Hostinger
Hostinger is a web hosting provider based in Vilnius, Lithuania, founded in 2004. As of 2026 it holds an HRI of 93/100, an exceptional signal, ranked independently by HostList with no paid placements.
Hostinger is a fast-growing web hosting provider founded in 2004 and headquartered in Lithuania, serving millions of customers worldwide. It offers affordable shared, cloud, VPS and managed WordPress hosting through its custom hPanel control panel, with a focus on LiteSpeed-powered speed, low prices and a beginner-friendly experience.
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Hostinger Deals
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What Hostinger Discloses
Facts the company has published and HostList has verified. Blanks are informative: a question a host has not answered cannot be answered on its behalf. Completeness measures how much this host discloses, not how good it is.
27 of 30 questions unanswered
- Entry plan price
- Refund window
- Site migration
- Status page
- Incident history feed
- Uptime SLA
- Ownership
- Legal entity
- Data residency
- GDPR DPA
- Datacenter regions
- Storage
- Security included
- Security contact
- Certifications
- Data centre model
- Backups
- Support
- Support languages
- Published plans
- Resource limits
- Renewable energy
- Description
- Logo
- Social profiles
- YouTube
- Changelog
3 of 30 applicable facts disclosed. Hosts control this section. HostList verifies every entry and never charges for it.
What Customers Say About Hostinger
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What people are saying
Trustpilot★★★★★Easy to use VPS with Ubuntu Server OS“The Hostinger VPS supplied as a bare bones Ubuntu 24 LTS is excellent for setting up your own server. The VPS is performing extremely well with responsive performance for the business we run on these servers. Setup is of course standard Linux, via ssh, great OS, easy to access, all standard Linux, easy to use offering…”
Trustpilot★★★★★Cauê was so helpful“Cauê was so helpful. He made me happy I chose Hostinger and left Godaddy for my email address. He walked me through every step of DNS. He even combed through all my DNS records to find potential conflicts and also needless ones that could go. Such a relief! He has made me feel like everything is going to be ok, and…”
Trustpilot★★★★★Winny from Hostinger support was… smarter than Opus 4.8 UltraCode“Winny from Hostinger support was outstanding. I came in with a genuinely confusing VPS issue that I had spent over an hour misdiagnosing, convinced there was a server-wide network problem. Winny cut through it in minutes: she actually opened the affected sites in her own browser to prove they were live, pinged the…”
Trustpilot★☆☆☆☆absolute crap“absolute crap. Invested tons of hours, AI platform fails nearly every time i use it. The website function wont even embed code for a video, I spent too much money, kept puttin gin more for credits to fix all the mistakes it continues to make. DO NOT USE THIS CRAP PLATFORM. Hostinger is on the cheaper sidxe and makes…”
What's the most affordable web host for small business that worked best for you?“There are countless platforms where you can host a small business website with an online store. None of them is perfect and none works for everyone. Here are my two cents from my own experience: [Hostinger](https://www.hostingrep.net/red/smba-hostinger) has the cheapest website builder and hosting plans for small…”
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Hostinger holds 92U across 11 racks, leading 3 of them. Rack space is allocated by rank alone and cannot be bought.
- Cheap VPS Hosting16U · held 22+ days
- Lithuania16U · held 22+ days
- PrestaShop Hosting16U · held 22+ days
- OpenClaw Hosting10U · held 13+ days
- Docker Hosting7U · held 13 days
- Cheap Hosting5U · held 10 days
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Where Hostinger Ranks
Live positions across the HostList Best rankings, by HRI™. Positions are earned, never bought.
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Frequently Asked Questions About Hostinger
Is Hostinger a good web hosting company?
Hostinger has a HRI™ of 93/100 on HostList.io with a Google rating of 4.7/5 from 848 reviews, placing it among the better-rated providers in its category. HRI (HostList Ranking Index) is calculated algorithmically from trust signals, profile completeness, data freshness, and performance data, no provider can pay to improve it. A score of 90+ indicates an exceptional, highly verified provider.
What type of hosting company is Hostinger?
Hostinger is classified as a dedicated web hosting company on HostList.io. Use the HostMatch™ tool at hostlist.io/match to describe your project requirements and get a ranked recommendation from 30,000+ hosting providers including Hostinger.
Where is Hostinger based?
Hostinger is headquartered in Vilnius, Lithuania. Hosting companies based in Lithuania are listed at hostlist.io/hosting/lithuania.
How does Hostinger compare to other web hosting companies?
Hostinger can be compared to any other hosting provider using HostList.io's side-by-side comparison tool at hostlist.io/compare. The tool shows both providers' HRI™ breakdowns, sub-scores (Trust, Completeness, Freshness, Performance), and review data side by side. Hostinger has a current HRI of 93/100.
Does Hostinger offer a coupon code in September 2026?
Yes. Hostinger's verified deal on HostList is 10% off (code HOSTLIST10). Terms, including whether it can be combined with other promotions, are set by Hostinger. Compare it against other live hosting deals at hostlist.io/deals/web-hosting-coupons. HostList lists deals independently and is never paid for placement.
What's Happening at Hostinger
Hostinger has expanded its global infrastructure, securing more than 3,000 servers and opening a new data centre amid wider industry supply constraints. The company says the move is intended to help websites and apps hosted on its platform run faster, remain more stable, and scale more easily as demand grows.
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What People Say About Hostinger
Public mentions from X, Reddit, and other social platforms. Unfiltered and not part of the HRI score, shown for context.
i was using another platform before but switched to hostinger node js just to save some money. the setup was more hands-on but not terrible though and so far it is doing a great j…
Hey all. I built my first WordPress website late last year as a learning exercise. The unexpected benefit has been a nice website about my professional and creative life, where I c…
Hey everyone, I’ve been building sites for clients for a while, and I’ve reached a breaking point with the "Standard WP" workflow. Every time I build a site with a dozen plugins (…
Hi, I have hosted my website in a $20 shared server (from interserver, 4 cpu core, 8 gb ram, search google interserver boost 4 ). My website is made with astra theme, elementor &…
Hi all, I work for a small rural town (under 3,000) and we’re considering switching our government website to something else and I was thinking WordPress.org with a reliable hostin…
I've created a website for a client from qatar. It's hosted on hostinger uses the staging domain provided by hostinger. When the client access it from qatar before I finally depl…
How Hostinger's Score Is Calculated
HRI is calculated algorithmically based on publicly available data. It considers trust signals (reviews, ratings), data completeness, freshness of information, and technical performance. No host can pay to improve their score.
Full methodology →HRI over the last 50 days
How Hostinger Stacks Up
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Hostinger also appears as a domain registrar in the HostList directory under IANA ID 1636. Hosting and domain registration are separate products with separate profiles, scored separately: HRI rates server performance, DRI rates pricing transparency.
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