# Fasthosts review (2026): is it worth £5.75 a month? > UK web hosting, domains, VPS and dedicated servers Checked Nov 13, 2026 · graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. 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. - **Category:** Web Hosting - **Made by:** Fasthosts - **Website:** https://www.fasthosts.co.uk - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Pricey if you stay past the offer: Start renews at £5.75 and Pro at £20.50 a month, excluding VAT. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## 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). - **Pricing model:** Paid - **Free plan:** None. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | 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. | Read from https://www.fasthosts.co.uk/web-hosting on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Fasthosts before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **£1 for the first 3 months on Start, Scale and Pro** (Other savings): 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. Source: https://www.fasthosts.co.uk/web-hosting ## 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. ## Good for - UK small businesses that want a low first-month price - Agencies hosting many sites on one plan - Customers who want domains, email and hosting from one UK supplier ## 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. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 1.6 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. 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. - **Value for money: C.** Start 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. - **Free plan and trial: F.** No free plan and no trial. The 30-day money-back guarantee is a refund, not a free try. - **Features: C.** Four 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. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. You pick a plan, point a domain and install your site, so there is setup to do. - **Platforms and integrations: C.** A web control panel only, with links to WordPress, Acronis and Microsoft 365. No API or app is listed. These are ToolGPA's own grades. 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. ## Where it 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. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/web-hosting ## Keep it, 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. - You could not: Servers kept running, patched and backed up for you. - You could not: A tool that builds and hosts other apps. - You could not: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with WordPress, Acronis, Microsoft 365 **Tags:** Managed WordPress, App builder, AI features ## Alternatives - [34SP](https://toolgpa.com/tools/34sp): UK web hosting with phone support and a 30-day refund. 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