Site5 vs Krystal
A detailed comparison to help you choose between Site5 and Krystal.
Quick Verdict
1.5/5
Site5
0 reviews
4.0/5
Krystal
0 reviews
Krystal is rated higher (4.0 vs 1.5). Site5 is an inactive hosting brand under Newfold Digital. site5.com now serves only a client-login and account shell; no plans or signup are offered. The developer-friendly shared hosting described in older material ended with the 2015 EIG acquisition. 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.
Site5 Inactive hosting brand — legacy accounts only under Newfold Digital | Krystal UK hosting powered by 100% renewable energy | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Rating | 1.5 (0 reviews) | 4.0 (0 reviews)✓ |
| Pricing model | not sold — brand is an account/support shell under Newfold Digital | paid |
| Starting price | Free tier available | From $7/mo |
| Best for | No one shopping today. Legacy customers only — with off-platform backups and a migration target in hand. | 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 |
| RAM | — | 2 GB |
| Storage | — | 10 GB |
| Bandwidth | — | — |
| SLA uptime | — | 99.99% |
| Data-center count | — | 3 |
| €/vCPU/mo | — | €7.00 |
| €/GB RAM/mo | — | €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 | eu datacenterus datacenter | eu datacentergdpr compliant |
| Visit Site5 → | Visit Krystal → | |
Site5
Pros
- + Legacy accounts are still serviceable through the Newfold-operated login portal
- + Historically a genuinely developer-friendly host (SSH, Git, multiple PHP versions, location choice)
- + The domain and account infrastructure remain alive — no abrupt shutdown for existing customers
Cons
- - No plans, pricing or signup available — the brand cannot be purchased
- - Absorbed twice: EIG acquisition (2015) and the EIG/Web.com merger into Newfold Digital (2021)
- - No public SLA, network disclosure or documentation for anything beyond legacy account management
- - The database row materially misdescribes the product; older reviews of Site5 describe a business that no longer exists
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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