Grandhosting vs top.host
top.host sells Plesk hosting from Belgium with fixed CPU, memory and disk per plan, and unlimited email accounts. Grandhosting gives each site extra power by itself on Standard and bills month to month from €3.49 + VAT, where top.host's lowest prices need a one- or two-year prepay.
top.host details checked on 28 September 2026 against top.host’s own public pages. Sources are listed at the bottom.
Side by side
| Grandhosting | top.host | |
|---|---|---|
| How your site runs | Each site on its own, with its own reserved computing power, memory and database | Plesk plans with fixed CPU, memory and disk per plan (Micro: 1.5 cores, 1.5 GB RAM)[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. | By hand: you raise resources by upgrading your plan[1] |
| Entry price | Micro €3.49, Standard €5.99 per site per month + VAT (the monthly minimum) | Micro €11.50 month to month, €6.00 on a 1-year or €5.70 on a 2-year prepay, per month + 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. | Discounts apply to the first order only; renewal prices may differ[1] |
| Storage | 10 GB included, then €0.10 per GB + VAT | 8 GB (Micro) to 40 GB (Tera) SSD, fixed per plan[1] |
| Backups | Every night, kept 30 days, stored separately in the EU, one-click restore | Daily, to remote servers, plus a self-service backup tool[1] |
| 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 | Plesk, with WordPress Toolkit[1] |
| Servers | Mainly in Germany, always within the EU, in ISO 27001-certified data centres | Belgium, with a Greek IP address and GR-IX connection. VPS plans are in the Netherlands.[1][2] |
| 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 (500 MB each on Micro), up to 300 emails sent per hour[1] |
| Moving your site | Free and done by our team; your old site stays untouched until you switch | Free within 90 days of purchase[1] |
Built for WordPress, not for servers
top.host gives you Plesk, with its WordPress Toolkit: a good tool 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
Choosing between us
Neither host is right for everyone. Here is where each one is the better choice.
top.host is the better fit if
- You want unlimited email accounts in the hosting plan. We sell mailboxes separately.
- You already know Plesk and want to keep using it.
- You want a Greek IP address for your site, or a 90-day money-back guarantee.
Grandhosting is the better fit if
- You don't want to prepay. Our Micro is €3.49 + VAT month to month; top.host's Micro is €11.50 + VAT month to month and drops to €5.70 only on a two-year prepay.
- You want the site to handle a busy day on its own. On Standard it gets extra power by itself, where top.host needs a plan upgrade.
- You want a private test copy of every site and backups every night, kept 30 days.
- You want a dashboard made for WordPress rather than a general server panel.
- You want email that doesn't live on your hosting plan: our mailboxes run on a dedicated email platform and start at 8 GB, where top.host's Micro mailboxes are 500 MB with a 300-emails-an-hour sending cap.
What you get either way: free SSL, daily backups, free migration. These are standard now, so they shouldn’t decide it. What happens when your site gets busy, or breaks, should.
Moving from top.host
Migration is free and done by our team: files, database, DNS and SSL. Your top.host site keeps running untouched until you switch, so if anything isn’t right you point the domain back.
Move my site from top.host, free →
A free demo site: 30 days for founding members, 14 days standard, no credit card.
Grandhosting vs top.host, answered
Month to month, yes: our Micro is €3.49 + VAT, top.host's Micro €11.50 + VAT. top.host gets cheaper per month if you prepay: €6.00 for one year, €5.70 for two. Its discounts apply to the first order only. Our price is the same every month, and a busy site pays for the extra server usage it needs.
Μήνα με τον μήνα, ναι: το Micro μας κοστίζει 3,49 € + ΦΠΑ, το Micro του top.host 11,50 € + ΦΠΑ. Το top.host γίνεται φθηνότερο ανά μήνα αν προπληρώσετε: 6,00 € για ένα έτος, 5,70 € για δύο. Οι εκπτώσεις του ισχύουν μόνο για την πρώτη παραγγελία. Η δική μας τιμή είναι ίδια κάθε μήνα, και ένα πολυσύχναστο site πληρώνει την επιπλέον χρήση server που χρειάζεται.
top.host lists “Hosting in Belgium” for its web hosting, with a Greek IP address, and says its VPS plans are in the Netherlands. We host mainly in Germany, always within the EU. Both keep your data in the EU.
Το top.host αναφέρει «Φιλοξενία σε Βέλγιο» για το web hosting του, με ελληνική IP, και ότι τα VPS του βρίσκονται στην Ολλανδία. Εμείς φιλοξενούμε κυρίως στη Γερμανία, πάντα εντός ΕΕ. Και οι δύο κρατούν τα δεδομένα σας στην ΕΕ.
Our dashboard, which only manages WordPress: one-click login, a private test copy, backups, logs, blocked attacks, uptime and cost for each site. For more control there's phpMyAdmin, a browser WP-CLI console (switched on per site) and a WP-CLI terminal over SSH with your own SSH keys. There are no mailboxes or FTP accounts to set up: mailboxes are a separate product, and files are handled through WordPress or WP-CLI rather than FTP.
Το dashboard μας, που διαχειρίζεται μόνο WordPress: σύνδεση με ένα κλικ, ιδιωτικό δοκιμαστικό αντίγραφο, backups, logs, επιθέσεις που μπλοκαρίστηκαν, uptime και κόστος για κάθε site. Για περισσότερο έλεγχο υπάρχουν το phpMyAdmin, κονσόλα WP-CLI στον browser (ενεργοποιείται ανά site) και τερματικό WP-CLI μέσω SSH με τα δικά σας κλειδιά SSH. Δεν υπάρχουν γραμματοκιβώτια ή λογαριασμοί FTP για ρύθμιση: τα γραμματοκιβώτια είναι ξεχωριστό προϊόν, και τα αρχεία τα διαχειρίζεστε μέσω WordPress ή WP-CLI αντί για FTP.
Where the top.host details come from
Everything we say about top.host comes from top.host’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.
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