FastHosts vs A Small Orange (June 2026): Which Web Host Wins?

FastHosts vs A Small Orange (2026 Comparison) which should you choose?

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Winner: FastHosts
In this FastHosts vs A Small Orange comparison, our extensive tests on both providers cover everything from pricing and performance to customer feedback. We find out which one stands out. This comprehensive analysis gives you a clear picture of why FastHosts is often the preferred choice for website owners.

Detailed Comparison: FastHosts vs A Small Orange

Hosting Providers Comparison

Pricing

Starting price
NZ$ 2.29 / month
NZ$ 4.97 / month
Free domain
No
Yes
Coupons
Coupons6

User Ratings

User Friendly
4.6
1.7
Support
4.9
1.3
Features
4.5
2.0
Reliability
4.8
1.6
Pricing
4.6
2.1

User Reviews

Latest positive review
Dan da Cruz
Dan da Cruz
5.0
I have been with Fasthosts for over 25 years
I have been with Fasthosts for over 25 years and rely on them for website and Exchange accounts. Terrific service, including an excellent and patient ...
support call with Jefferson Quijano today. Glad to recommend them.
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Ridwan Choudhury
Ridwan Choudhury
4.8
Very good experience. No downtime in last 3 months.
I signed up with A Small Orange despite seeing many bitter reviews on the internet. I've been using ASO shared (small) plan for 3 months. Never experi...
enced any issue with their service. I've monitored my website uptime with Jetpack plugin of wordpress and tested speed, server response time regularly. Never experienced any downtime in last 3 months. Pingdom shows my website is faster than the 98% website. Actually, so far I'm very happy with their service. It is true that their support ticket is very slow and they took almost two weeks to reply my ticket about registering a new domain. But I never had to wait more than 3 minutes to get live chat support. My ticket was solved instantly via live chat. Another good thing about ASO is their server name and user area interface is very unique and user friendly. Hope ASO will remain consistent with their good service. Best wishes for ASO team!
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Latest negative review
Andy Southern
Andy Southern
1.2
Seems cheap at first, they never tell you of the expensive extras.
FastHosts will lure you in with what appear to be great offers. They seldom live up to expectations. 1. Sudden increases in price - monthly subscrip...
tions tie you in and suddenly jump in price from £1 to ≈£25. 2. Unclear communication - I had a support ticket open for 3 months with zero response from "Fast"hosts. Status was "awaiting response". When this was pointed out to them, their response was "we view support tickets as more like notes than support tickets." And then sneekily marked the ticket "closed". 3. Unclear pricing - I received documents from them that said some services cost £0 per month, with no indication they were putting up that price to £23. 4. No contracts sent to emails - but they will claim they did. All in all I think FastHosts have really dropped in standards to the point where I would recommend using a more reliable supplier to anyone with them or thinking of joining them. They're currently providing no service to me, poor response to customers, make their money from what is generally called "subscription scam" and trying to take yet more money from me. Be aware of their "expensive add-on" Modus operandi, e.g. £40 for an SSL.
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Andy P.
Andy P.
1.0
SCAM ALERT
They will STEAL YOUR MONEY overcharging your card with increased renewal fees NO MATTER IF YOU CANCELED OR TRANSFERED AWAY! If you complain they wo...
n't give the money back - they only refund as credit to reuse their crap service longer. There are so many reviews about the same scam. AKA. RUN AWAY! Do not trust anything they say. If you have ever registered with them, contact your bank or Paypal to remove ANY LINK before they STEAL your money! I never got my money back even they promise refund on customer support and later change their mind. Don't trust them.
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Shared Hosting

Under $4

Start

NZ$1.70 / month
  • Space: 100 GB
  • Number of Sites: 1

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Tiny

NZ$4.97 / month
  • Space: 512 MB
  • Bandwidth: 5.12 GB
  • Panel: cPanel

Under $8

Small

NZ$8.51 / month
  • Space: 5 GB
  • Bandwidth: 51.2 GB
  • Panel: cPanel

Over $10

Scale

NZ$20.43 / month
  • Space: 350 GB
  • Number of Sites: 10

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Medium

NZ$17.02 / month
  • Space: 15 GB
  • Bandwidth: 153.6 GB
  • Panel: cPanel

VPS

Under $4

VPS 1

NZ$3.40 / month
  • Space: 60 GB

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Under $8

VPS 2

NZ$8.51 / month
  • Space: 120 GB

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Over $10

VPS 4

NZ$17.02 / month
  • Space: 240 GB

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1

NZ$34.04 / month
  • Space: 30 GB

Dedicated Server

Under $4
Under $8
Over $10

Xeon-E-32-HDD

NZ$68.08 / month
  • Space: 2 TB

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Xeon E3-1220 V2

NZ$168.51 / month
  • Space: 128 GB

Cloud Hosting

Under $4
Under $8
Over $10

Website Builder

Under $4

Essential

NZ$1.70 / month
  • Space: 819.2 MB

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Under $8
Over $10

CDN

Under $4
Under $8
Over $10

Data Centers

North America
Europe
Asia
Oceânia
South America
Africa & Middle East

CMS support

Wordpress
Joomla
Drupal
Magento
Softaculous
Presta Shop

OS Support

Windows
Linux

Language Support

PHP
Java
Python
NodeJS
Django
Perl
Ruby on Rails
ASP.NET

Database Support

MongoDB
MySQL
PostgreSQL

Payment Types Support

PayPal
Credit Card
Skrill
Wire Transfer
Webmoney
Bitcoin

Services Support

Live Chat
Phone Support
Email Support
Forum Support
Video guides
Knowledgebase
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