Krystal Hosting Amethyst, £ 4.99/mo. on Linux Cloud

Amethyst has been updated on 📆 November 7, 2020 (added 📅 September 5, 2017), Aggregate Rating (9.8 out of 10 from 6 reviews)

💪 CPU/Cores :	1 Core
🔋 RAM :	1000 MB
🔌 Hosted domains :	2
🆓 free domains :	0
📌 Dedicated IPs :	0
💳 Payment Methods :	Credit / Debit / Prepaid CardsPayPal
🔨 Control Panel :	CPanel
🔧 Category :	BackupWordpressWebsite Builder
✍️ Support Options :	EmailHelp DeskPhone / Toll-FreeLive Chat
Other special features :	PHP versions: 5.2-7
🌏 Server Locations :	United Kingdom

See also initial Amethyst plan location on their website!

📜 Plan description

📄 Editorial Review

Founded 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 Hosting;
• eCommerce Hosting;
• Magento Hosting;
• Joomla Hosting;

More than that, Krystal provides a number of services. Some of these are:

• Website Builder;
• CDN service;
• Domain names;
• VoIP;

Krystal is oriented in offering their customers speed which is provided through:

• LiteSpeed;
• Enterprise hardware;
• Solid State Disks (SSD);
• No overcrowded servers;

With Cloud Hosting, customers are provided with a free domain name. At the same time, they get SSH and Git developer tools, backups or MySQL databases. Cloud standard features at Krystal are some of the following: free SSL certificate (Let’s Encrypt), 1.5 Tbps DDoS protection, running on LiteSpeed Web Server, unlimited emails, unlimited subdomains and unlimited parked domains. Cloud Premium plan includes PCI-DSS Scan Compliant, LiteMage (optimized caching), unlimited MySQL databases and backups (hourly, daily, weekly, monthly).

All Reseller Hosting plans include the following standard features: unlimited cPanel accounts, unlimited MySQL databases, weekly and monthly backups, free WHMCS billing license, SSH and Git developer tools, white labeled. It also includes free SSL certificate, off-site backups, runs on LiteSpeed Web Server, website builder and 1.5 Tbps of DDoS protection.

Dedicated servers can be configured. These are fully managed and Dell Enterprise Grade Servers. Dedicated servers run on gigabit network (1Gbps), OOB+ virtual access, 2 x 2.20GHz Xeon E5 CPU and 2 x 1TB SSD (RAID 1).

PCI-Compliant plans have optimized caching (LiteMage), low contention, free SSL certificate (Let’s Encrypt), website builder, 1.5Tbps of DDoS protection, unlimited subdomains and parked domains.