FastComet vs Verpex
FastComet and Verpex compared on measured uptime, response time, pricing and features from our own tests. They tie on overall score.
By Jennifer T. · Updated
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Verdict
7.5 out of 10
cPanel hosting on LiteSpeed with 30 daily offsite backups and 12 locations; small disks, now part of World Host Group
7.5 out of 10
UK cPanel host on LiteSpeed and NVMe with nine locations, daily backups and a free domain, renewing at $6 to $15
Both hosts score 7.5 overall.
How do the scores compare?
FastComet leads on 1 sub-scores, Verpex on 1. Higher is better.
Which one is faster and more reliable?
Which one costs less?
On renewal, Verpex is cheaper ($6.00/mo vs $9.95/mo). Intro prices need the listed term.
What does each include?
| FastComet | Verpex | |
|---|---|---|
| Free domain | No | Registration or transfer of a common extension (.com, .net, .org, .uk, .in among them) on yearly and longer terms; not on monthly billing; premium names excluded |
| Free SSL | Yes | Every plan, every domain |
| 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 | Expert migration on every plan; the about page promises zero downtime |
| 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% | Plan table: 99.5% on Bronze, 99.99% on Silver and Gold; the terms promise to endeavour 99.9% and carry no credit schedule |
| Phone support | 24/7, +1 855 818 9717 | No |
| Windows hosting | No | No |
| Backups | Not stated | Daily, every plan, with the Backuply tool in cPanel |
| Free CDN | Not stated | No |
| Caching | Not stated | LiteSpeed Web Server with LiteSpeed Cache; HostScore also lists Redis and Memcached |
| Staging | Not stated | No |
| Developer tools | Not stated | WP-CLI listed; HostScore lists multiple PHP versions, Node.js, Python and Git over SSH |
| Resource limits | Not stated | CloudLinux LVE: 1 vCPU and 1 GB on Bronze, 2 vCPU and 2 GB on Silver and Gold; entry processes 30 / 30 / 35; 1,024 IOPS; 50 MB/s I/O; unlimited inodes |
| Data center choice | Not stated | Nine locations on four continents, chosen at checkout |
| Security | Not stated | CloudLinux with CageFS, Monarx malware protection, free SSL, isolated accounts |
| Website builder | Not stated | SitePad in cPanel; a separate AI site builder product |