Pros & Cons
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- Wide variety of feature-packed plans
- Unlimited data transfers with all dedicated, shared, and WordPress tiers
- Easy-to-use website-building software
- Lengthy money-back guarantee
- 24/7 web chat and ticketing systems
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- Lacks Windows servers
- Limited phone support hours
- Skimpy email with entry-level shared plan
InMotion Web Hosting Specs
| 24/7 Customer Support | |
| Cloud Hosting | |
| Dedicated Hosting | |
| Linux Servers | |
| Maximum RAM - Dedicated | 32 |
| Maximum RAM - VPS | 32 |
| Maximum Storage - Dedicated | 4 |
| Maximum Storage - VPS | 640 |
| Reseller Hosting | |
| Shared Hosting | |
| Unlimited Email | |
| Unlimited Monthly Data Transfers - Shared | |
| Unlimited Monthly Data Transfers - WordPress | |
| Unlimited Storage - Shared | |
| VPS Hosting | |
| WordPress Hosting |
The web hosting field is a crowded one, so it takes a special service to stand out from the pack. InMotion Hosting, with its many capable offerings, is one such hosting platform. The service isn't the best in any one category, but it has a rich, flexible feature set that caters to many web hosting situations with its excellent shared, dedicated, reseller, virtual private server (VPS), and WordPress plans. Its customer service chops are excellent, too, despite reduced phone hours. If you don't need around-the-clock phone support or Windows-based servers, InMotion is easy to recommend for just about any hosting scenario, earning it our Editors' Choice award.
Shared Hosting: Your Low-Cost Way to Build a Website
Building a website doesn't need to be an expensive endeavor. With shared hosting, your site is in a roommate situation with many other sites on a single server, so you split the server cost and the available resources. Shared web hosting isn't very powerful, but it's cheap web hosting and a good solution if you don't expect tremendous website traffic.
InMotion offers three Linux-based shared web hosting plans. The entry-level plan is Launch ($14.99 per month, dropping to $4.79 per month with an annual commitment). It lets you host two websites and offers 100GB of SSD storage, a skimpy 10 email addresses, and 50,000 visitors per month. The Power plan ($18.99 per month, or $5.79 per month with an annual subscription) builds upon that with 10 websites, unlimited email accounts, 300,000 visitors per month, and 200GB NVMe SSD storage. Pro is the highest shared hosting tier ($25.99 per month, or $10.59 per month with an annual subscription) that includes 40 websites, 300GB of storage, 500,000 visitors, a dedicated IP, and features designed to handle multiple clients. All InMotion shared tiers include unlimited monthly data transfers, a free SSL certificate, and a free domain.
(Credit: InMotion Hosting/PCMag)That said, HostGator remains our top pick for shared web hosting services. InMotion's rival offers unlimited email, storage, and monthly data transfers with each plan, and adds the choice of Linux- or Windows-based servers. The Windows option is important for sites that run software on the ASP.NET framework.
VPS Hosting: A Powerful Step Up From Shared Hosting
In terms of power, VPS hosting offers more muscle than shared hosting. That's because your site lives on a server with far fewer sites competing for resources than on shared hosting. Plus, web hosts provide your site with a guaranteed minimum level of resources. As a result, VPS hosting is more expensive than shared hosting, but it's a far more powerful and reliable system. You can think of VPS hosting as living in your own apartment; you'll have neighbors, but they aren't borrowing server power.
InMotion offers four tiers of Linux-based VPS web hosting, all of which include unlimited email. The starter VPS 4 vCPU plan costs $16.99 per month, or $14.99 per month with an annual contract. With this plan, your site gets 8GB of RAM, 160GB of NVMe SSD storage, 5TB of monthly data transfers, two dedicated IP addresses, DDoS protection, and live chat support from a real human staff. On the top end of the spectrum is the VPS 16 vCPU package ($52.99 per month or $48.99 per month with an annual subscription). It features 32GB of RAM, 460GB of NVMe SSD storage, unlimited monthly data transfers, and 10 dedicated IPs.
Likewise, InMotion offers managed hosting and unmanaged cloud VPS web hosting. Managed VPS starts at $399.99 per month, while unmanaged, scalable cloud VPS starts at $6 per month. You get respectable top-level specs for the managed offerings, including 82GB of RAM, unlimited monthly data transfers, 24 vCPU cores, and 1.7TB of NVMe SSD storage. Unlimited email, domains, websites, and MySQL databases are included, too. The scalable cloud VPS tops out at 32GB of RAM, 32 CPU cores, 540GB of SSD storage, and 12TB of monthly data transfer for a hefty $192 per month.
InMotion has good VPS offerings, but they're not as robust as Hostwinds', which tops InMotion with many robust VPS packages that include up to 96GB of RAM, unlimited email, unlimited monthly data transfers, and Linux- or Windows-based server options.
Dedicated Hosting: Full Server Power for Your Website
With dedicated hosting, your website lives on a server all by itself and leverages the system's full power. In other words, you don't share your server with roommates—you have the whole house to yourself. As a result, dedicated hosting is an extremely powerful type of web hosting. It's one you should look into if you expect your website to receive a high volume of traffic. Mission-critical sites that can't go down (or slow down) should be on dedicated servers.
InMotion uses the latest Intel Xeon technology and offers more Linux OS options, including CentOS, Debian, and Ubuntu, making the company’s dedicated and bare-metal plans a strong choice for large websites. InMotion has a lot of options for customers looking for a dedicated server. For a managed dedicated server, you can choose from two different categories, each with several tiers. Starter tiers feature more affordable hosting solutions, and Premier Care tiers are more expensive and geared toward larger businesses. All dedicated plans come with unlimited email.
(Credit: InMotion Hosting/PCMag)Aspire is the starter Standard plan. It costs $50 per month, or $35 per month with a one-year commitment. Aspire includes 16GB of DDR3 RAM, 1TB of SSD storage, and 10 GB of backup storage. The highest-end CC-2000 Premier Care plan costs $439.98 per month regardless of commitment. With it, you get 256GB of RAM, two 2TB of NVMe SSD storage, 25 dedicated IPs, and 2TB of backup storage. All dedicated plans have unlimited monthly data transfers.
For enterprise-sized businesses, you can call InMotion for a quote for a customized plan. These plans include custom private networks, a 1-5 year price agreement, custom-built servers, and premium technical support.
InMotion offers solid dedicated web hosting plans, but AccuWeb has better all-around packages. AccuWeb offers dedicated hosting packages (starting at $131 per month) that can be outfitted with up to 8TB of SSD storage and 128GB of RAM. They include 20TB of monthly data transfers, too. You even get a choice of Linux- or Windows-based servers for extra flexibility.
WordPress Hosting: Solid Specs for the Popular CMS
WordPress is one of the top names in web hosting, as it powers the content management system for roughly 40% of the internet. If you're looking for WordPress hosting, InMotion offers dependable packages. Your digital footprint will reside on a server that exclusively hosts WordPress websites. This is a huge advantage in terms of load times and reliability. Your WordPress website sits within a WordPress-only ecosystem, which translates into significant benefits. Server settings such as cache, PHP workers, and more are tuned to the specs recommended directly by WordPress. No more having to host your website on a server where one website is running Concrete5 and another is running Joomla. All sites now live in a WordPress world of harmony, speed, and reliability.
InMotion's Linux-based, WordPress-optimized servers come with the content management system preinstalled, and they offer website staging and automatic software updates. In a nice touch, InMotion automatically updates your third-party WordPress plug-ins. It also bolsters your WordPress installation with a custom-configured NGINX stack and an in-house caching system. InMotion also offers unique UltraStack server configurations for faster speed and improved performance for WordPress sites, starting at $33 per month.
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The WP Launch ($15.49 per month, or $5.29 per month with an annual plan) offers 100GB of SSD storage, the ability to host two websites, 10 email addresses, and unlimited monthly data transfers. WP Power ($19.49 per month, or $6.29 per month with a one-year commitment) boosts that baseline to a 200GB NVMe SSD, unlimited email, and 10 websites. WP Pro ($26.49 per month, or $11.29 per month with an annual sign-up) includes all previously listed perks and provides a higher-performance server and dedicated Opcode caching to improve website loading speed. You also get a dedicated IP.
(Credit: InMtion Hosting/PCMag)Then there are the WordPress VPS plans, which mirror the pricing on the aforementioned managed VPS plans. These top-of-the-line packages are fully managed by in-house pros and offer unlimited sites, dedicated resources, a dedicated IP, up to 460GB of storage, and unlimited monthly data transfers. Lastly, InMotion's dedicated hosting plans are compatible with WordPress.
That said, Bluehost (for its incredible WordPress-focused site builder catered toward SMBs) and WP Engine (for its backend tools and incredible customer service meant for enterprise) reign as our top picks for WordPress hosting. For more information, check out our individual reviews.
Reseller Hosting: Tools for Becoming a Web Host
If you're looking to get into the web hosting game but don't want to spin up your own servers or worry about providing bandwidth for them, check out InMotion's reseller hosting packages.
The four Linux-based plans (starting at $35.99 per month) offer up to 300GB NVMe SSD storage, unlimited monthly data transfers, unlimited email, and multiple cPanel accounts (depending on the plan). InMotion provides 24/7/365 customer support, as well. The plans are quite respectable, though they don't match Hostwinds, which offers Linux servers with unlimited email and storage.
Building a Website
We were initially a bit dubious when the sign-up confirmation page said an account specialist would contact us by phone to complete the setup; we couldn't log in until that happened. However, the call was prompt and helpful, and we weren't pushed into making additional purchases. The representative asked a few questions about the type of website that we wanted to build, and then emailed the appropriate welcome materials.
After logging in, the InMotion Website Builder let us quickly build an online destination. We had three site types to choose from: Site, Blog, or Photo Gallery. We opted for a full site.
Using the InMotion Website Builder, we selected themes and colors, as well as the types of pages we'd like to include on our site, such as About and Contact pages. In addition to standard pages, we added an eye-catching Flash intro and an e-commerce-focused eShop. Next, we added a map, a poll, an RSS reader, or a script module to our pages. The result was a functional, though somewhat generic website.
Alternatively, we could've used WordPress to create our site and expand its functionality. In fact, InMotion has a separate website builder, BoldGrid, that lets you drag-and-drop WordPress site elements to your liking. On top of that, going the WordPress route opens the door to many site-enhancing themes and plug-ins. So, you have many options for building your dream website.
E-Commerce and Security
InMotion has many e-commerce options, but the payment options are a bit limited. You can also download OpenCart or PrestaShop (both free) for a more robust store. We gave OpenCart a try; it offers a comprehensive dashboard for tracking customers and sales, as well as multiple shipping and payment options. Unfortunately, e-commerce is only available on the Power and Pro plans. That's not unusual; many web hosts save e-commerce for their more robust offerings.
InMotion offers several security features, including free remote backup services for accounts under 10GB. For WordPress sites, you can leverage the free Sucuri Security plug-in to scan for malware and other security risks. You can purchase SSL certificates ($99.99 per year, with a $25 installation fee), which include a dedicated IP address.
Uptime and Customer Service
Uptime is an incredibly important aspect of the hosting experience. If your website is down, clients or customers will be unable to find you or access your products or services. That is a nightmare scenario. InMotion has a 99.9% uptime guarantee, and you should check its network status monitor if your site goes down.
We fired up InMotion's 24/7 web chat on a weekday morning to learn how shared hosting differed from WordPress hosting. A few seconds later, an InMotion customer support representative appeared and gave us the information we needed. We later called InMotion's customer support squad for details about dedicated hosting. A rep quickly fielded our call and gently explained the differences in everyday language. Unfortunately, phone hours are limited to 9 a.m.-9 p.m. ET (Monday-Friday), so you must use the web chat or ticketing systems if a problem arises on the weekend.
InMotion offers an extremely generous 90-day money-back guarantee that is better than most other web hosts' 30-day refund policies.
Final Thoughts
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InMotion Web Hosting
As long as you don't need Windows-based servers, InMotion Hosting has many tiers that will meet nearly every site-building need, including dedicated, reseller, shared, VPS, and WordPress packages.