ScalaHosting vs FastComet
ScalaHosting and FastComet compared on measured uptime, response time, pricing and features from our own tests. ScalaHosting scores higher overall.
By Jennifer T. · Updated
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Verdict
ScalaHostingWins overall
Dallas and Sofia host with its own SPanel, an anytime prorated refund and a credit table that reaches 100 percent
cPanel hosting on LiteSpeed with 30 daily offsite backups and 12 locations; small disks, now part of World Host Group
ScalaHosting wins 3 of the six sub-scores and comes out ahead overall (8.1 vs 7.5).
How do the scores compare?
ScalaHosting leads on 3 sub-scores, FastComet on 1. Higher is better.
| ScalaHosting | FastComet | |
|---|---|---|
| Performance | 8.0 (better) | 7.5 |
| Uptime | 8.5 (better) | 7.0 |
| Support | 8.5 (better) | 7.0 |
| Features | 8.0 | 8.0 |
| Value | 7.5 | 8.0 (better) |
| Ease of use | 7.5 | 7.5 |
Which one is faster and more reliable?
| ScalaHosting | FastComet | |
|---|---|---|
| Overall score | 8.1 (better) | 7.5 |
| Uptime (published)Kripesh Adwani 365 d vs Kripesh Adwani 365 d; methods differ | 99.99% (better) | 99.80% |
| Response time (published)WPBeginner vs HostingStep; methods differ | 526 ms | 496 ms (better) |
Which one costs less?
On renewal, FastComet is cheaper ($9.95/mo vs $11.95/mo). Intro prices need the listed term.
| ScalaHosting | FastComet | |
|---|---|---|
| Cheapest plan | Mini | Starter |
| Intro price | $2.95/mo | $1.99/mo (better) |
| Renewal price | $11.95/mo | $9.95/mo (better) |
| Required term | 36 months | 12 months (better) |
| Websites | 1 | 1 |
| Storage | 10 GB | 10 GB |
| Money back | 30 days, then prorated at any time (better) | 30 days |
What does each include?
| ScalaHosting | FastComet | |
|---|---|---|
| Free domain | Start, Advanced and Entry Cloud; not on Mini | No |
| Free SSL | Yes | Yes |
| Automated backups | Daily, 7 restore points kept for the last 7 days | Not stated |
| Free migration | Website and email migration | Website and server migrations by staff |
| Control panel | SPanel (free, with SShield security and spam protection) or cPanel | Not stated |
| CDN | CDN integration | Not stated |
| WP-CLI and SSH | Yes | Not stated |
| Malware protection | Real-time, on every plan | Not stated |
| Staging | Not listed on the plan cards | Not stated |
| Uptime guarantee | 99.9%; credits from 10% at 99.8% up to 100% below 99%, claimed through billing | 99.9% website availability excluding maintenance; 10% of the monthly fee credited per hour of downtime, up to 100% |
| Money-back guarantee | Full refund within 30 days; prorated refund of unused time at any time after that; new clients only; web, reseller and VPS hosting | Not stated |
| Choice of data center | Dallas, New York, Seattle or Sofia on ScalaHosting's own infrastructure; partner cloud and AWS regions for cloud plans | Six locations at shared checkout (Dallas, Frankfurt, London, Singapore, Sydney, Mumbai); 12 locations across all products |
| Phone support | Yes | 24/7, +1 855 818 9717 |
| Windows hosting | No | No |
| Daily offsite backups | Not stated | Up to 30 daily backups in a separate data center, unlimited full or incremental restores from the web interface |
| Web server | Not stated | LiteSpeed Enterprise with the LiteSpeed Cache plugin for WordPress, AMD EPYC CPUs, NVMe storage |
| Malware scanner | Not stated | Yes |
| Node.js and SSH | Not stated | Yes |
| Resource policy | Not stated | 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 |
Company facts
| ScalaHosting | FastComet | |
|---|---|---|
| Control panel | SPanel (ScalaHosting's own) or cPanel | cPanel |
| Data centers | 5 | 12 (better) |
| Support channels | chat, ticket, phone, knowledge-base | chat, ticket, phone, knowledge-base |
| Founded | 2007 | 2013 |