Mythic-beasts Extended Validation, £ 250.00/yr.

Extended Validation has been added on Dec 3, 2020, Aggregate Rating (9.4 out of 10 from 16 reviews)

🔐 Domains protected :	1
💳 Payment Methods :	Credit / Debit / Prepaid Cards
✍️ Support Options :	EmailHelp DeskPhone / Toll-Free
⚑ Targeting :	NL UK US

See also initial Extended Validation plan location on their website!

📜 Plan description

📄 Editorial Review

Mythic Beasts is a long-established UK hosting provider with roots going back to 2000, started by graduates from Oxford and Cambridge who wanted a more technically capable hosting environment than the usual low-cost shared-hosting platforms available at that time. The company has remained privately owned, independent, and heavily engineering-led, with ownership still tied to the founders and present or former staff. That gives the provider a different profile from many mass-market hosts: Mythic Beasts is not built around aggressive introductory discounts or simplified beginner branding, but around technically transparent hosting, open-source tooling, real support staff, and flexible infrastructure.

The service range is broad and practical. They cover domains, DNS hosting, Dynamic DNS, web hosting, email hosting, VPS, Raspberry Pi cloud servers, dedicated servers, colocation, managed hosting, managed WordPress, managed Nextcloud, managed Indico, managed Matomo, managed Mastodon, SSL/TLS support, and IP transit / connectivity. This makes them suitable for customers who want more control than a typical shared host offers, especially developers, small technology companies, open-source projects, academic users, and businesses that prefer direct technical ownership of their hosting stack.

Their shared web and email hosting is simple but flexible. Accounts support unlimited domains, unlimited email addresses, free SSL/TLS, MySQL, optional PostgreSQL, multiple PHP versions, WordPress installation through the control panel, optional SSH access, DNS tools, webmail, POP3/IMAP mailboxes, autoresponders, and domain redirection. The web hosting platform is especially appealing for customers who want classic Linux hosting without being locked into a commercial control panel environment.

The VPS platform is one of the company’s stronger product areas. Customers receive full root access, IPv6 support, optional IPv4, SSD or HDD storage options, VNC and serial console access, DNS services, ping monitoring with SMS alerts, ISO-based installations, and multiple location choices. The server locations include London, Cambridge, Amsterdam, and Fremont, California, which gives users some geographic flexibility across the UK, EU, and US.

A distinctive part of the Mythic Beasts portfolio is their Raspberry Pi cloud. This is not a generic virtual machine product; it provides dedicated Raspberry Pi hardware in a hosted environment, with 64-bit ARM processors, network storage, IPv6 connectivity, REST API access, power control, and fast provisioning. It is a niche but valuable product for education, ARM development, testing, lightweight services, and projects that specifically need Raspberry Pi hardware rather than an emulated or generic ARM VPS.

Their dedicated server offer is more infrastructure-oriented. Servers include root access, IPv4 and IPv6, remote power control, serial console access, Linux installation options, monitoring features, backup options, service monitoring, and optional managed support. The dedicated range covers standard servers, compute-heavy configurations, and storage-focused machines. Customers needing their own physical hardware environment can also choose colocation, with rack space, power, bandwidth, switched PDU access, serial console service, and optional management.

Managed services are another important part of the company’s identity. Their managed hosting offer includes operating system installation and configuration, security updates, health checks, 24/7 monitoring, backups, SMS monitoring, graphing, and operational response. Their managed application catalog focuses on open-source software, including WordPress, Nextcloud, Indico, Matomo, and Mastodon. This is a good fit for customers who want the independence of open-source software but do not want to handle server maintenance, updates, monitoring, and backup operations alone.

The website is available in English, and prices are displayed in GBP (£). Product pages generally show pricing excluding VAT, while some headline prices include VAT where clearly marked. Mythic Beasts has also made a strong environmental commitment around its UK/EU network, where its listed UK/EU data center footprint is backed by renewable energy procurement and Green Web Foundation verification.