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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 55.9 out of 100. Over the last 90 days GoDaddy Web Hosting reported 5 incidents and Nexcess reported 18, with effective uptime of 99.49% and 99.23% respectively. GoDaddy Web Hosting resolves incidents faster on average (14m).

Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score

GoDaddy Web Hosting

76.5/100

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Nexcess

55.9/100

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MetricGoDaddy Web HostingNexcess
Reliability score76.555.9
Rank (web hosts)#5#6
Uptime (90 days)99.49%99.23%
Incidents (90 days)518
Partial / major outages01
Avg time to resolve14m12h 25m
Outages we detected00
Transparency score100/100100/100

Where GoDaddy Web Hosting and Nexcess differ

  • Nexcess reported 3.6× as many incidents as GoDaddy Web Hosting over the last 90 days (18 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 12h 25m for Nexcess (54.0× 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

Aug 5, 2026 – Sep 14, 2026: no incidentsSep 15, 2026: 99.98% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 16, 2026 – Sep 26, 2026: no incidentsSep 27, 2026: 99.72% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 28, 2026 – Oct 21, 2026: no incidentsOct 22, 2026: 98.18% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 23, 2026: 85.00% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 24, 2026: 85.00% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 25, 2026: 86.81% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 26, 2026 – Nov 2, 2026: no incidents
90 days ago99.496% average daily uptimeToday

Nexcess

Aug 5, 2026 – Aug 10, 2026: no incidentsAug 11, 2026: 98.38% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Aug 12, 2026 – Aug 16, 2026: no incidentsAug 17, 2026: 94.74% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Aug 18, 2026: 87.32% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Aug 19, 2026 – Aug 29, 2026: no incidentsAug 30, 2026: 98.11% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Aug 31, 2026 – Sep 1, 2026: no incidentsSep 2, 2026: 94.42% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 3, 2026: 92.98% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Sep 4, 2026 – Sep 8, 2026: no incidentsSep 9, 2026: 79.30% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Sep 10, 2026 – Sep 15, 2026: no incidentsSep 16, 2026: 90.77% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 17, 2026: 97.98% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 18, 2026 – Sep 25, 2026: no incidentsSep 26, 2026: 97.15% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 27, 2026: 99.98% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 28, 2026 – Nov 2, 2026: no incidents
90 days ago99.235% average daily uptimeToday

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