alwaysdata review (2026): is the free plan enough?
French managed hosting with unlimited sites, mailboxes and databases
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Good · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 13, 2026
Best for a small personal site with email
alwaysdata offers a free plan for personal use and paid Plus plans from €5 a month ex. VAT, with several languages per site. The free plan is small and the next steps jump a long way, up to €369 for a Max server.
Who alwaysdata is for
- Fits if you want a personal site with email on your own domain
- Works for hobby projects in several languages
Who alwaysdata is not for
- Tight if you stay free: 1 GB of disk, 256 MB of RAM and 3 days of backups, for personal use only
- Watch out: prices are in euros and exclude VAT
- Skip it if you need 24/7 support, as that is part of Max; other plans get office hours
- Pricey if you outgrow Plus Large at €50, because Max servers start at €369 a month
Why alwaysdata gets a 2.6
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- BValue for moneyPlus Small is €5 a month ex. VAT, about the cheaper quarter of web hosting, and there is a free plan for personal use.
- BFree plan and trialThe free plan gives 1 GB SSD, 256 MB RAM and email on your own domain, enough for a personal site. It is personal use only.
- BFeaturesSeveral languages per site, unlimited sites, mailboxes and databases, backups, SSL and scheduled tasks. Free backups last only 3 days.
- CEase of useA hosting panel with setup for each site and language, and no store rating.
- CPlatforms and integrationsWeb panel only, with no integrations listed.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from alwaysdata's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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alwaysdata's GPA of 2.6 is higher than 114 of the 122 other web hosts we grade, and level with 5.
It stands best on free plan and trial (B, above 99 of 122) and worst on platforms and integrations (C, above 1).
Its paid plans start at about $5.59 a month, against a middle price of $9.69 for the category: 43 of the 107 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 2 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 123 web hosts we grade, cut by the letter each got. alwaysdata’s own letter is outlined.
- BValue for moneyAbove 79 of 122, level with 25
- BFree plan and trialAbove 99 of 122, level with 21
- BFeaturesAbove 86 of 122, level with 36
- CEase of useAbove 40 of 122, level with 82
- CPlatforms and integrationsAbove 1 of 122, level with 55
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 111 web hosts. Further left costs less, and higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Point at a dot to see which tool it is.
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
Keep alwaysdata, or make your own?
Your call
alwaysdata sits between: not beyond making, and not a weekend's work either.
What you would give up is listed below. Whether that is worth the price is your call. It costs $67.03 a year.
What you could make
- It runs in a browser, which is where something home-made would run too.
What you could not
- Databases with views, filters and links between them.
- An API that other software can build on.
- The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job.
What this rests on. alwaysdata’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is alwaysdata?
alwaysdata is a French managed hosting platform that runs sites in PHP, Python, Java, Node.js and Ruby on a shared cloud, with SSH access and an API. Paid Plus plans start at 5 euros a month excluding VAT and allow unlimited sites, mailboxes and databases, while a small free plan is kept for personal use.
Worth knowing
- Prices are in euros and exclude VAT.
- The free plan is limited to personal use and carries 1 GB of disk, 256 MB of RAM and 3 days of backups.
- 24/7 support is part of the Max offer; other plans are answered during office hours.
- Max servers start at 369 euros a month, so there is a large step up from the 50 euro Plus Large plan.
Key features
- Several languages per site
- PHP, Python, Java, Node.js and Ruby can be chosen for each site, along with the language version.
- Unlimited sites, mailboxes and databases
- Plus plans set no quota on the number of sites, email addresses or databases. MariaDB (MySQL) and PostgreSQL are offered.
- Email on your own domain
- Mailboxes and aliases include filtering rules, anti-spam, an autoresponder and webmail.
- Backups and SSL
- Backups of files, emails and databases can be restored from the control panel, and SSL certificates from Let's Encrypt or your own are handled automatically.
- Scheduled tasks and background services
- Programs can be run on demand, on a schedule or as a background daemon.
- Resizable plans
- Plus plans can change capacity instantly, and a Max offer moves a site to a dedicated private server.
alwaysdata pricing
As of Nov 13, 2026, alwaysdata has a free plan, and paid plans start at €5 per month, excl. VAT (Plus Small).
- Starts at
- €5 per month, excl. VAT (Plus Small)
- Free plan
- Free plan for personal use: 1 GB SSD, 256 MB RAM, a quarter of a CPU and 3 days of backups, with email on your own domain and an alwaysdata.net address for sites.
- Free trial
- 30 days free on the Plus plans
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Free | €0 | Personal use only, no credit card to register: 1 GB SSD, 256 MB RAM, 1/4 CPU and 3 days of backups. The vendor says it may suspend a free account whose legitimacy is contested. |
| Plus Small | €5per month, excl. VAT | 50 GB SSD, 1 GB RAM, 1 CPU and 7 days of backups, with unlimited sites, databases and email addresses and SSH access. |
| Plus Medium | €20per month, excl. VAT | 100 GB SSD, 2 GB RAM, 2 CPUs and 20 days of backups, with the same unlimited sites, databases and mailboxes. |
| Plus Large | €50per month, excl. VAT | 200 GB SSD, 4 GB RAM, 4 CPUs and 20 days of backups. An X-Large size with 500 GB SSD, 8 GB RAM and 8 CPUs sits above it. |
| Max | €369per month and up, excl. VAT | A private server configured to order, from 1 TB of disk, 16 GB RAM and 8 CPUs, with 24/7 support and 30 days of backups. |
Read from alwaysdata.com on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with alwaysdata before you buy.
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Common questions
Does alwaysdata have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. alwaysdata is listed for Web.
Does alwaysdata have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. alwaysdata is listed for Web.
Is alwaysdata open source?
alwaysdata is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 13, 2026.
Does alwaysdata have an API?
Yes. alwaysdata offers a public API, according to its own site.
Sources for this page
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