FastComet vs HostPapa
FastComet and HostPapa 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
Canadian cPanel host with phone support in 16 countries and five data centers; backups cost extra after year one
FastComet wins 3 of the six sub-scores and comes out ahead overall (7.5 vs 7.3).
How do the scores compare?
FastComet leads on 3 sub-scores, HostPapa on 2. Higher is better.
Which one is faster and more reliable?
Which one costs less?
On renewal, HostPapa is cheaper ($8.99/mo vs $9.95/mo). Intro prices need the listed term.
What does each include?
| FastComet | HostPapa | |
|---|---|---|
| Free domain | No | First year, on terms of one year or longer, select extensions; a non-refundable domain fee applies if you cancel in the first term |
| Free SSL | Yes | Standard certificate |
| 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 | Yes |
| 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 | Toronto, Buffalo, Miami, Los Angeles or Amsterdam, per the data centers page |
| 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% measured monthly, excluding scheduled maintenance, as a reasonable-efforts commitment; no credit schedule in the terms |
| Phone support | 24/7, +1 855 818 9717 | 24/7, local numbers in 16 countries |
| Windows hosting | No | No |
| Automated backups | Not stated | 1 GB on Essentials and 5 GB on Growth free for the first year; a paid add-on afterwards |
| Staging | Not stated | On every plan |
| CDN | Not stated | Yes |
| Security | Not stated | Imunify360 basic on Essentials; Protection Power plus Imunify360 on Growth and above, free for the full term |
| Server resources | Not stated | Relative tiers 1x, 2x, 4x, 8x; cores, inodes and database size not published on the plan cards |