Planeetta.net review

First impression

Helsinki-based Finnish company Planeetta was established in 2002. It offers an extensive range of services including the Jelastic cloud platform, hosting, file servers, WordPress website design and maintenance, domain names, and e-commerce solutions.

Using its Finnish data centers and public clouds, this provider maintains and monitors the online services of more than 15,000 Finnish corporate customers. Its website is in Finnish, but there is a “Briefly in English” page which is exactly what it says: a few simple sentences in English giving basic company information.

With the Planeta Kotisivut service, creating a website is easy, fast and affordable. The convenient Kotisivukone works directly in your browser and is perfectly suited to the needs of a start-up company or small entrepreneur. The service includes a homepage tool and a homepage mode.

An easy-to-use service with which you can easily build your own homepage. Suitable for a startup entrepreneur and small sites that don't need extensive features.

Trial period

Planeetta does not offer a free trial, you can take advantage of their money-back guarantee to evaluate their hosting solutions risk-free for the first 15 days.

With Planeetta, you get no money-back guarantee. You also get no trial period by default, but the company’s “General Terms of Contract” page indicates that a customer can negotiate with the company and agree on a trial period for a chosen service.

Billing cycle

The beginner-level Planeetta Kotisivutila package is competitively priced, which is good news for anyone looking to get started with an online presence. But beware that you need to add 24% VAT to the published prices.

Like most hosting providers, they display monthly prices, but you can only buy plans (in euros) on quarterly, yearly, biennial, and triennial billing cycles.

Control panel

You have a versatile cPanel control panel at your disposal. You can easily create, for example, e-mail boxes, edit domain controls, install applications and change PHP version or settings.

For beginners, Planeetta provides Planeetta Kotisivutila (or the Home mode plan) that includes a name service, a backed-up home page, and a MySQL database. From a Parallels Plesk control panel, you can manage password changes, domain name services, and the home page folder’s password protection. Although this plan doesn’t come with email included, email is available as a paid extra.

Limits

For businesses, Planeetta provides Planeetta Yrityswebhotelli (or the Business plan) that comes with 1 GB space, 5 Planeetta mailboxes (with Exchange ActiveSync enabled), MariaDB, PHP7, SFTP, FastCGI, and AWStats.

With Planeetta Kotisivutila, you get:

• PHP 5.1-7.2 and MariaDB 5.5 database;
• 1 GB disk space;
• 50 GB bandwidth per month;
• Fast SSH, SFTP, and FTP connections;
• AWStats/Webalizer for site statistics.

Their hosting services has different costing and limits, from Initial which cost around €8/month to Power that cost €40/month, each has its limits on SSD Storage, Email account, Transfer limit and RAM.

Basic plan comes with 2GB SSD Storage, up to 3 Email accounts, up to 50GB Transfer limits and 1 website. And for Higher plan it comes with 30GB SSD Storage, up to 100 Email accounts, up to 400GB Transfer limits and Unlimited websites.

Security

That's fantastic! Let's Encrypt is a widely trusted certificate authority that provides free SSL certificates, enabling website owners to secure their websites with HTTPS encryption. This not only enhances security but also improves trust and credibility with visitors. 

It's great to see hosting services like planeetta.fi offering this feature, as it makes it easier for website owners to implement SSL without additional cost.

OS

Overall, it's great to know that planeetta.fi hosting utilizes Linux-based operating systems, as they are a solid choice for web hosting. While Linux is the predominant choice, it's possible that Mac OS systems might be used in certain aspects of Sprinthost.ru's infrastructure or for specific purposes.

Support

Planeetta’s customer support staff can be contacted by phone (during office hours), real-time chat, or email. You can submit bug reports even on weekends via email or an online form. My questions were answered promptly when I tested the live chat:

Conclusion

If you’re looking for a Northern European provider of competitively priced shared hosting plans, you should plan to look at Planeetta.

FAQS:

❔Is it free to transfer website to planeetta.fi?
It's essential to confirm this directly with planeetta.fi, as the availability of free website transfer services may vary depending on the hosting plan you choose and any ongoing promotions they may have.

✅What is a VPS on planeetta.fi and is it fast?
A VPS, or Virtual Private Server, offered by planeetta.fi is a type of hosting service where a physical server is divided into multiple virtual servers, each operating independently with its own resources such as CPU, RAM, and storage. Unlike shared hosting where multiple websites share the same server resources, VPS hosting provides dedicated resources to each virtual server, offering better performance, stability, and security.

As for the speed of a VPS compared to shared hosting, it's generally expected that a VPS will provide faster performance. This is because with a VPS, you have dedicated resources allocated to your virtual server, whereas with shared hosting, resources are shared among multiple websites.

💮Does planeetta.fi offer Shared Hosting services?
Yes, planeetta.fi does offer Shared Hosting services. Shared Hosting is a type of web hosting where multiple websites are hosted on a single server, sharing its resources such as CPU, RAM, and storage. It's a popular and cost-effective option for individuals and small businesses who don't require the resources of a dedicated server.