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Nexcess vs WP Engine: which is more reliable? (2026)

Nexcess is more reliable than WP Engine, scoring 55.4 vs 30.5 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Nexcess reported 19 incidents and WP Engine reported 20, with effective uptime of 99.19% and 95.37% respectively. Nexcess resolves incidents faster on average (11h 39m).

Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score

Nexcess

55.4/100

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WP Engine

30.5/100

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MetricNexcessWP Engine
Reliability score55.430.5
Rank (web hosts)#6#11
Uptime (90 days)99.19%95.37%
Incidents (90 days)1920
Partial / major outages15
Avg time to resolve11h 39m21h 1m
Outages we detected00
Transparency score100/100100/100

Where Nexcess and WP Engine differ

  • WP Engine reported 5% more incidents than Nexcess over the last 90 days (20 vs 19).
  • WP Engine had 5 partial or major outages, compared with 1 for Nexcess.
  • Nexcess fixes problems faster: 11h 39m on average, against 21h 1m for WP Engine.
  • Nexcess's longest outage on record lasted 3d (Jul 18, 2026); WP Engine's lasted 3d (Oct 15, 2026).

90-day uptime

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

WP Engine

Aug 5, 2026 – Aug 16, 2026: no incidentsAug 17, 2026: 94.85% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Aug 18, 2026: 91.31% uptime, 3 incidents (Degraded performance)Aug 19, 2026 – Aug 20, 2026: no incidentsAug 21, 2026: 93.79% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Aug 22, 2026 – Aug 31, 2026: no incidentsSep 1, 2026: 96.48% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 2, 2026 – Sep 14, 2026: no incidentsSep 15, 2026: 93.68% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 16, 2026: 98.95% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 17, 2026: 96.07% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Sep 18, 2026 – Sep 20, 2026: no incidentsSep 21, 2026: 92.42% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Sep 22, 2026: 95.61% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 23, 2026: 85.00% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 24, 2026: 85.00% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 25, 2026: 91.51% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 26, 2026: 97.89% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 27, 2026: 85.00% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 28, 2026: 85.00% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 29, 2026: 87.10% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Sep 30, 2026 – Oct 6, 2026: no incidentsOct 7, 2026: 95.28% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 8, 2026: 85.00% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Oct 9, 2026: 85.00% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 10, 2026: 89.71% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 11, 2026 – Oct 12, 2026: no incidentsOct 13, 2026: 97.20% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 14, 2026: 90.79% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 15, 2026: 72.39% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Oct 16, 2026: 50.00% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Oct 17, 2026: 50.00% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Oct 18, 2026: 77.60% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Oct 19, 2026: 87.91% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Oct 20, 2026: 63.64% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Oct 21, 2026: 74.08% uptime, 3 incidents (Partial outage)Oct 22, 2026: 95.76% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Oct 23, 2026 – Nov 2, 2026: no incidents
90 days ago95.379% average daily uptimeToday

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