Hosting: WEDOS vs Forpsi (CZ.NIC) vs Active 24 vs AWS Frankfurt?
Depends on volume + budget + data-residency posture:
- WEDOS — biggest Czech hosting brand (Hluboka nad Vltavou). Cheap shared / VPS / dedicated, all CZ data centres. Solid for < CZK 50M / year stores. Less Magento-tuned than specialised hosts.
- Forpsi (CZ.NIC group, parent of the Czech domain registry) — CZ data centres, Magento-aware support, decent for CZK 5M–100M stores.
- Active 24 — another long-standing CZ host (Prague), strong managed-Magento offering, fits CZK 20M–200M stores.
- AWS Frankfurt (eu-central-1) — lowest latency to Prague + Brno (~15ms), best ecosystem (RDS, S3, CloudFront), GDPR-compliant. Not CZ-resident but EU-resident which satisfies ÚOÓÚ in most cases. Best for CZK 100M+ stores or anyone wanting auto-scaling.
- Adobe Commerce Cloud (Frankfurt) — if you’re already on Adobe Commerce. Auto-scaling, Fastly CDN, 24/7 support. Costs CZK 600k+ / year, locks you to Adobe.
- Hyvä Cloud / Cloudways Frankfurt — managed Magento, CZK 5k–25k / month, sweet spot for CZK 50M–500M Hyvä stores.
We benchmark + migrate — the right answer depends on whether you need CZ data residency (WEDOS / Forpsi / Active 24) or just CZ low-latency (AWS Frankfurt is fine).