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Liquid Web vs Nexcess: which is more reliable? (2026)
Nexcess is more reliable than Liquid Web, scoring 55.4 vs 31.8 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Liquid Web reported 20 incidents and Nexcess reported 19, with effective uptime of 94.03% and 99.19% respectively. Nexcess resolves incidents faster on average (11h 39m).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Liquid Web | Nexcess |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 31.8 | 55.4 |
| Rank (web hosts) | #10 | #6 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 94.03% | 99.19% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 20 | 19 |
| Partial / major outages | 4 | 1 |
| Avg time to resolve | 1d | 11h 39m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Liquid Web and Nexcess differ
- Liquid Web reported 5% more incidents than Nexcess over the last 90 days (20 vs 19).
- Liquid Web had 4 partial or major outages, compared with 1 for Nexcess.
- Nexcess fixes problems faster: 11h 39m on average, against 1d for Liquid Web (2.1× quicker).
- Liquid Web's longest outage on record lasted 3d (Jul 20, 2026); Nexcess's lasted 3d (Jul 18, 2026).
90-day uptime
Liquid Web
Nexcess
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent Liquid Web incidents
- InformationalOct 27, 2026 · ongoing
- Partial outageOct 26, 2026 · resolved in 19h 4m
Errors with Object Storage and Block Storage
Affected: Object Storage
- Partial outageOct 21, 2026 · ongoing
PHP Security Vulnerability Assessment (CVE-2026-109618 & CVE-2026-109619)
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
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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