Certa Hosting review
Broad managed hosting with clear monthly plans for small businesses.
Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026
Certa Hosting provides managed web, VPS, cloud, dedicated and email hosting for individuals, freelancers, small businesses and larger hosting requirements. Its services run on the web and include cPanel hosting, WordPress hosting, cloud VPS servers, reseller hosting and Microsoft 365 services. The product is particularly suited to small businesses that want website hosting, business email, backups and site-management tools from one provider.
The published monthly plans start with Certa Lite at £4.99, excluding VAT. It includes one website, unlimited SSD disk space, unlimited bandwidth, five mail accounts, one MySQL database and daily snapshot backups. Certa Pro costs £9.99 per month and expands the allowance to 10 websites, 10 mail accounts and three MySQL databases, while retaining unlimited SSD disk space, unlimited bandwidth and daily snapshot backups. Certa Unlimited costs £19.99 per month and includes 20 websites, unlimited mail accounts and unlimited MySQL databases, alongside the same storage, bandwidth and backup provisions. The plan structure makes the main upgrade path clear: more websites, mail accounts and databases.
Certa also covers a wide hosting range rather than focusing only on basic shared hosting. WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, Magento and OpenCart are listed integrations, with MySQL, phpMyAdmin and Microsoft 365 supporting common website, database and productivity needs. Website builder tools, free SSL certificates, automated backups with self-restore, global CDN and edge caching, DDoS protection and a web application firewall broaden the service beyond server space. Choose Certa if you want varied hosting types and UK-based support channels; consider a narrower provider if you need only a single simple site and do not expect to use the wider hosting or email options.
Certa Hosting pros and cons
- Where it wins
- Shared, VPS, dedicated and cloud hosting options
- Daily backups, SSL, CDN, WAF and hosted email
- 24/7 support by phone, email and live chat
- Where it doesn't
- Prices are displayed excluding VAT
- Certa Lite supports only one website
- No free plan is available
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