Nublue vs Krystal
A detailed comparison to help you choose between Nublue and Krystal.
Quick Verdict
3.5/5
Nublue
0 reviews
4.0/5
Krystal
0 reviews
Krystal is rated higher (4.0 vs 3.5). Nublue is a UK managed hosting company specialising in Magento, WordPress, and custom PHP applications. Linux servers in UK datacenters with proactive management and developer-friendly tools. 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.
Nublue UK managed hosting specialists | Krystal UK hosting powered by 100% renewable energy | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Rating | 3.5 (0 reviews) | 4.0 (0 reviews)✓ |
| Pricing model | paid | paid |
| Starting price | From $50/mo | From $7/mo✓ |
| Best for | UK e-commerce and public-sector teams running revenue-critical Magento, WordPress, or custom PHP platforms who want managed AWS with UK data sovereignty and no in-house DevOps | 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 | 2 vCPU✓ | 1 vCPU |
| RAM | 4 GB✓ | 2 GB |
| Storage | 50 GB✓ | 10 GB |
| Bandwidth | 0 TB/mo | — |
| SLA uptime | 99.9% | 99.99%✓ |
| Data-center count | — | 3 |
| €/vCPU/mo | €25.00 | €7.00✓ |
| €/GB RAM/mo | €12.50 | €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 | UK data centres (AWS-based) | London, United KingdomAmsterdam, NetherlandsNew York, United States |
| Tags | ||
| Tags | managed optioneu datacenter | eu datacentergdpr compliant |
| Visit Nublue → | Visit Krystal → | |
Nublue
Pros
- + Genuine managed service: AWS provisioning, patching, monitoring, and UK-based support staff
- + Deep Magento/Adobe Commerce experience (hosting Magento since 2008) plus WordPress, Shopware, and bespoke PHP
- + UK data sovereignty stated explicitly across hosting and GPU lines — fits public sector and regulated workloads
- + Transparent add-on pricing (Cloudflare tiers, backups, managed updates) with no published renewal price jumps
Cons
- - Published prices are self-managed floors — the managed tiers most buyers want are quote-only
- - UK-only footprint with no US or APAC regions for global audiences
- - No free tier, no trial, no hourly billing; commitment from day one
- - Small team inside an agency group; thin public technical documentation compared with large platforms
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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