FastComet vs GoDaddy
FastComet and GoDaddy compared on measured uptime, response time, pricing and features from our own tests. FastComet scores higher overall.
By Jennifer T. · Updated
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Verdict
FastCometWins overall
cPanel hosting on LiteSpeed with 30 daily offsite backups and 12 locations; small disks, now part of World Host Group
The largest registrar's cPanel hosting: three plans on a three-year term with a free domain and daily backups
FastComet wins 2 of the six sub-scores and comes out ahead overall (7.5 vs 7.2).
How do the scores compare?
FastComet leads on 2 sub-scores, GoDaddy on 1. Higher is better.
Which one is faster and more reliable?
Which one costs less?
On renewal, FastComet is cheaper ($9.95/mo vs $11.99/mo). Intro prices need the listed term.
What does each include?
| FastComet | GoDaddy | |
|---|---|---|
| Free domain | No | First year on every plan, marked with an asterisk whose disclaimer the page keeps collapsed |
| Free SSL | Yes | One year on Economy; unlimited certificates for all sites on Deluxe and Ultimate, auto-renewed through AutoSSL |
| Daily offsite backups | Up to 30 daily backups in a separate data center, unlimited full or incremental restores from the web interface | Not stated |
| Free migration | Website and server migrations by staff | No |
| Web server | LiteSpeed Enterprise with the LiteSpeed Cache plugin for WordPress, AMD EPYC CPUs, NVMe storage | Not stated |
| Malware scanner | Yes | Not stated |
| Node.js and SSH | Yes | Not stated |
| Choice of data center | Six locations at shared checkout (Dallas, Frankfurt, London, Singapore, Sydney, Mumbai); 12 locations across all products | Not stated |
| Resource policy | No constant utilisation of 80% of plan resources for an hour; 400 emails per hour; 10 simultaneous IMAP/POP3 connections; slow queries under 1% a day | Not stated |
| Uptime guarantee | 99.9% website availability excluding maintenance; 10% of the monthly fee credited per hour of downtime, up to 100% | 99.9% per month in the hosting agreement, with a credit of 5% of the monthly fee on request, usable for future purchases |
| Phone support | 24/7, +1 855 818 9717 | 24/7 chat, phone and email through GoDaddy Guides |
| Windows hosting | No | No |
| Backups | Not stated | Automatic daily backups, with recovery of the whole account from the previous day |
| Free CDN | Not stated | The page lists CDN and firewall among the included essentials without naming the provider |
| Caching | Not stated | No |
| Staging | Not stated | No |
| Node.js and languages | Not stated | Node.js on every plan; the dashboard exposes CPU, memory, entry processes and I/O controls |
| Resource limits | Not stated | 250,000 inodes and 100 GB per account in the hosting agreement; no CPU or RAM figures on the plan page |
| Data center choice | Not stated | No |
| Security | Not stated | DDoS protection and network monitoring on every plan; a site security suite is included on the cards |
| Not stated | Free email is listed on every plan without a mailbox count |