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Flywheel vs Liquid Web: which is more reliable? (2026)
Flywheel is more reliable than Liquid Web, scoring 88.4 vs 31.8 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Flywheel reported 2 incidents and Liquid Web reported 20, with effective uptime of 100% and 94.03% respectively.
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Flywheel | Liquid Web |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 88.4 | 31.8 |
| Rank (web hosts) | #2 | #10 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 100% | 94.03% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 2 | 20 |
| Partial / major outages | 0 | 4 |
| Avg time to resolve | — | 1d |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Flywheel and Liquid Web differ
- Liquid Web reported 10× as many incidents as Flywheel over the last 90 days (20 vs 2).
- Liquid Web had 4 partial or major outages, compared with 0 for Flywheel.
90-day uptime
Flywheel
Liquid Web
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent Flywheel incidents
- Degraded performanceOct 20, 2026 · resolved (duration not published)
- Degraded performanceAug 18, 2026 · resolved (duration not published)
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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