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Skip. GoDaddy is retiring the Media Temple brand, and a 2021 breach plus messy forced migrations make new signups a bad bet. Only legacy customers with no immediate exit should stay, and briefly.

Confidence

Medium. Based on 12+ public sources; snippets are truncated and current pricing is not verifiable from the evidence.

Ratings

  • Value for money
  • Ease of useNo usable current evidence
  • Feature depthNo usable current evidence
  • Support quality
  • Security posture

Pricing

Not disclosed

ModelNot disclosed
Monthly feesNot disclosed
HardwareNot disclosed

Best for

  • Existing legacy customers (short-term only)
  • Agencies with old client sites still on (mt)
  • Nobody new

Not for

  • New signups — the brand is being retired
  • Ecommerce sites — breach history is disqualifying
  • Budget buyers wanting simple cheap shared hosting
  • Anyone unwilling to migrate again, to GoDaddy, soon

Gotchas - check before you buy

high

New signups face forced migration to GoDaddy as the brand winds down

high

2021 breach hit Media Temple; GoDaddy later disclosed a multi-year intrusion

high

Existing-customer migrations to GoDaddy have been messy per user reports

medium

Lock-in risk: plan changes now route you onto GoDaddy terms

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Historically well-liked by developers and agencies
  • Craft CMS named it a preferred hosting provider in 2019
  • Legacy (dv) VPS plans gave developers root-level control

Cons

  • Acquired by GoDaddy in 2013; brand now being retired
  • 2021 GoDaddy breach extended to Media Temple customer accounts
  • Managed WordPress hosting discontinued; customers pushed to GoDaddy
  • Longtime users report frustration and are migrating away
  • DNS for shut off during GoDaddy consolidation

Sources & method

Analyzed 10/06/2026 - 12 sources - 2021 GoDaddy breach extended to Media Temple accounts; a multi-year intrusion was later disclosed.

review x5security x2news x5
  • 2021 GoDaddy breach widened to Media Temple, Wordfence reported the breach extended to tsoHost, Media Temple, 123Reg, Domain Factory, Heart Internet and Host Europe.
  • Multi-year GoDaddy breach hijacked customer accounts, GoDaddy disclosed attackers had multi-year access, affecting Media Temple customers.

Key stats

  • Value for money: 2/5

    Rating

  • Not disclosed

    Starting price

  • 12

    Sources

  • Analyzed

  • Value for money: 2/5. Premium-priced legacy plans; unhappy users migrating away
  • Ease of use. No usable current evidence
  • Feature depth. No usable current evidence
  • Support quality: 2/5. Post-acquisition complaints; users describe hitting breaking point
  • Security posture: 1/5. 2021 breach reached Media Temple customer accounts
  • Retiring Brand status Being consolidated into GoDaddy
  • 2013 Acquired by GoDaddy End of independent era
  • 2021 Breach exposure GoDaddy breach hit Media Temple accounts
  • 54 Trustpilot reviewers (UK) mediatemple.net profile

Pricing

Not disclosed

Security

2021 GoDaddy breach extended to Media Temple accounts; a multi-year intrusion was later disclosed.

  • 2021 GoDaddy breach widened to Media TempleWordfence reported the breach extended to tsoHost, Media Temple, 123Reg, Domain Factory, Heart Internet and Host Europe.²
  • Multi-year GoDaddy breach hijacked customer accountsGoDaddy disclosed attackers had multi-year access, affecting Media Temple customers.⁸

What users say

Reviews were strong before the 2013 GoDaddy acquisition, but recent users report botched migrations and are leaving.

“MediaTemple to GoDaddy transition was MESSED up”
Reddit, r/godaddy
“Well, Godaddy just shut off the MediaTemple.net DNS”
Reddit, r/sysadmin
“Review! Media Temple = Thank god they exist”
WebHostingTalk, 2013

Alternatives

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  • DigitalOcean

    Simple developer VPS if you want root control

  • Cloudflare Pages

    Free static hosting for simple sites and frontends

Full analysis

Based on 12+ public sources; snippets are truncated and current pricing is not verifiable from the evidence.

GoDaddy is retiring Media Temple; a 2021 breach and forced migrations make this a dont-buy unless you're already locked in.

Methodology

Based on 12+ public sources; snippets are truncated and current pricing is not verifiable from the evidence.

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