Fasthosts vs Heart Internet (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Fasthosts and Heart Internet share a 1.6 GPA, neither has a free plan, and Fasthosts starts cheaper, at about $7.70 a month against about $8.03 a month.
Checked Nov 13, 2026 · graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
They get the same grade on all five counts.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Fasthosts
UK web hosting, domains, VPS and dedicated servers
Heart Internet
UK cPanel web hosting with NVMe storage and bundled email
Which one is for you
Pick Fasthosts if
- Fits if you run one UK business site and want hosting, domain and email from one supplier
- Works for agencies that need up to 100 sites on the Pro plan
Look elsewhere if
- Pricey if you stay past the offer: Start renews at £5.75 and Pro at £20.50 a month, excluding VAT
- Watch out: the first-year domain is free, then it renews at the normal price, and it only covers .com, .uk, .co.uk and .online
- Skip it if you want to try before paying, as there is no free plan or trial
- Watch out: the VAT footnote on the plans page is garbled, so check the total at checkout
- Tight if you need a second email address on Start, which includes just 1
Pick Heart Internet if
- Fits if you want UK-based shared hosting with 5GB mailboxes included
- Works for one to a few small sites that stay under the bandwidth caps
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you host many sites, as Plus allows 1 website and the top plan 10
- Tight if you get traffic: bandwidth is capped at 50GB to 300GB a month
- Watch out: prices exclude VAT, and the 50% off and free UK domain are for year one on yearly billing
- Watch out: support is live chat and tickets, with no phone line stated
How we grade them
| 1.6GPAFasthostsWeak | 1.6GPAHeart InternetWeak | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CStart is £5.75 a month after the intro offer, excluding VAT, which puts it in the middle of what web hosts charge. The £1 for 3 months is a teaser, not the price. | CPlus is £5.99 a month, about $7.70 and above the $5 where the cheaper quarter of hosting starts. Year one is half price on yearly billing, then it renews at £71.88. |
| Free plan and trial | FNo free plan and no trial. The 30-day money-back guarantee is a refund, not a free try. | FNo free plan or trial. A £1 first month is advertised for Plus, and a 30-day money-back guarantee applies, but neither is a free trial. |
| Features | CFour shared tiers with unlimited bandwidth, a free first-year domain, SSL and email. The listing does not record VPS and server prices, and Start gives you 1 site and 1 email address. | CcPanel, NVMe storage, backups, a firewall, malware scans, one-click apps and AutoSSL. Websites are capped at 1, 2, 3 or 10, and bandwidth at 50GB to 300GB. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record. You pick a plan, point a domain and install your site, so there is setup to do. | CNo store rating on record. cPanel and app installers mean accounts and settings to work through. |
| Platforms and integrations | CA web control panel only, with links to WordPress, Acronis and Microsoft 365. No API or app is listed. | CWeb control panel with WordPress and Joomla installers. No apps and no API. |
| Best for | cheap UK shared hosting for a first year | UK shared cPanel hosting with mailboxes and backups |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Fasthosts and Heart Internet. How we grade
Price against what you get
Fasthosts starts at about $7.70 a month and scores 2.0 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Heart Internet starts at about $8.03 a month and scores 2.0.
They score the same, and Fasthosts starts $0.33 a month lower. Of the other web hosts on the chart, 21 score higher than Fasthosts for less, and 21 score higher than Heart Internet for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Fasthosts also covers app builder.
- Heart Internet also covers page speed.
At a glance
| Fasthosts | Heart Internet | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Paid | Paid |
| Starts at | £5.75 per month after a first 3 months at £1, excluding VAT (Start) | £5.99 per month, or £71.88 a year (excluding VAT), with 50% off the first year |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Fasthosts | Heart Internet |
| Price read from | fasthosts.co.uk | heartinternet.uk |
| Checked | Nov 13, 2026 | Nov 13, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Fasthosts
- Prices shown appear to exclude 20% UK VAT, but the page's VAT footnote is garbled; the site offers a toggle to show VAT pricing.
- The advertised £1 and 99p prices apply to the first 3 or 12 months only; the plan then renews at its regular price.
- The free domain is for the first year and covers .com, .uk, .co.uk and .online.
- VPS, dedicated and cloud server pricing is separate and was not recorded here.
Heart Internet
- Plans are limited to 1, 2, 3 or 10 websites, and bandwidth is capped at 50GB to 300GB a month.
- Prices exclude VAT, and the 50% first-year discount and free UK domain apply to yearly billing for the first year only.
- Monthly billing renews at the same £5.99 to £15.99 a month; a £1 first month is advertised for the Plus plan.
- The money-back guarantee is 30 days and support is by live chat and tickets rather than a stated phone line.
Key features
Fasthosts
- Four shared hosting tiers
- Plans scale from 1 website on 100 GB to 100 websites on 500 GB, all with unlimited bandwidth and the OneClick app installer.
- UK data centres
- The site says hosting runs from UK data centres, with a Tier IV-certified Worcester facility and ISO 27001 certification.
- Free domain and SSL
- Each plan includes free first-year domains and free SSL certificates; Scale and Pro certificates last for the life of the package.
- Servers beyond shared hosting
- VPS, cloud VPS with pay-per-minute billing, dedicated servers, bare-metal servers and GPU servers are listed in its menu.
- WordPress and site builders
- The site also sells WordPress hosting, a website builder, an ecommerce builder and an AI App & Site Builder.
- 30-day guarantee
- A 30-day money-back guarantee is stated on the web hosting page.
Heart Internet
- cPanel control panel
- Files, databases, domains, email and SSL certificates are managed in cPanel, with single sign-on from the Heart Internet account.
- NVMe storage
- Shared plans offer 25GB to 100GB of NVMe U.3 storage, with bandwidth capped at 50GB to 300GB a month.
- Mailboxes and SSL
- Each plan bundles mailboxes of 5GB each and one free SSL certificate per website, issued through AutoSSL.
- Backups and security
- Backups, a firewall, malware scans and two-factor protection on the control panel are listed on every plan.
- One-click apps
- WordPress, Joomla and dozens of other apps can be installed from the one-click installer.
- Other products
- Managed WordPress hosting with WP Squared, VPS plans, business email and domain registration are sold alongside shared hosting.
Plans
Fasthosts
Start£5.75
per month, excluding VAT, after a first 3 months at £1
1 website, 100 GB SSD storage, unlimited bandwidth, 15 databases, 1 email address and a free first-year domain. Advertised at £1 a month for 3 months.
Grow£8
per month, excluding VAT, after a first 12 months at 99p
3 websites, 250 GB SSD storage, 45 databases, 2 email addresses, 2 free domains and 2 free 1-year SSL certificates. Advertised at 99p a month for 12 months.
Scale£13.75
per month, excluding VAT, after a first 3 months at £1
10 websites, 350 GB SSD storage, 150 databases, 4 email addresses and 3 free domains, with Marketing Radar free for the first year.
Pro£20.50
per month, excluding VAT, after a first 3 months at £1
100 websites, 500 GB SSD storage, 1,500 databases, 8 email addresses and 5 free domains, with Marketing Radar free for the first year.
Heart Internet
Plus£5.99
per month, or £71.88 a year; excludes VAT
1 website, 25GB NVMe storage, 2 mailboxes of 5GB, 50GB/month bandwidth and 1 SSL certificate. First year £35.94 when billed yearly.
Advanced£8.99
per month, or £107.88 a year; excludes VAT
2 websites, 50GB NVMe storage, 5 mailboxes of 5GB, 100GB/month bandwidth and 2 SSL certificates. First year £53.94 when billed yearly.
Elite£12.99
per month, or £155.88 a year; excludes VAT
3 websites, 75GB NVMe storage, 10 mailboxes of 5GB, 150GB/month bandwidth and 3 SSL certificates. First year £77.94 when billed yearly.
Agency£15.99
per month, or £191.88 a year; excludes VAT
10 websites, 100GB NVMe storage, 15 mailboxes of 5GB, 300GB/month bandwidth and 10 SSL certificates. First year £95.94 when billed yearly.
Ways to pay less
Fasthosts
- Other savings
£1 for the first 3 months on Start, Scale and Pro
The web hosting page advertises £1 a month for the first 3 months on Start, Scale and Pro, and 99p a month for 12 months on Grow.
Heart Internet
- Annual discount
50% off the first year, with a free UK domain
Choosing yearly billing takes 50% off the first year, for example Plus at £35.94 instead of £71.88, and includes a free UK domain for 1 year. Renewal is at the full yearly price.
- Other savings
First month of Plus for £1
The page advertises the first month of Web Hosting Plus, billed monthly, for £1; it then renews at £5.99 a month.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Fasthosts or Heart Internet?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Fasthosts is cheaper to start with: about $7.70 a month, against about $8.03 a month for Heart Internet. Fasthosts starts at £5.75 per month after a first 3 months at £1, excluding VAT (Start), and Heart Internet starts at £5.99 per month, or £71.88 a year (excluding VAT), with 50% off the first year.
Which has a free plan, Fasthosts or Heart Internet?
As of Nov 13, 2026, neither Fasthosts nor Heart Internet has a free plan.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.