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Crucial

Crucial

AUAustralia cloudflare

Crucial is listed in the Wptr verified hosting list. It is ranked #354 in the Global Hosting Companies list and #2 in the Australia rankings. You can find detailed information about Crucial on this page.

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Global
#354
AU
#2
WPTR Score™
1263ms
Grade A+
2/25/2026
1MB Load
116ms
TTFB
985ms
Quick Facts
Verified technical data.
Founded
2000
Last Tested
2/25/2026
Server
cloudflare
Location
Australia
Features
HTTPS
Crucial

Crucial

Est. 2000
Target Audience
Australian businesses and data sovereignty focused entities
Location
Sydney, Australia (Owned by Newfold Digital US)
Status
Verified

Quality & Security Audit

Technical Analysis
HSTS (Strict Security)
Brotli Compression
HTTP/3 (QUIC) Protocol
Result
1/3 Passed
Overview

What is Crucial?

Formerly a sovereign favorite, now a Newfold Digital brand. Known for high-performance VPS and shared hosting for Australian SMBs.

Latency
Server Analysis
985ms
Total Response Time

The total time taken for the server to send the first byte. Lower values mean a faster website.

191ms

DNS Lookup

Time to resolve domain name to IP address.

20ms

TCP Connection

Time to establish initial connection.

19ms

SSL Handshake

Time to negotiate secure encryption.

755ms

Server Processing

Time for server to process and respond.

Advantages

Strong VPS offering
Established brand
Good uptime

Disadvantages

Price increases post-acquisition
Not fully sovereign
Performance History

Performance Trends

TTFB Trend

Score Trend

Our Verdict

Based on our independent testing using the Wptr Lab methodology, Crucial achieved a Real-Load Score of 1263ms (TTFB: 985ms), placing it at #354 in our global hosting rankings.

Recent Benchmarks

DateServerTTFBScore
January 9, 2026cloudflare
2317ms
4427
January 9, 2026cloudflare
721ms
4909
January 9, 2026cloudflare
2734ms
4899
January 10, 2026cloudflare
1125ms
4807
January 10, 2026cloudflare
2225ms
4445
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