Fasthosts review (2026): is it worth £5.75 a month?
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Fasthosts report card
Weak · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 13, 2026
Best for cheap UK shared hosting for a first year
Fasthosts is a UK host with four shared tiers, from 1 site on Start to 100 sites on Pro, and a 30-day money-back guarantee. The £1 and 99p prices only last for the first 3 or 12 months, and there is no free plan or trial, so work out the renewal price before you sign.
Who Fasthosts is for
- 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
Who Fasthosts is not for
- 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
Why Fasthosts gets a 1.6
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- CValue for moneyStart 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.
- FFree plan and trialNo free plan and no trial. The 30-day money-back guarantee is a refund, not a free try.
- CFeaturesFour 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.
- CEase of useNo store rating on record. You pick a plan, point a domain and install your site, so there is setup to do.
- CPlatforms and integrationsA web control panel only, with links to WordPress, Acronis and Microsoft 365. No API or app is listed.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Fasthosts'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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<a href="https://toolgpa.com/tools/fasthosts#review"><img src="https://toolgpa.com/badge/fasthosts.svg" alt="Fasthosts: 1.6 GPA on ToolGPA" width="196" height="56"></a>Where Fasthosts stands among web hosts
Fasthosts's GPA of 1.6 is higher than 5 of the 122 other web hosts we grade, and level with 23.
It stands best on ease of use (C, above 40 of 122) and worst on free plan and trial (F, above 0).
Its paid plans start at about $7.70 a month, against a middle price of $9.69 for the category: 46 of the 107 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.0 out of 4. 21 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. Fasthosts’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 13 of 122, level with 65
- FFree plan and trialAbove 0 of 122, level with 62
- CFeaturesAbove 0 of 122, level with 85
- 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 Fasthosts, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace Fasthosts you would be making servers kept running, patched and backed up for you. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 94 of the 122 other web hosts grade higher. It costs $92.45 a year.
What you could not
- Servers kept running, patched and backed up for you.
- A tool that builds and hosts other apps.
- AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.
What this rests on. Fasthosts’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 Fasthosts?
Fasthosts is a UK hosting company that sells shared web hosting in four tiers, WordPress hosting, VPS, dedicated and bare-metal servers, domains and email. Its web hosting plans run from data centres in the UK, include unlimited bandwidth and a free first-year domain, and carry a 30-day money-back guarantee.
Worth knowing
- 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.
Key features
- 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.
Fasthosts pricing
As of Nov 13, 2026, Fasthosts is a paid product, starting at £5.75 per month after a first 3 months at £1, excluding VAT (Start).
- Starts at
- £5.75 per month after a first 3 months at £1, excluding VAT (Start)
- Free plan
- None
- Free trial
- None listed
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Start | £5.75per 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 | £8per 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 | £13.75per 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 | £20.50per 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. |
Read from fasthosts.co.uk on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Fasthosts before you buy.
Ways to pay less
- 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.
Stated on fasthosts.co.uk
Works with
- WordPress
- Acronis
- Microsoft 365
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Common questions
Does Fasthosts have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Fasthosts is listed for Web.
Does Fasthosts have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Fasthosts is listed for Web.
Is Fasthosts open source?
Fasthosts is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 13, 2026.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026.