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Hostnet alternative?
Same price, also after year 1.

Hostnet sells a .nl for €0,10 in year 1 and charges €23 on renewal. Hosting doubles or triples too. Pulshost charges the same price in year 5 as in year 1. From €0,89/month, no surprises.

Honest comparison

Pulshost vs Hostnet — renewal prices, side by side

Numbers from hostnet.nl/webhosting, May 2026. Hostnet prices excl. 21% VAT — Pulshost prices incl. VAT. Adjusted below.

Pulshost Hostnet
Year 1 hosting €1,59/mnd (15 GB) €6,04/mnd (Core, 50 GB)
Renewal hosting €1,59/mnd €16,93/mnd (+180%)
.nl domain, year 1 €7,95 €0,12
.nl domain, renewal €7,95 €27,83
Total over 3 years €70,29 €535,55
Server location Nederland Nederland
Support One person (me), direct email Ticket system
Free migration Ja

Source: hostnet.nl/webhosting and /domeinnaam-registreren, June 2026. Hostnet prices converted to incl. BTW.

No website, just email + a domain?

Most people who leave Hostnet do not need full hosting, they just want mail on their own domain. That is where the gap is biggest.

Pulshost Hostnet
.nl domain / year €7,95 €24,20
Email / month €1,99
Mail Start, 5 GB, unlimited addresses
€7,26
E-mail Start
Email / year €23,88 €87,12
Total per year €31,83 €111,32
You save €79,49 per year (-71%)

Based on a real Hostnet invoice (.nl €20 + E-mail Start €6/mo, both excl. BTW). Pulshost prices are final, I do not charge BTW.

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Why switch

What changes when you move from Hostnet

Renewal price = intro price

Hostnet doubles or triples after year 1. Pulshost charges the same in year 5. The price you sign up for is the price you keep paying.

.nl domain stays €7,95

Hostnet lures with €0,10 the first year and quietly charges €23 on renewal. Pulshost keeps the .nl at €7,95 forever, no fine print.

One person, you mail me directly

No support ticket queue, no first-line agent reading a script. I run the server, I answer the email myself within hours.

Free migration from Hostnet

I copy your site, database and mailboxes from Hostnet to Pulshost without downtime. Most migrations are done within 24 hours.

How the switch from Hostnet works

Three simple steps. You stay live the whole time, your visitors notice nothing.

1

Order Pulshost hosting

Pick your plan. Within 5 minutes you have your DirectAdmin login.

2

I copy your site from Hostnet

Send me your Hostnet login or a backup. I copy your site, database and mail accounts to Pulshost.

3

Switch DNS

Once verified on Pulshost, I update DNS. Within 1-4 hours your domain points to the new server. Zero downtime.

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