Servd vs purely.website Craft CMS Hosting

Servd9.2Visit purely.website Craft CMS Hosting8.7Visit

Higher score Servd #2 in Craft CMS Hosting 9.2/10 7-day trial Free trial✓ 2 of 2 features Visit Servd

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purely.website Craft CMS Hosting #5 in Craft CMS Hosting 8.7/10 Paid ✓ 2 of 2 features Visit purely.website

• Servd fits best

  Teams wanting resilient managed Craft hosting

• purely.website Craft CMS Hosting fits best

  Low-cost sites needing staging and cloning

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Side by side

Feature	Servd 9.2/10 Visit ↗	purely.website Craft CMS Hosting 8.7/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.2	8.7
Ranking	#2 in Craft CMS Hosting	#5 in Craft CMS Hosting
Best for	Teams wanting resilient managed Craft hosting	Low-cost sites needing staging and cloning
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	—	£20/yr
Free plan	—	—
Free trial	7 days	—
Deployment	Cloud, Browser extension	Cloud
Platforms	Web	Web
Support	Email, Live chat, Docs	Live chat, Tickets, Docs · 24/7
Compliance	2FA	ISO 27001, 2FA
Integrations	5 integrations	3 integrations
Built for	Solo, Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Solo, Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Servd 2/2 · purely.website Craft CMS Hosting 2/2
Staging sites	✓	✓
Automated backups	✓	✓
Specs
Craft support level	Specialist	Optimized
Supported Craft versions	Craft 3.x, Craft 4.x and Craft 5.x	Not checked yet
Deployment method	Git	Control_panel
Backup retention	30 days	Not checked yet
Sites included	1 sites	1 sites
Our review
Pros	Supports Craft 3.x, 4.x, and 5.x with specialist hosting Staging, Git deployments, and one-click backup restoration CDN delivery, image optimization, isolation, and crash recovery	Plans start at £2 per month with one staging site. Daily backups, one-click restore, and website cloning are included. SSH, SFTP, Git, PHP control, and containerised hosting support developers.
Cons	No permanent free plan The 7-day trial is limited to one staging environment Each plan includes one site	Every plan includes one website container. The integration set centers on Cloudflare, MySQL, and phpMyAdmin. Backup cadence is described as daily or weekly across the service.
Our verdict	Servd is managed hosting built specifically for Craft CMS projects, covering Craft 3.x, Craft 4.x, and Craft 5.x. It is aimed at freelancers, agencies, and organizations that want hosting and deployment operations managed rather than… Read the review →	purely.website provides a Craft CMS-oriented hosting environment for creators, enthusiasts, businesses, and prosumers. Its containerised setup includes staging, free SSL certificates, daily or weekly backups with one-click restore, website… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Servd — where it wins

  • Supports Craft 3.x, 4.x, and 5.x with specialist hosting
  • Staging, Git deployments, and one-click backup restoration
  • CDN delivery, image optimization, isolation, and crash recovery

  Where it doesn't

  • No permanent free plan
  • The 7-day trial is limited to one staging environment
  • Each plan includes one site

• purely.website Craft CMS Hosting — where it wins

  • Plans start at £2 per month with one staging site.
  • Daily backups, one-click restore, and website cloning are included.
  • SSH, SFTP, Git, PHP control, and containerised hosting support developers.

  Where it doesn't

  • Every plan includes one website container.
  • The integration set centers on Cloudflare, MySQL, and phpMyAdmin.
  • Backup cadence is described as daily or weekly across the service.

• Servd9.2/10 · 7-day trial

  A Craft-focused managed host with strong deployment, backup, and infrastructure controls.

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• purely.website Craft CMS Hosting8.7/10 · Paid

  A low-cost Craft CMS host with useful staging and cloning tools.

  Visit purely.websiteFull verdict →