How we compare,
with sources.
Side-by-side comparisons with the hosts people most often ask us about. Every detail about another company comes from that company’s own pages, with the link and the date we checked it. Each page also says when the other host is the better choice.
Compared with Greek hosts
Most Greek hosts sell shared hosting: many accounts on one server, a fixed plan, and a bigger plan when you outgrow it. Here is how that compares with a platform where each site runs on its own.
Grandhosting vs Papaki
Fixed WordPress plans managed in Plesk, with a mailbox included, versus sites billed by the hour that get extra power by themselves on Standard.
Read the comparison →Grandhosting vs top.host
Plesk hosting in Belgium with fixed resources you upgrade by hand, versus sites billed month to month that get extra power by themselves on Standard.
Read the comparison →Grandhosting vs Pointer
cPanel or Plesk hosting on servers in Greece, versus WordPress sites in the EU that get extra power by themselves on Standard.
Read the comparison →Grandhosting vs Cretaforce
Long-running shared hosting with unlimited email accounts, versus WordPress sites with 10 GB included that get extra power by themselves on Standard.
Read the comparison →Grandhosting vs DNHOST
WordPress plans on servers in Greece with a pageview allowance, versus sites billed by the hour for what they use, from €3.49 + VAT.
Read the comparison →Compared with international WordPress hosts
The large international WordPress hosts are the usual next step up. Here is how they compare on price, billing and where your data lives.
Grandhosting vs Kinsta
Premium managed WordPress priced in dollars by monthly visits, versus euro pay-as-you-go from €3.49 + VAT.
Read the comparison →Grandhosting vs SiteGround
A low first-year price that renews higher, versus the same monthly price from the first month, with a test copy (staging) of every site.
Read the comparison →Grandhosting vs Hostinger
A very low price for a four-year prepay that renews higher, versus month-to-month billing with nightly backups on every site.
Read the comparison →Built for WordPress, not for servers
Most hosts give you Plesk or cPanel: good tools for running a server, where WordPress is one app among many. Our dashboard only manages WordPress sites, so the things you do every day are one click away.
| You want to… | Grandhosting dashboard | A typical Plesk or cPanel host |
|---|---|---|
| Log in to WordPress | One click from your dashboard, no password to share | Log in to the panel first, then open WordPress from its tools |
| Test an update first | A private test copy of every site, then publish it | Possible with extra tools on some plans, otherwise a manual copy |
| Get last night’s site back | Pick any of the last 30 nightly backups, restore in one click | A backup tool or a support request, depending on the plan |
| Know the site is down | Uptime alerts built in | Usually a separate service you set up yourself |
| Find out why something broke | Error and visitor logs for each site, in the dashboard | Find the log file in a file manager |
| See what the firewall blocked | Every blocked request listed; allow a false alarm in one click | Usually hidden; open a ticket |
| Handle a busy day | Extra power starts by itself on Standard | Upgrade to a bigger plan |
| Know what each site costs | Cost per site, with a spending limit and alerts | One invoice for the whole plan |
Plesk and cPanel are solid tools for servers. The difference is what each one is made for.
Sealed off and built for WordPress
Most hosting puts many customers on one server and hands them a general-purpose panel. We built the platform the other way round.
Sealed off from other sites
- Every site runs on its own, with its own reserved computing power, memory and database. No other site can use its share.
- One site can’t reach another, so a problem on one site stays there.
- We tested it: with one site pushed to full power, the site next to it kept running normally, and a site that ran out of memory was stopped at its own limit while its neighbour kept answering every visitor.
Built for WordPress
- We host WordPress only, so everything, from the web server to the speed cache and the dashboard, is set up for WordPress rather than adapted from general hosting.
- WordPress itself runs from a clean, protected copy; only your content changes. Updates reach your site with no downtime.
- Your images and files aren’t stored on your web server. They live on separate storage and are served straight from there, so they never slow your pages down, and a server failing never loses them.
- Our dashboard manages WordPress sites, not a server: a private test copy, plugins, logs, blocked attacks and cost, for each site.
For developers: what runs your site
- Web server and PHP. OpenLiteSpeed with LiteSpeed PHP, with GD, SOAP, BCMath, intl and zip on every site. Logged-in pages, carts and checkout are never page-cached.
- Caching. A Redis object cache on every site, kept separate from every other site’s, plus an optional CDN per site.
- Database. MariaDB, a dedicated database per site, with phpMyAdmin from the dashboard. Automatic failover to a live copy: in our tests about 14 seconds, with no lost writes.
- Access. A WP-CLI terminal over SSH with your own SSH keys, a browser WP-CLI console, and one-click login to wp-admin.
- Security. A web application firewall in front of every site, with every block visible in the dashboard, and malware scans every night and whenever a plugin is installed.
- Media. Uploads live on separate storage in the EU and are served straight from it, not through WordPress or PHP.
What every Grandhosting site gets
Micro and Standard get the same tools. Standard, from €5.99 + VAT, runs on at least two servers, keeps running if one fails and gets extra power by itself when you’re busy (marked below). Micro, from €3.49 + VAT, runs on one server.
Stays online
- Runs on at least two servers at once, so one failing doesn’t take your site offline (Standard)
- Gets extra power by itself when you’re busy, and gives it back afterwards (Standard)
- Its own database, with a live copy that takes over by itself if a database server fails: in our tests in about 14 seconds, with no lost orders
- A site that stops responding is restarted automatically
- Updates with no downtime and no maintenance windows
- 99.9% uptime SLA
Fast
- Images and files served straight from separate storage, not from your web server
- Reserved computing power and memory for each site
- A built-in speed cache
- A CDN you can switch on for any site
- Bandwidth included, with no metering or overage fees
Secure
- A firewall that blocks hacking attempts, with every blocked request shown in your dashboard and one-click allow for a false alarm
- Malware scans every night and whenever a plugin is installed
- Protection against password guessing, a full login history, and a login page you can move to a private address
- Free SSL, set up and renewed automatically
- Two-step sign-in and an activity log for your account
See what’s happening
- Uptime monitoring and alerts
- Visitor statistics without cookies
- Order and password emails that arrive, set up from day one
- Error, visitor and WordPress debug logs
- Server usage and cost for each site
WordPress tools
- A private test copy of every site: try changes there, then publish them
- Backups every night, kept 30 days and stored separately in the EU, plus backups whenever you want, with one-click restore
- WordPress and PHP updates looked after for you; plugin and theme updates from the dashboard
- One-click login to WordPress from your dashboard, with no password to share or reset
- phpMyAdmin, opened from the dashboard
- A WP-CLI terminal over SSH with your own SSH keys, and a browser WP-CLI console you switch on per site
- One-click site copies, and reusable site templates for new sites
Billing you control
- Pay by the hour for what your site uses; your plan’s monthly price is the minimum
- Spending alerts and a spending limit, per site or for the whole account: usage never bills beyond your limit (your plan’s monthly minimum always applies)
- 10 GB storage included per site
Optional add-ons
- Extra storage, €0.10 per GB per month + VAT
- Email mailboxes on your domain, on a separate email platform (not your web server): webmail, calendars, spam filtering and any email app, from €1.90 per month + VAT (8 GB)
- Domains: order them and connect them to your sites yourself, in the same dashboard
What actually matters
Free SSL, daily backups, one-click WordPress and free migration are standard almost everywhere now, so they shouldn’t decide it. These questions separate hosts:
- Does your site share a server with other customers, or run on its own resources?
- What happens on your busiest day: does the site scale, or do you upgrade the plan?
- Is the monthly price an introductory one that rises at renewal?
- Where do your site and backups physically live?
Our own answers are on the features, pricing and reliability pages.
Founding Member pricing.
Yours while you stay.
From €3.49/mo + VAT — pay only for what your site actually uses. Founding-member pricing stays locked for as long as your account remains active.
Early access means direct access to our team. You’re not a ticket number. You’re a founding partner.
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