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FastComet
Global cPanel hosting with backups
FastComet runs 11 global data centers with free daily backups and a price-lock policy. A strong pick for international audiences and anyone who values cPanel familiarity with modern performance.
Where FastComet actually fits
FastComet is best understood as a shared host built for international sites, cpanel users. Plans start at $2.95/mo and are backed by a 45-day money-back guarantee window, which gives you a realistic runway to test under your own traffic before committing to a renewal. Support is handled via livechat — a detail that matters far more once something breaks at 2 a.m. than it does on the day you sign up.
On performance, our composite Perf Index puts FastComet at 100/100 across 11 data-center regions. Readiness for modern workloads breaks down as limited for SaaS and not suitable for AI-adjacent workloads — numbers we re-check quarterly rather than inherit from a brochure.
Our take: Excellent international footprint with included backups.
The specs that matter
- Uptime
- 99.9%+
- Support
- LiveChat
- Refund window
- 45-day money-back guarantee
- Starts at
- $2.95/mo
- Perf Index
- 100/100
- Data center regions
- 11
- SaaS-ready
- Limited
- AI workload-ready
- Not suitable
Perf Index is Hostilo’s composite of TTFB, sustained uptime, and median support response — scored 0–100. See our methodology for the full weighting.
- 11 global data centers
- Free daily backups
- Price-lock guarantee
- Generous 45-day refund
- Lower-tier storage caps
- No free domain on lowest plan
What you get
FastComet intro vs. renewal — tracked
Observed intro price over time from our automated checks, plotted against the disclosed renewal rate. Hover any point for the source and date.
Every point is an observed intro price from our automated checks against FastComet’s public pricing page. The dashed line is the disclosed renewal price.
Price-lock guarantee.
Optimized WordPress stack with caching layers included.
We’d revise FastComet’s score if…
- Renewal pricing rose materially above the $2.95/mo bracket without a corresponding feature uplift.
- Median support response time exceeded our category threshold across two consecutive monthly probes.
- Measured uptime fell below the 99.9%+ commitment in a 90-day rolling window, or a confirmed outage went unannounced.
- The refund window (45-day money-back guarantee) was narrowed, or readers reported friction actually claiming it.
Every revision is logged on the public corrections log. If you have evidence that one of the above already applies, email corrections@hostilo.net.
What's actually changed at FastComet
Every price move, outage, policy change, and ownership shift we’ve verified — chronological, sourced where possible. This is the record behind the score.
- SupportAuto-verified
Support channels updated: "24/7 chat, phone, and ticket" → "LiveChat"
Detected during automated Q4 2026 audit of FastComet.
Source ↗ - PriceEditorial
First-term pricing increased $0.50/mo across all shared plans
Renewal pricing unchanged.
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