For a small WordPress site, blog, portfolio, or basic business site, Hostinger is the easier choice when you want the lowest upfront total and, on its Unlimited plan, no website cap. Hosting.com may fit better when you prefer a one-year term, fixed storage and resource limits, daily backups with 30-day restore options, and managed migration, but its renewal rates are higher on the plans compared here, so confirm the final renewal amount before checkout.
Compare the same billing term, currency, region, and plan purpose. The useful decision is not the lowest introductory number. It is whether the site fits the limits and whether you can afford the next full renewal term.
Key takeaways
- Pick Hostinger Unlimited for unlimited websites, 50GB NVMe storage, and daily backups at a documented four-year price.
- Pick Hosting.com when a one-year term and published storage, RAM, vCPU, and backup-retention limits matter more than the lowest upfront total.
- Hostinger’s introductory prices are prepaid for 48 months, and renewal is charged at a higher displayed rate for another four-year term.
- Hosting.com’s shared plans list 5, 10, or 50 websites and 15GB, 50GB, or 100GB NVMe storage.
- Confirm mailbox limits, migration scope, domain costs, refund terms, the plan-specific SLA, and the final renewal amount before paying.
What You Need To Decide Before Choosing A Host
Start by recording what your current site actually uses. Count websites, storage, email accounts, database size, backup needs, and any cron jobs or custom SSL settings. A small brochure site may need little storage, while a store, photography portfolio, or client hosting account can reach a plan limit sooner.
You also need to decide whether the site belongs on shared hosting, managed WordPress hosting, cloud hosting, or a VPS. Shared hosting is usually enough for a simple blog or business site. Managed WordPress hosting adds provider-managed WordPress tasks. Cloud and VPS plans provide more allocated resources, but they can cost more and require closer management.
Hostinger’s Premium plan lists 3 websites, 20GB SSD storage, and weekly backups. Its Unlimited plan lists unlimited websites, 50GB NVMe storage, and daily backups. Cloud Startup lists 300 websites, 200GB NVMe storage, 2,000,000 inodes, and approximately 200,000 monthly visits.
Hosting.com uses fixed shared-plan limits. Starter lists 5 websites and 15GB NVMe storage, Pro lists 10 websites and 50GB, and Max lists 50 websites and 100GB. Its comparison also lists 2GB, 6GB, and 8GB RAM, with 2, 4, and 4 vCPU cores respectively.
This makes the first choice practical. If your sites fit Hostinger’s limits and you want a clear prepaid total, Hostinger has the simpler buying decision. If fixed resource numbers help you manage client sites or a growing store, Hosting.com deserves a closer checkout comparison.
How Do Hostinger And Hosting.com Plans Compare?
The providers use different ways to describe their shared hosting. Hostinger emphasizes high website counts, storage, bandwidth, and plan-level visit estimates. Hosting.com publishes storage, RAM, vCPU, IOPS, and I/O bandwidth limits, which can make capacity easier to compare before purchase.
Hostinger’s US pricing page displayed its figures above on November 7, 2026, and Hosting.com’s US shared hosting page displayed its figures on November 4, 2026. Both are Black Friday intro prices that change when the sales end, so confirm the amounts at checkout. The pages state that the plans are paid upfront and that the monthly figure is the total divided by the purchased months. Any bonus months shown at checkout are bonus time, not additional paid months. Prices checked November 7, 2026.
You can see Hostinger’s current plans, but compare the selected plan, term, and renewal amount on the checkout page before paying. Hosting.com’s current shared comparison lists the features above, and its prices are for a one-year term, so confirm the amount and renewal for the selected plan.
Hosting.com became the public name for A2 Hosting in 2025. Its comparison maps Startup to Starter, Drive to Plus, Turbo Boost to Pro, and Turbo Max to Max. The company also describes a move from less-defined “unlimited” resource wording to published limits.
What Do You Pay Now And What Renews Later?
Hostinger’s Premium plan renews at $10.99 per month for a four-year renewal term (48 x $10.99 = $527.52). The current Black Friday sale price is $95.52 upfront in US dollars for 48 months on the offer displayed November 7, 2026, which equals an effective $1.99 per paid month (48 x $1.99 = $95.52). The next four-year hosting term would be calculated at the renewal rate if it remains the applicable price.
Hostinger Unlimited renews at $16.99 per month for another four-year term (48 x $16.99 = $815.52). On the same sale it costs $133.92 upfront for 48 months, with an effective monthly figure of $2.79 (48 x $2.79 = $133.92). This plan is the clearest Hostinger choice when daily backups, 50GB NVMe storage, and an unlimited number of websites matter.
Hostinger Cloud Startup costs $383.52 upfront for 48 months on the sale, with an effective monthly figure of $7.99. The displayed renewal price is $25.99 per month for a four-year renewal term. That plan raises the website limit to 300 and the inode limit to 2,000,000, but the renewal commitment is much higher.
These are prepaid four-year commitments, not monthly payment plans. The displayed sale pricing applies to the introductory paid term. The sale price can end without notice, so confirm the promotional rate and the amount due at checkout before paying.
Hosting.com’s Black Friday pricing, displayed November 4, 2026, is for a one-year term. Starter renews at $13.99 per month and costs $17.88 upfront on the sale (12 x $1.49 = $17.88). Pro renews at $19.99 per month and costs $41.88 upfront (12 x $3.49 = $41.88). Max renews at $27.99 per month and costs $71.88 upfront (12 x $5.99 = $71.88). The sale amounts are time-limited, so confirm them at checkout.
Compared by plan, Hostinger Premium renews at $10.99 per month against $13.99 for Hosting.com Starter, and Hostinger Unlimited renews at $16.99 per month against $19.99 for Hosting.com Pro, although the terms differ (48 months against one year). You should compare the final checkout total and renewal amount for the selected Hosting.com plan before paying. Compare the final checkout amount for the selected term, and record the renewal amount shown at checkout or in the account.
Hosting charges are separate from domain costs unless checkout explicitly combines them. Hostinger lists a free domain on annual plans, and Hosting.com lists free domain registration on the shared plans shown above. Free registration does not cover the later domain renewal price, so confirm that cost before purchase.
Hostinger’s 30-day money-back guarantee applies to most hosting and email services, subject to exclusions for products such as some domains and Google Workspace. Hosting.com advertises a 30-day guarantee for shared hosting and WordPress hosting, with email hosting covered except Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace. Confirm refund eligibility for each paid add-on and domain before purchase.
Which Plan Fits A Blog, Business Site, Store, Or Portfolio?
For one blog or a small business site, Hostinger Premium lists 3 websites and 20GB SSD storage, which is enough capacity for many small sites. Its weekly backups are the main tradeoff. If losing up to several days of changes would be difficult, Unlimited is the more sensible Hostinger pick because it includes daily backups.
For a portfolio with many large images, storage and inode limits matter more than a large website count. Hostinger Unlimited and Hosting.com Pro both provide 50GB NVMe storage, while Hosting.com publishes RAM and vCPU limits. Hostinger Cloud Startup provides 200GB NVMe storage for larger media libraries. Hosting.com may suit a smaller portfolio if those fixed resource figures are more useful to you than the Hostinger term.
For a store, compare database size, email needs, backup restore options, and expected traffic. Hostinger’s unlimited bandwidth does not remove storage, inode, database, PHP-worker, CPU, or memory limits. Hosting.com’s daily backups and 30-day restore option can be useful, but confirm the selected plan’s resource limits and migration scope.
For several client websites, Hostinger’s Unlimited plan has no website cap, while Premium lists 3 sites. Hosting.com Pro allows 10 sites, while Max allows 50 and lists 40 mailboxes. Hosting.com’s fixed limits may make client capacity easier to manage, but the lower site counts mean you should count every planned domain before switching.
For a WooCommerce store, compare plans against the store’s actual product images, database, email, and backup requirements. The Best WooCommerce Hosting guide can help with the next hosting decision, while Shared vs VPS vs Cloud Hosting is useful if the site is outgrowing shared resources.
What Happens To Migration, Backups, Email, And Your Domain?
Both providers advertise migration tools, but website migration is not always the same as moving the whole account. Hostinger says its free migration covers website files and databases. Email accounts, DNS records, cron jobs, custom SSL configuration, and FTP accounts require separate work, and its standard automated process does not support WordPress multisite migration.
Hosting.com advertises free managed migration and says its team can migrate websites, emails, and domains. Confirm the exact scope for the selected plan, including mailboxes, DNS records, cron jobs, SSL certificates, FTP accounts, and database settings. Ask which US and international location is available for that plan if server location matters to your audience.
Hostinger Premium includes weekly backups. Unlimited includes daily backups, and Cloud Startup includes daily and on-demand backups. Hostinger also notes that AI Builder backups are not available through the normal backup-download process.
Hosting.com’s shared plans list daily backups with 30-day restore options. Confirm whether restoring is included, whether downloads cost extra, and whether the retention applies to every part of the account or only website data.
Email needs a separate check. Hostinger lists free email for one year, so check the mailbox count and mailbox storage on Hostinger’s plan page for each plan. Hosting.com Max lists 40 mailboxes, while Starter and Pro require confirmation. Confirm mailbox count and mailbox storage before moving business email.
Before switching, export a current website and email backup. Then follow the steps to move a WordPress site to a new host and plan the DNS change after the destination site and mailboxes are ready.
How Do Limits, Fair Use, And Uptime Guarantees Affect You?
Hostinger’s unlimited bandwidth does not mean unlimited storage or unlimited server resources. The plans still have storage, inode, database, PHP-worker, CPU, and memory limits. An inode is a file and directory count, so a site with many images, cache files, or email files can reach that limit before storage appears full.
Hosting.com publishes fixed limits rather than relying only on unlimited wording. Its shared-hosting terms restrict uses such as unrelated online backup storage, large uncompressed image collections, FTP file serving, and large audio or video distribution. Those limits matter if your site is also being used as a file warehouse or media delivery service.
Hostinger lists a 99.9% uptime guarantee, and Hosting.com advertises a 99.9% uptime SLA. These are contractual guarantee terms, not proof that a site will stay online continuously. Ask for the plan-specific SLA, including exclusions, measurement rules, and possible service credits, before relying on the figure.
Neither provider’s documented features promise that a site will be fast, invulnerable, or continuously available. NVMe storage, data centers, CDN features, backups, and SSL describe available infrastructure or protection features. They do not remove the need for updates, strong passwords, monitoring, and a separate backup copy.
What Should You Confirm Before You Buy Or Switch?
Today, record the number of websites, storage used, email accounts, database size, and backup needs. This week, export a current website and email backup and compare the destination plan’s limits.
Before checkout, confirm:
- The exact billing term, currency, region, amount due today, promotional rate, and renewal amount.
- The domain registration price, later renewal cost, and refund eligibility.
- Mailbox count and mailbox storage for every business email account.
- Migration coverage for email, DNS, cron jobs, SSL, FTP, databases, and WordPress multisite.
- The plan-specific uptime SLA, fair-use rules, backup retention, and restore cost.
If the final choice is Hostinger Unlimited, the documented price and daily backup features make it the balanced pick for many small sites. If the choice is Hosting.com, select Starter, Pro, or Max only after the final checkout and renewal figures match your budget. For the next cost decision, use Web Hosting Renewal Prices to compare the full term rather than the introductory rate alone.
Frequently asked questions
Use these answers to settle the details that usually remain after the plan comparison.
Is Hostinger cheaper than Hosting.com?
Hostinger publishes US introductory totals and renewal prices for Premium, Unlimited, and Cloud Startup, and Hosting.com publishes them for Starter, Pro, and Max. The terms differ (48 months against one year), so a final price comparison is only possible after selecting the same term and plan purpose.
Which Hostinger plan has daily backups?
Hostinger Unlimited includes daily backups, and Cloud Startup includes daily and on-demand backups. Premium lists weekly backups, so choose Unlimited when a more frequent restore point matters to the site.
Does Hostinger include business email?
Hostinger lists email as free for one year on the compared plans, so check the mailbox count and storage for each plan on Hostinger’s plan page. Confirm both before moving business email.
Which Hosting.com plan includes 40 mailboxes?
Hosting.com Max lists 40 mailboxes in the shared-plan comparison. Starter and Pro require confirmation, so ask the provider for mailbox count and storage before choosing either plan for a business account.
Is Hosting.com still A2 Hosting?
Hosting.com announced the A2 Hosting rename in 2025. Its comparison maps A2 Startup, Drive, Turbo Boost, and Turbo Max to Hosting.com Starter, Plus, Pro, and Max.
Are the four-year Hostinger prices monthly payments?
No. Hostinger requires the displayed 48-month introductory total upfront. The monthly figure is the upfront total divided by 48, so it is an effective monthly figure rather than a month-to-month payment.
Does a free domain stay free after the first year?
The compared plans list free domain registration or a free domain on qualifying annual plans, but domain renewal is separate. Confirm the renewal cost and whether the offer applies to the domain extension you want.
Will migration move email and DNS automatically?
Hostinger states that its free migration covers website files and databases, while email, DNS records, cron jobs, custom SSL, and FTP accounts require separate work. Hosting.com advertises managed migration that can include websites, emails, and domains, but confirm the selected plan’s exact scope.
Do uptime guarantees mean the site cannot go down?
No. A 99.9% guarantee or SLA is a contract with measurement rules, exclusions, and possible credits. Ask for the plan-specific terms before treating it as a promise of continuous availability.
Is a free trial the same as a money-back guarantee?
No. A free tier provides limited service without payment, a free trial provides temporary access before a charge, and a money-back guarantee allows a refund under stated conditions after purchase. The providers compared here advertise 30-day money-back windows with product exclusions, not a universal free trial.
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