Raidboxes
Company Profile & Results
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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
$51-100/Month Summary
Raidboxes looked good on the LoadStorm test until around 1,000 VUsers, then slowed down with HTTP 429s ramping up around 1,250 VUsers — a rate limit kicked in. The Static test had the same problem — slowdown around 650 VUsers and 429 errors around 1,750 VUsers, ending up with an 854ms average and 16k errors. Uptime was strong on all three monitors. GTmetrix had Raidboxes the fastest in Frankfurt. SSL was A+. The rate limit walls keep Raidboxes out of award contention at this tier.
$101-200/Month Summary
Raidboxes had near-perfect uptime (100% / 100% / 99.9994%) and handled the LoadStorm test flat and quick with zero errors. Hardware benchmarks were strong — second fastest PHP Bench and WP Bench at this tier. GTmetrix had Raidboxes the fastest in Frankfurt and Cape Town. SSL was A+. Unfortunately the Static test ran into a rate limit and over 70,000 HTTP 429 errors arrived during the run. Response times stayed constant for served requests, but the errors kept Raidboxes out of award contention this year.
<$25/Month Summary
Raidboxes had near-perfect uptime (above 99.99% on all three monitors), zero errors on the LoadStorm test, and an A+ SSL. The first noticeable spike happened around 600 VUsers and the test became less stable around 900 VUsers. The Static test averaged 328ms with one spike and a sustained slow-down around 580 VUsers. The instability under load keeps Raidboxes out of award contention at this tier.
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 |
|---|---|
| Raidboxes 2026 100 | 7.1 |
| Raidboxes 2026 200 | 8.2 |
| Raidboxes 2026 25 | 7.2 |
SSL
The tool is available at https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/
| Company | Qualsys SSL Grade |
|---|---|
| Raidboxes 2026 100 | A+ |
| Raidboxes 2026 200 | A+ |
| Raidboxes 2026 25 | A+ |
2022 WordPress Results
$51-100/Month Summary
$101-200/Month Summary
<$25/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 |
|---|---|
| raidboxes 2022 100 | A+ |
| raidboxes 2022 200 | A+ |
| raidboxes 2022 25 | A+ |
| raidboxes 2022 50 | A+ |
| raidboxes 2022 500 | A+ |
| raidboxes 2022 ent | A+ |
2022 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 |
|---|---|
| raidboxes 2022 WooCommerce | A+ |
2021 WordPress Results
<$25/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 |
|---|---|
| RAIDBOXES 2021 25 | A+ |
| RAIDBOXES 2021 500 | A+ |
| RAIDBOXES 2021 ent | A+ |
Internet.nl
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Mozilla Observatory
The tool is available at https://observatory.mozilla.org/.
| Company | Mozilla Observatory |
|---|---|
| RAIDBOXES 2021 25 | C |
| RAIDBOXES 2021 500 | C |
| RAIDBOXES 2021 ent | C |
2020 WordPress Results
<$25/Month Summary
$201-500/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 |
|---|---|
| RAIDBOXES 2020 25 | A+ |
| RAIDBOXES 2020 500 | A+ |