A Side-by-Side Comparison: VentraIP vs Web Host Wizards

VentraIP is a WordPress hosting company in Australia. They offer a wide range of Web/WordPress hosting services and do it very well. However, in our opinion they are lacking in one department, the server infrastructure needed for top tier website speed & round the clock performance.

Don’t get us wrong, we love VentraIP! But let’s see how they stack up against us here at Web Host Wizards.

To find out, we created two identical websites: one hosted with Web Host Wizards, and the other with VentraIP. Both use the same default WordPress theme. The only difference? Web Host Wizards includes Redis caching for free with every WordPress hosting plan.

Features Comparison

A comparison between our 'Sorcery' plan and VentraIP WordPress Hosting Plan

Monthly Hosting Pricing

$25/month

$18.50+ /month

Australian Domain Pricing

$15/yr

$22.95+ /yr

Disk Storage

25GB

10GB

CPU / RAM

6GB RAM | 2 CPU

2GB RAM | 2 CPU

Email Accounts

Unlimited

Monthly Website Visits

Unlimited

15,000

WordPress Website Backups

3x Daily

Hourly

Control Panel

Enhance

cPanel

WP Benchmark Score

9.8

6.6

The Latest High Performance Servers

AMD Ryzen

Dell / HP

PCIe Gen5 NVMe SSD Storage

Free CDN Integration

Free Speed Optimisation

Managed WordPress Updates

Free Redis Object Cache

Fully Transparent Pricing (No renewal hikes)

Free WordPress Migrations

24/7 General, Tech & Billing Support

Fast Ticket Support

Chat/Ticket/Phone

WP Benchmark Test

The WP Benchmark Plugin is the gold standard for WordPress performance testing

Web Host Wizards

VentraIP

9.8

See the test results

6.6

See the test results

KeyCDN Performance Test

KeyCDN’s tool checks your website’s loading speed accurately

Web Host Wizards

VentraIP

76.05ms

See the test results

110.41ms

See the test results

GTmetrix Compare

GTmetrix analyzes website speed and performance in detail

Web Host Wizards TTFB

VentraIP TTFB

82ms

See the test results

202ms

See the test results

Pingdom Page Speed

Pingdom monitors website speed and uptime

Web Host Wizards - Median Load Time

VentraIP TTFB - Median Load Time

186ms

See the test results

1.93s

See the test results

SpeedCurve

SpeedCurve tracks frontend performance and user experience over time.

Our speed benchmark test using Speed Curve shows us right infront of VentraIP on both Mobile and Desktop.

Disclaimer: The hosting comparisons provided are based on our tests and research at the time of writing.

High-speed WordPress

After running numerous tests and benchmarks, we found Web Host Wizards out performs VentraIP WordPress on many levels.

Optimised WordPress Servers

High-speed NVMe Storage

Tuned Database and PHP Performance

Free SSL Certificates for every website

Free CDN Integration & WAF

Plans & Pricing

Easy Control Panel

Everything you need in one place, with easy navigation. No more 'where is this again?' No more bloated cPanel.

Manage websites, databases, domains & emails

Add developers and users for full team access

Suite of developer tools including FTP and SSH access

Restore website backups, view analytics & more

What Does Web Host Wizards Do Differently?

At Web Host Wizards, we focus purely on hosting for WordPress sites, not generalised hosting where WordPress is just another plan. Every part of our stack is built and tuned specifically for WordPress performance, from database optimisation through to server level caching and PHP configuration. This means quicker load times, smoother admin experience, and more consistent performance under real world traffic.

Unlike traditional hosts, we don’t rely on outdated shared infrastructure. Our platform runs on high-frequency Ryzen powered servers with modern NVMe storage, 5.7GHz CPUs, LiteSpeed technology, Redis object caching, and Sydney based infrastructure designed for low latency across Australia.

The result is a hosting environment engineered from the ground up for speed, stability, and WordPress efficiency.

What our customers have to say...

Web Host Wizards believes in creating a personal WordPress hosting experience. We get to know you and your WordPress powered website!

    
 
 
      Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. Amazing Guys, with the best customer service I have experienced out of any online service that I use. I am very impressed.
  
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   henk damiaans 
 
 
 
 
     Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. Genuinely some of the fastest support that I've ever received (consistently, too!). Whenever I've had an issue/problem, and submit a support ticket, it's answered and FIXED within 30 mins. No joke. I usually only leave reviews when I'm genuinely impressed with a restraunt that I visit, or a cafe that blows my mind, but these guys are the real deal. Never thought that I'd be reviewing a web hosting service, but here we are (haha). They consistently demonstrate S-tier support when it matters most. Keep up the good work guys, it is much appreciated. Couldn't recommend these guys more - fair prices and A+ support.
  
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   Lachlan Miller 
 
 
 
 
     Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. I've been hosting multiple WordPress websites with Web Host Wizards and recently experienced an intermittent issue with WordPress media uploads, along with occasional server errors. What impressed me most wasn't that there was an issue, but how it was handled. The support team responded quickly, investigated the problem thoroughly, and kept me updated throughout the process. Rather than simply pointing the finger at plugins or WordPress, they identified that the issue was related to the hosting environment under load. They made backend adjustments, monitored the server, tested solutions with me, and then offered to migrate my sites to a higher-performance server environment at no additional cost. Even more impressive was that they were actively responding and working on the issue well into the evening. It's easy to judge a hosting company when everything is working perfectly. The real test is how they respond when something goes wrong, and in my experience Web Host Wizards handled the situation professionally, communicated clearly, and worked towards a genuine solution. If you're looking for Australian WordPress hosting with fast local support and people who actually investigate problems rather than sending generic responses, I'd happily recommend Web Host Wizards.
  
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   Outdoor Upkeep 
 
 
 
 
     Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. We use Web Host Wizards for a few of our domains and couldn't recommend them and their support (local and very fast) highly enough.
  
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   Anthony Scardamaglia 
 
 
 
 
     Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. I'm enjoying being a client of Web Host Wizards.  Although I have built half a dozen websites for various business I have owned, I am a certifiable amateur.   What stands out above all the other hosting platformsI have used is that Web Host Wizard's support team are quick to respond to any issues and very helpful - answering questions, repairing mistakes or simply completing tasks that I can't.  In fact, today they solved a problem in minutes.  I can't ask for more.
  
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   Paul Ransley