Krystal Hosting
B Corp certified UK hosting powered by 100% renewable energy.
The verdict
Krystal is an employee- and founder-owned British host, certified as a B Corporation and running entirely on renewable energy. Its Katapult cloud platform and onyx shared hosting are aimed at UK agencies and businesses that want ethical hosting without sacrificing speed.
The full picture
Krystal is a British host founded in 2002 that became, in 2020, the United Kingdom's first certified B Corporation hosting provider. That certification is not marketing decoration: it requires audited standards on environmental impact, worker treatment and governance, and Krystal backs it with 100% renewable energy across its infrastructure, a tree-planting programme, and published sustainability reporting.
The hosting itself is genuinely good. Krystal runs its own cloud platform, Katapult, from United Kingdom data centres, with NVMe storage, LiteSpeed on shared plans, free daily backups, free migrations, DirectAdmin or cPanel depending on product, and a support team based in the United Kingdom that has a strong reputation among British agencies. The Onyx and Katapult ranges give a clean path from shared hosting up to configurable cloud servers.
Prices are above budget commodity hosting, which is the cost of running ethically in an expensive market. For a British business that cares where its money goes and wants its data and support in the country, it is a rare combination.
What you get
- 100% renewable energy
- B Corp certified
- UK data centers
- Katapult cloud platform
- Free migrations
- In-house UK support
Every hosting type it sells
| Product | From | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| Shared hosting | $6.99/mo | Onyx range on LiteSpeed with NVMe and free migrations. |
| WordPress hosting | $6.99/mo | Managed WordPress tooling with staging and caching. |
| Katapult cloud | $5/mo | Configurable cloud servers on its own platform. |
| Reseller hosting | $24.99/mo | White-label accounts for UK agencies. |
| Managed hosting | Custom | Fully managed solutions with account support. |
Plans & pricing
- 10 Websites
- 25 GB NVMe
- Free SSL
- Unlimited Websites
- 75 GB NVMe
- Priority Support
- 2 vCPU
- 4 GB RAM
- Hourly Billing
What the price actually costs you
- Priced above budget commodity hosting — you pay for UK infrastructure and B Corp practices.
- No aggressive renewal cliff; pricing is comparatively honest.
- Prices are in pounds sterling with UK VAT handling.
- A 60-day money-back guarantee applies, unusually long.
Technical specification
| Control panel | DirectAdmin on shared, Katapult console on cloud |
|---|---|
| Web server | LiteSpeed with caching on shared plans |
| Storage | NVMe SSD throughout |
| Data residency | UK data centres, 100% renewable powered |
| Backups | Free daily backups with self-service restore |
| Free migration | Free migrations performed by the UK team |
| Staging | Yes, on WordPress plans |
| Developer tools | SSH, Git, WP-CLI and PHP version control |
| Ethics | B Corp certified, renewable energy, tree-planting programme |
| Support | UK-based support with a strong agency reputation |
| Uptime SLA | 100% uptime guarantee with credits |
Performance in practice
Strong within the United Kingdom and Europe. LiteSpeed on NVMe in UK data centres with good local peering gives fast responses to British visitors, and the Katapult cloud platform provides dedicated resources when a site outgrows shared. There is no global edge network included, so an international audience needs a CDN added.
Infrastructure & support
Support channels
- Business hours phone
- Ticket system
- Email support
Data centers
- United Kingdom (London, Manchester)
Security & compliance
- Free daily backups with self-service restore
- Free SSL with automatic installation and renewal
- UK data residency with GDPR-aligned contracts
- Server-level firewall, malware scanning and DDoS mitigation
- Two-factor authentication on the control panel
- A 100% uptime guarantee backed by credits
Moving a site in
Free migrations performed by the United Kingdom team, including bulk moves for agencies transferring client portfolios. Staging environments let you validate before switching DNS.
The trade-off
In its favour
- Genuine environmental credentials
- Excellent UK-based support
- Strong performance on NVMe storage
Worth knowing
- Priced above budget UK hosts
- Limited data centers outside the UK
Who should look elsewhere
- Buyers looking for the cheapest possible hosting
- Audiences far outside Europe without a CDN
- Anyone needing cPanel specifically on shared plans
- Enterprise workloads needing multi-region architecture
The company behind it
| Ownership | Privately held, British owned, employee-friendly B Corp |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Sussex, United Kingdom |
| Founded | 2002 |
| Scale | Tens of thousands of UK websites, agency-heavy customer base |
| Certification | Certified B Corporation, 100% renewable energy |
How it got here
- 2002 Founded in the United Kingdom as an independent host.
- 2017 Moves fully to renewable energy across its infrastructure.
- 2020 Becomes the UK's first B Corp certified hosting provider.
- 2021 Launches Katapult, its own cloud compute platform.
- 2023 Expands Katapult regions and adds managed WordPress tooling.
Common questions
Is Krystal actually green hosting?
Yes, Krystal runs on 100% renewable energy and holds B Corporation certification.
What is Katapult?
Katapult is Krystal's own cloud compute platform offering fast NVMe-backed virtual servers with hourly billing.
The bottom line
The ethical choice in British hosting that also happens to be technically good: B Corp certified, renewable powered, NVMe and LiteSpeed, UK support and a 60-day guarantee. Worth the premium if your audience is British and your values are part of the purchase.