Bytemark vs Heart Internet

What Bytemark is

Bytemark is a UK hosting brand acquired by iomart. Its still-published service and documentation pages describe cloud servers from £10 per month, dedicated and managed hosting, UK facilities, an API and the open-source Symbiosis server stack. However, the original BigV cloud platform stopped receiving support on 30 April 2023 and customers were directed toward iomart's OnApp platform. The legacy website and price list remain reachable, so a new buyer should confirm current ordering, contract, platform and support status directly rather than treating every historical claim as a current offer.

What Heart Internet is

Heart Internet is a UK hosting provider; this record evaluates its current cPanel shared Web Hosting. The Plus plan advertises a discounted first year and renews at £71.88 yearly or £5.99 monthly, excluding VAT. It includes one website, 25 GB NVMe storage, one SSL certificate, two 5 GB mailboxes, 50 GB monthly bandwidth, databases and backups. Higher tiers raise these quotas. The terms make customers responsible for current backup copies, can suspend hosting after the monthly bandwidth allowance is exceeded, and delete hosted data immediately and permanently when a service is cancelled.

What Bytemark is built to do

UK hosting infrastructure

Published services span cloud servers, dedicated systems, racks and managed hosting.

API and CLI

Legacy cloud documentation supports programmatic account, image and server operations.

Symbiosis

Provides an open-source Debian-based stack for websites, mail, databases, firewalling and updates.

iomart migration path

Official documentation directs unsupported BigV workloads toward iomart's OnApp platform.

What Heart Internet is built to do

cPanel management

Manages sites, files, databases, domains, email and SSL through cPanel with single sign-on.

Tiered shared plans

Sets explicit website, NVMe storage, SSL, mailbox, subdomain and monthly-bandwidth quotas.

Security bundle

Includes plan-level AutoSSL, firewalling, malware scans and control-panel two-factor authentication.

Hosting backups

Advertises included backups while the contract preserves the customer's independent-backup duty.

Choose Bytemark if

• Existing dedicated, rack or managed-hosting customers validating their continuing service
• Legacy BigV owners who need the official migration constraints and destination context
• Teams interested in maintaining the open-source Symbiosis stack independently

Skip Bytemark if

• A new production deployment would rely on the unsupported BigV platform
• The purchase requires fully self-service current prices and terms without sales confirmation
• The team cannot test application, network, backup and billing behavior after migration

Choose Heart Internet if

• Small public sites that fit the selected storage and monthly-bandwidth allowance
• Customers preferring cPanel, bundled mailboxes and UK infrastructure
• Teams that price the renewal term and export independent files, databases and email backups

Skip Heart Internet if

• Traffic can exceed the plan allowance and automatic suspension is unacceptable
• The application needs root access, background daemons or isolated compute guarantees
• The exit plan assumes account data remains available after cancellation

Bytemark: pros & cons

• Developer-oriented heritage: Published documentation covers API and command-line server management.
• UK infrastructure focus: Bytemark materials describe facilities and network presence in several UK locations.
• Transparent legacy documentation: Pricing, support processes, network design and migration notices remain publicly accessible.
• Open hosting stack: Symbiosis is a Bytemark-developed Debian-based environment with automated hosting administration.
• Platform transition risk: BigV became unsupported in 2023 and the recommended destination is an iomart platform.
• Current-sales ambiguity: Reachable marketing and pricing pages contain legacy claims that may not represent a new order today.
• Self-managed responsibility: Cloud-server users still own application, operating-system and restore readiness unless management is contracted.
• Migration can change behavior: Platform, networking, backup and billing details must be revalidated on the destination service.

Heart Internet: pros & cons

• Published renewal prices: The plan page shows both discounted first-term totals and standard renewal amounts.
• Practical site bundle: cPanel, SSL, email, databases, backups and one-click applications cover common small-site needs.
• Plan-level security features: The page lists firewalling, malware scanning, AutoSSL and control-panel 2FA.
• Defined quotas: Site count, storage, mailboxes and monthly bandwidth are explicit for each shared plan.
• Renewal costs rise: First-year discounts should not be used as the long-term monthly budget.
• Bandwidth is capped: Exceeding the monthly allowance can suspend the site until upgrade or the next calendar month.
• Included backups are not sole protection: Contract terms still require the customer to keep appropriate current copies.
• Cancellation is destructive: Associated hosted data is stated to be deleted immediately and permanently.