WP Alpha vs Conetix
An honest comparison for WordPress site owners weighing up Conetix. Where Conetix is the better choice, this page says so.
Side by side
| Compared | WP Alpha | Conetix |
|---|---|---|
| Server locations | Sydney, Melbourne, London, Chicago | No Sydney or Melbourne servers: all servers sit in a Brisbane data centre (iSeek, Eagle Farm QLD); Sydney latency quoted at 16ms. |
| Entry price | A$29, £15.95 or US$24.95 a month | Starter hosting for WordPress A$25.00/mo inc GST, billed month to month by default (no contracts); 3 to 24 month cycles offered. |
| Free migration | Yes, done for you | Yes, free: ‘Free Personalised Migration’ done by Conetix staff, who ‘look after all the migration and set up for free’. |
| Updates tested on a staging copy first | Yes | Managed plan (A$69.95/mo): engineers test updates with a pre-update snapshot. Professional: Smart Update clone test. Starter: you do it. |
| Backups | Every two hours offsite, plus your own hourly backups to your own storage | Nightly backups kept 14 days (terms: daily, min 14 days); Managed plan keeps 12 months. Self-restore in Plesk; staff help billed hourly. |
| Malware scanning and cleanup | Daily scans, cleanup included | Imunify360 malware scanner with ‘automatic scanning and cleanup of malicious files’ is stated for the Managed plan; not stated for Starter. |
| Firewall | Business grade WAF on every plan | Yes on the Managed plan: Imunify360 WAF with WordPress-tuned rules plus Patchstack virtual patching; a WAF is not stated for Starter. |
| Traffic limits | None. No metering, no overage fees | Bandwidth caps of 500 GB (Starter), 1000 GB and 1500 GB a month; terms allow extra charges or suspension for excess use; no visitor cap. |
| Support | 24/7 live chat and tickets | No 24/7 support: phone 1300 789 260 and email tickets during 9am to 5pm AEST business hours; 24/7 network monitoring; no live chat. |
| Contract | None. 30-day money-back guarantee | Month to month by default with no contracts; 30-day money-back guarantee. |
Conetix column read from Conetix’s own pages on 2026-10-10, prices in AUD inc GST. Sources: conetix.com.au, conetix.com.au, conetix.com.au, conetix.com.au, conetix.com.au, conetix.com.au.
Where Conetix is the better choice
- Brisbane or Queensland businesses that want their data in a Brisbane data centre with support staff living in Brisbane and Ipswich.
- Plesk users and agencies: WP Toolkit, Git deployment, WP-CLI, SSH and one-click staging are built in, with VPS plans also offered.
- Microsoft 365 and business email bundles: Conetix bills Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace plans and hosts email with SpamExperts filtering.
- Data-sovereignty buyers: Conetix markets a federally approved Brisbane data centre and keeps all data onshore.
Switching from Conetix
We migrate your site for free. We move it, you approve it, then DNS changes, and 99 of 100 migrations happen with no downtime window. Your old host stays live until you say so.
Backups: open the Plesk subscription, go to Backup Manager (Backup & Restore), pick the date and time, choose everything or just files, databases or mail, then click Restore; the same screen lets you download a full backup. EPP code: Conetix Control Panel > Domains > My Domains > Manage > Get EPP Code.
Which hosting fits your business?
The simple rule: if you pay for your traffic, in ad spend or in SEO, choose Fully Managed. If customers find you on their own, Basic is all you need.
The one to pick if customers find you on their own
Basic Managed Hosting
A reliable site with minimum hassle.
For businesses that win their work through reputation, referrals and repeat customers. Your site needs to be there, look right and load fast whenever someone looks you up. It is important, but it is not the engine of the business, its traffic needs are small, and it does not need a team working on it.
This is you if
- Your site is a brochure, a portfolio, a local service site or a small store
- Customers find you through referrals, word of mouth or your Google listing
- You are not paying for clicks or running an SEO campaign
- A few hours of downtime would be annoying, not expensive
- You want updates, backups and security handled, and never to think about hosting
On a bad day: the site is slow for an afternoon. We fix it, and nobody is out of pocket.
From A$29 a month
See Basic Managed plansThe one to pick if you advertise
Fully Managed Hosting
For businesses that market online, every day.
For businesses proactively marketing online: running Google Ads or other paid traffic, doing SEO aggressively, including for AI search, and relying on the site day by day, sometimes hour by hour, to generate leads, customers and sales. Downtime and issues have a serious impact on the bottom line.
This is you if
- You run Google Ads, Meta ads or other paid traffic to the site
- You invest in SEO, in Google and increasingly in AI answers, and being found is tied to revenue
- The site brings in enquiries, bookings, calls or orders every day
- An hour of downtime, a broken form or a slow checkout costs real money
- You chose the hosting, and you do not want to be the one who gets the 7am call
On a bad day: the site is slow for an afternoon while your ads keep running. You pay for every click and lose the enquiries. Our job is to make sure that day does not happen, and to catch it fast if it does.
You do not need this if customers find you without ads or an SEO push. Basic will serve you well, and if you ask us, we will tell you so.
From US$99 a month
See Fully Managed plansThe one to pick if you need to prove what works
Fully Managed, with the Conversion Tracking Pack
For businesses that need proof of what the site produces.
Everything in Fully Managed, plus PixelYourSite and CallRail set up and kept working, so every form, sale and phone call is credited to the ad, keyword or page that produced it. Your monthly report shows leads, sales and calls next to speed and uptime.
This is you if
- You want to know which ads and keywords bring in customers, not just clicks
- Phone calls are a large share of your enquiries
- You report marketing results to a boss, a board or a client
- Your ad platforms are bidding without seeing all your conversions
On a bad day: a plugin update quietly stops your forms reporting to Google Ads, and the bidding drifts for weeks before anyone notices. We test the tracking on a schedule, so it is days, not weeks.
Any Fully Managed plan, plus US$99 a month and a US$295 setup
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