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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    A2 Hosting

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AA2 Hosting in Ann Arbor provides business website hosting, featuring free site migration, unlimited SSD, isolated dedicated servers, and related features.N/A

    WordPress VIP

    Score7.5 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    Wordpress VIP, from a team at Automattic, is enterprise WordPress hosting with customer or digital experience features for enterprises.N/A
    Pricing
    A2 HostingWordPress VIP
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    A2 HostingWordPress VIP
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    A2 HostingWordPress VIP
    Considered Both Products
    A2 Hosting
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    Automattic
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    100%
    Would buy again
    22 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    95%
    Delivers good value for the price
    18 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    22 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    95%
    Implementation went as expected
    18 Answers
    Features
    A2 HostingWordPress VIP
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of A2 Hosting and WordPress VIP
    Feature
    A2 Hosting
    -
    Ratings
    WordPress VIP
    7.3
    2 Ratings
    12% below category average
    Role-based user permissions00 Ratings7.32 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of A2 Hosting and WordPress VIP
    Feature
    A2 Hosting
    -
    Ratings
    WordPress VIP
    7.3
    2 Ratings
    7% below category average
    API00 Ratings9.12 Ratings
    Internationalization / multi-language00 Ratings5.52 Ratings
    Web Content Creation
    Comparison of Web Content Creation features of A2 Hosting and WordPress VIP
    Feature
    A2 Hosting
    -
    Ratings
    WordPress VIP
    8.2
    2 Ratings
    4% above category average
    WYSIWYG editor00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
    Code quality / cleanliness00 Ratings7.32 Ratings
    Admin section00 Ratings8.22 Ratings
    Page templates00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
    Mobile optimization / responsive design00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
    Publishing workflow00 Ratings7.32 Ratings
    Web Content Management
    Comparison of Web Content Management features of A2 Hosting and WordPress VIP
    Feature
    A2 Hosting
    -
    Ratings
    WordPress VIP
    8.0
    2 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Content taxonomy00 Ratings7.31 Ratings
    SEO support00 Ratings7.31 Ratings
    Bulk management00 Ratings7.32 Ratings
    Availability / breadth of extensions00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
    Community / comment management00 Ratings9.12 Ratings
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    Enterprises
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    Score9.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    A2 HostingWordPress VIP
    Likelihood to Recommend
    1.0
    (2 ratings)
    7.2
    (22 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Performance
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Support Rating
    1.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.4
    (21 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Product Scalability
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    User Testimonials
    A2 HostingWordPress VIP
    Likelihood to Recommend
    A2 Hosting
    Never would I recommend this company to anyone. [In my experience] they are total nightmares to deal with and depend on. You can't depend on them at all. Plus, [I feel that] they lie and manipulate the search queries based on lies (they do NOT have radio hosting yet they have ads saying that they do).
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    Automattic
    WordPress VIP really changed the game when it comes to WordPress CMS and Content Management. A one-stop shop for all our client's business needs. We are focusing on Content Management instead of technicalities. The big advantage is the security features covering all recent vulnerabilities that any WordPress developer/user wastes lots of precious time fixing/updating. Performance-wise, WordPress VIP is definitely up there. We’ve been doing lots of optimization work over the last few years. Every client wants to score 100. With WordPress VIP we decreased the time spent on optimization significantly and now feel confident with taking more performance optimisation work than we did before. Lastly, maybe the most important for every business is the support quality. WordPress VIP runs a superb support team with phenomenal knowledge and expertise. Quick to respond and solves issues here and now. It is definitely recommended.
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    Pros
    A2 Hosting
    • the hosting hardware they provide is decent when you consider the price
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    Automattic
    • Keeps us informed of upcoming releases/patches associated with the Wordpress Platform.
    • Introduces us to products/companies/Wordpress plugins as necessary when new business needs arise.
    • Amy and Allie are excellent at managing the relationship; speaking with them on our monthly calls is a pleasure.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    A2 Hosting
    • [In my experience] customer service is awful.
    • [From what I've seen] they don't care about clients.
    • [In my situation their] first reaction is always to blame it on the unmanaged factor.
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    Automattic
    • Too many different dashboard formats
    • Everything should have the same look and feel.
    • The admin portal looks different than the user content portal
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    A2 Hosting
    Never would I use this service. I canceled 7 accounts I believe so far. [In my opinion] it's a waste.
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    Automattic
    It's true enterprise ready hosting framework providing unparalleled hosting infrastructure for WordPress. Where an organisation has high load needs, but with stability and scale VIP delivers. It provides complete peace of mind that the hosting, security and scalability are taken care of and organisations can focus on developing out their website strategies
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    A2 Hosting
    [In my opinion] it barely works.
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    Automattic
    There is documentation for everything you might need.
    Incentivized
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    Reliability and Availability
    A2 Hosting
    they are only technically available but having someone say hello, i'm here to help, immediately is not real responsive if they actually never address the issue being reported. we don't contact support for the bland greeting, we are actually trying to solve a business process interruption
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    Automattic
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    Performance
    A2 Hosting
    They are only good if you never update your website and i mean never. Otherwise their main performance diffrentiator is turbo web hosting, their highest shared hosting plan. When caching is working it performs well reducing load times by half, but as soon as you add a new page to the site, the updates don't show up until you clear the cache manually from multiple locations (wordpress a2optimized plugin, cpanel etc..). As they make updates to the turbo hosting A2optimized plugin, they do not test them properly and do not handle customer feedback about them, instead they are in denial and try to immediately convince the customer there is no issue at all! the old developer joke when they don't want to fix feedback: it works on my machine!
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    Automattic
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    A2 Hosting
    In my opinion they are unresponsive, rude, incompetent, and untrustworthy to boot.
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    Automattic
    The people who work for WordPress VIP clearly are passionate about representing the organisation. Therefore when support is required, they do go above and beyond what you may expect in terms of overall support. They take security very seriously, and due to the nature of VIP, it's rarely a concern for the end-user, if at all.
    Incentivized
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    Implementation Rating
    A2 Hosting
    [In my experience] it was a mess from the start and created problems ever since day one.
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    Automattic
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    A2 Hosting
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    Automattic
    Our team manages 4 different brands' websites and before WordPress VIP we were using multiple different hosts including DreamHost and AWS. These were convoluted and didn't offer the enterprise features for our organization that WP VIP was capable of. We also considered Pantheon, but they were not Wordpress-centric enough for the direction we were going.
    Incentivized
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    Scalability
    A2 Hosting
    I believe they do not care about addressing failures when they occur. Starting out with a working service counts for nothing if you can't maintain it, fix issues when reported, and actually take the extra step to prevent them from happening again. You have to care about quality and customer service, and A2 couldn't care less
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    Automattic
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    A2 Hosting
    • [In my experience] they have upheaved my entire business many times by not having working servers.
    • [I feel like] they have inconvenienced us many hours with tech calls over stupid things.
    • [In my opinion] they have wasted so much time and man hours.
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    Automattic
    • Working as a WordPress VIP gold partner has helped our business grow from 12 staff to 28 staff in 2 years. They have brought many projects to the table that are always the right ones for us and they really understand our goals as a business.
    Incentivized
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