Most hosts charge extra for LiteSpeed Enterprise, Redis cache, and Cloudflare CDN separately. WebHostMost includes the full LiteSpeed Redis hosting stack free at $5/mo with price lock. Here is the full cost breakdown.
Open your current LiteSpeed Redis hosting bill and look for add-ons. There is a good chance you are paying extra for performance – a few dollars for a CDN here, another charge for “turbo” servers there, maybe a Redis cache upgrade on top. These are not luxury features. They are the baseline requirements for a fast website in 2026. Yet most hosts sell them separately.
This article breaks down exactly what LiteSpeed Enterprise and Redis cost at the major hosting providers – and why WebHostMost includes both, plus Cloudflare Enterprise CDN, at no additional charge.
LiteSpeed is a web server – the software that handles requests between your visitor’s browser and your site. Apache has been the industry standard for decades. Nginx improved on it. LiteSpeed improved on Nginx.
The difference is not marginal. In independent benchmarks, LiteSpeed Enterprise serves WordPress sites 3 to 9 times faster than Apache under the same load. Under traffic spikes, Apache slows down significantly. LiteSpeed maintains consistent response times because it handles concurrent connections without spawning new processes for each request.
For SEO, this matters directly. Google uses Time to First Byte (TTFB) as a Core Web Vitals signal. Top-performing sites achieve under 100ms. WebHostMost achieves a TTFB of less than 50ms. Most shared hosting providers on Apache or standard Nginx average 200-500ms.
There are two versions of LiteSpeed: the open-source community edition and LiteSpeed Enterprise. The community edition has rate limits. LiteSpeed Enterprise removes those limits and adds HTTP/3 QUIC support, advanced caching layers, and priority support. It costs hosting providers hundreds of dollars per month per server – which is why most pass that cost to users as a paid upgrade.
Redis is an in-memory data store. In web hosting, it works as an object cache for your applications. Instead of rebuilding the same database query result every time a visitor loads a page, Redis stores the result in RAM and serves it instantly on repeat requests.
For WordPress sites, Redis object caching can reduce page load time by 40-80% on database-heavy pages. For WooCommerce stores, the impact is even larger – checkout pages, product queries, and cart operations all hit the database hard, and Redis eliminates most of that overhead.
Combined with LiteSpeed’s built-in page cache (LSCache), Redis handles the dynamic layer that full-page caching cannot. LSCache stores complete HTML for anonymous visitors. Redis handles logged-in users, cart data, WooCommerce sessions, and anything that varies per user. Together, they cover the entire caching stack.
Most hosts offer Redis as a paid add-on or restrict it to higher-tier plans. At SiteGround, Redis is available from the GrowBig plan upward. At Kinsta, it starts at $100/month for a dedicated Redis instance. At A2 Hosting, it is available only on Turbo plans, which cost significantly more than base plans.
Here is a straightforward comparison of what you pay for LiteSpeed Enterprise and Redis across major hosting providers:
| Provider | LiteSpeed Enterprise | Redis | Cloudflare CDN | Monthly Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WebHostMost Pro | Included free | Included free | Enterprise – free | $5/mo (price locked) |
| SiteGround | Not included (Nginx) | GrowBig plan+ only | Free tier only | $6.99/mo (renews $14.99+) |
| A2 Hosting | Turbo plans only ($10.99+) | Turbo plans only | Not included | $2.99/mo (renews $10.99+) |
| NameHero | Included | Paid add-on | Basic only | $3.94/mo (renews higher) |
| Hostinger | Not included (Nginx) | Not included | Not included | $2.99/mo (renews $7.99+) |
| Kinsta | Not included (Nginx) | Add-on from $100/mo | Cloudflare included | $35/mo (entry) |
Table updated March 2026. Data sourced directly from each provider’s pricing pages.
Cloudflare has a free plan used by millions of websites. It provides basic DDoS protection, a content delivery network with 300+ global edge locations, and SSL. This is what most hosting providers mean when they advertise “Cloudflare included.”
Cloudflare Enterprise is a different product. It adds Argo Smart Routing, which finds the fastest network path for each request in real time. It includes a Web Application Firewall with custom rules, advanced bot management, image optimization, and guaranteed SLAs with priority support. Cloudflare’s published Enterprise pricing starts in the hundreds per month.
WebHostMost includes Cloudflare Enterprise CDN for every hosted site. This means your visitors are served from Cloudflare’s global edge network with the full Enterprise feature set – the same infrastructure used by companies paying far more for Cloudflare directly.
Most hosting comparisons stop at the introductory price. The 3-year cost tells a different story.
Take A2 Hosting’s Turbo plan – the cheapest plan with LiteSpeed. Introductory price: $6.99/month. Renewal price: $15.99/month. If you want Redis, that requires the Turbo Max plan at $14.99/month intro, renewing at $25.99/month. Over 3 years at renewal pricing, that is $935.64 for features that WebHostMost’s Pro plan includes at $5/month with no price increase – $180 total over 3 years.
Hostinger does not include LiteSpeed or Redis at any plan level. You are paying for slower infrastructure at a price that increases 200-300% at renewal.
SiteGround includes neither LiteSpeed nor Redis on its base plan. Its renewal price goes from $6.99/month to $14.99-$24.99/month depending on the plan. That is before factoring in the performance features that remain unavailable without upgrading further.
The hosting industry operates on an upsell model. Base plans are priced low to attract signups, then performance features are sold as upgrades. LiteSpeed Enterprise, Redis, CDN – these are high-value upsell targets because users will pay for them once they understand the difference in speed.
WebHostMost bundles the full performance stack into every plan and competes on total value. The Pro plan at $5/month covers LiteSpeed Enterprise, Redis, Cloudflare Enterprise CDN, Imunify360 malware protection, DDoS protection, auto backups, SSH access, Git, Web Terminal, DirectAdmin control panel, and support for PHP 4.4 through 8.3, Python 2.7 through 3.13, and Node.js 6 through 22. The price does not increase at renewal.
For WordPress users, activating the free LiteSpeed Cache plugin immediately unlocks the full server-side caching stack including Redis object caching – no separate plugin or configuration required beyond enabling it in the plugin settings. If you’re also evaluating AI-assisted hosting tools, see our guide to the best AI web hosting in 2026.
WebHostMost offers a 14-day free trial with no credit card required and a 45-day money-back guarantee. You can migrate your existing site, run it under LiteSpeed Enterprise and Redis, measure your actual TTFB against your current host, and decide from real performance data rather than marketing claims. Free migration is included for 95% of sites and completes in under 20 minutes without downtime.
Yes, in most WordPress hosting scenarios. LiteSpeed Enterprise includes built-in caching (LSCache) that integrates directly with WordPress via the LiteSpeed Cache plugin. It also handles concurrent connections more efficiently under load. For WordPress specifically, LiteSpeed Enterprise consistently achieves lower TTFB and higher throughput than Nginx configurations at equivalent hardware specs.
Standard page caching plugins cache full HTML pages for anonymous visitors. Redis object caching handles what page caching cannot: database query results, logged-in user sessions, WooCommerce cart data, and dynamic content that changes per user. If your site has e-commerce, membership areas, or user accounts, Redis adds measurable performance on top of page caching. The two work together rather than replacing each other.
Cloudflare free provides basic DDoS protection, a global CDN, and SSL. Cloudflare Enterprise adds Argo Smart Routing for optimized network paths, a Web Application Firewall with custom rule sets, advanced bot management, image optimization, and a guaranteed SLA with priority support. The practical result is faster global delivery and stronger protection against sophisticated attacks and bots.
Yes. LiteSpeed Cache is the official caching plugin for LiteSpeed servers and works with all LiteSpeed Enterprise features at WebHostMost. Install the plugin from the WordPress repository, enable Redis object caching in the plugin settings, and both caching layers – full-page LSCache and Redis object cache – operate together automatically.
