Hostinger offers a wide range of plans catered to different kinds of clients, and boasts affordable price points to boot. Though if you’re a bit overwhelmed by all the options on their website, then you’ve come to the right place!
Today, we’ll be dissecting all of Hostinger’s most popular plans to help you find the most suitable package for your needs.
Hostinger plans
For those totally unfamiliar with Hostinger, here’s what you can expect from their packages:
Now that you’re up to speed, let’s get right into the specifics of each plan:
Whether you’ve just started your own brand or are a young business seeking to grow their presence online, then a shared hosting plan may be what you’re looking for.
As you may guess from the name, shared hosting means you’ll be sharing resources with other websites on the same server. So while you won’t be getting the most resources in comparison to other plans, these packages are likely to be more than enough for those just starting out, and are the most affordable hosting option.
Read our guide to shared hosting for more info.
Shared Hosting is also Hostinger’s most affordable range with all the essentials you would need to create your dream website from $1.99! You’ve got 3 types of plans: Single Shared Hosting, Premium Shared Hosting, and Business Shared Hosting.
If you plan to set up a WordPress site, Hostinger makes it super easy with their WordPress hosting plans. It’s also beginner friendly as it’s very similar to Shared Hosting, but this time optimized for WordPress.
They have 4 plans depending on how much resources you might need, namely Single WordPress, WordPress Starter, Business WordPress, and WordPress Pro.
This range is suitable for small to medium sized businesses, as you’ll be sharing one server with other websites. Though if you’re a larger scale ecommerce website or blog, then you may want to consider one of the next plans on this list.
So let’s say your website is quickly gaining momentum and you’ll need more resources to keep up with your business’ growth. This is where Cloud Hosting comes in.
In Cloud Hosting, you’ll benefit from a cluster of networked servers that work together to keep your site online. We’ve written in depth on cloud hosting here.
This range is perfect for those who already have a bit of experience and know-how about web hosting, but don’t want anything too advanced or complicated. Cloud Hosting gives users the power and reliability of VPS (which we’ll be getting into in a moment), while maintaining the simplicity of Shared Hosting.
Hostinger offers 3 plans: Cloud Startup, Cloud Professional, and Cloud Enterprise. Each plan has a lot of similar features such as free email and domain, daily backups, unlimited bandwidth and databases, a dedicated IP address, free migration, and have the same WordPress tools, but they do offer substantial resource upgrades as you go from a more basic tier to a higher tier.
Here’s a quick rundown of each plan:
| Features | Cloud Startup | Cloud Professional | Cloud Enterprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 /mo | $14.49 /mo | $29.99 /mo |
| Websites | 300 | 300 | 300 |
| SSD storage | 200 GB | 250 GB | 300 GB |
| RAM | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| CPU cores | 2 | 4 | 6 |
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If you’re moving from Shared Hosting to Cloud, you may want to start with Cloud Startup. But if you already have a well established business with heavy traffic, then you’ll probably want to consider a Cloud Professional or Cloud Enterprise account.
Short for Virtual Private Server, Hostinger’s VPS plans are created for medium to large businesses whose traffic already exceeds the limits of the previous plans mentioned. It’s a more affordable option compared to renting out an entire server, but will give you the security and stability you need to scale up your business.
VPS hosting is also great for programmers and developers with advanced technical skills, since they’ll be giving you full root access to install all the operating systems you want for your website. For example, if you’d like to create projects using Python and Composer, VPS will allow you to build whatever it is your website needs with ease.
Hostinger has 8 plans for VPS Hosting, ranging from VPS 1 to VPS 8. The features of each plan are pretty straightforward: the higher the number, the more resources you’ll get for your website. Each plan already comes with 1 Snapshot, weekly backups, a dedicated IP and full root access, but here are where the differences lie:
The most suitable plan for you will depend on where your business is currently at, as well as your future goals. To make it easier for you, we’ve put up a little checklist to help you out:
Single Shared Hosting is ideal for:
Premium Shared Hosting is ideal for:
Business Shared Hosting is ideal for:
Single WordPress is ideal for:
WordPress Starter is ideal for:
Business WordPress is ideal for:
WordPress Pro is ideal for:
Cloud Startup is ideal for:
Cloud Professional is ideal for:
Cloud Enterprise is ideal for:
VPS Hosting is ideal for:
Another thing you need to know about Hostinger’s plans is that while they come with very discounted introductory prices, they do require a 4-year subscription for you to avail of these low rates. But the good news is, their renewal prices aren’t too big of a jump up, and would still cost a fraction of their regular price.
And that concludes our post on the various packages that Hostinger offers, as well as a few tips on how to get the most bang for your buck when choosing a plan.
Their affordability is one of the reasons Hostinger has ranked as our #1 web host – but if you’re still shopping about, check our write up on the best web hosts we’ve tried and tested.
Happy hosting!
