Webfort: web hosting with servers in the UK and the US

Webfort is a web hosting provider operating servers in two active regions: London (United Kingdom) and Dallas (United States). The company states that it hosts more than 2,000 UK websites and offers its customers the ability to choose the region for each site when adding it from the control panel. According to its presentation, if the UK region is selected, the site's data remains in that country.

Hosting plans and published prices

Webfort's catalogue is organised into three main shared hosting plans, with monthly or annual billing (the latter with a 20% discount). The prices shown on the site are:

QuickStart: £4.99/month (or £47.88/year). Includes 10 GB NVMe storage, 1 containerised website, 1 CPU core, 2 GB DDR5 RAM, unmetered bandwidth, daily backups, free SSL certificates, unlimited email accounts, Enhance control panel, 1-click WordPress, unlimited MySQL databases, LiteSpeed web server, unlimited subdomains and multi-PHP support.
GrowFast: £9.99/month (or £95.88/year). Adds 25 GB NVMe storage, 5 containerised websites, 2 CPU cores and 3 GB DDR5 RAM.
ScaleUp: £16.99/month (or £163.08/year). Adds 50 GB NVMe storage, 15 containerised websites, 3 CPU cores and 4 GB DDR5 RAM.

The company also sells reseller hosting plans, designed for those who host client sites. These plans allow from 25 websites on a single plan, each in its own container with 2 vCPU and 2 GB RAM, and are customised with the reseller's brand. For projects with more than 15 sites, Webfort offers the possibility of sizing a custom plan.

Infrastructure and technical features

Webfort uses LiteSpeed servers with NVMe storage and edge caching. Each site runs in an independent container with guaranteed CPU and RAM, so performance does not depend on the activity of other sites hosted on the same server. The company cites benchmarks published by LiteSpeed according to which this technology supports six times more traffic than Apache. SSL certificates are renewed automatically while the customer maintains the hosting, and daily backups have a 30-day retention. The control panel is Enhance, with support for WordPress, MariaDB, ModSecurity and Let's Encrypt.

Domains and additional services

In addition to hosting, Webfort manages domain registration and transfer, including DNS, renewals and privacy. The published prices for domains are: .co.uk from £7.99/year, .com from £12.99/year, .net from £15.99/year and .io from £49.99/year. Premium plans include a free domain for the first year.

The company offers free migration from the previous provider: its team transfers files, databases and mailboxes, tests the site and switches traffic when the customer authorises it. Most migrations are completed the same day. If the customer has paid in advance with their old provider, Webfort converts the unused months into credit through its Switch Credit service.

It also has a free website check tool that analyses load speed, SSL certificate status, backups and WordPress updates, and flags any issues detected.

Customer support and guarantees

Technical support is provided 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, via live chat and ticket system, staffed by a UK-based team. The phone line (0330 229 7606) is for sales and operates Monday to Friday, from 9:00 to 18:00 UK time.

Webfort offers a service level agreement (SLA) with 99.99% monthly uptime. If not met, the company credits the customer's account. In addition, all plans come with a 60-day money-back guarantee. For new customers, the first month is priced at £1 with the code FIRST; from the second month the standard published rate applies. The company states that its prices are not introductory rates and that, in the event of an increase, it undertakes to give at least 30 days' notice and to apply the change only from the next renewal.

Corporate details

Webfort Ltd is headquartered at 128 City Road, London EC1V 2NX, United Kingdom, and is registered with company number 15981490. The company is not VAT registered, so it does not add this tax to its prices. It states that 0.5% of purchases go to Stripe Climate.

Location and contact

128 City Road, London EC1V 2NX, United Kingdom

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