HawkHost vs Krystal
A detailed comparison to help you choose between HawkHost and Krystal.
Quick Verdict
4.1/5
HawkHost
0 reviews
4.0/5
Krystal
0 reviews
HawkHost is rated higher (4.1 vs 4.0). Seven locations: Dallas, Los Angeles, New York City, Toronto, London, Singapore and Hong Kong Krystal is a UK hosting company running entirely on renewable energy. Shared, VPS, and reseller hosting. UK-focused with strong ethics, GDPR compliance, and Reforestation pledge per signup.
HawkHost Budget shared hosting with strong cPanel | Krystal UK hosting powered by 100% renewable energy | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Rating | 4.1 (0 reviews)✓ | 4.0 (0 reviews) |
| Pricing model | paid | paid |
| Starting price | From $1.99/mo✓ | From $7/mo |
| Best for | Budget-conscious site owners, small businesses and resellers who want cPanel hosting in a nearby datacenter with a contractual uptime guarantee | UK and EU businesses, charities, agencies and resellers who want transparent resource allocations, real UK support and verifiable green credentials, plus a UK-anchored cloud with S3-compatible storage |
| Specifications (entry plan) | ||
| CPU cores | 1 vCPU | 1 vCPU |
| RAM | 2 GB | 2 GB |
| Storage | 15 GB✓ | 10 GB |
| Bandwidth | — | — |
| SLA uptime | 99.9% | 99.99%✓ |
| Data-center count | 7✓ | 3 |
| €/vCPU/mo | €1.99✓ | €7.00 |
| €/GB RAM/mo | €0.99✓ | €3.50 |
| Features | ||
| IPv6 | ||
| DDoS protection | ✓ | |
| Automated backups | ✓ | |
| Snapshots | ✓ | |
| Managed option | ||
| Bare metal | ||
| GPU available | ||
| S3-compatible | ||
| Hourly billing | ✓ | |
| Free tier | ||
| Data-center locations | ||
| Regions | — | London, United KingdomAmsterdam, NetherlandsNew York, United States |
| Tags | ||
| Tags | us datacenterapac datacenterwindows available | eu datacentergdpr compliant |
| Visit HawkHost → | Visit Krystal → | |
HawkHost
Pros
- + Published 99.9% uptime SLA with a public credit ladder
- + Seven locations across North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific, each with a test IP
- + Real per-plan resources (CPU, RAM, NVMe) instead of vague visitor limits
- + cPanel, free migrations, unlimited SSL and malware scanning included
- + Operating since 2004 — long record in the budget segment
Cons
- - First-term discounts of 37–70% renew at higher list prices
- - 'Unlimited' bandwidth and email are subject to acceptable-use limits
- - Shared infrastructure means noisy-neighbor risk at this price
- - Support is 24/7 but triage-level, not engineering help
- - No hourly billing, object storage or developer platform features
Krystal
Pros
- + Shared plans publish real CPU and RAM allocations — rare at this price
- + Concrete SLA: 100% network availability with service credits, 99.99% cloud uptime target
- + Verified sustainability: B Corp, 1% for the Planet, ISO 27001, renewable-powered data centres
- + UK-based support with phone access and a 60-day money-back guarantee
- + Krystal Cloud adds per-second VMs, S3-compatible storage and T4/L4 GPUs in London, Amsterdam and New York
Cons
- - Priced well above budget shared hosts for comparable raw resources
- - UK-centred: shared hosting is London-only, no APAC regions
- - 24/7 emergency phone support only on the pricier plans
- - Inconsistent DDoS figures (4,000Gbps vs 2.0 Tbps) across its own pages
- - Unlimited storage and bandwidth are bounded by inode limits and fair use
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