HostUp
Swedish cloud hosting, VPS, and domains at budget prices
About HostUp
HostUp is a Swedish hosting provider and accredited domain registrar offering shared web hosting, WordPress hosting, KVM-based VPS, and domain registration. Founded in 2019, it runs 100% NVMe storage with RAID-10 and a Stockholm data center, positioning itself as a high-performance, low-cost alternative to mainstream hosts.
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Very competitive pricing across shared, WordPress, and VPS plans
- 100% NVMe RAID-10 storage for strong performance
- Full KVM VPS with custom OS, root access, and 280+ API endpoints
- Stockholm, Sweden data center with EU data residency
- 45-day money-back guarantee and free migrations
- Highly rated support, ~4.7/5 on Trustpilot
Cons
- No telephone support (chat and ticket only)
- No Windows shared hosting
- Single primary data center region limits geographic choice
- Smaller, lesser-known provider compared to mainstream hosts
Key Features
KVM-based VPS
Full virtualization with custom OS and kernel support, VNC/HTTPS console access, and full root control.
100% NVMe storage
Enterprise NVMe drives in RAID-10 for fast, stable disk performance across all hosting products.
Shared & WordPress hosting
cPanel-based shared and managed WordPress plans with free SSL, website builder, and unlimited traffic.
Domain registration
Accredited registrar for registering and managing domains alongside hosting services.
DDoS protection
Network-layer DDoS scrubbing included to keep sites and servers online during attacks.
Developer API
280+ API endpoints for programmatic provisioning and management of VPS resources.
Automated backups
Included VPS backups with Ceph replication across multiple locations.
Free migrations
Free website migrations and a 45-day money-back guarantee.
Pricing
- 10 GB storage
- 1 website
- Free SSL
- cPanel
- Unlimited traffic
- 20 GB storage
- 5 websites
- Free SSL
- Website builder
- DDoS protection
- 2 vCPU
- 4 GB RAM
- 50 GB NVMe
- 2 TB bandwidth
- Full KVM root access
- 4 vCPU
- 16 GB RAM
- 200 GB NVMe
- 10 TB bandwidth
- Included backups
- 32 vCPU
- 128 GB RAM
- 1600 GB NVMe
- 32 TB bandwidth
- Private VLAN & IPv6
Best For
Budget VPS hosting
Developers needing a low-cost KVM VPS with full root access and NVMe performance.
Small business websites
Hosting WordPress sites or small business pages on affordable cPanel shared plans.
EU data residency
Teams that need hosting within the EU using a Stockholm-based data center.
Domain management
Registering and managing domains alongside hosting from one accredited registrar.
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