Hostinger alternatives · Web Hosting
Free alternatives to Hostinger
Hostinger has no free plan. 10 of the 54 other web hosts in this directory are free or have a free plan.
Hostinger is a paid product, starting at $10.99 per month at renewal (Premium), after a first 48 months for $119.52. All of them pair the free plan with paid ones.
10 tools · Listings checked up to Nov 12, 2026 · Where the facts come from
How each one differs from Hostinger
- Free plan · from $9/mo
Netlify
Git-based hosting for sites and web apps, priced by monthly credits
What is free: 300 credits a month as a hard limit, one member, custom domains with SSL, functions, database, blob storage and unlimited deploy previews. Sites pause when credits run out.
- Netlify starts at $9 per month for 1 member. Hostinger starts at $10.99 per month at renewal (Premium), after a first 48 months for $119.52.
- Netlify has a free plan. Hostinger does not.
- Netlify also covers AI agents and forms.
- Hostinger also covers malware protection.
- Free plan · from $20/mo
Vercel
Git-based hosting for front-end and full-stack web apps
What is free: Hobby plan: $0 a month, with automatic CI/CD, a global CDN, a web application firewall and DDoS mitigation. Limited to non-commercial, personal use.
- Vercel starts at $20 per month for 1 deploying seat (Pro). Hostinger starts at $10.99 per month at renewal (Premium), after a first 48 months for $119.52.
- Vercel has a free plan. Hostinger does not.
- Vercel also covers web analytics and page speed.
- Hostinger also covers malware protection.
- Free plan · from $25/mo
Render
Cloud hosting for web services, databases and workers
What is free: Hobby workspace: $0 a month, up to 25 services, 5 GB of bandwidth, and free instance types for web services, Postgres and Key Value (limitations apply).
- Render starts at $25 per month plus compute (Pro workspace). Hostinger starts at $10.99 per month at renewal (Premium), after a first 48 months for $119.52.
- Render has a free plan. Hostinger does not.
- Render also covers databases and workflow automation.
- Hostinger also covers malware protection.
- Free plan · from $4/mo
DigitalOcean
Cloud servers, app hosting and managed databases for developers
What is free: App Platform: 3 apps made only of static sites, with 1GiB of data transfer per app.
- DigitalOcean starts at $4 per month (Droplet), billed per second. Hostinger starts at $10.99 per month at renewal (Premium), after a first 48 months for $119.52.
- DigitalOcean has a free plan. Hostinger does not.
- DigitalOcean also covers databases.
- Hostinger also covers malware protection.
- Free plan · from $10/mo
Ploi
Server and site management panel for PHP and Laravel apps
What is free: 1 server, 1 site and 5 deployments per month.
- Ploi starts at $10 per month (Basic, up to 5 servers). Hostinger starts at $10.99 per month at renewal (Premium), after a first 48 months for $119.52.
- Ploi has a free plan. Hostinger does not.
- Hostinger also covers malware protection.
- Free plan · from $12/mo
Northflank
Container platform for services, jobs, databases and GPUs
What is free: Sandbox: free, no card needed, with 2 services, 2 jobs and 1 database, up to $20 a month of resources on Northflank Cloud, and 1 bring-your-own-cloud cluster up to 12 vCPU and 48 GB.
- Northflank starts at $12 per month for 0.5 vCPU and 1 GB, billed by the second. Hostinger starts at $10.99 per month at renewal (Premium), after a first 48 months for $119.52.
- Northflank has a free plan. Hostinger does not.
- Hostinger also covers malware protection.
- Free plan · from $5/mo
Cloudflare Pages
Git-based hosting for static sites and full-stack apps
What is free: Unlimited static requests and bandwidth, 500 builds a month, 20,000 files per site, 100 projects, and Functions requests counted against 100,000 a day.
- Cloudflare Pages starts at $5 per month (Workers Paid, for Pages Functions usage). Hostinger starts at $10.99 per month at renewal (Premium), after a first 48 months for $119.52.
- Cloudflare Pages has a free plan. Hostinger does not.
- Cloudflare Pages also covers page speed.
- Hostinger also covers malware protection.
- Free plan · from $0.026
Firebase Hosting
Google's CDN hosting for static and single-page web apps
What is free: Spark plan: 10 GB of storage and 360 MB of data transfer a day, with custom domain, global CDN and SSL included, and no payment method needed.
- Firebase Hosting starts at $0.026 per GB stored beyond 10 GB (Blaze, pay as you go). Hostinger starts at $10.99 per month at renewal (Premium), after a first 48 months for $119.52.
- Firebase Hosting has a free plan. Hostinger does not.
- Firebase Hosting also covers page speed.
- Hostinger also covers malware protection.
- Free plan · from $42/mo
Pantheon
Managed WordPress, Drupal and Next.js hosting for teams
What is free: Silver workspace: $0 with two sandbox sites; a site plan is needed before going live or connecting a domain.
- Pantheon starts at $42 per month, billed annually ($55 billed monthly), for one live site. Hostinger starts at $10.99 per month at renewal (Premium), after a first 48 months for $119.52.
- Pantheon has a free plan. Hostinger does not.
- Pantheon also covers managed WordPress and page speed.
- Hostinger also covers malware protection.
- Free plan · from $19/mo
GridPane
WordPress server control panel with a free core plan
What is free: Core plan: free forever, up to 25 websites on your own Vultr server or a managed PeakFreq server, with server page caching, Redis object caching, a 7G firewall, SSL certificates and cloning.
- GridPane starts at $19 per month and up (PeakFreq). Hostinger starts at $10.99 per month at renewal (Premium), after a first 48 months for $119.52.
- GridPane has a free plan. Hostinger does not.
- GridPane also covers managed WordPress and page speed.
- Hostinger also covers malware protection.
Common questions
Is there a free alternative to Hostinger?
Yes. Netlify, Vercel, Render, DigitalOcean, Ploi, Northflank, Cloudflare Pages, Firebase Hosting and 2 more are free or have a free plan.
Does Hostinger have a free plan?
Hostinger has no free plan. Hostinger is a paid product, starting at $10.99 per month at renewal (Premium), after a first 48 months for $119.52.
When was this checked?
Each listing shows its own date. On this page they run from Oct 18, 2026 to Nov 12, 2026. Vendors change prices and plans without notice, so confirm on their site before you buy.
This page is built from the listings. A tool is here because its listing says so, and the order is how close each is to Hostinger: the alternatives its listing names first, then the tools that share the most features with it.