# Hostinger > Shared, WordPress and cloud hosting run from its own hPanel dashboard Hostinger sells shared web hosting and cloud hosting for WordPress and other sites, managed from its own hPanel dashboard. Plans include a free domain for the first year, SSL, email, malware scanning and AI tools that build and run WordPress sites. Its AI website builder is sold as a separate product. - **Category:** Web Hosting - **Made by:** Hostinger (since 2004) - **Website:** https://www.hostinger.com - **Runs on:** Web - **Facts last checked:** Oct 17, 2026 ## Pricing Hostinger is a paid product, starting at $10.99 per month at renewal (Premium), after a first 48 months for $143.52. - **Pricing model:** Paid - **Free plan:** None. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Premium, 48 months | $10.99 per month at renewal, after a first term of 48 months | 3 websites, 20 GB SSD and weekly backups. The first 48 months cost $143.52 ($2.99 a month), paid upfront, then it renews at $10.99 a month. | | Unlimited, 48 months | $16.99 per month at renewal, after a first term of 48 months | Unlimited websites and mailboxes, 50 GB NVMe and daily backups. The first 48 months cost $191.52 ($3.99 a month), then $16.99 a month. | | Cloud Startup, 48 months | $25.99 per month at renewal, after a first term of 48 months | Cloud plan with dedicated resources, 100 GB NVMe and on-demand backups. The first 48 months cost $383.52 ($7.99 a month), then $25.99 a month. | Read from https://www.hostinger.com/web-hosting on Oct 17, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Hostinger before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **First 48 months of Premium for $143.52** (Other savings): Premium costs $2.99 a month for the first 48 months, paid upfront, against a regular $575.52. Unlimited is $191.52 ($3.99 a month) and Cloud Startup $383.52 ($7.99). Source: https://www.hostinger.com/web-hosting ## Key features - **hPanel dashboard:** Hostinger's own control panel handles sites, domains, email, databases and backups, with one-click installs for WordPress and more than 100 other apps. - **Domain, SSL and email included:** Plans bought for a year or longer include a domain free for the first year. SSL is installed automatically, and mailboxes are free for the first year. - **Backups by plan:** Premium keeps weekly backups, Unlimited daily backups with restore, and Cloud Startup daily plus on-demand backups. - **Malware scanning and blocking:** Every plan scans for and removes harmful files, and lets you block visitors by IP address or country. Domain privacy hides your contact details. - **Hostinger Agent and AI credits:** An AI agent builds a WordPress site, sets up domains and DNS, and fixes common problems in chat. Plans come with a one-time gift of 250 to 1,000 AI credits. - **Free site migrations:** Hostinger moves existing sites over at no charge, with no limit on how many, either automatically from hPanel or with help from support. ## Good for - Small sites and blogs whose owners can pay four years upfront - Owners who want hosting, domain and email in one account - People who want AI help building and running a WordPress site ## Worth knowing - The advertised $2.99 a month needs 48 months paid upfront ($143.52); Premium then renews at $10.99 a month, Unlimited at $16.99 and Cloud Startup at $25.99. - The plan table shows only 48-month prices. 1-, 12- and 24-month terms are also sold, but their prices appear only once the term is chosen. - The free domain needs a plan of a year or longer, and both the domain and the mailboxes are free for the first year only. - Hosting can be refunded within 30 days, but a new domain registration only within 96 hours. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.0 out of 4**, graded Oct 17, 2026. Hostinger is the cheap all-in-one pick: hosting, a first-year domain, SSL and email in one account, plus an AI agent that'll build a WordPress site and set up your DNS. The catch is the deal. $2.99 a month means paying $143.52 for four years upfront, and Premium then renews at $10.99 a month. - **Value for money: B.** Premium's only readable price is 48 months for $143.52 upfront, so two years cost you $143.52, about $5.98 a month. That's inside the cheaper quarter of hosts and a cent over the A line, and the same payment covers years three and four. Then it's $10.99 a month. - **Free plan and trial: F.** Nothing free. There's no free plan and no trial, just a 30-day refund on hosting, and a new domain can only be refunded within 96 hours. - **Features: C.** hPanel, one-click WordPress, malware scanning, free migrations and an AI agent are all there. The gaps are on the plan most people buy: Premium keeps weekly backups, not daily, and the domain and mailboxes are free for the first year only. - **Ease of use: C.** No app store rating to go on. hPanel and the AI agent take fiddly bits like DNS off your hands, but you're still setting up a domain, email and a site. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** A web dashboard, with no app on record. There's a public API, though, and hooks for Google Analytics, Google Ads, Meta Pixel, Claude Code and Cursor. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Hostinger's own pages on 17 October 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among web hosts - Hostinger's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 7 of the 21 other web hosts we grade, and level with 7. - It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 12 of 21) and worst on free plan and trial (F, above 0). - Its paid plans start at $10.99 a month, against a middle price of $10.99 for the category: 8 of the 16 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. Nothing scores higher for less, though at least one tool matches that score at a lower price. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/web-hosting ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace Hostinger you would be making an engine that recognises new malware as it appears. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. It costs $131.88 a year. - You could not: An engine that recognises new malware as it appears. - You could not: It plugs into other products, WordPress, Google Analytics and Google Ads among them, and has an API. - You could not: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with WordPress, Google Analytics, Google Ads, Meta Pixel, Claude Code, Cursor **Tags:** AI features, Public API, Malware protection ## Alternatives - [Bluehost](https://toolgpa.com/tools/bluehost): WordPress-focused shared hosting sold on multi-year terms. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/bluehost-vs-hostinger) - [Namecheap](https://toolgpa.com/tools/namecheap): Domain registrar's cPanel shared hosting, billed monthly or yearly. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/hostinger-vs-namecheap) - [SiteGround](https://toolgpa.com/tools/siteground): Shared and WordPress hosting on Google Cloud with its own Site Tools. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/hostinger-vs-siteground) - [HostGator](https://toolgpa.com/tools/hostgator): Shared and WordPress hosting with malware scanning and a free domain. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/hostgator-vs-hostinger) - [Hostinger AI Builder](https://toolgpa.com/tools/hostinger-ai-builder): AI website and web app builder bundled with Hostinger hosting. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/hostinger-vs-hostinger-ai-builder) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 17, 2026: - https://www.hostinger.com/web-hosting - https://www.hostinger.com/pricing - https://www.hostinger.com/support/1583589-how-to-pay-for-hostinger-services-in-advance/ - https://www.hostinger.com/about - https://www.hostinger.com/legal/refund-policy Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/hostinger Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).