Compare Hostinger benefits and drawbacks

With higher quality support, performance, and features, Nexcess is the best Hostinger alternative at an affordable price

A website profiles the greatness of the outdoors with a waterfall, a peaceful vista, a pine forest, and canyon hiking

Why look for a reliable Hostinger alternative?

No phone support ever
Not PCI compliant
On the hook for years
Less out of the box
Email restrictions

Compare Hostinger WordPress to Nexcess

Hostinger’s starter plans can’t compare to the premium features that Nexcess includes free
Key features
Nexcess
Starting at
$21/mo
24/7/365 phone support
One-click live chat
Month-to-month plan discounts
No photo ID required
Free monthly autoscaling
Free staging
Cloudflare CDN included
Daily backups
Free
99.99% uptime
Unlimited databases
RAM burst capacity
WP-CLI
Object caching
Object Cache Pro
SSH access
PHP workers included
Unlimited subdomains
10 global data centers
Free unlimited SSL certificate
Premium plugins included
Affiliate payouts
$150 or 150% of each sale, whichever is higher
SOC-certified data centers
Hostinger
Starting at
$9/mo
24/7/365 phone support
One-click live chat
Month-to-month plan discounts
No photo ID required
Free monthly autoscaling
Free staging
$14.99/mo
Cloudflare CDN included
Daily backups
Add-on
99.99% uptime
Unlimited databases
RAM burst capacity
WP-CLI
Object caching
LiteSpeed Cache
SSH access
PHP workers included
Undisclosed
Unlimited subdomains
10 global data centers
Free unlimited SSL certificate
Premium plugins included
Limited
Affiliate payouts
60% of each sale
SOC-certified data centers

Support leaves you stranded

One downside to Hostinger: you can’t call them. You have to log in, start a chat, and wait. If your problem can’t wait … you still have to wait.
When your site is down — or worse, hacked — a rapid response from your host is critical. Without it, your website’s success is at stake.
Unlike Hostinger, you can call Nexcess 24/7/365. Our helpful WordPress experts stand ready to tackle and resolve critical issues fast.
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A hosting support agent chats with a customer to help with anything they might need
A browser window shows reporting trending upwards for the load time and weight for multiple pages on a website

Less scalable, more strings attached

Hostinger has pennies-on-the-dollar pricing, but you pay for four years upfront. If it's not the right fit, you can’t get that money back.
Four years is a long time to wait for better hosting. In that time, a side hustle can grow into a full-fledged business. Your site could go viral.
Nexcess won’t lock you into years of hosting to make a quick buck. Our month-to-month or annual plans scale as your needs change.

Host at your own risk

Hostinger isn’t PCI-compliant. If they have a breach, they’re not the ones paying thousands of dollars in penalties. You are.
Add to that the time and money it takes to rebuild your reputation. Then add any lawsuits that may follow. It can paralyze any business.
Unlike Hostinger, Nexcess is fully PCI-compliant. Enterprise security is automatic, so you can accept transactions worry-free.
An automated security scan shows banned IP addresses, login attempts, Recaptch, and an administrator account with 2FA

We buy out Hostinger contracts

It’s easy to transfer your Hostinger hosting. Nexcess will buy out your remaining time.

Missing: critical WordPress features

At Hostinger, the essential tools that take the headache out of managing WordPress are only included in their higher-priced plans.
Need to stage your site? Pay more. Want SSH access? Pay more. Want to use WP-CLI? Pay more.
Nexcess includes SSH, WP-CLI, staging, and Object Cache Pro, plus free plugin monitoring. We don’t upsell for basic features.
A WordPress user manages an ecommerce site that sells outdoor adventures in breathtaking scenery
A resource usage chart shows slow but steady growth in monthly costs, which now total over five thousand US dollars

Email usage escalates fast

If your business is growing, so is your inbox. Hostinger starts you off with 1GB of email storage, which isn’t much space.
If you exceed 1GB, they may suspend your hosting. It’s not just your email that’s offline …your site is down too. Unless you pay more.
Nexcess ensures you can always do business by providing ample storage for your inbox. Leverage as much space as you need.

Don’t get stung like these Hostinger users

Terrible security practices, bad service.

Support team is absolutely horrible at their job. They constantly misunderstand any problems are not found in the public documentation (stuff so easy your grandparents could figure it out by themselves). They decided to reset the permissions to a folder containing private information belonging to several of my site's registered users and leak it's contents without asking me. This is unacceptable.

- c morse on Trustpilot

worst service ever received in my…

worst service ever received in my lifetime. now it's 15th day still waiting for support. they always respond with some already saved email templates like 'please be patient and give priority to our request but till now no proper solution or response. they are giving very least importance to their clients.

- Amal Nair on Trustpilot

Absolute garbage

Absolute garbage. Customer service? Ha, good luck with that.

Free migration of existing website? Nope! When you read the fine print there is a small fee.

Free email? Oops, we forgot about the small print that actually charges you for that too. Our bad.

Save your money and sanity by not dealing with these fakes and flakes

- Sarge on Trustpilot

Hostinger alternative FAQ

Hostinger is a web hosting company based in Kaunas, Lithuania. They provide managed hosting for websites around the world. Their products include cloud hosting, WordPress hosting, VPS, and domain hosting.

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