Webhosting UK vs HawkHost
A detailed comparison to help you choose between Webhosting UK and HawkHost.
Quick Verdict
3.4/5
Webhosting UK
0 reviews
4.1/5
HawkHost
0 reviews
HawkHost is rated higher (4.1 vs 3.4). Webhosting UK has provided UK-based hosting since 2001. Shared servers in Wakefield, York, and Nottingham, UK. Popular with UK businesses needing UK data residency and 24x7 support by UK phone line and live chat. Seven locations: Dallas, Los Angeles, New York City, Toronto, London, Singapore and Hong Kong
Webhosting UK UK hosting since 2001 with data centres in Wakefield, York, and Nottingham | HawkHost Budget shared hosting with strong cPanel | |
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| Overview | ||
| Rating | 3.4 (0 reviews) | 4.1 (0 reviews)✓ |
| Pricing model | paid | paid |
| Starting price | From $4.79/mo | From $1.99/mo✓ |
| Best for | UK small businesses needing UK-hosted websites and email with cPanel, daily backups, and 24x7 UK phone support where jurisdiction matters more than raw specs | Budget-conscious site owners, small businesses and resellers who want cPanel hosting in a nearby datacenter with a contractual uptime guarantee |
| Specifications (entry plan) | ||
| CPU cores | 1 vCPU | 1 vCPU |
| RAM | 1 GB | 2 GB✓ |
| Storage | 5 GB | 15 GB✓ |
| Bandwidth | — | — |
| SLA uptime | 99.9% | 99.9% |
| Data-center count | 3 | 7✓ |
| €/vCPU/mo | €4.79 | €1.99✓ |
| €/GB RAM/mo | €4.79 | €0.99✓ |
| Features | ||
| IPv6 | ||
| DDoS protection | ||
| Automated backups | ✓ | |
| Snapshots | ||
| Managed option | ||
| Bare metal | ||
| GPU available | ||
| S3-compatible | ||
| Hourly billing | ||
| Free tier | ||
| Data-center locations | ||
| Regions | Wakefield, York, and Nottingham, United Kingdom | — |
| Tags | ||
| Tags | eu datacenter | us datacenterapac datacenterwindows available |
| Visit Webhosting UK → | Visit HawkHost → | |
Webhosting UK
Pros
- + UK data residency with servers in Wakefield, York, and Nottingham — and a UK phone line answered 24x7
- + Daily offsite backups with 7-day retention and unlimited free restores included on shared plans
- + Established since 2001, privately owned, with a strong vendor-cited review profile
- + cPanel plus 1-click installer for 300+ apps, backed by FortiGate firewalls and Imunify360
- + 99.9% network and infrastructure uptime SLA advertised on all shared plans
Cons
- - Resources per pound are modest — £4.79/mo ex VAT buys 1 GB RAM and 5 GB NVMe
- - UK-only for shared hosting; international data centres only on dedicated servers
- - Ex-VAT pricing, an unpublished entry-plan price, and contradictory customer counts on its own pages
- - No published credit schedule next to the 99.9% SLA, and only a 7-day money-back window
- - Shared-hosting constraints: no root access, resource limits, and eventual migration needed for growing workloads
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
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