affected: us-midwest-2
- InformationalSep 22, 2026 · resolved in 2d 23h
Security Advisory: Critical WordPress Vulnerability - "Click2Shell"
- Degraded performanceSep 16, 2026 · resolved in 17h 59m
Affected: Tickets, Chats
- InformationalSep 12, 2026 · resolved in 5h 44m
Service interruption on subset of Cloudhosts at US-Midwest-2 Region
Affected: us-midwest-2
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