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.
Cretaforce details checked on 28 September 2026 against Cretaforce’s own public pages. Sources are listed at the bottom.
Side by side
| 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] |
| 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] |
| Control panel | Our own dashboard, made only for WordPress: one-click login, a private test copy, logs, blocked attacks, uptime and cost for each site | CretaPanel, its own[3] |
| 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, calendars and spam filtering, ordered in the same dashboard. Order and password emails from your site are included with hosting. | Unlimited accounts included[1] |
Built for WordPress, not for servers
Cretaforce has its own control panel, CretaPanel, and most other hosts in Greece give you Plesk or cPanel. Below, our dashboard is compared with a typical Plesk or cPanel host: ours 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
Choosing between us
Neither host is right for everyone. Here is where each one is the better choice.
Cretaforce is the better fit if
- 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.
Grandhosting is the better fit if
- 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, blocked attacks and cost for each site.
What you get either way: free SSL, Redis caching, their own control panel. These are standard now, so they shouldn’t decide it. What happens when your site gets busy, or breaks, should.
Moving from Cretaforce
Migration is free and done by our team: files, database, DNS and SSL. Your Cretaforce site keeps running untouched until you switch, so if anything isn’t right you point the domain back.
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Grandhosting vs Cretaforce, answered
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.
Για ένα WordPress site, συνήθως ναι: το Micro μας κοστίζει 3,49 € + ΦΠΑ τον μήνα με 10 GB, το βασικό πακέτο της Cretaforce 5 € + ΦΠΑ (ή 50 € τον χρόνο) με 1 GB. Η Cretaforce περιλαμβάνει απεριόριστους λογαριασμούς email και sites· εμείς πουλάμε τα γραμματοκιβώτια ξεχωριστά, από 1,90 € τον μήνα + ΦΠΑ.
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.
Τα shared πακέτα της Cretaforce ορίζονται με βάση τον χώρο, από 1 GB έως 5 GB, και πάνω από αυτά υπάρχουν πακέτα Premium από 30 € τον μήνα + ΦΠΑ. Σε εμάς ένα site έχει 10 GB και πληρώνει 0,10 € ανά GB + ΦΠΑ πέρα από αυτά, και στο Standard παίρνει μόνο του επιπλέον ισχύ όταν αυξάνεται η κίνηση, οπότε δεν υπάρχει πακέτο στο οποίο πρέπει να αναβαθμιστεί.
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.
Ναι, δωρεάν, αν είναι WordPress site. Η ομάδα μας μεταφέρει αρχεία, βάση δεδομένων, DNS και SSL, και το site σας στην Cretaforce συνεχίζει να λειτουργεί μέχρι να κάνετε την αλλαγή. Κρατήστε το email σας εκεί που είναι ή μεταφέρετέ το σε δικό μας γραμματοκιβώτιο.
Where the Cretaforce details come from
Everything we say about Cretaforce comes from Cretaforce’s own public pages, checked on 28 September 2026. Plans and prices change, so check their current offer before you decide. If something here is out of date, tell us at support@grandhosting.gr and we’ll fix it.
- https://www.cretaforce.gr/shared-hosting/
- https://www.cretaforce.gr/premium-hosting/
- https://wiki.cretaforce.gr/cretaforce:cretapanel
- https://www.cretaforce.gr/
- https://www.cretaforce.gr/about-us/
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