InMotion Hosting
US-built infrastructure with 90-day guarantee.
The verdict
InMotion Hosting is a privately owned US host with its own data centers on both coasts. It stands out with free server-side caching, BoldGrid website builder, and an unusually long 90-day money-back guarantee.
The full picture
InMotion Hosting is a 2001 California company that has stayed independent while most of its contemporaries were absorbed into holding groups, and that independence shows in how it sells. The 90-day money-back guarantee is triple the industry standard. Support is United States based and includes phone, chat, tickets and, unusually, a remote-desktop assistance option where an engineer will connect to your machine. The company publishes its data centre locations, its hardware and its network peering in more detail than almost any competitor at its price point.
The product range is unusually complete for a mid-market host: shared, WordPress-optimised, VPS with both managed and unmanaged options, reseller with WHM, and dedicated bare metal. That makes it a host you can stay with as a project grows rather than one you outgrow. The platform itself is conservative — cPanel, Apache with NGINX caching, SSD storage — but well-maintained, with free SSL, free backups and a well-regarded UltraStack tuned stack on WordPress plans.
The trade-offs are geographic and cosmetic. The two data centres are both in the United States, so an international audience needs a CDN, and the marketing site and dashboard feel dated next to Hostinger or SiteGround.
What you get
- Free BoldGrid builder
- NVMe SSD storage
- Free data migration
- 90-day guarantee
- US-based support
Every hosting type it sells
| Product | From | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| Shared hosting | $2.29/mo | Core through Pro, with free domain and SSL included. |
| WordPress hosting | $3.49/mo | UltraStack tuning, staging and automatic core updates. |
| VPS hosting | $14.99/mo | Managed or unmanaged, NVMe storage, free cPanel on managed. |
| Dedicated servers | $139.99/mo | Bare metal with managed options and hardware RAID. |
| Reseller hosting | $19.99/mo | WHM, free WHMCS billing licence on higher tiers. |
Plans & pricing
- 2 Websites
- 100 GB NVMe
- Unlimited Websites
- Free Domain
What the price actually costs you
- The lowest advertised rate requires a multi-year term paid up front.
- Renewal roughly doubles to triples depending on plan, in line with the sector.
- A free domain is included on annual and longer terms.
- The 90-day money-back guarantee covers shared hosting and is genuinely honoured.
Technical specification
| Control panel | cPanel and WHM |
|---|---|
| Web server | Apache with NGINX caching; UltraStack on WordPress plans |
| Storage | SSD on shared, NVMe on current VPS range |
| PHP versions | PHP 7.x through 8.x, selectable per account |
| Backups | Free automatic backups, included on all shared plans |
| Staging | Yes, on WordPress plans |
| SSH access | Yes, on all plans |
| Free migration | Free website transfer included, handled by staff |
| Unlimited mailboxes with spam filtering included | |
| Support extras | Remote desktop assistance and United States based phone support |
| Uptime SLA | 99.99% with service credits |
Performance in practice
UltraStack is the piece that matters: NGINX in front, PHP-FPM tuned, Redis object caching, and the result is WordPress performance well above what a cPanel shared host usually manages. Both data centres sit in the United States, Los Angeles and Ashburn, which gives good coast-to-coast coverage and nothing else, so international traffic depends on a CDN you add yourself. Managed VPS plans with NVMe are where the platform is genuinely strong, and they are competitively priced against Liquid Web and Hostwinds.
Infrastructure & support
Support channels
- 24/7 live chat
- US phone support
- Email ticketing
- Remote desktop support
Data centers
- United States (Los Angeles)
- United States (Ashburn, VA)
Security & compliance
- Free SSL on all domains and unlimited subdomains
- Free automatic backups with retention on every shared plan
- Custom firewall rules and DDoS protection at the network edge
- Malware and hack protection included rather than sold separately
- Two-factor authentication on the account management portal
Moving a site in
Free website transfers are included on all plans and performed by the support team rather than a plugin, which means a human checks the result. cPanel-to-cPanel migrations are straightforward, and the team will schedule the cutover with you rather than moving it unannounced.
The trade-off
In its favour
- Long money-back window
- Owns its own datacenters
- Strong reseller options
Worth knowing
- Fewer international data centers
- Some plans lag on storage
Who should look elsewhere
- Audiences concentrated outside North America
- Buyers who want a modern custom control panel rather than cPanel
- Anyone looking for the absolute cheapest introductory rate
- Teams needing edge deployment or serverless workflows
The company behind it
| Ownership | Privately held, independent, employee-friendly reputation |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States |
| Founded | 2001 |
| Scale | More than 300,000 customers and 700,000 domains |
| Facilities | Owns and operates its Los Angeles and Ashburn data centre footprints |
How it got here
- 2001 Founded in Los Angeles by Todd Robinson and Sunil Saxena.
- 2008 Opens an East Coast data centre presence in Virginia.
- 2015 Introduces the 90-day money-back guarantee, the longest among major United States hosts at the time.
- 2019 Launches UltraStack, a tuned NGINX, Redis and PHP-FPM stack for WordPress.
- 2022 Expands managed VPS range with NVMe storage and cPanel bundled.
Common questions
Where are InMotion data centers located?
InMotion operates its own facilities in Los Angeles, CA and Ashburn, VA.
The bottom line
The most complete mid-market United States host, and the safest first purchase in the category because of the 90-day guarantee and staffed migrations. Take the WordPress tier for UltraStack, or the managed VPS if the project has any real traffic. Add a CDN if your readers are not American.