Grandhosting vs Cretaforce, with sources.

Grandhosting is managed WordPress and WooCommerce hosting in the EU, with our own dashboard and every site sealed off from the others. Here it is next to the hosts people ask us about. Every detail about another company comes from its own pages, with the link and the date we checked, and every page says when they are the better choice.

Greek hosts

vs PapakiFixed WordPress plans managed in Plesk, with a mailbox included, versus sites billed by the hour that get extra power by themselves on Standard.vs top.hostPlesk hosting in Belgium with fixed resources you upgrade by hand, versus sites billed month to month that get extra power by themselves on Standard.vs PointercPanel or Plesk hosting on servers in Greece, versus WordPress sites in the EU that get extra power by themselves on Standard.vs CretaforceLong-running shared hosting with unlimited email accounts, versus WordPress sites with 10 GB included that get extra power by themselves on Standard.vs DNHOSTWordPress plans on servers in Greece with a pageview allowance, versus sites billed by the hour for what they use, from €3.49 + VAT.

International hosts

vs KinstaPremium managed WordPress priced in dollars by monthly visits, versus euro pay-as-you-go from €3.49 + VAT.vs SiteGroundA low first-year price that renews higher, versus the same monthly price from the first month, with a test copy (staging) of every site.vs HostingerA very low price for a four-year prepay that renews higher, versus month-to-month billing with nightly backups on every site.

Checked on 28.09.2026 against Cretaforce’s own pages

Grandhosting vs Cretaforce

Cretaforce has sold hosting since 2003: shared plans sized by disk, unlimited sites and email accounts, and its own control panel. Grandhosting hosts WordPress only, with 10 GB included from €3.49 + VAT, a private test copy of every site and extra power by itself on Standard.

Topic	Grandhosting	Cretaforce
How your site runs	Each site on its own, with its own reserved computing power, memory and database	Shared hosting plans sized by disk (1 GB to 5 GB), with unlimited sites 1
When traffic spikes	Standard (from €5.99 + VAT) runs on at least two servers and gets extra power by itself when you’re busy, so there’s no plan to outgrow. Micro (€3.49 + VAT) runs on one server.	Not stated on their pages
CDN	A CDN you switch on for any site in the dashboard. Images and static files are then also served from locations across Europe, including Greece.	Not stated on their pages
Entry price	Micro €3.49, Standard €5.99 per site per month + VAT (the monthly minimum)	1GB plan: €5 a month or €50 a year + VAT 1
Billing	Pay by the hour for what your site uses, month to month; the monthly price is the minimum. No contract and no introductory price.	Monthly or yearly; no introductory price shown 1
Storage	10 GB included, then €0.10 per GB + VAT	1 GB to 5 GB on shared plans; Premium plans with 10 GB to 30 GB from €30 a month + VAT 1 2
Backups	Every night, kept 30 days, stored separately in the EU, one-click restore	Daily, weekly and monthly backups, restored from its control panel 3
Test copy (staging)	Yes, a private test copy of every site	Not stated on their pages
Control panel	Our own dashboard, made only for WordPress: one-click login, a private test copy, logs, uptime and cost for each site	CretaPanel, its own 3
Servers	Mainly in Germany, always within the EU, in ISO 27001-certified data centres	Not stated on their pages
Email accounts	Mailboxes are a separate product on a dedicated email platform, not on your web server, from €1.90 per month + VAT (8 GB): webmail and spam filtering, with calendars from Professional, ordered in the same dashboard. Order and password emails from your site are included with hosting.	Unlimited accounts included 1
Moving your site	Free and done by our team; your old site stays untouched until you switch	Not stated on their pages

Where Cretaforce is the better choice

You want unlimited email accounts and sites in one plan.
You host small non-WordPress sites too. We host WordPress only.
You value a company that has been in hosting since 2003.

Where Grandhosting is the better choice

You need room to grow: 10 GB included from €3.49 + VAT, then €0.10 per GB, where Cretaforce's €5 plan has 1 GB.
Your site has busy days. On Standard it gets extra power by itself and keeps running if a server fails.
You want a private test copy of every site to try updates first.
You want a dashboard made for WordPress, with logs, uptime and cost for each site.

Both offer: free SSL · Redis caching · their own control panel

Questions

Is Grandhosting cheaper than Cretaforce?

For a WordPress site, usually: our Micro is €3.49 + VAT a month with 10 GB, Cretaforce's entry plan €5 + VAT (or €50 a year) with 1 GB. Cretaforce includes unlimited email accounts and sites; we sell mailboxes separately, from €1.90 a month + VAT.

What happens when my site outgrows its plan?

Cretaforce's shared plans are sized by disk, from 1 GB to 5 GB, with Premium plans from €30 a month + VAT above that. With us a site has 10 GB included and pays €0.10 per GB + VAT beyond it, and on Standard it gets extra power by itself when traffic rises, so there is no plan to move up to.

Can you move my site from Cretaforce?

Yes, free, if it's a WordPress site. Our team moves the files, database, DNS and SSL, and your Cretaforce site keeps running until you switch. Keep your email where it is or move it to one of our mailboxes.

Moving from Cretaforce? We move your site for you, free. Your Cretaforce site keeps running until you switch.

How the move works

Prices are as stated on their pages on 28.09.2026. Ours are net: every € figure is + VAT. Spotted something out of date? Tell us and we’ll fix it.

Included with every Grandhosting site.

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 web application firewall in front of every site
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-factor 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 core kept current by us; you pick the PHP version per site; plugin and theme updates in one click 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

Paid extras: Extra storage, €0.10 per GB per month + VAT · Email mailboxes on your domain, on a separate email platform (not your web server): webmail, spam filtering and any email app, from €1.90 per month + VAT (8 GB), calendars from Professional · Domains: order them and connect them to your sites yourself, in the same dashboard