Is your web host slowing you down?
Enter a website. We find out who hosts it, time how fast the server answers with the cache bypassed, and give it a letter grade.
Free. No sign-up. Takes about ten seconds.
Who hosts it
We read the site's network owner, nameservers and server fingerprints, and we show the evidence. If a CDN hides the real server, we say so instead of guessing.
How fast the server is
Most speed tests hit a cached copy of your page. We also request an uncached copy, because that is what shoppers, logged-in users and searches get. That number is your host's real speed.
What to do about it
A plain-language grade, the checks that passed and failed, and hosts worth comparing if yours comes up short.
Questions
Why does the grade use the uncached time?
A page cache can make a slow server look fast for the pages it has stored. It cannot help with carts, checkouts, searches, admin screens or the first visit after a change. Those all wait on the server itself.
Why can't you always tell who the host is?
When a site sits behind a proxy such as Cloudflare, the address we can see belongs to the proxy. Sometimes other clues give the host away. When they don't, we mark it as hidden.
Is one test enough?
It is a snapshot from one location. Run it a few times and at different hours. A host that is fast at 3 a.m. and slow at noon has a different problem from one that is always slow. See how we grade.
How does this site make money?
Some links to hosting companies may pay us a commission if you buy. That never changes a grade: grades come only from the measurements. Details are in the affiliate disclosure.