What is Gandi used for?

Gandi is a domain registrar and hosting provider offering domains, email, SSL certificates, web hosting and cloud VPS servers. It is a good fit for registering domains and hosting a site together, and hosting a Nextcloud or PrestaShop instance.

How much does Gandi cost?

Gandi is a paid product with no free plan.

Is Gandi open source?

No. Gandi is proprietary (closed-source) software and can't be self-hosted. In the Hosting & PaaS category, open-source options include 1Panel, Sidekick and Coolify.

What are some alternatives to Gandi?

Gandi competes with Namecheap, GoDaddy and Porkbun.

Gandi: features, pricing and alternatives

About Gandi

Gandi is a commercial domain registrar that has expanded into hosting and related services. Its catalog includes domain names across a very large number of extensions, custom email addresses, TLS/SSL certificates, web hosting, and application-specific hosting for WordPress, PrestaShop and Nextcloud.

For more technical users it offers GandiCloud VPS servers built on OpenStack, which it describes as fully open, along with block storage that can be attached to servers. The site also guides visitors through creating showcase websites, online shops and blogs, and domains come with extras such as an SSL certificate, aliases and forwarding, and LiveDNS.

Gandi is a hosted service and works well for people who want their domains and basic hosting under one account. It sits in the Hosting and PaaS category because of its cloud and application hosting products. Current prices are shown on the vendor's website.

Key features

Domain registration with many extensions
Custom email addresses
TLS/SSL certificates
WordPress, PrestaShop and Nextcloud hosting
OpenStack-based cloud VPS
Block storage for cloud servers

Good fit for

→Registering domains and hosting a site together
→Hosting a Nextcloud or PrestaShop instance

Tags: domains; web-hosting; ssl; email; vps; openstack; registrar

Gandi: questions and answers

What is Gandi used for?: Gandi is a domain registrar and hosting provider offering domains, email, SSL certificates, web hosting and cloud VPS servers. It is a good fit for registering domains and hosting a site together, and hosting a Nextcloud or PrestaShop instance.
How much does Gandi cost?: Gandi is a paid product with no free plan.
Is Gandi open source?: No. Gandi is proprietary (closed-source) software and can't be self-hosted. In the Hosting & PaaS category, open-source options include 1Panel, Sidekick and Coolify.
What are some alternatives to Gandi?: Gandi competes with Namecheap, GoDaddy and Porkbun.