Gandi
Gandi is a web hosting provider based in Paris, France, founded in 1999. As of 2026 it holds an HRI of 89/100, a strong signal, ranked independently by HostList with no paid placements.
Gandi is a French domain registrar and web host founded in 1999 in Paris, one of the first ICANN-accredited registrars. Alongside domain registration across hundreds of TLDs, Gandi offers SSL certificates, business email, Simple Hosting (its managed PaaS for PHP, Node.js, Python and Ruby apps), and cloud VPS servers. Known for its transparent "No Bullshit" ethos and included WHOIS privacy, Gandi serves developers, agencies and businesses worldwide with data centres in France and Luxembourg.
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What Gandi Discloses
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25 of 30 questions unanswered
- Entry plan price
- Refund window
- Site migration
- Verified coupon
- Status page
- Incident history feed
- Uptime SLA
- Ownership
- Legal entity
- Data residency
- GDPR DPA
- Storage
- Security included
- Certifications
- Data centre model
- Backups
- Support
- Support languages
- Published plans
- Resource limits
- Renewable energy
- Description
- Social profiles
- YouTube
- Changelog
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What Customers Say About Gandi
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Gandi holds 17U across 2 racks. Rack space is allocated by rank alone and cannot be bought.
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<a href="https://hostlist.io/server-room" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://hostlist.io/api/server-room/badge?slug=gandi-paris-france" alt="Gandi holds 17U in the HostList Server Room" width="340" height="80" loading="lazy"></a>Longest hold: France, held 33+ days. The wall moves on the nightly HRI recompute, never on payment.
Where Gandi Ranks
Live positions across the HostList Best rankings, by HRI™. Positions are earned, never bought.
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Is Gandi a good web hosting company?
Gandi has a HRI™ of 89/100 on HostList.io with a Google rating of 3.5/5 from 177 reviews, placing it among the better-rated providers in its category. HRI (HostList Ranking Index) is calculated algorithmically from trust signals, profile completeness, data freshness, and performance data, no provider can pay to improve it. A score of 80–89 indicates a strong, well-reviewed provider.
What type of hosting company is Gandi?
Gandi is classified as a dedicated web hosting company on HostList.io. Use the HostMatch™ tool at hostlist.io/match to describe your project requirements and get a ranked recommendation from 30,000+ hosting providers including Gandi.
Where is Gandi based?
Gandi is headquartered in Paris, France. Hosting companies based in France are listed at hostlist.io/hosting/france.
How does Gandi compare to other web hosting companies?
Gandi can be compared to any other hosting provider using HostList.io's side-by-side comparison tool at hostlist.io/compare. The tool shows both providers' HRI™ breakdowns, sub-scores (Trust, Completeness, Freshness, Performance), and review data side by side. Gandi has a current HRI of 89/100.
Does Gandi offer coupons or discounts in September 2026?
Gandi has no HostList-verified coupon code right now. Hosting providers commonly discount the first term of shared and WordPress plans, with the lowest prices on longer billing cycles. For codes checkout-verified across the market this month, see hostlist.io/deals/web-hosting-coupons, updated continuously.
What's Happening at Gandi
Updates and releases. Simplified email management: discover the new space dedicated to mailboxes and forwarding. We are pleased to announce the launch of a new menu in your Gandi interface, designed
... Web Hosting · WordPress Hosting · Nextcloud Hosting · Prestashop Hosting · GandiCloud VPS · IaaS Servers · Email · SSL Certificates. Services. Gandi Corporate
How Gandi's Score Is Calculated
HRI is calculated algorithmically based on publicly available data. It considers trust signals (reviews, ratings), data completeness, freshness of information, and technical performance. No host can pay to improve their score.
Full methodology →HRI over the last 63 days
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Gandi also appears as a domain registrar in the HostList directory under IANA ID 81. Hosting and domain registration are separate products with separate profiles, scored separately: HRI rates server performance, DRI rates pricing transparency.
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