Liquid Web Enterprise Hosting vs Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Liquid Web Enterprise Hosting8.9Visit Amazon Web Services (AWS)8.7Visit

Higher score Liquid Web Enterprise Hosting #1 in Enterprise Web Hosting 8.9/10 Pricing on request ✓ 1 of 1 features Visit Liquid Web

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Amazon Web Services (AWS) #3 in Enterprise Web Hosting 8.7/10 Paid ✓ 0 of 1 features Visit AWS

• Liquid Web Enterprise Hosting fits best

  Regulated, high-availability enterprise workloads

• Amazon Web Services (AWS) fits best

  Large, globally distributed cloud workloads

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Side by side

Feature	Liquid Web Enterprise Hosting 8.9/10 Visit ↗	Amazon Web Services (AWS) 8.7/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	8.9	8.7
Ranking	#1 in Enterprise Web Hosting	#3 in Enterprise Web Hosting
Best for	Regulated, high-availability enterprise workloads	Large, globally distributed cloud workloads
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	Pricing on request	—
Free plan	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud
Platforms	Web	Web
Support	Live chat, Tickets · 24/7	Phone, Live chat, Community, Docs · 24/7
Compliance	SOC 2, GDPR, HIPAA, PCI DSS	SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA, PCI DSS
Built for	Mid-market, Enterprise	Solo, Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Liquid Web Enterprise Hosting 1/1 · Amazon Web Services (AWS) 0/1
WAF and DDoS protection	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
Specs
Uptime SLA tier	99.999%	Not checked yet
Enterprise support	Dedicated	Not checked yet
Deployment model	Custom	Not checked yet
Compliance coverage	SOC 3, SOC 2 SSAE-22, HIPAA/HITECH, PCI-DSS, GDPR	Not checked yet
Backup retention	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Our review
Pros	Custom environments support complex enterprise architectures 99.999% uptime SLA with dedicated enterprise support Security, backups, disaster recovery, and compliance options	HIPAA-eligible services with a standard Business Associate Addendum Broad compute, storage, database, networking, and application services Multi-Region placement, audit logging, backup, and dedicated-host options
Cons	Pricing requires contacting sales for a quote Custom deployment may require more planning than fixed plans May be unsuitable for teams seeking simple self-service hosting	Costs vary by services, regions, usage, storage, transfer, backups, and support HIPAA eligibility applies only to designated services Customers must configure workloads under the shared-responsibility model
Our verdict	Liquid Web Enterprise Hosting provides custom-engineered infrastructure for organizations running high-traffic websites, ecommerce platforms, databases, enterprise applications, server clusters, and regulated workloads. It supports web and… Read the review →	Amazon Web Services (AWS) provides cloud infrastructure and managed services for organizations building, hosting, storing, and processing applications and data. It supports startups, enterprises, public-sector organizations, nonprofits,… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Liquid Web Enterprise Hosting — where it wins

  • Custom environments support complex enterprise architectures
  • 99.999% uptime SLA with dedicated enterprise support
  • Security, backups, disaster recovery, and compliance options

  Where it doesn't

  • Pricing requires contacting sales for a quote
  • Custom deployment may require more planning than fixed plans
  • May be unsuitable for teams seeking simple self-service hosting

• Amazon Web Services (AWS) — where it wins

  • HIPAA-eligible services with a standard Business Associate Addendum
  • Broad compute, storage, database, networking, and application services
  • Multi-Region placement, audit logging, backup, and dedicated-host options

  Where it doesn't

  • Costs vary by services, regions, usage, storage, transfer, backups, and support
  • HIPAA eligibility applies only to designated services
  • Customers must configure workloads under the shared-responsibility model

• Liquid Web Enterprise Hosting8.9/10 · Pricing on request

  A quote-based platform for high-availability, regulated enterprise workloads.

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• Amazon Web Services (AWS)8.7/10 · Paid

  A broad AWS cloud platform for globally distributed workloads with usage-based pricing.

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