{"id":67817,"date":"2023-05-11T15:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-11T12:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/?p=67817"},"modified":"2024-03-18T16:51:28","modified_gmt":"2024-03-18T14:51:28","slug":"scala-hosting-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/scala-hosting-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Scala Hosting Review: Is This Budget Plan for WordPress Good?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If you’re looking for a web host, you’ve probably come across Scala Hosting as an option. This company provides a variety of services, including WordPress hosting. However, you might be looking for a comprehensive Scala Hosting review to help you decide if it’s the right solution for your site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

To help you out, we’ve reviewed Scala and compiled our findings for you. By looking at different aspects of the service, including support, pricing, and performance, you should be able to determine if it’s the best option for your needs and budget. Let’s begin with a bird’s eye view of its offerings, and then we’ll dive into the heavier analysis.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Scala offers managed WordPress hosting plans with a shared-server infrastructure at budget prices. It offers a lot of developer-friendly features, but not the best performance.<\/p>\t<\/div> <\/div>\t

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Highly customizable WordPress setup<\/p>\t<\/div>\t<\/div>\t

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Shared servers for most plans<\/p>\t<\/div>\t

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Performance leaves a lot to be desired<\/p>\t<\/div>\t<\/div>\t<\/div>\t

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An overview of Scala Hosting for WordPress<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Load times<\/strong><\/td>\n2.09s (US) | 2.06s (EU) | 2.25s (Asia) … (?)<\/span><\/span><\/span>This is the average amount of time it took for our test website to load, as measured from various global locations.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Uptime<\/strong><\/td>\n99.42% (avg. over 3 months)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Support<\/strong><\/td>\n24\/7\/365 support for all managed WordPress plans via live chat and email ticket system. Tickets are responded to within 30 minutes. Also a knowledge base with helpful documentation.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Key features<\/strong><\/td>\nFree SSL certificates, free Cloudflare CDN, unlimited email accounts, unlimited databases, daily offsite backups, GZIP compression, and free one-click WordPress installer.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Apps<\/strong><\/td>\nSMTP\/POP3\/IMAP support, phpMyAdmin, remote MySQL access, SSH, GIT, and WP-CLI.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Price<\/strong><\/td>\nThe cheapest managed WordPress plan is $2.95 per month for the first 12 months<\/a>. It lets you host 1 website and comes with 10 GB of fixed NVMe SSD, and unlimited bandwidth.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Best for<\/strong><\/td>\nA diverse range of users, ranging from individual bloggers and small businesses, to larger organizations and developers who seek a blend of security, ease of use, and managed support.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Scala Hosting versus main competitors<\/h2>\n\n\n
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<\/th>\nScala Hosting<\/strong><\/th>\nBluehost<\/strong><\/th>\nSiteGround<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Rating<\/strong><\/td>\n3.4 \/ 5<\/td>\n4.4 \/ 5<\/td>\n4.7 \/ 5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Load time avg.<\/strong><\/td>\n2.11s<\/td>\n0.5s<\/td>\n0.94s<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Uptime avg.<\/strong><\/td>\n99.42%<\/td>\n100%<\/td>\n100%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Price from<\/strong><\/td>\n$2.95<\/td>\n$3.79<\/td>\n$2.99<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Free domain<\/strong><\/td>\n\u274c (*)<\/span><\/span><\/span>No free domain on the entry-level plan, but all plans starting with the second tier offer a free domain for the first year.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u2705<\/span><\/td>\n\u2705<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Free email hosting<\/strong><\/td>\n\u2705<\/span><\/td>\n\u274c (*)<\/span><\/span><\/span>Free email hosting is available as a 3-month trial and then renews as a paid add-on feature.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u2705<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Free SSL<\/strong><\/td>\n\u2705<\/span><\/td>\n\u2705 (*)<\/span><\/span><\/span>First year only.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u2705<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hosting panel<\/strong><\/td>\ncPanel and sPanel (custom panel)<\/td>\ncPanel and custom panel<\/td>\nSiteGround’s own Site Tools<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Visit<\/strong><\/td>\n Scala Hosting<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n Bluehost<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n SiteGround<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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Scala Hosting compared to market average<\/caption>\n
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Load times US<\/strong><\/td>\n2.09s<\/td>\n1.13s<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Load times EU<\/strong><\/td>\n2.06s<\/td>\n1.15s<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Load times Asia<\/strong><\/td>\n2.25s<\/td>\n1.79s<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Uptime<\/strong><\/td>\n99.42%<\/td>\n99.86%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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