HostPowr vs Combell
The largest Belgian host, founded in Ghent in 1999 and now part of the team.blue group, running its own control panel from Belgian data centres.
Combell is the closest thing Belgium has to a default hosting choice. It started in Ghent in 1999, grew into the largest host in the country, and in 2019 merged with the Dutch TransIP Group and the Italian Register Group to form team.blue, one of the largest hosting groups in Europe. It was the first Belgian host to certify against ISO 27001, and it holds ISO 9001 as well. On the questions a Belgian buyer usually asks first — is the company local, are the servers in Belgium, can I phone someone — Combell answers well, and we are not going to pretend otherwise.
Two structural differences separate us. The first is the control panel. Combell states plainly on its own site that it built its own and does not use cPanel, Plesk or DirectAdmin on shared hosting; cPanel is offered only on VPS and Cloud servers. HostPowr runs cPanel on every plan. That is not a claim about which panel is better — it is a claim about portability. A cPanel account can be handed to any other cPanel host as a standard archive. A proprietary panel cannot, so leaving means rebuilding rather than restoring.
The second is how the price is quoted. Combell publishes both figures on its own pricing page, which is more transparent than most: the first year and the renewal. The gap between them is large, and it is the single thing a Belgian buyer comparing us should look at before anything else. Our pricing has no first-year rate — the number you sign at is the number you keep paying.
HostPowr
- NVMe SSD on all plans
- EU data sovereignty guaranteed
- 30-day money-back guarantee
- Free SSL + domain (annual)
- n8n automation hosting
- One-click WordPress
- cPanel on hosting plans
- Transparent renewal pricing
Combell
Geschikt voor: Belgian businesses that want the incumbent — a large local provider with phone support, ISO 27001 certification and two decades of Belgian trading history behind it.
Pros
Cons
HostPowr versus Combell, naast elkaar
Structurele verschillen tussen de twee producten. Elke rij is een kenmerk dat u op de eigen site van beide aanbieders kunt nagaan.
| Kenmerk | HostPowr | Combell |
|---|---|---|
| Waar uw data wordt opgeslagen | België en Finland, op hardware die we zelf bezitten | Belgian data centres |
| Controlepaneel | cPanel on every plan — portable to any other cPanel host | Combell's own panel on shared hosting; cPanel on VPS and Cloud only |
| Account portability | Standard cPanel archive, restorable anywhere | Proprietary panel — an account move is a rebuild |
| How the price is quoted | One rate; 10/15/20% off for 1, 2 or 3 year terms | A first-year rate and a separate, higher renewal rate |
| Verlengingsprijs | Verlengt aan het tarief dat u voor de termijn afsprak | Renews substantially above the first-year rate |
| Certification | GDPR-aligned with a published DPA and SLA | ISO 27001 and ISO 9001 certified |
| Automatiseringshosting | Managed n8n vanaf € 19/maand, geen facturatie per uitvoering | Niet aangeboden als managed product |
| Ondersteunde talen | Nederlands, Frans en Engels, antwoord binnen twee uur | Dutch, French and English, 24/7 by phone and email |
Wat elk van beide kost
HostPowr
Shared hosting aan € 6/maand, of effectief € 4,80/maand bij een termijn van drie jaar — en het verlengt aan dat tarief.
Combell
Business advertised at €5.99/mo for the first year, renewing at €19.49/mo. Professional €8.99/mo renewing at €27.99/mo. Expert €14.99/mo renewing at €45.99/mo. Both figures are published on Combell's own pricing page.
Compare the renewal rates, not the first-year rates. Combell's entry plan starts below ours and renews at roughly four times our monthly price — and Combell publishes that second figure openly, which is more than most hosts do. The first year is the promotion; every year after it is the actual cost.
Prijzen van Combell laatst gecontroleerd in August 2026, op hun publieke prijspagina. Prijzen veranderen — controleer beide voor u beslist.
Welke moet u nu eigenlijk kiezen?
Kies Combell als
- You want the established Belgian incumbent, with the trading history and scale that brings
- ISO 27001 or ISO 9001 certification is a procurement requirement you must satisfy
- You need Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft 365, colocation or OpenStack alongside your hosting
- 24/7 telephone support matters more to you than the renewal price
- You want a single supplier for a large and varied stack, and are willing to pay for that
Kies HostPowr als
- You would rather pay one rate than a first-year rate followed by a renewal three times higher
- You want cPanel, so the account stays portable and leaving is a restore rather than a rebuild
- You want managed n8n automation hosting, which Combell does not sell as a product
- You want the engineers who run the servers answering the ticket, not a tiered support desk
- You are already past your Combell first year and have seen what the renewal actually costs
Van Combell naar HostPowr verhuizen
Because Combell runs its own control panel rather than cPanel, there is no standard archive to restore — our engineers rebuild the account and copy the files, databases and mailboxes across by hand. It is free on every plan, and the site is stood up on a staging URL for you to check before DNS moves. Two Belgian-specific notes: bring your .be domain across at the same time or point it at us and move it later, either works; and if you are mid-term, check what you have already paid for, because there is rarely a reason to cut over before your renewal date. The renewal date is usually the right moment to move.
Vragen over Combell en HostPowr
Ons oordeel
Combell is the Belgian incumbent and deserves that position — local data centres, ISO 27001 and 9001, 24/7 phone support, and twenty-five years of trading. If certification is a procurement requirement, or you need Exchange and Microsoft 365 from the same supplier, choose Combell. HostPowr is the better fit when you want one price rather than a first year and a renewal three times higher, cPanel so the account stays portable, and support from the people who run the servers.