Monthly benchmark report
September 2026: HostingWC vs three common alternatives.
Same WooCommerce test store on every host, tested from 6 regions, 1,000 page loads per host per region, plus a load test up to 400 concurrent shoppers. Every number here comes with its method and raw data.
Summary
The whole report in one table
| Host | TTFB p50 | TTFB p95 | LCP p75 | Req/s at 200 users | Errors at 400 users | Price / mo |
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By region
Pick a metric, a region and a device
How consistent is it?
Share of 6,000 page loads with TTFB under each time. Steeper and further left is better.
What happens under load?
Median response time as concurrent shoppers rise. Log scale.
Methodology
How we test, so you can repeat it
Test site
- WordPress 6.6 + WooCommerce, 400 products
- Same theme, plugins and database on every host
- Each host's recommended caching turned on
- Plan: each host's closest plan to $49/mo
Page-load tests
- Lighthouse + WebPageTest agents in 6 regions
- Homepage, category, product and cart pages
- Desktop cable and Moto G4 on 4G profiles
- 1,000 loads per host per region, hourly
Load test
- k6 from 3 regions, realistic shopper script
- Browse, search, add to cart, checkout
- Steps: 10 to 400 virtual users, 5 min each
- Errors counted as 5xx or over 10 s
Raw data
Check our numbers
The live report links the full dataset. The summary rows are below as CSV.