A2 Hosting vs Site5 Hosting

Speed Test: Site5 vs A2 Hosting

We have tested page speeds for Site5 users before and after switching to A2 Hosting. Here you'll see the improvement in page load time after Site customers have switched to A2 Hosting. The load time is listed in seconds. A lower load time means faster and better performance. Click here to learn how we performed this test.

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Turbo Servers: Up To 20X Faster
  • Boost Your Bottom Line!
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  • Lower Your Bounce Rate
  • Handle Up To 9X More Traffic

    • Your choice of web host has a direct impact on your sites' speed and can be the key reason why your site ultimately succeeds or fails. We want to see you succeed! That's why we designed our high speed Turbo Servers. After all, at A2 Hosting, it's "Our Speed, Your Success". What makes our Turbo Servers so fast?

    • 40% Faster AMD EPYC CPU Performance
    • 2X Faster To First Byte
    • Can Handle 9X More Traffic
    • 3X Faster Read/Write Speeds with NVMe Drives
    • LiteSpeed Performance Enhanced Web Server
    • A2 Optimized - Powered By APC/OPcache & Turbo Cache

    See how we tested our Turbo Servers' performance against competing solutions.

    Hassle-Free Money-Back Guarantee

    Risk-Free. Hassle-Free. Worry-Free.

    We've got a lot of cool features we want you to try. So do it! Try us risk-free! If you decide we're not the right host for you, just cancel your account and we'll give you a full refund within 30-days or a prorated refund for your unused service after 30-days rounded up to the next full month of service . It's that easy! That's unlike other hosts where once you've tried their service and want a refund, you're out of luck.

    A2 Optimized Software
    • Pre-Tuned For Performance
    • Featuring WordPress, PrestaShop, Drupal & More

    A2 Optimized ends the guesswork of how to get the fastest page loads for your software. Thanks to testing, testing and more testing, our team has created A2 Optimized.

    Your A2 Optimized install, exclusive to A2 Hosting customers, provides auto-configuration for the most popular software including WordPress, Drupal, Joomla, PrestaShop and more so you get the best performance and most secure settings. With auto-optimizations like compression and caching, you can turn your focus to building your site, writing content and promotion.

    Free SSL Certificate (HTTPS)

    A2 Hosting provides you with free and automated SSL Certificates for enhanced website security and protection. Your websites get a trusted HTTPS for an encrypted connection. Best of all, our SSL Certificates are setup automatically for your domains by default! It's a no click SSL Certificate configuration!

    24/7/365 Guru Crew Support

    REAL Hosting Support! REAL Smart. REAL Fast. REAL Experience.

    Submit a ticket. Email us. Call us. Chat with us. Wherever you are. Whenever you need us, 24/7/365.

    We’re here for you! We're here for you at 3:00 AM, when the ball drops on New Years Eve or even on February 29th.

    We’ve hand-selected our support technicians. The Guru Crew is here to track down the solution to your hosting questions. Whether you need advanced PHP Hosting support or have a question about how to get your blog set up, the Guru Crew is here.

    Perpetual Security w/ Free HackScan

    Fixing a hacked site is a major headache. We want to make your life easier so we include free HackScan protection to help block hacks before they can do damage your site. HackScan is just one feature of Perpetual Security; our proactive protection against malicious hackers and security threats! Additional Perpetual Security features:

    • KernelCare - Daily, Automatic & Rebootless Kernel Updates
    • Reinforced DDoS Protection
    • Dual Web Hosting Firewall
    • Brute Force Defense
    • Auto-Heal Hosting Protection
    • Virus Scanning
    • Server Hardening
    • 24/7/365 Security Monitoring
     
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    Comparing A2 Hosting & Site5

    When comparing A2 Hosting versus Site5, you're bound to find a number of similarities as well as differences in their service offerings. Both A2 Hosting and Site5 offer Shared Hosting, Reseller Hosting and Managed VPS services. Additionally, A2 Hosting customers can also choose from Unmanaged VPS and Cloud Hosting as well as Dedicated Servers in both managed and unmanaged varieties. Are you interested in hosting your sites and data closer to your visitors? Site5 offers hosting in their US Central data center. On the other hand, A2 Hosting offers hosting in numerous data centers located across the globe.

    Are you ready to try out a Site5 or A2 Hosting account? The good news is that both companies offer money back guarantees so you can trial their services risk free. Site5 customers can try Shared and Reseller services risk free for 45 days while there is a 15-day money back guarantee on their Managed VPS services. A2 Hosting, on the other hand, offers an Money-Back Guarantee on all of their web hosting services. This gives their users the ability to try their solutions completely risk free. Additionally, moving your websites to Site5 or A2 Hosting is especially easy thanks to free migrations. 

    Both A2 Hosting and Site5 were independently launched. Site5 launched in 1999 with A2 Hosting getting their start a few years later in 2003. Both companies remained independently owned until 2015. That was the year that Site5 was purchased by EIG.

    Experience The A2 Difference

    Up To 20X Faster Turbo

    That means better SEO rankings, lower bounce rates & higher conversion rates!

    Guru Crew Support

    Our friendly and knowledgeable support team is available 24/7/365 to help!

    Free Account Migration

    Our team can move your site to A2 Hosting for free in most cases!

    Money-Back Guarantee

    Give our high speed hosting service a try completely risk-free!

    99.9% Uptime Commitment

    A2 Hosting is the host you can depend on with ultra-reliable servers!

    What Our Customers Have To Say

    97% of our customers would recommend A2 Hosting to a friend. Are you ready to become the next A2 Hosting customer to love their web host?

    “Over my years with A2 hosting, I have only had a few occasions to reach out to Customer Service. In every case, I received friendly, prompt assistance from skilled Techs. And every issue was quickly and satisfactorily resolved. Nobody's perfect, but...” Read full review

    — Jason K. October 17, 2021

    “Very good support. Much better than our recent hosting provider. We are glad getting into cooperation with A2.”

    — Robert C. October 17, 2021

    “I use PHP 5.6 for a special shopping cart we developed and A2 Hosting is about the only place that still offers this. Great service and I love how fast the turbo is.”

    — Kevin E. October 16, 2021

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    The speed graph on this page compares average loading times for a webpage on Site5 and A2 Hosting. We gathered these results from diagnostics we collected before and after a website was moved from Site5 to A2 Hosting. At A2 Hosting, we do not gauge whether websites moving from Site5 had any specialized packages concerning speed. It also does not take into account whether the website is using a specialized speed package from A2 Hosting (for example, our “Turbo” package). It is simply a before and after test to find the average load time for a website hosted with A2 Hosting and Site5.

    About Site5

    Site5 is a web hosting company that was founded in 1999 by Joel Brown and Ben Welch-Bolen. Site5 remained independently owned until it was purchased by web hosting conglomerate Endurance International Group. In March 2016, Site5 customers were migrated to EIG's infrastructure. Site5's main services are Shared Hosting, Reseller Hosting and Managed VPS solutions.

    A2 Hosting vs Site5 Hosting: A2 Is The Best In The Industry!

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