FastComet vs Namecheap
FastComet and Namecheap 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 Phoenix registrar's cPanel hosting: three sites for $5.88 at renewal, a 30-day free trial and four data centers
FastComet wins 4 of the six sub-scores and comes out ahead overall (7.5 vs 6.9).
How do the scores compare?
FastComet leads on 4 sub-scores, Namecheap on 0. Higher is better.
Which one is faster and more reliable?
Which one costs less?
On renewal, Namecheap is cheaper ($5.88/mo vs $9.95/mo). Intro prices need the listed term.
What does each include?
| FastComet | Namecheap | |
|---|---|---|
| Free domain | No | No |
| Free SSL | Yes | 50 standard certificates for one year on every plan, installed automatically |
| 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 | cPanel-to-cPanel transfers free; manual migration case by case |
| 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% | 100% monthly on shared plans; one day of service added per hour of unscheduled downtime, up to one month, claimed by ticket within 10 days |
| Phone support | 24/7, +1 855 818 9717 | No |
| Windows hosting | No | No |
| Backups | Not stated | Twice a week on Stellar (restored by ticket); Stellar Plus and Business add AutoBackup with 6 daily, 3 weekly and 5 monthly copies |
| Free CDN | Not stated | Supersonic CDN with DDoS protection, for domains on Namecheap's hosting nameservers |
| Caching | Not stated | No |
| Staging | Not stated | No |
| SSH and languages | Not stated | Jailshell SSH, PHP, Perl, Python, Node.js and Ruby scripts |
| Security | Not stated | Imunify360 (malware scanning, intrusion prevention, machine-learning firewall), KernelCare patching, account isolation, cPanel two-factor login |
| Data center choice | Not stated | Phoenix, Amsterdam, Singapore or Farnborough at checkout; moving an account later is a billing request |
| Website builder | Not stated | Sitejet AI website builder and an AI assistant for WordPress on every plan |
| Dedicated IP | Not stated | $4.00 a month add-on |