Cloud86 review
Verified greenchecked 1 November 2026What this means
Dutch hosting with free migration, a 30-day money-back guarantee and phone support.
Cloud86 is cheap if you commit: Start costs €2.34 a month inc VAT, but only with €84.24 paid upfront for three years, and it then renews at €4.74 a month. Free migration, 24/7 chat, phone support and a 30-day money-back guarantee come with every plan. Backups are kept for only seven days.
from €2.34 a month inc VAT, €84.24 paid upfront for 3 years, then €4.74 a month
Visit Cloud86Prices checked 19 October 2026.
At a glance
- Good for
- Fast European hosting for small sites wanting EU-based servers
- Not ideal for
- Anyone who wants to pay in pounds or keep backups for longer than a week.
- Support
- 24/7 chat, plus phone support
- Money back
- 30 days
- Moving your site
- Free on every plan
- Trustpilot
- 4.8 out of 5 from 2,410 reviews
Plans and prices
| Plan | Price | Websites | Storage | Backups | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Web Hosting Start | from €2.34 a month inc VAT, €84.24 paid upfront for 3 years, then €4.74 a month | Up to 2 websites | 5 GB SSD | 10 addresses | Automatic, kept 7 days |
| Web Hosting Medium | from €3.54 a month inc VAT, €127.44 paid upfront for 3 years, then €9.54 a month | Up to 5 websites | 50 GB SSD | 50 addresses | Automatic, kept 7 days |
| Web Hosting Power | from €7.14 a month inc VAT, €257.04 paid upfront for 3 years, then €19.14 a month | Up to 10 websites | 100 GB SSD | Unlimited addresses | Automatic, kept 7 days |
Pros and cons
Pros
- Still cheap at renewal: €4.74 a month on Start
- Free migration on every plan
- 24/7 chat, plus phone support
- 30-day money-back guarantee
Cons
- Lowest price needs three years paid upfront
- Price about doubles at renewal
- Backups kept for only 7 days
- Small storage on Start: 5 GB
How green is Cloud86?
Cloud86 is in the Green Web Foundation's directory of verified green hosting providers (we checked on 1 November 2026).
What the Foundation's verification means
We found no published statement from Cloud86 about the energy behind its hosting when we last checked, on 19 October 2026.
Cloud86 runs its own servers in third-party data centres in the Netherlands.
The data centres we list are in Netherlands, where the grid averages 254 g CO2e per kWh, against 218 g in the UK. Lower is cleaner.
The grid in each country
| Country | Grid average | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 254 gCO2e/kWh | 2025 |
We last read Cloud86's own pages on 19 October 2026.
Listing data from the Green Web Foundation's Green Web Dataset, under the Open Database License (ODbL). Grid figures: Ember, Yearly electricity data (2026), CC BY 4.0.