Krystal Hosting 🆚 WP Engine - Mar, 2024

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Krystal Hosting (krystal.io) has been added on 📅 and last updated on 📆 . Trusted and verified by WHTOP on 2017.
WP Engine (wpengine.com) has been added on 📅 and last updated on 📆 . Trusted and verified by WHTOP on 2016.

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👉 Total Reviews: 6
🙌 Average Rating: 9.8 / 10
👍 Good Reviews: 6
👎 Bad Reviews: 0
👈 Official Responses: 0
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152-160 City Road
London EC1V 2NX
UK

krystal.io
Irongate House, 22-30 Duke's Place
London EC3A 7LP
UK

wpengine.com
📧 Emailcontact@k...sales@w...
☎ Phone+442080501337020 3770 9704
Ranks🏆 Alexa Rating 73,040▲8,411 (lower is better)
📈 Domains 15,841▲103 (higher is better)
Alexa Rank in SD 234
🏆 SEO MOZ DA/PA 46/56🔗 Links 967,246
🏆 Alexa Rating 2,347▲227 (lower is better)
Alexa Rank in US 1,175
🏆 SEO MOZ DA/PA 80/65🔗 Links 363,755
Languages en-GB en-US
📄 InfoFounded by CEO Simon Blackler in 2002, Krystal has built a positive and solid reputation over the years. It has been rated by TrustPilot to be the number 1 UK hosting company. Ever since they started, Krystal has hosted and supported several charity programs.

They are specialized in the following hosting services: Cloud Hosting;Reseller Hosting;Cloud VPS Hosting;PCI-Compliant Hosting;Dedicated Servers;
There are also several hosting solutions available with Krystal, such as:WordPress [...]
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WP Engine is a hosting platform that is rather new in the hosting industry. They claim to offer powerful hardware architecture and high speed. They are partners with Google, New Relic, Amazon, BigCommerce and Cloudflare.

They specialize in WordPress hosting and their plans are dedicated for both beginners and enterprises that need customized plans. Backups are made automatically, security is guaranteed with Cloudflare and speed is improved by CDN and their multiple data centers. Site [...]
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📡 EstablishedNovember, 20032010
🏁 Site speedFast, load time 1.7 seconds 55% sites are slower
SEO Links count 114
Average, load time 2.3 seconds 39% sites are slower
SEO Links count 21,165
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📣 Social Media

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krystal.io Iconkrystalhosting
Started from: August, 2009
  • Tweets: 6,745
  • Followers: 3,090
  • Friends: 90
  • Last activity:

wpengine.com Iconwpengine
Started from: March, 2010
  • Tweets: 27,503
  • Followers: 44,328
  • Friends: 45
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Krystal Hosting
  • Followers: 39
  • Entity type: Privately Held
  • Founded: 2002
  • Employee Count: 2-10
  • Industry: Internet

company/wpengine/
Krystal Hosting Blog
  • Blog Posts: 0
  • Blog added on: Dec, 2019

WP Engine Blog
  • Blog Posts: 1,236
  • Software Wordpress version 6.4.3
  • Blog added on: Jan, 2015
  • Language: en-US
  • Last written post:

🔧 Dedicated Hosting - 1/0
💡 Plan NameDell Enterprise Server [Linux]-
💰 Price£ 249.99/mo. VAT 20% exc-
💿 Disk Space960 GB SSD-
📶 Data Transferunmetered-
🔌 Hosted domainsunlimited-
🆓 Free Domain0-
💪 CPU2 x Xeon E5 CPU-
🔋 RAM32 GB-
📌 Dedicated IPs1-
🔨 Control PanelCPanel, WHM-
🌏 Server LocationUnited Kingdom-
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)Fully managed, high-spec dedicated servers deployed on our gigabit network, backed by our superior 24/7 UK support

Ready within 24 hours (usually same day)

2 x 2.20GHz Xeon E5 CPU
1Gbps network
OOB + virtual access

2 x 1TB SSD (RAID 1) Upgradable to 8 x 1TB SSD
1Gbps network [...]
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📅 Date PlanNov 2020-
🔧 Reseller Hosting - 3/0
💡 Plan NameUnity [Linux]-
💰 Price£ 1.00/mo. VAT 20% exc
(£ 14.99 after 1 mo.)
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💿 Disk Space25 GB SSD-
📶 Data Transferunmetered-
🔌 Hosted domainsunlimited-
🆓 Free Domain0-
📌 Dedicated IPs0-
🔨 Control PanelCPanel, WHM-
🌏 Server LocationUnited Kingdom-
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)Our entry level plan, ideal for a new enterprise.
Hosting Price
Monthly: £14.99 (first month £1.00)
Yearly: £149.99

10 cPanel accounts
FREE webiste builder
WHM Access
SSH access
Unlimited Bandwidth
Unlimited MySQL databases
Unlimited [...]
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📅 Date PlanNov 2020-
💡 Plan NameTrinity [Linux]-
💰 Price£ 1.00/mo. VAT 20% exc
(£ 29.99 after 1 mo.)
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💿 Disk Space100 GB SSD-
📶 Data Transferunmetered-
🔌 Hosted domainsunlimited-
🆓 Free Domain1-
📌 Dedicated IPs0-
🔨 Control PanelCPanel, WHM-
🌏 Server LocationUnited Kingdom-
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)Great for established resellers with room for growth.
+ 2 months free on annual plans
FREE domain name With yearly billing

Hosting Price
Monthly: £29.99
Yearly: £299.99

FREE WHMCS license
50 cPanel accounts
FREE webiste builder
WHM Access
SSH [...]
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📅 Date PlanNov 2020-
💡 Plan NameInfinity [Linux]-
💰 Price£ 1.00/mo. VAT 20% exc
(£ 69.99 after 1 mo.)
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💿 Disk Space250 GB SSD-
📶 Data Transferunmetered-
🔌 Hosted domainsunlimited-
🆓 Free Domain1-
📌 Dedicated IPs0-
🔨 Control PanelCPanel, WHM-
🌏 Server LocationUnited Kingdom-
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)Unlimited reseller plan, ideal for large-scale resellers with high traffic.
+ 2 months free on annual plans

Hosting Price
Monthly: £69.99 (FREE domain name)
Yearly: £699.99

FREE domain name
FREE WHMCS license
200 GB SSD disk space
Unlimited cPanel [...]
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📅 Date PlanNov 2020-
🔧 VPS - 2/0
💡 Plan NameVPS: K-1 [Linux]-
💰 Price£ 9.99/mo. VAT 20% exc-
💿 Disk Space25 GB SSD-
📶 Data Transferunmetered-
🔌 Hosted domainsunlimited-
🆓 Free Domain0-
💪 CPU1 CPU core-
🔋 RAM1 GB-
📌 Dedicated IPs1-
🔨 Control Panel -
🌏 Server LocationUnited Kingdom-
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)Base-level VPS
cPanel: No
Backups: Backups Standard
Managed: No

cPanel/WHM: Price: £10.00 /month
Managed service: Price: £60.00 /month

Remember all VPS plans include the following FREE features:

Unlimited bandwidth
1,000Gbps DDoS protection
60 day money-back guarantee
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📅 Date PlanNov 2020-
💡 Plan NameVPS: K-6 [Linux]-
💰 Price£ 162.99/mo. VAT 20% exc-
💿 Disk Space500 GB SSD-
📶 Data Transferunmetered-
🔌 Hosted domainsunlimited-
🆓 Free Domain0-
💪 CPU6 CPU-
🔋 RAM12 GB-
📌 Dedicated IPs1-
🔨 Control PanelCPanel, WHM-
🌏 Server LocationUnited Kingdom-
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)Unlimited bandwidth
2,000Gbps DDoS protection
Full root access
60 day money-back guarantee
FREE VPS setup
FREE monthly snapshot
FREE IP address
UK-based support inc. Live Chat
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📅 Date PlanNov 2020-
🔧 Cloud - 5/4
💡 Plan NameAmethyst [Linux]Custom [Linux]
💰 Price£ 4.99/mo. VAT 20% excon request
💿 Disk Space10 GB SSD50 GB
📶 Data Transferunmetered500 GB
🔌 Hosted domains230
🆓 Free Domain00
🔋 RAM1 GB 
📌 Dedicated IPs00
🔨 Control PanelCPanel
🌏 Server LocationUnited KingdomUnited States
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)A great start, ideal for eCommerce sites.
Hosting Price
Monthly: £2.99 (first month £1.00)
Yearly: £29.99
Every 3 years: £69.99 (save 35%)

FREE website buider
20 MySQL databases
Free SSL Certificate (256-bit)
Free Standard backups
Money back [...]
INFO (mouse over)For large businesses and mission-critical sites. This dedicated environment delivers high performance, with managed onboarding and our fastest support response.

Call +1-512-201-4819
to talk to a sales specialist

Local storage: 100 GB – 1 TB
Bandwidth / month: 400 GB+
Visits / month: Millions

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📅 Date PlanNov 2020Nov 2021
💡 Plan NameRuby [Linux]Startup [Linux]
💰 Price£ 9.99/mo. VAT 20% exc€ 23.00/mo.
💿 Disk Spaceunlimited10 GB
📶 Data Transferunmetered50 GB
🔌 Hosted domainsunlimited1
🆓 Free Domain10
🔋 RAM2 GB 
📌 Dedicated IPs00
🔨 Control PanelCPanel
🌏 Server LocationUnited KingdomUnited States
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)Hosting Price
Monthly: £9.99 (Free domain name)
Yearly: £99.99 (Free domain + save 16.6%)
Every 3 years: £239.99 (Free domain + save 33%)
Important: Your free 1 year domain can obly be claimed when you first sign_up.

Free domain name (1 year) (must be ordered at chekcout)
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INFO (mouse over)All the basics for starting a small website or blog.
Risk-free for 60 days.
Visits / month 25,000

Genesis Framework
35+ StudioPress Themes
24/7 chat support
Dev, Stage, Prod Environments
Transferable Sites
PHP 7.2 ready
LargeFS
Global CDN
Page Performance
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📅 Date PlanNov 2020Nov 2021
💡 Plan NameSapphire [Linux]Growth [Linux]
💰 Price£ 29.99/mo. VAT 20% exc€ 140.00/mo.
💿 Disk Space100 GB SSD20 GB
📶 Data Transferunmetered200 GB
🔌 Hosted domainsunlimited10
🆓 Free Domain00
🔋 RAM3 GB 
📌 Dedicated IPs00
🔨 Control PanelCPanel
🌏 Server LocationUnited KingdomUnited States
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)Low Contention: <100 accts per server
24/7 Emergency phone support
PCI-DSS Scan Compliant
LiteMage - Optimised caching that improves Magento speed/load times up to 5X
Optimised for eCommerce!
INFO (mouse over)Features you need for a growing business.
Risk-free for 60 days.
Visits / month 100,000

Genesis Framework
35+ StudioPress Themes
24/7 chat support
Dev, Stage, Prod Environments
Transferable Sites
PHP 7.2 ready
LargeFS
Global CDN
Page Performance
[...]
📅 Date PlanNov 2020Nov 2021
💡 Plan NameDiamond [Linux]Scale [Linux]
💰 Price£ 59.99/mo. VAT 20% exc€ 350.00/mo.
💿 Disk Space200 GB SSD50 GB
📶 Data Transferunmetered500 GB
🔌 Hosted domainsunlimited30
🆓 Free Domain00
🔋 RAM4 GB 
📌 Dedicated IPs10
🔨 Control PanelCPanel
🌏 Server LocationUnited KingdomUnited States
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)MySQL Databases Unlimited
Backups 4-Hourly Backups (6X a day)
Developer Tools SSH, Git

Business Hosting Features (or "Extras", as they’re known at other hosting companies!)

LiteMage - Optimised caching that improves Magento up to 5X
Low Contention: <100 accounts per server
[...]
INFO (mouse over)Higher capacity and site limits to scale your experiences.
Risk-free for 60 days.
Visits / month 400,000

Genesis Framework
35+ StudioPress Themes
24/7 chat support
Dev, Stage, Prod Environments
Transferable Sites
PHP 7.2 ready
LargeFS
Global CDN
Page [...]
📅 Date PlanNov 2020Nov 2021
💡 Plan NameTanzanite [Linux]-
💰 Price£ 99.99/mo. VAT 20% exc-
💿 Disk Spaceunlimited SSD-
📶 Data Transferunmetered-
🔌 Hosted domainsunlimited-
🆓 Free Domain0-
💪 CPU8 CPU cores-
🔋 RAM8 GB-
📌 Dedicated IPs1-
🔨 Control PanelCPanel-
🌏 Server LocationUnited Kingdom-
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)SSD Disk Space Unlimited (For website files/databases and email storage related to your site)
MySQL Databases Unlimited
Backups 4-Hourly Backups (6X a day)
Developer Tools SSH, Git

Business Hosting Features (or "Extras", as they’re known at other hosting companies!)

LiteMage - Optimised [...]
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📅 Date PlanNov 2020-
🔧 CDN - 1/0
💡 Plan NameCDN 500GB-
💰 Price£ 35.00/mo. VAT 20% exc-
💿 Disk Space -
📶 Data Transfer500 GB-
🔌 Hosted domains -
🆓 Free Domain -
🔨 Control Panel[In-house]-
🌏 Server LocationUnited Kingdom-
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)SSL included
Locations worldwide
Pre-caching

If you're hosting heavy media assets such as videos, large images or pdfs then speed up the delivery of them with 500GB of transfer per month.

Based on the anycast routing methodology content is served to visitors at the closest geographic location to [...]
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📅 Date PlanNov 2020-
💻 Supported Operating Systems
  • Linux
  • Linux
📤 List of products
  • Dedicated Hosting
  • Reseller Hosting
  • VPS
  • Cloud
  • Domains
  • CDN
  • Cloud
✍️ Support Options
  • Email
  • Help Desk
  • Phone / Toll-Free
  • Live Chat
  • 0 WHTop support responses
  • Email
  • Help Desk
  • Phone / Toll-Free
  • Forum
  • Live Chat
  • Available 24/7
  • 0 WHTop support responses
💰 Payment Options
  • Credit / Debit / Prepaid Cards
  • PayPal
  • Credit / Debit / Prepaid Cards
👪 Last positive / negative customers review
 
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on 📆 Aug 30, 2023
😁 I have been with Krystal since they took over my existing company, all I can say is WOW, from the ease of use through to fantastic support, I couldn't recommend them enough. Staff are always friendly and happy to help and have got me out of a few [...]

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