# Mythic Beasts hosting

8 Hacker News commenters recommended Mythic Beasts hosting and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended for clean IP ranges, trustworthy dealings and fast human support from a knowledgeable old-school host. Common caveat: it costs more than alternatives like Hetzner, especially for storage.

## Why people recommend it

- Clean, well-managed IP ranges (1 comments): "Their IP ranges are pretty clean and well managed. My deliverability has been fine there for years." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49040434))
- Trusted based on past dealings (1 comments): "I'd trust Mythic Beasts a very great deal based on previous dealings." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50144782))
- Fast human support (1 comments): "The one issue I've ever had was answered by a human within the hour." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50149340))
- Knowledgeable old-school hosting team (1 comments): "they are a very knowledgeable old school host" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48075498))

## What people warn about

- Expensive compared with alternatives (2 comments): "They are quite expensive for some ranges of storage which you might need for IMAP" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49046905)) "This is way way more expensive than hetzner." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47874846))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Neocities](https://hackerapproved.com/p/neocities.md): 34 recommend
- [NearlyFreeSpeech.net](https://hackerapproved.com/p/nearlyfreespeech-net.md): 29 recommend
- [DreamHost web hosting](https://hackerapproved.com/p/dreamhost.md): 16 recommend
- [WP Engine](https://hackerapproved.com/p/wp-engine.md): 6 recommend
- [pico.sh](https://hackerapproved.com/p/pico-sh.md): 5 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://www.mythic-beasts.com/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Mythic Beasts hosting", https://hackerapproved.com/p/mythic-beasts/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).
