Presslabs
Company Profile & Results
WordPress publishing is complicated enough without having to worry about hosting infrastructure. That's why at Presslabs, we are doubling down on our commitment to alleviate this major pain point by greatly expanding our server network. Coupled with our Kubernetes-based backend infrastructure, clients can hyper-focus their efforts on solving unique business problems, leaving the technical complexity of turnkey scaling to us.
Disclaimer: Descriptions are provided by the company.
Historical Performance Summary
| Year | <$25 | $25-50 | $51-100 | $101-200 | $201-500 | Enterprise ($500+) | Woo Commerce |
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| 2020 |
2026 WordPress Results
Enterprise ($500+/Month) Summary
Presslabs handled the LoadStorm test well (4 errors against 3.89M requests) with only some end-of-test spikes from the slowest requests wrapping up after RPS dropped. The Static test averaged 21.7ms with a single tiny spike to 44ms. The WP Bench was second highest at this tier. StatusCake recorded 99.01% but HetrixTools (100%) and UptimeKuma (99.9954%) both had a clean year — looks like a monitor issue rather than real downtime. Top Tier stands.
LoadStorm
Load Storm is designed to simulate real users visiting the site, logging in and browsing. It tests uncached performance.
K6
K6 is designed to test cached performance by repeatedly requesting the homepage.
GTmetrix
GTmetrix loads the homepage and records how long it takes from 12 different locations around the world. (We switched from WebPageTest to GTmetrix in 2026.)
Uptime
Uptime is monitored by three sources: HetrixTools and StatusCake as third-party services, plus a self-hosted UptimeKuma instance for cross-reference in case of major discrepancy between the third-party monitors.
WPPerformanceTester
WPPerformanceTester performs two benchmarks. One is a WordPress (WP Bench) and the other a PHP benchmark. WP Bench measures how many WP queries per second and higher tends to be better (varies considerably by architecture). PHP Bench performs a lot of computational and some database operations which are measured in seconds to complete. Lower PHP Bench is better. WP Bench is red in the chart, PHP Bench is blue.
WPBenchmark
WPBenchmark is a hosting performance benchmark that produces a single composite score per server. Higher is better.
| Company | WPBenchmark Score |
|---|---|
| Presslabs 2026 ent | 7.9 |
SSL
The tool is available at https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/
| Company | Qualsys SSL Grade |
|---|---|
| Presslabs 2026 ent | A |
2026 WooCommerce Results
WooCommerce Summary
Presslabs had the fastest Buyer (72ms) and Customer (89ms) profiles and tied Trustdom for the fastest Cart at 207ms — three of the five fastest persona times. The LoadStorm test was excellently flat with zero errors against 6.9M requests. The Static test averaged 88.9ms. The WP Bench was second fastest at this tier. StatusCake recorded 99.38% while HetrixTools (100%) and UptimeKuma (99.9941%) had a clean year, the same monitor-side outlier seen at the enterprise tier. Top Tier stands.
LoadStorm
Load Storm is designed to simulate real users visiting the site, logging in and browsing. It tests uncached performance.
Load Storm Average Response Time by Profile
This takes deeper look at the results and analyzes the performance of loading HTML mime types, to ignore a lot of static assets which are cached and bring down average response times. This tests how fast the initial pages are delivered, which is what a user would experience before loading all the other assets like css, javascript and images.
K6
K6 is designed to test cached performance by repeatedly requesting the homepage.
GTmetrix
GTmetrix loads the homepage and records how long it takes from 12 different locations around the world. (We switched from WebPageTest to GTmetrix in 2026.)
Uptime
Uptime is monitored by three sources: HetrixTools and StatusCake as third-party services, plus a self-hosted UptimeKuma instance for cross-reference in case of major discrepancy between the third-party monitors.
WPPerformanceTester
WPPerformanceTester performs two benchmarks. One is a WordPress (WP Bench) and the other a PHP benchmark. WP Bench measures how many WP queries per second and higher tends to be better (varies considerably by architecture). PHP Bench performs a lot of computational and some database operations which are measured in seconds to complete. Lower PHP Bench is better. WP Bench is red in the chart, PHP Bench is blue.
WPBenchmark
WPBenchmark is a hosting performance benchmark that produces a single composite score per server. Higher is better.
| Company | WPBenchmark Score |
|---|---|
| Presslabs 2026 WooCommerce | 7.1 |
SSL
The tool is available at https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/
| Company | Qualsys SSL Grade |
|---|---|
| Presslabs 2026 WooCommerce | A |
2023 WordPress Results
$101-200/Month Summary
$51-100/Month Summary
$25-50/Month Summary
Enterprise ($500+/Month) Summary
LoadStorm
Load Storm is designed to simulate real users visiting the site, logging in and browsing. It tests uncached performance.
K6
K6 is designed to test cached performance by repeatedly requesting the homepage.
WebPageTest
WebPageTest fully loads the homepage and records how long it takes from 12 different locations around the world.
Uptime
Uptime is monitored by two companies: HetrixTools and Uptime Robot. A self hosted monitor was also run in case there was a major discrepancy between the two third party monitors.
WPPerformanceTester
WPPerformanceTester performs two benchmarks. One is a WordPress (WP Bench) and the other a PHP benchmark. WP Bench measures how many WP queries per second and higher tends to be better (varies considerably by architecture). PHP Bench performs a lot of computational and some database operations which are measured in seconds to complete. Lower PHP Bench is better. WP Bench is red in the chart, PHP Bench is blue.
SSL
The tool is available at https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/
| Company | Qualsys SSL Grade |
|---|---|
| Presslabs 2023 200 | A+ |
| Presslabs 2023 100 | A |
| Presslabs 2023 50 | A+ |
| Presslabs 2023 ent | A+ |
2023 WooCommerce Results
WooCommerce Summary
LoadStorm
Load Storm is designed to simulate real users visiting the site, logging in and browsing. It tests uncached performance.
Load Storm Average Response Time by Profile
This takes deeper look at the results and analyzes the performance of loading HTML mime types, to ignore a lot of static assets which are cached and bring down average response times. This tests how fast the initial pages are delivered, which is what a user would experience before loading all the other assets like css, javascript and images.
K6
K6 is designed to test cached performance by repeatedly requesting the homepage.
WebPageTest
WebPageTest fully loads the homepage and records how long it takes from 12 different locations around the world.
Uptime
Uptime is monitored by two companies: HetrixTools and Uptime Robot. A self hosted monitor was also run in case there was a major discrepancy between the two third party monitors.
WPPerformanceTester
WPPerformanceTester performs two benchmarks. One is a WordPress (WP Bench) and the other a PHP benchmark. WP Bench measures how many WP queries per second and higher tends to be better (varies considerably by architecture). PHP Bench performs a lot of computational and some database operations which are measured in seconds to complete. Lower PHP Bench is better. WP Bench is red in the chart, PHP Bench is blue.
SSL
The tool is available at https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/
| Company | Qualsys SSL Grade |
|---|---|
| Presslabs 2023 WooCommerce | A |
2022 WordPress Results
$51-100/Month Summary
$25-50/Month Summary
$201-500/Month Summary
Enterprise ($500+/Month) Summary
LoadStorm
Load Storm is designed to simulate real users visiting the site, logging in and browsing. It tests uncached performance.
K6
K6 is designed to test cached performance by repeatedly requesting the homepage.
WebPageTest
WebPageTest fully loads the homepage and records how long it takes from 12 different locations around the world.
Uptime
Uptime is monitored by two companies: HetrixTools and Uptime Robot. A self hosted monitor was also run in case there was a major discrepancy between the two third party monitors.
WPPerformanceTester
WPPerformanceTester performs two benchmarks. One is a WordPress (WP Bench) and the other a PHP benchmark. WP Bench measures how many WP queries per second and higher tends to be better (varies considerably by architecture). PHP Bench performs a lot of computational and some database operations which are measured in seconds to complete. Lower PHP Bench is better. WP Bench is red in the chart, PHP Bench is blue.
SSL
The tool is available at https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/
| Company | Qualsys SSL Grade |
|---|---|
| Presslabs 2022 100 | A+ |
| Presslabs 2022 50 | A+ |
| Presslabs 2022 500 | A+ |
| Presslabs 2022 ent | A+ |
2021 WordPress Results
$51-100/Month Summary
$201-500/Month Summary
Enterprise ($500+/Month) Summary
LoadStorm
Load Storm is designed to simulate real users visiting the site, logging in and browsing. It tests uncached performance.
K6
K6 is designed to test cached performance by repeatedly requesting the homepage.
WebPageTest
WebPageTest fully loads the homepage and records how long it takes from 12 different locations around the world.
Uptime
Uptime is monitored by two companies: HetrixTools and Uptime Robot. A self hosted monitor was also run in case there was a major discrepancy between the two third party monitors.
WPPerformanceTester
WPPerformanceTester performs two benchmarks. One is a WordPress (WP Bench) and the other a PHP benchmark. WP Bench measures how many WP queries per second and higher tends to be better (varies considerably by architecture). PHP Bench performs a lot of computational and some database operations which are measured in seconds to complete. Lower PHP Bench is better. WP Bench is red in the chart, PHP Bench is blue.
SSL
The tool is available at https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/
| Company | Qualsys SSL Grade |
|---|---|
| Presslabs 2021 100 | A |
| Presslabs 2021 500 | A |
| Presslabs 2021 ent | A+ |
Internet.nl
The tool is available at https://internet.nl/test-site/.
Mozilla Observatory
The tool is available at https://observatory.mozilla.org/.
| Company | Mozilla Observatory |
|---|---|
| Presslabs 2021 100 | F |
| Presslabs 2021 500 | F |
| Presslabs 2021 ent | D |
2020 WordPress Results
Enterprise ($500+/Month) Summary
LoadStorm
Load Storm is designed to simulate real users visiting the site, logging in and browsing. It tests uncached performance.
K6
K6 is designed to test cached performance by repeatedly requesting the homepage.
WebPageTest
WebPageTest fully loads the homepage and records how long it takes from 12 different locations around the world.
Uptime
Uptime is monitored by two companies: HetrixTools and Uptime Robot. A self hosted monitor was also run in case there was a major discrepancy between the two third party monitors.
WPPerformanceTester
WPPerformanceTester performs two benchmarks. One is a WordPress (WP Bench) and the other a PHP benchmark. WP Bench measures how many WP queries per second and higher tends to be better (varies considerably by architecture). PHP Bench performs a lot of computational and some database operations which are measured in seconds to complete. Lower PHP Bench is better. WP Bench is red in the chart, PHP Bench is blue.
SSL
The tool is available at https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/
| Company | Qualsys SSL Grade |
|---|---|
| Presslabs 2020 ent | A+ |