InMotion Hosting was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Los Angeles with a second data center in Virginia. The company is independently owned and has not been absorbed into the Newfold Digital or other hosting conglomerate consolidations that took in Bluehost, HostGator, and many others. It serves over 300,000 websites and positions itself as a performance-focused, independently run alternative to corporate-owned budget hosts.
NVMe SSD storage is included across InMotion’s plans. NVMe (Non-Volatile Memory Express) drives deliver faster read and write speeds than standard SATA SSDs, which translates to faster database query performance for WordPress and other database-driven sites. InMotion was among the early adopters of NVMe storage at the shared hosting tier and continues to use it across the product line.
Support quality is InMotion’s most consistently praised differentiator. US-based technical support is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week via phone, live chat, and email. Independent user review aggregators including Trustpilot and G2 consistently rate InMotion’s support depth above comparable budget hosts like Bluehost and HostGator. For business owners who need access to knowledgeable support by phone when something breaks — not just chat bots or ticket queues — InMotion’s staffing model is a functional difference.
The 90-day money-back guarantee on shared hosting is triple the industry standard 30 days. For a business that needs to fully test a migration and live traffic before committing, this extended window provides meaningful peace of mind.
Free professional site migration is included on most plans. InMotion’s technical team handles the migration rather than the customer using a self-serve plugin. For businesses with large, custom, or complex WordPress installations, professional migration reduces the risk of configuration errors or missed files that self-serve tools sometimes leave behind.
The managed WordPress plans starting at $27.99 per month sit between basic shared hosting and premium managed hosts like WP Engine and Kinsta. They include dedicated WordPress environments, automatic core and plugin updates, enhanced security scanning, staging, and daily backups. For businesses that have outgrown shared hosting but don’t yet need Kinsta-level container isolation and Cloudflare Enterprise CDN, InMotion’s managed WordPress is a rational intermediate step.
Promotional pricing applies to new customers on the initial subscription term. Renewal rates are higher, as is standard across the shared hosting industry. Verify the current renewal rate for the specific plan and term length before purchasing.