Nexcess
Managed cloud hosting for WordPress, WooCommerce, Magento and VPS
Nexcess report card
Weak · out of 4.0 · graded Oct 17, 2026
Best for stores that need PCI-ready managed hosting
Nexcess is managed hosting for businesses with heavier needs: WooCommerce, Magento and Shopware stores, managed VPS, and a setup built for PCI-DSS, HIPAA and SOC 2. There's no price list, though. You talk to its team and get a quote, and malware scanning and cPanel are paid extras.
Who Nexcess is for
- Great if your store needs PCI-ready hosting for WooCommerce or Magento
- Handy when you'd rather plan hosting with an engineer than pick a plan online
- Good for healthcare or finance teams with compliance boxes to tick
Who Nexcess is not for
- Skip it if you run a small blog, as there's no self-serve plan to buy
- Not for you if you want to see a price before talking to anyone
- Pricey if you want malware scanning, at $30 a month on top
Why Nexcess gets a 1.6
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- CValue for moneyNo price on record: every plan is quoted after a talk with its team, so no two-year figure can be worked out. It sits at C, the grade for no stated price. The add-ons are priced: Imunify360 malware scanning is $30 a month, cPanel from $20.
- FFree plan and trialNo free plan and no trial, and no self-serve plan to try at all. You start with a conversation.
- CFeaturesManaged WordPress, WooCommerce, Magento and Shopware, managed VPS, a compliance-ready setup and full migrations including email and DNS. The gaps the listing names: malware scanning is a $30 add-on, and cPanel and Plesk cost extra.
- CEase of useNo app store rating to go on. Its team plans the setup with you and does the migration, which helps, but you can't just sign up and start.
- CPlatforms and integrationsA web service with no app or API on record. The named integrations are the platforms it hosts and its control panels: WordPress, WooCommerce, Magento, Shopware, cPanel, Plesk and InterWorx.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Nexcess's own pages on 17 October 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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Nexcess's GPA of 1.6 is higher than 0 of the 21 other web hosts we grade, and level with 3.
It stands best on value for money (C, above 1 of 21) and worst on free plan and trial (F, above 0).
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 22 web hosts we grade, cut by the letter each got. Nexcess’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 1 of 21, level with 9
- FFree plan and trialAbove 0 of 21, level with 18
- CFeaturesAbove 0 of 21, level with 10
- CEase of useAbove 0 of 21, level with 21
- CPlatforms and integrationsAbove 0 of 21, level with 11
Keep Nexcess, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace Nexcess you would be making servers kept running, patched and backed up for you. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 18 of the 21 other web hosts grade higher.
What you could not
- Servers kept running, patched and backed up for you.
- An engine that recognises new malware as it appears.
- It plugs into other products, WordPress, WooCommerce and Magento among them.
- What a company asks for before it lets staff use something: SOC 2 and HIPAA.
What this rests on. Nexcess’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is Nexcess?
Nexcess is a managed hosting and cloud company that runs WordPress, WooCommerce, Magento and Shopware sites, managed VPS and dedicated servers. Its site is signed Nexcess Corp., which lists Liquid Web and Servers.com as its other brands. Plans are put together with its team after a conversation rather than bought from a public price list, and the site is aimed at businesses with compliance or heavy-traffic needs.
Nexcess's current pricing could not be confirmed from its own site. See every plan
Good for
- Stores that need PCI-ready hosting for WooCommerce or Magento
- Businesses moving off shared hosting that want a managed VPS
- Teams that prefer to plan hosting with an engineer rather than pick a plan online
Worth knowing
- No hosting plan has a published price; WordPress, ecommerce and VPS hosting are quoted after talking with its team.
- cPanel costs $20 a month for 5 accounts, $35 for 30 or $50 for 100, and Plesk is $15 a month on Windows servers.
- Imunify360 malware scanning is a $30-a-month add-on, ThreatDown intrusion monitoring $34 and per-server DDoS mitigation $111.
- Its pages lead with regulated industries such as healthcare and finance, so there is no self-serve plan for a small blog.
Key features
- Managed WordPress and WooCommerce
- WordPress and WooCommerce environments come with automatic updates, security hardening and performance tuning, and scale up for traffic spikes.
- Magento and Shopware hosting
- Ecommerce environments for Magento and Shopware are managed at the application layer, with autoscaling and a bundled CDN for Shopware.
- Managed VPS
- Each VPS has its own CPU, RAM and storage, with OS and security patches, DDoS protection, firewalls, a CDN and WAF, and 7-day Acronis backups.
- Control panel choice
- InterWorx is included free on Linux servers; cPanel and Plesk are available for a monthly fee.
- Compliance-ready setup
- The platform is built for PCI-DSS, HIPAA and SOC 2 requirements, and PCI ASV scans and vulnerability scanning can be added.
- Full migrations
- Its team moves files, databases, email and DNS records, including SPF, DKIM and DMARC, and verifies sites before DNS is switched.
Nexcess pricing
We could not confirm Nexcess’s current pricing from its own site, so we are not listing plans here. See nexcess.com for current prices.
Works with
- WordPress
- WooCommerce
- Magento
- Shopware
- cPanel
- Plesk
- InterWorx
- Kadence
Nexcess alternatives
- Nexcess vs Liquid Web
From $17/mo
- Nexcess vs WP Engine
From $35/mo
- Nexcess vs Kinsta
Free trial · from $30/mo
- Nexcess vs Cloudways
Free trial
Common questions
Is Nexcess free?
No. Nexcess is a paid product.
What platforms does Nexcess work on?
Nexcess is available on Web.
Does Nexcess have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 17, 2026. Nexcess is listed for Web.
Does Nexcess have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 17, 2026. Nexcess is listed for Web.
Is Nexcess open source?
Nexcess is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Oct 17, 2026.
What does Nexcess integrate with?
Nexcess's listing names WordPress, WooCommerce, Magento, Shopware, cPanel, Plesk, InterWorx and Kadence. A listing names up to eight integrations, so it may connect to more.
Who makes Nexcess?
Nexcess is made by Nexcess Corp.
What are the alternatives to Nexcess?
The closest alternatives to Nexcess in our directory are Liquid Web, WP Engine, Kinsta and Cloudways. Each one has a side-by-side comparison with Nexcess.
How does Nexcess compare with other web hosts?
Nexcess's GPA of 1.6 is higher than 0 of the 21 other web hosts we grade, and level with 3. It stands best on value for money (C, above 1 of 21) and worst on free plan and trial (F, above 0).
Could I make my own version of Nexcess?
To replace Nexcess you would be making servers kept running, patched and backed up for you. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 18 of the 21 other web hosts grade higher. What you could not make: Servers kept running, patched and backed up for you. An engine that recognises new malware as it appears. It plugs into other products, WordPress, WooCommerce and Magento among them. What a company asks for before it lets staff use something: SOC 2 and HIPAA. This is a judgement from its listing. We have not built one.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 17, 2026.