Infra
261 products · 158 vendors · 1 categories
The vendors and products powering WordPress hosting, by category. Compare them side by side on the stack matrix.
Server
· The metal 53 vendors-
AkamaiIndependent · USGlobal edge, cloud, and security platform; owner of Linode (Akamai Connected Cloud).
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AlmaLinuxAlmaLinux OS FoundationNonprofit stewarding AlmaLinux, the community CentOS successor.
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ApacheIndependentThe Apache HTTP Server, maintained by the Apache Software Foundation.
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AWSAmazon · USAWS is the general-purpose cloud a slice of WordPress hosting runs on, and SES is the relay many of those sites send their transactional mail through.
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BitNinjaIndependent · HungaryIndependent server-security company — full-stack protection for hosting nodes.
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BlackwallIndependent · EstoniaBot protection and abuse management for hosting providers (formerly BotGuard).
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CloudLinux OSCloudLinux · USCompany behind CloudLinux OS, Imunify, AccelerateWP, and Site Intelligence.
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ColoCrossingHostPapa · CanadaCanadian SMB hosting group whose ColoCrossing arm operates data centres and sells colocation and dedicated capacity to other providers.
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DebianIndependentOperating System -
DigitalOceanIndependent · USDeveloper cloud; owner of Cloudways.
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DockerIndependentVirtualization & Orchestration -
Extended PHP SupportWebPros · LuxembourgThe group behind cPanel, Plesk, WHMCS, SolusVM, XOVI, and WP Squared.
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Fail2BanFail2Ban ProjectOpen-source intrusion-prevention tool that bans hostile IPs from log patterns.
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Google CloudGoogle · USGoogle Workspace — resellable business email and productivity suite.
Cloud - Hardened PHPCloudLinux · US
Company behind CloudLinux OS, Imunify, AccelerateWP, and Site Intelligence.
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HetznerIndependent · GermanyFamily-owned German cloud and dedicated-server provider.
Cloud - Imunify360CloudLinux · US
Company behind CloudLinux OS, Imunify, AccelerateWP, and Site Intelligence.
Server Security - ImunifyAVCloudLinux · US
Company behind CloudLinux OS, Imunify, AccelerateWP, and Site Intelligence.
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KernelCareTuxCare · USCloudLinux's enterprise support brand — live kernel patching and Endless Lifecycle Support that keeps end-of-life Linux, PHP and other runtimes patched long past their community cutoff.
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KubernetesIndependentVirtualization & Orchestration -
LeasewebIndependent · NetherlandsDutch IaaS provider selling bare metal, dedicated servers, private and public cloud out of data centers across Europe, North America, and Asia — wholesale infrastructure that hosting companies build their own products on.
Cloud - LinodeAkamai · US
Global edge, cloud, and security platform; owner of Linode (Akamai Connected Cloud).
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LiteSpeed EnterpriseLiteSpeed Technologies · USMaker of LiteSpeed Enterprise, OpenLiteSpeed, and the LSCache ecosystem.
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MariaDBMariaDB FoundationDatabase -
ModSecurityOWASPOpen-source application-security community; maintainers of ModSecurity and the Core Rule Set.
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MonarxIndependent · USIndependent server-security company focused on hosting environments.
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MySQLOracle · USEnterprise software and cloud group. In this landscape it shows up twice: MySQL, the database most WordPress installs still run on, and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, which sits under some large reseller platforms.
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NginxF5 · USOwner of NGINX, the open-source web server and proxy.
Web Server - OpenLiteSpeedLiteSpeed Technologies · US
Maker of LiteSpeed Enterprise, OpenLiteSpeed, and the LSCache ecosystem.
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OpenLogicPerforce · USEnterprise software group whose open-source arm keeps aging stacks supported: Zend for PHP runtimes and PHP LTS, OpenLogic for 400+ open-source technologies including long-term support for end-of-life Linux, and Puppet for infrastructure automation.
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OpenMetalIndependent · USHosted private cloud, bare metal, GPU and Ceph storage clusters built on OpenStack — fixed monthly pricing with no metered hours, aimed at companies that operate their own platforms rather than rent hyperscaler capacity. WordPress platforms use it as the layer under their own hosting product.
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Oracle CloudOracle · USEnterprise software and cloud group. In this landscape it shows up twice: MySQL, the database most WordPress installs still run on, and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, which sits under some large reseller platforms.
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OVHcloudIndependent · FranceEurope's largest cloud provider — cloud, dedicated, and web hosting.
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PanelicaIndependentHosting control panel positioned against cPanel and Plesk, with per-account isolation built into the panel rather than licensed separately.
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Percona ServerPerconaDatabase -
phoenixNAPIndependent · USGlobal IaaS provider offering Bare Metal Cloud, dedicated servers, and colocation — infrastructure leased by hosting providers rather than sold to end users.
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PlusServerIndependent · GermanyGerman sovereign-cloud provider selling compute, managed Kubernetes, storage and IAM to businesses and to the platforms built on them.
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Proxmox VEProxmox · AustriaProxmox VE — open-source virtualization platform widely run by hosts.
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RackspaceIndependent · USManaged cloud, dedicated servers and colocation sold to enterprises and to the platforms built on top of them — one of the original managed-hosting operators.
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RebootlessSoftaculous · IndiaIndependent software company behind Webuzo, Virtualizor, and the Softaculous installer.
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Rocky LinuxIndependentOperating System -
Servers.comNexcess · USSpecialty cloud group pairing managed WordPress and commerce hosting with Servers.com bare metal, and the owner of the WordPress software portfolio built up as StellarWP: Kadence, LearnDash, The Events Calendar, Give.
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SimuzoSoftaculous · IndiaIndependent software company behind Webuzo, Virtualizor, and the Softaculous installer.
Resource Isolation & Jails - TuxCare ELSTuxCare · US
CloudLinux's enterprise support brand — live kernel patching and Endless Lifecycle Support that keeps end-of-life Linux, PHP and other runtimes patched long past their community cutoff.
Live Patching & EOL Support - TuxCare PHP ELSTuxCare · US
CloudLinux's enterprise support brand — live kernel patching and Endless Lifecycle Support that keeps end-of-life Linux, PHP and other runtimes patched long past their community cutoff.
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UbuntuCanonical · UKThe company behind Ubuntu.
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VirtuozzoIndependent · SwitzerlandVirtualization and hyperconverged cloud platform for hosting providers (ex-Parallels lineage).
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VMwareBroadcom · USOwner of VMware since 2023. Broadcom does not host sites; it licenses the virtualization stack (vSphere, VMware Cloud Foundation) that a large share of enterprise and European hosting runs on, and sets the terms cloud service providers license it under.
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VultrIndependent · USIndependent global cloud provider (Constant).
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WebPros CloudWebPros · LuxembourgThe group behind cPanel, Plesk, WHMCS, SolusVM, XOVI, and WP Squared.
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WP CloudAutomattic · USThe company behind WordPress.com, WooCommerce, Jetpack, and WP Cloud.
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WP MaintainSeahawk · US / IndiaIndependent WordPress services and products company (WP Care, builds, WP Maintain, HSR).
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ZendPHPPerforce · USEnterprise software group whose open-source arm keeps aging stacks supported: Zend for PHP runtimes and PHP LTS, OpenLogic for 400+ open-source technologies including long-term support for end-of-life Linux, and Puppet for infrastructure automation.
PHP Versions & Support