WP Alpha vs Crazy Domains
An honest comparison for WordPress site owners weighing up Crazy Domains. Where Crazy Domains is the better choice, this page says so.
Side by side
| Compared | WP Alpha | Crazy Domains |
|---|---|---|
| Server locations | Sydney, Melbourne, London, Chicago | Yes: the plan page lists Sydney Data Centres; no Melbourne location is stated. |
| Entry price | A$29, £15.95 or US$24.95 a month | Economy WordPress plan A$13.62/mo on a 1-year term (A$10.76/mo on 3 years); renewal price and GST status not stated on the page. |
| Free migration | Yes, done for you | Yes, free: a site transfer team moves the site for you after signup; WordPress plans also include an automatic migration script. |
| Updates tested on a staging copy first | Yes | Not stated: one-click staging and managed WordPress updates are included, but testing updates on staging before live is not stated. |
| Backups | Every two hours offsite, plus your own hourly backups to your own storage | Automated weekly backups with one-click restore (classic WP help doc: four recent backups kept); retention and restore fees not stated. |
| Malware scanning and cleanup | Daily scans, cleanup included | ‘Malware Protection’ is listed with no detail; scanning and cleanup are sold separately as the paid cWatch Site Protection add-on. |
| Firewall | Business grade WAF on every plan | Standard DDoS protection and a Cloudflare CDN are included; a WAF is only stated for the paid cWatch Site Protection add-on. |
| Traffic limits | None. No metering, no overage fees | Unmetered bandwidth, but Economy is rated for about 20,000 visits a month and 1,000,000 inodes; overage fees not stated. |
| Support | 24/7 live chat and tickets | 24/7 support claimed; phone 1300 210 210 runs 6am to 10pm AEST; live chat is offered. |
| Contract | None. 30-day money-back guarantee | Plans sold on 1, 2 or 3 year terms; 60-day money-back guarantee on WordPress Hosting; early termination fee may apply in a minimum term. |
Crazy Domains column read from Crazy Domains’s own pages on 2026-10-10, prices in AUD (GST status not stated on the pages checked). Sources: www.crazydomains.com.au, www.crazydomains.com.au, www.crazydomains.com.au, www.crazydomains.com.au, www.crazydomains.com.au, www.crazydomains.com.au.
Where Crazy Domains is the better choice
- Domain-first buyers: Crazy Domains is primarily a registrar, so domains, DNS, Domain Guard and hosting sit in one Account Manager.
- Price-only buyers who prepay: A$10.76/mo on a 3-year term with a 60-day money-back guarantee.
- Non-WordPress or Windows sites: Windows Hosting, Linux and Windows VPS and dedicated servers are all on the menu.
- Email bundles: Titan Business Email and Google Workspace are sold alongside hosting.
Switching from Crazy Domains
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 (classic WordPress plans): Account Manager > domain > WordPress Hosting > MANAGE > site > MANAGE > Backup > Restore, pick one of the four recent backups. cPanel plans: cPanel > Files > Backup Wizard. EPP code: in your Crazy Domains Account unlock the domain and get the Authorization Code (EPP), disable domain privacy, and copy your DNS records first because Crazy Domains DNS stops working once the domain transfers out.
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
See what is in the packWhat customers say
Great work by Ash would highly recommend very fast response times and great customer service
Brendan and Ash are top-notch guys who not only are experts at Wordpress and site speed, but they also know SEO and how site speed plays into it. Brendan got me going and showed me my site’s CRUX reports and other things and setup an action plan for me based on what my site was deficient in. Then Ash stepped in and made the plan a reality! He also had a bunch of insights and recommendations that I’ve never heard before on the various SEO and webmaster blogs. Best of all, my site’s scores are all now in the 90 percentile and we still have the CDN to enable! Also, there was no downtime or anything broken on the site like I was expecting. Great job guys! I will be referring you to my friends and business partners.
Awesome, quick service that just works. Highly recommended!
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