# Gandi review (2026): is it worth €2.00 a month, billed yearly? > European web hosting plans with a domain and mailboxes included Checked Nov 12, 2026 · graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. Gandi sells web hosting plans alongside domain names, email, TLS/SSL certificates and GandiCloud VPS servers. Each hosting plan includes a domain name, one or two mailboxes and one-click installs of WordPress and other apps. Prices are in euros and exclude taxes. - **Category:** Web Hosting - **Made by:** Gandi - **Website:** https://www.gandi.net/en - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you want a free trial, as none is listed. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 12, 2026, Gandi is a paid product, starting at €2.00 per month, billed yearly; renewal price not stated. - **Pricing model:** Paid - **Free plan:** None. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Essential | €2.00 per month, billed yearly; renewal price not stated | 1 website, 20 GB storage, up to 1 CPU and 512 MB RAM, 1 mailbox. €24 a year, taxes excluded. | | Starter | €3.99 per month, billed yearly; renewal price not stated | 1 website, 20 GB, up to 1 CPU and 512 MB RAM, 2 mailboxes. €47.88 a year, shown against a crossed-out €180. | | Advanced | €4.99 per month, billed yearly; renewal price not stated | 5 websites recommended, 50 GB, up to 2 CPU and 1 GB RAM. €59.88 a year, shown against a crossed-out €240. | | Pro | €5.99 per month, billed yearly; renewal price not stated | 10 websites recommended, 100 GB, up to 3 CPU and 2 GB RAM, with Hosting Booster. €71.88 a year; €300 crossed out. | | Business | €7.99 per month, billed yearly; renewal price not stated | 15 or more websites, 200 GB (upgradable to 1 TB), up to 4 CPU and 4 GB RAM, with Hosting Booster. €95.88 a year; €360 crossed out. | Read from https://www.gandi.net/en/simple-hosting on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Gandi before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **50% off a first website on a yearly plan** (Other savings): The homepage advertises 50% off the first website for a yearly subscription. The hosting page shows crossed-out yearly prices next to the lower ones. Source: https://www.gandi.net/en ## Key features - **Domain and mailboxes included:** Every plan includes a domain name from a list of over 80 extensions, plus one mailbox (Essential) or two (the other plans) with 10 GB each. - **One-click app installs:** WordPress, Matomo and GravCMS install automatically. Advanced and above add Prestashop and Nextcloud. - **Custom code in PHP, Python or Node:** All plans can host a custom application or website written in PHP, Python or Node, with PostgreSQL or MySQL databases. - **SSL, DNS and snapshots:** Plans include unlimited auto-renewed SSL certificates, Anycast DNS with DNSSEC and snapshots of a web instance that can be restored. - **Data hosted in France and Luxembourg:** The plan table lists France and Luxembourg as the data hosting locations. Support is by email and chat. - **Hosting Booster on higher plans:** Hosting Booster is listed as included on Pro and Business and not on the three cheaper plans. ## Good for - Owners who want a domain, mailbox and hosting from one European company - Developers hosting small PHP, Python or Node apps - Small sites whose owners prefer plain plan limits to unlimited claims ## Worth knowing - Prices are in euros and exclude taxes. The page states no renewal price, and a homepage banner offers 50% off a first website on a yearly plan. - Essential and Starter allow one website and up to 1 CPU and 512 MB of RAM. - Prestashop and Nextcloud installs start at the Advanced plan. - Support is by email and chat only, with no phone support listed. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 1.8 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. Gandi sells hosting that includes a domain, mailboxes and one-click installs, from €2 a month billed yearly. The page states no renewal price, and the two cheapest plans are one site on up to 1 CPU and 512 MB of RAM. - **Value for money: B.** Essential is €2 a month billed yearly, which is under the $5.28 cheaper-quarter line, but the renewal price is not stated and the plan has 512 MB of RAM. - **Free plan and trial: F.** No free plan or trial is listed on the pages read. - **Features: C.** A domain, mailboxes, one-click installs, SSL, snapshots and PHP, Python or Node. Prestashop and Nextcloud start at Advanced. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. A hosting control panel and DNS are yours to set up. - **Platforms and integrations: C.** Web only, with WordPress, Prestashop and Nextcloud installs. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Gandi's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among web hosts - Gandi's GPA of 1.8 is higher than 9 of the 54 other web hosts we grade, and level with 10. - It stands best on value for money (B, above 27 of 54) and worst on free plan and trial (F, above 0). - Its paid plans start at about $2.23 a month, against a middle price of $9 for the category: 6 of the 52 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.0 out of 4. 6 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 Gandi 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: 35 of the 54 other web hosts grade higher. It costs $26.81 a year. - You could not: Servers kept running, patched and backed up for you. - You could not: Speed tests run from real browsers on a schedule. - You could not: It plugs into other products, WordPress, Prestashop and Nextcloud among them. 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, Prestashop, Nextcloud, Matomo, GravCMS **Tags:** Managed WordPress, Page speed ## Alternatives - [OVHcloud](https://toolgpa.com/tools/ovhcloud): VPS, public cloud, web hosting and dedicated servers. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/gandi-vs-ovhcloud) - [IONOS](https://toolgpa.com/tools/ionos): Shared and WordPress hosting with a domain, wildcard SSL and email. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/gandi-vs-ionos) - [Namecheap](https://toolgpa.com/tools/namecheap): Domain registrar's cPanel shared hosting, billed monthly or yearly. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/gandi-vs-namecheap) - [Krystal](https://toolgpa.com/tools/krystal): UK cPanel web hosting on its own cloud, with phone support. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/gandi-vs-krystal) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026: - https://www.gandi.net/en/simple-hosting - https://www.gandi.net/en Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/gandi Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).