✔ Fast Comet review

📄 Editorial Review

🔧 Services: Web HostingDomain Registration Own datacenter

FastComet is a privately-owned worldwide hosting company that was established in 2013 (not really long ago). Their services are really popular, claiming that there are over 50.000 website owners (individuals or small businesses) that use their hosting options. Their services are fully managed and they promise system hardening and optimization.

They are specialized in the following hosting services:

• Shared hosting;
• Domain registration;
• Website builder;
• VPS hosting;
• Dedicated hosting;

Web hosting packages include SSL certificates, FTP accounts, anti-malware protection, anti-DDoS protection and auto-installer scripts.

SSD Cloud VPS options are fully optimized and there is full root access. Their VPS plans operate between 2000 – 6000 Mbps/Mbit network out.

Their fully managed Dedicated servers benefit of rapid provisioning. FastComet only provides SSD plans and these are completely scalable.

FastComet offers free migration (a great advantage as some companies actually charge this service).

💰 Price & Cost

They have really affordable and highly competitive prices. FastComet also provides various price comparisons with other popular companies in the industry. You can find these comparisons on their website.
A great advantage with FastComet is that they offer a 45-day money-back guarantee for customers. This is rather rare in companies in the hosting industry as the standard money-back guarantee is 30 days.

⌛ Reliability

FastComet promises 99.9% uptime guarantee and 100$ transparency guarantee. This literally means that they commit to being honest to their customers and do their best to offer great services. If customers experience any downtime with FastComet, they receive a 10% credit of their monthly fee.

🏢 Data Center

The company has its headquarters in San Francisco, USA. FastComet operates with 8 data centers around the world. Their data centers are located in:

• Chicago (USA) – opened in 2014 with capacity of 2500+ servers;
• Dallas (USA) – opened in 2016 with a capacity of 2500+ servers;
• Newark (USA) – opened in 2018 with a capacity of 2500+ servers;
• Frankfurt (Germany) – opened in 2016 with a capacity of 2500+ servers;
• Amsterdam (The Netherlands) – opened in 2015 with a capacity of 2500+ servers;
• London (UK) – opened in 2014 with a capacity of 10000+ servers;
• Singapore – opened in 2016 with a capacity of 2500+ servers;
• Tokyo (Japan) – opened in 2015 with a capacity of 3000+ servers;

FastComet claims that their network performs at high level. They guarantee low latency and reliability for your website.
FastComet uses independent networks, 170 CDN anycast network access points, DDoS protection or DNS.

✍️ Customer Support

Tech support is available 24/7/365. They offer daily and weekly backups for free, tutorials (WordPress, Magento, WooCommerce tutorials), as well as a knowledgebase.Customers can also access their company blog which contains information and articles on various topics of interest.In case you need assistance, they provide technical support through the ticketing system, email, live chat or phone. Customers can also log in to a Client Area where they can access the Support Center.

🔨 Control Panel

FastComet uses the most popular and well-known control panel in the hosting industry, that is cPanel.

🎯 Conclusion

FastComet is an independent global company that offers a large number of services. FastComet offers great hosting options and efficient technical support.
Pros:
- Multiple data centers;
- 45-day money-back guarantee;
- Free backups;
- Free migration;
- Free CDN;
Cons:
- Even if their prices are competitive and affordable, some of their plans can be more expensive than plans offered by other companies for the same hosting service;
- Missing some social activity on Glassdoor, bbb.org, Crunchbase

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London Amsterdam Tokyo Chicago Dallas Frankfurt am Main Newark Mumbai Toronto Sydney

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