Hostinger Review (December 2024) – After 4 Years & 7 Websites

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About Hostinger

Hostinger is a web hosting company that was established in 2004 in Kaunas, Lithuania. Back then, they called it Hosting Media, which was rebranded to Hostinger in 2011 after reaching a 1 million user base! 

Since then, it has seen consistent growth. The last few years since 2019 have been especially rewarding for them. As of now, they have over 29 million users around the globe, and 15k new websites are installed using Hostinger every day! 

Hostinger India is the Indian version of Hostinger, which can be accessed through Hostinger.in. Following is an overview of the features offered in its hosting plans!

Hostinger Features Overview 

Hostinger Video Review

If you are a video person, you can watch my video review of Hostinger here.

Hostinger User Interface

The interface of Hostinger looks elegant, simple, and friendly for beginners. Unlike the traditional cPanel offered by most hosting providers, Hostinger marks itself differently with hPanel. 

hPanel is Hostinger’s custom user interface with a modern design and easily accessible functions.

It offers all the important features from DNS Zone Editor to Domains, Email accounts, File Manager, Backups, Website Migrations, App Installer and WordPress Dashboard! It also offers a handy search bar so you can simply type in any feature you wish to access.

Hostinger has made quite a lot of improvements in its hPanel in the last few years. So, switching from cPanel to hPanel wouldn’t be a problem! 

If you need to edit PHP files on your hosting, cPanel would be a better choice. Though hPanel can edit PHP files, I personally feel more comfortable with cPanel for PHP.

So, if you’re looking for a cPanel-based hosting solution, you can go with FastComet, ChemiCoud, or A2 Hosting.

Testing Parameters

For this review, I have used Hostinger’s Shared Business Web Hosting plan on three different servers. Following are the demo websites I’ve used for the testing.

• US Servers Website
• Indian Servers Website
• Singapore Servers Website

On all of these websites, I have used the following settings.

• OceanWP Theme
• Gym template (Elementor Based)
• LiteSpeed Cache plugin (default settings)

Now, let’s quickly dive deeper into the different tests. 

Hostinger Server Response Time

Server Response Time (SRT) refers to the time duration between a user making a request and the server responding to it. I checked the SRT of all my Hostinger websites from the US, Singapore, and Indian servers.

Let’s take a look at the results.

Indian Servers

I found the response time of the Indian servers to be quicker in Asian locations including Singapore, Mumbai, Japan, etc. For instance, the SRT was lowest in Mumbai (2 ms) and Singapore (55 ms).

It kept on increasing as we moved to farther regions, including Germany, Sydney, London, the US, etc.

US Servers

On the US Servers, the response time was greater for the Asian countries but very swift for locations including the US (22 ms), Canada (36 ms), London (91 ms), etc.

Singapore Servers

When I checked the Server Response Time for the Singapore-based servers, I observed the following results.

The response time was exceptionally fast in Singapore (2 ms) and Mumbai (59 ms). Whereas, it kept on increasing for non-Asian regions.

Overall, the server speeds of Hostinger for Indian, US, and Singapore Servers were admirable, and I faced no problems with them!

Hostinger Speeds

Page Loading Speed refers to the time required for a webpage to completely load on your screen. According to research done by Portent in 2019, Website conversion rates drop by an average of 4.42% with each additional second of load time (between seconds 0-5).

Now, let us check out how our websites performed in the speed tests. 

Indian Servers

I checked the speeds of my website hosted on the Indian servers from the Singapore and US locations and received the following results.

Upon checking the speeds from Singapore, I noticed super swift speeds of 1.34 sec. Whereas, when I checked the website speeds from the US location, it took a massive 4.95 sec to completely load.

The reason for such results is that India and Singapore both belong to the Asian subcontinent. Thus, Indian servers performed better in the Singapore region.

US Servers

Next, I checked my website hosted on the US Servers from the Indian and US locations. These were the results.

On checking my US-based website from the Indian location, I noticed poor speeds of 4.51 sec.

Whereas, when I checked the speeds from the US location, my website loaded in merely 1.88 sec, which is exceptionally fast!

Overall, the New York servers of Hostinger offer exceptional speeds.

Singapore Servers

Finally, I checked the speeds of my website hosted on the Singapore servers from three different locations: Singapore, India, and the US. The following were the results observed.

When I tested my website speeds from the Singapore location, I noticed swift speeds of 1.03 sec.

Next, I tested my Singapore-based website from the Indian location and noted loading speeds of 2.16 sec.

Finally, I tested the same website from the US location and observed sluggish speeds of 4.11 sec. If you want faster speeds, you can also try ChemiCloud or FastComet hosting!

Hostinger Uptime

Website Uptime is the time duration for which your website remains online and accessible to people. Uptime is a crucial factor for any business because a bad uptime can often result in the loss of your customers! 

Ideal uptime should be above 99.9%. If a website is functional 99.9% of the time, it means the total downtime will be 43m 49s in a month.

I have been monitoring the uptime of my Hostinger websites since 2021 using the Better Uptime tool. It checks the uptime of my websites every 30 seconds. Let’s check out how they performed.

Hostinger Uptime Status Report (Last 12 months)  

Singapore Servers

Here’s the uptime report for Hostinger Shared Business Hosting (Singapore Servers) for the last 365 days.

November 2024	100%
October 2024	100%
September 2024	100%
August 2024	100%
July 2024	100%
June 2024	100%
May 2024	100%
April 2024	100%
March 2024	99.99%
February 2024	99.98%
January 2024	100%
December 2023	99.99%
November 2023	100%
October 2023	99.95%
September 2023	99.94%
August 2023	99.97%
July 2023	99.93%
June 2023	99.95%
May 2023	99.98%
April 2023	99.99%
March 2023	100%
February 2023	100%
January 2023	100%

In the last 365 days, my website has been up for 99.95% of the time. Whereas, in the last 30 days, I have observed an uptime of 99.98%. The overall downtime in the last 365 days has been 3 hours and 36 minutes.

US Servers

Here’s the uptime report for Hostinger Shared Business Hosting (US Servers) for the last 365 days.

November 2024	100%
October 2024	99.99%
September 2024	99.99%
August 2024	100%
July 2024	100%
June 2024	100%
May 2024	100%
April 2024	99.98%
March 2024	99.95%
February 2024	100%
January 2024	99.69%
December 2023	99.98%
November 2023	99.99%
October 2023	99.99%
September 2023	99.99%
August 2023	99.89%
July 2023	100%
June 2023	99.96%
May 2023	99.99%
April 2023	99.95%
March 2023	99.98%
February 2023	100%
January 2023	99.99%

In the last 365 days, my website has been up for 99.95% of the time. Whereas, in the last 30 days, I have observed an uptime of an unbeatable 100%. The overall downtime in the last 365 days has been 4 hours and 4 minutes.

Indian Servers

Here’s the uptime report for Hostinger Shared Business Hosting (Indian Servers) for the last 365 days.

November 2024	100%
October 2024	100%
September 2024	99.87%
August 2024	99.90%
July 2024	100%
June 2024	100%
May 2024	100%
April 2024	99.98%
March 2024	98.53%
February 2024	100%
January 2024	99.85%
December 2023	99.92%
November 2023	99.99%
October 2023	99.94%
September 2023	99.97%
August 2023	99.72%
July 2023	99.94%
June 2023	99.99%
May 2023	100%
April 2023	99.99%
March 2023	100%
February 2023	100%
January 2023	99.97%

In the last 365 days, my website has been up for 99.94% of the time. Whereas, in the last 30 days, I have observed an uptime of a solid 100%. The overall downtime in the last 365 days has been 4 hours and 47 minutes.

Note : I have active plans of Hostinger Business Shared Hosting. Every month, the uptime will be updated on this page.

Overall, I found the uptime of the US and Singapore servers to be better than the Indian ones. For improved uptime performance, you can go with ChemiCloud, StableHost, or Rocket.net.

Hostinger Load Test

Load Testing is a process of analyzing the performance and efficiency of software by exposing it to real-life conditions.  For this test, I sent 100 virtual users to each of my websites to see how they handle large traffic. Let’s take a look at the results.

Indian Servers

Talking about the Indian servers, the virtual users made a total of 17.5k requests. Here, the peak requests went up to 97 requests/sec and the P95 response time was merely 19 ms.

This means that 95% of the requests took around 19 ms to be executed.

In my observation, the response time spiked once in the beginning and then normalized. Surprisingly, there were no HTTP failures during the whole test session. Overall, the performance of the Indian servers was quite good.

US Servers

The US Servers handled the load test really well. I sent 100 virtual users over to my website where they made a total of 17.1k requests. The peak requests went up to 99.33 req/sec and the P95 response time touched 79 ms.

The impressive part is that none of the HTTP requests failed. However, the response time kept fluctuating throughout. Overall, the US servers displayed a great load-handling capacity!

Singapore Servers

When I sent out 100 virtual users to my website hosted on Singapore servers, they made a total of 17.5k requests. The peak requests touched 98.67 req/sec along with a P95 response time of merely 17 ms.

Interestingly, none of the requests failed,, which means it handled the load well. Overall, the Singapore servers performed well with no major spikes in the response time.

Hostinger Cache

In-built Cache Manager

Hostinger has an in-built cache manager that can be enabled from the user dashboard. It boosts the speed of your website, thus, providing a better experience to your viewers!

Recently, Hostinger has also introduced an object cache on its Business plan and above. This brings drastic improvements in website speeds. If you have a dynamic website or an eCommerce store, object cache will be valuable for you.

Cache Plugin

Hostinger uses the LiteSpeed Servers, which also gives you access to the LiteSpeed Cache plugin. It is a free plugin that you can use to improve your website speeds. 

To know more about it, check out my video on LiteSpeed Cache Settings.

Hostinger Data Centers

The Data Centers of Hostinger are housed in 7 locations including the UK, USA, Singapore, India, Netherlands, Indonesia, and Lithuania.

Recently in February 2022, they announced the launch of a new Hostinger Data Center in Mumbai, India. That’s great news if you are targeting the Indian audience. It will drastically improve the speed of your website.

Hostinger Domains

Apart from web hosting, a relevant domain name is essential for running your blog or online business. Let’s take a look at Hostinger’s domain features.

Free Domains

Hostinger provides a free .com domain to its new hosting users for a year. However, it is only available on the Premium and Business Shared Hosting plans. The Starter plan does not offer a free domain.

In the case of WordPress hosting, all plans except the Single WordPress plan come with a free domain. If you want a lifetime free domain, you can check out ChemiCloud hosting.

New Domain Pricing

Hostinger also offers new domain registrations at quite affordable rates. For instance, these are the new lower prices for some popular domain extensions:

Extension	Pricing/year
.com	₹499
.in	₹199
.org	₹659
.tech	₹169
.xyz	₹169

These are the prices applicable for the first year when you purchase these domain names for a period of two or more years. After the 1st year, standard charges will apply to your domain.

Preview URL

A Preview URL (also called Temporary Domain Name) is a feature in Hostinger that lets you view your website without connecting your domain name. It helps test out your website if you haven’t yet pointed your nameservers to your web host.

However, the Preview URL is only available for up to 120 hours. It is only applicable to the main domain that you have registered. But with an easy trick, you can get preview URLs for your sub-domains and add-on domains as well.

Check out my Hostinger Training Program to know more!

Hostinger Security

Hostinger provides its users with a variety of security features. Let us check them out in detail.

SSL Certificate

An SSL Certificate is essential for your website’s security. You get unlimited free SSL Certificates for your websites with a hosting plan on Hostinger. 

Thus, every website that you add to your Hostinger account can be protected with a free SSL certificate!

Apart from that, you can also activate a free SSL certificate through Cloudflare. The process to do that is discussed in my Hostinger Training Program! So, keep reading to know more about it.

Patchstack Security

Hostinger recently collaborated with Patchstack, a powerful WordPress security plugin. 

Through this plugin, WordPress users will be notified of vulnerabilities arising in any of their plugins. This is a powerful security tool to safeguard your website.

2FA

2FA (Two Factor Authentication) is a method of verifying a person’s identity by requesting an extra factor like an OTP code, biometric recognition, hardware key, etc at the time of login. 

2FA adds another layer of security by preventing unauthorized users from accessing your online accounts.

Hostinger provides email and software-based 2FA to secure your hosting account. So, you can use authentication apps like Authy, LastPass, Google Authenticator, etc to secure your accounts. 

Cloudflare DNS Firewall

All the plans of Hostinger support Cloudflare DNS. You can activate it from the Hostinger dashboard. 

Cloudflare DNS effectively protects your website from all types of malicious traffic and DDoS attacks. 

Bitninja Security

Hostinger applies Bitninja security by default on all its servers. It is a powerful security feature that detects suspicious logins and then blocks them until they verify themselves.

Bitninja also protects against malware, DDoS attacks, brute force attacks, etc. 

Malware Scanner

Recently, Hostinger has launched its Malware Scanner tool that can be accessed from its dashboard Security features.

It automatically scans through all the files and data uploaded by the users and cleans corrupted and malicious files. Thus, it’s a very useful security tool for all website owners.

Automatic Updates

Recently, Hostinger has introduced the Automatic Updates feature. It automatically keeps your website updated with the latest versions of WordPress core, themes, and plugins.

This ensures that your website doesn’t fall prey to any vulnerabilities from your WordPress themes and plugins. Overall, the security features of Hostinger are quite good.

Hostinger Backups and Restoration

The Backup and Restoration features of Hostinger have seen a lot of improvements in the past few years. Hostinger provides free weekly backups on all its hosting plans.

Apart from that, their Business Shared Hosting and above plans also come with free daily backups. You can back up your website files, databases, or everything on your hosting account.

The daily backups are stored for 7 days. Whereas, the weekly backups are stored for up to 7 weeks. So, at any point, if you wish to restore your backups, you can restore from the past 7 days or weekly backups from the last 7 weeks.

Your data is backed up on a different server location to ensure security. It also allows you to generate manual backups and supports one-click backups and restorations.

If you need free daily backups on other hosting plans, you need to pay additional charges to avail of this feature.

An interesting feature of Hostinger is that you get to selectively restore your website files. You can select which files you wish to restore, which is quite a convenient option.

Hostinger Customer Support

Hostinger offers customer support through email, live chat, and a knowledge base. Talking about their live chat support, I received replies to my queries pretty quickly. The live chat was initiated swiftly, but it took slightly more time to solve the queries.

I personally liked their extensive knowledge base of articles. You can find answers to a lot of your queries through their articles, which is great for beginners. They also have free tutorials on WordPress, Website Development, VPS Hosting, etc to help newbies.

Overall, the quality of their support has seen a huge improvement since the last year. But I think they can improve their support speeds and reply frequencies.

Hostinger Plans & Pricing

Hostinger offers 3 plans under its Shared Web Hosting. Let us take a quick look at their significant features. 

	Single Hosting Plan	Premium Hosting Plan	Business Hosting Plan
Monthly Pricing (48 months)	₹69	₹149 / $2.99	₹269 / $3.99
No. of Websites	1	100	100
Monthly Traffic	10k visitors	25k visitors	100k visitors
SSD Storage	50 GB	100 GB	200 GB
Free Domain	No	Yes	Yes
Email	1	Up to 100	Up to 100
Inode Count	200k	400k	600k
Bandwidth	100 GB	Unlimited	Unlimited
Daily Backups	No	No	Yes

The maximum discounts are applied if you purchase these plans for 4 years. Opting for smaller time durations results in lesser discounts. Well, isn’t this an excellent strategy by Hostinger to gather users for the long term?

You can also find other hosting plans like WordPress Hosting plans, Cloud Hosting plans, VPS Hosting plans, etc.

Hostinger Payment Methods

Planning to get a Hostinger hosting plan? It supports a variety of payment methods.

These include Net Banking, PayPal, International Credit and Debit Cards, Cryptocurrency, and Hostinger Balance. Apart from that, it also supports UPI Payments, Paytm, and Google Pay for Indian customers.

The UPI Payments feature is very useful for Indian users who do not have International debit and credit cards.

Hostinger Refund Policy

Hostinger offers a 30-day money-back guarantee on all its plans. So, you can purchase a hosting plan, try it out for a month and then get a 100% refund if you are not satisfied with it!

However, there are a few terms and conditions in their Refund Policy. I have explained them in layman’s terms in my Hostinger Training Program.

If you want an extended period of refund policy, you can consider A2 Hosting which charges you on a pro-rata basis!

Hostinger Coupon Code

If you wish to buy web hosting, here’s an exciting offer that will get you your favorite hosting plan at the cheapest rates possible. 

All you need to do is follow this simple process:

• Use my link and select a hosting plan of your choice.
• Enter the coupon code KRIPESH at checkout.

That’s it! An additional 10% discount will be applied to your hosting plan!

Which is the Best Hostinger Plan and Server?

Now that we’ve discussed all the significant features of Hostinger, it’s time to decide on the best plan and server. First, let us discuss the plan you should avoid at all costs.

In my recommendation, you can safely avoid going with the Single Web Hosting plan. It offers less RAM, which is not suitable even for operating normal websites and blogs. 

In some rare scenarios, if you have a simple website comprising 5-10 static HTML pages, the single shared hosting plan can be a good option. It’s only suitable for HTML or PHP websites.

However, if you need to work with WordPress, the Business Web Hosting plan would be the best for you. 

The key advantage of this plan is the inclusion of the object cache, which ensures swift speeds. It also features advanced backups, staging functionality, and lots of WordPress AI tools.

This plan has enough features to give you a smooth and hassle-free experience. Along with a higher RAM, you’ll get a free domain for 1 year with it.

Talking about the best servers, I found the speeds of their US and Singapore-based Servers much faster than the Indian servers. So, you can go with either of them depending on your target audience.

Hostinger Training Program

If you are planning to get a hosting plan from Hostinger, I’m sure my training program would be of great help to you. This Training Program is for those users who have purchased plans from Hostinger using my links.

In this program, I have provided in-depth tutorials on how to use Hostinger, including

• How to purchase hosting from Hostinger
• Setting up your hosting
• Connecting hosting to your domain
• Installing WordPress
• Taking and restoring backups
• Contacting customer support
• Enabling cache plugins

and a lot more! 

These video tutorials are uploaded on the Thinkific Course Creator. I have enabled free previews of some of the video tutorials along with the step-by-step process of purchasing a plan.

All you have to do is sign up through my link and purchase your favorite plan. Once you mail me the receipt, you’ll get access to the training program within 7 working days. This course will be highly beneficial for beginners in getting equipped with the basics of Hostinger. 

Hostinger Migrations

Hostinger provides unlimited free website migrations on its hosting plans just like Rocket.net. 

To request a website migration, you need to select your website control panel (WordPress, cPanel, WHM) and mention your:

• Domain name
• Admin login page URL
• Username and password
• Previous web hosting service

After you make the migration request, someone from their team will personally transfer your website from your previous hosting provider to Hostinger free of cost! It might take anywhere between 2 to 4 days to complete the process.

Hostinger Staging

If you wish to test new themes, plugins, or design updates on your website, the Staging functionality of Hostinger might be helpful. With the Staging feature, you can create a copy of your live website and test out changes to it.

The Staging feature can be found under the Dashboard tab. All you need to do is create a subdomain and publish your staging environment over it.

Then, you can make edits to the site and test them out. If you are satisfied with the changes, you can simply push the test version to the live website by hitting the ‘Publish’ button under the list of staging sites.

In my opinion, this is a great feature for developers and professionals. It lets you update your website with the latest developments without suffering any downtime!

Additional Hostinger Features

Hostinger Inode Count 

Inode Count refers to the total number of files on your website, including your files, folders, emails, and everything else stored on the servers. 

Hostinger offers generous inode count even for its shared hosting plans.

• Single Web Hosting – 200k
• Premium Web Hosting- 400k
• Business Web Hosting – 600k

If you wish to have unlimited inodes on your account, check out Rocket.net!

Account Sharing

If you want to share your hosting account with your team, the Account Sharing feature of Hostinger makes it possible.

The interesting thing about this feature is that you can can selectively share access with your developers and team members. Instead of providing them complete access to your account, you can grant them access to specific websites, services, or hosting plans.

Email Hosting

With your Hostinger plan, you get to create up to 100 email accounts with a 1 GB storage limit for every email account. (1 email account for Single Web Hosting)

However, there are a few limitations to the email service as well. You can only have 15k messages in every email account and send up to 500 emails each day. Overall, the email service is good.

Content Delivery Network (CDN)

Recently, Hostinger has started offering free CDN on its Business shared hosting plan and above. It keeps your website data cached on multiple servers across the globe and claims to offer 40% faster load times.

However, my experience with their CDN has been very different. The last time I used Hostinger’s free CDN, it performed below average. I’ll recommend going with Cloudflare free CDN or BunnyCDN instead. I use it on my website as well.

Hostinger Pro Panel

Hostinger Pro panel is an extension of Hostinger’s hPanel specifically designed for simplifying the management of multiple websites.

The Pro panel will be extremely useful for freelancers, agencies, and anyone managing multiple websites. It offers a centralized dashboard through which you can manage your clients’ websites and hosting services.

Some benefits of the Hostinger Pro panel include easy website performance monitoring, secure access management tools, and a simple way to join the Hostinger Partner Program.

To know more about how to set up Hostinger Pro Panel and earn money with it, you can check out this tutorial on Setting Up Hostinger Pro Panel.

Technology Used in Hostinger

Similar to ChemiCloud, A2 Hosting, and Rocket.net, Hostinger uses fast and efficient LiteSpeed servers, so your website loads at lightning-fast speeds every single time!

Along with that, they also have in-built caching technology so you can enable ‘Automatic Cache’ and speed up your websites.

Hostinger uses the latest PHP 8.0 version. And talking about CMS, they offer support for WordPress, Drupal, Joomla, and 100+ other CMS platforms! As of now, they don’t support Python and Node.js on their Shared hosting plans. I hope they implement it in the future.

Hostinger Website Builder

A website builder is especially helpful for those who want a quick website without getting into WordPress or other CMS platforms.

Hostinger offers its in-house Hostinger Website Builder (previously known as Zyro) on all its hosting plans. It lets you design everything from blogs to business sites, portfolios, and online stores with ease.

It features 140+ attractive and professional templates for creating your website. You’ll also find an AI website builder that generates your entire website within a minute. You can experiment with different templates, styles, fonts, color palettes, etc to create the perfect website.

Additionally, you’ll also find some powerful AI tools like AI Writer, AI Logo Maker, and AI Heatmaps to help you save a lot of time on designing. The best part is that it comes free with all the hosting plans of Hostinger. You can also get it separately for ₹149.00/mo.

Overall, Hostinger Website Builder is a viable option for anyone looking to design professional websites quickly at affordable prices. If you want to read more about it, you can check out my Hostinger Website Builder Review.

Hostinger AI Tools

Recently, Hostinger has introduced several AI tools on their platform. Let’s look at the popular ones below.

1) AI Domain Names

Need a catchy domain name but can’t think of something unique? Try Hostinger’s AI Domain Name Generator. All you have to do is provide a short description of your project or website. The AI suggests catchy names around it.

For example, I described my website as – “A hair salon that offers hair coloring and hair styling solutions”. These are the domain name ideas it generated for me.

I liked the unique and catchy names it generated. You can experiment with different descriptions and keywords to get more interesting results.

2) AI Business Name Generator

Similarly, if you’re planning to start an online business but are struggling with naming it, you can check out Hostinger’s AI Business Name Generator.

All you have to do is specify a few keywords related to your industry. It’ll produce relevant business name ideas for you. For instance, these are some business names generated for the keyword “hair salon”.

If you like any of the names, you can click on the Buy Domain button to purchase it from Hostinger. It’ll show you the pricing for different domain extensions.

3) WordPress AI Troubleshooter

WordPress AI Troubleshooter is a unique tool that makes use of AI to ensure your website always remains online. It automatically detects and notifies you if your WordPress website encounters any errors.

Going a step further, it also offers helpful solutions to fix those errors on your website. Overall, it’s a really valuable tool if you’re a beginner.

4) WordPress AI Assistant

WordPress AI Assistant is a free WordPress plugin that comes with their Business and Cloud hosting plans. It helps you generate long and short-form content with AI.

To get started, you need to specify the post type, content tone, and length, and add a short description with the focus keyword. In under 30 seconds, it generates a 650+ word article with proper headings and a relevant header image.

I personally liked the article generated by the AI. You can make further edits and integrate examples, anecdotes, and media elements in the content to make it publish-ready.

How Is Hostinger So Cheap?

Now, we have come to the main question! I’m sure you must have thought about it, too. How is Hostinger surviving at such cheap hosting prices? What’s the catch?

Well, I dived into the details, and after much research and analysis, I found that they recover their costs through Affiliate Marketing. 

Hostinger keeps on collaborating with other companies like Patchstack, Fiverr, etc. These companies then promote their products and services through Hostinger.

For example, if you install WordPress on your Hostinger site, you will find a lot of pre-installed plugins (Bloatware) like:

• All-in-one SEO plugin
• All-in-One WP Migration Plugin
• OptinMonster
• MonsterInsights, etc. 

Though these pre-installed plugins can be easily disabled, they are a way of promoting the collaborating companies. This is how Hostinger provides its services at such affordable costs!

What do you guys think about this tactic? Is it a good way to recover their costs? Let me know your opinions in the comments section below!

Hostinger Pros

1. Good Speeds

Hostinger uses LiteSpeed servers, which ensure that your websites load at lightning-fast speeds at all times.

2. Object Cache

Recently, Hostinger has introduced an object cache on its hosting plans. It ensures faster speeds and improved performance.

3. Friendly Interface

The hPanel provided by Hostinger is modern and user-friendly. It lets you easily manage your websites and is ideal for beginners. 

4. Excellent Load Management

Hostinger proves to be a great choice for high-traffic websites and eCommerce stores. It offers a stable response time with no request failures on all servers.

5. Reliable Uptime

In the last 365 days, I noted an uptime of 99.95% on Singapore servers, 99.97% on US servers, and 99.95% on Indian servers. This is pretty good and reliable for most websites.

6. Hostinger Website Builder

You can now enjoy a powerful website builder with all the plans of Hostinger. It helps you build professional sites within minutes with AI. I think it’s one of the best and most affordable website builders as of now.

7. UPI Payments and GST Invoices

You get a bunch of payment options with Hostinger India. Integrating UPI Payments is a big advantage for Indian users as it reduces the hassle of entering card or bank details. You can also get GST invoices on Hostinger.

8. Staging Functionality

You can test new themes, plugins, and updates by creating a copy of your live website. When you’re satisfied with the changes, you can push them to your live site. This helps reduce any downtime suffered by your website.

9. Good Backup Options

Hostinger offers good backup and restoration options. All plans support weekly backups, and the Business hosting supports daily backups as well. You can create manual backups and also selectively restore specific files, which is highly convenient.

10. Excellent Security

Hostinger provides all-around security for your hosting with advanced tools. These include SSL, 2FA, Patchstack Security, Cloudflare DNS, Malware Scanner, and BitNinja Security. Its Malware Scanner destroys any bugs or malware found in your website files. 

11. Affordable Pricing

Hostinger offers pocket-friendly hosting plans when purchased for longer durations. For instance, its Single Shared Hosting plan when purchased for 48 months costs just ₹69/month!

Hostinger Cons

1. Bad CDN Performance

Last year, Hostinger introduced its own CDN. However, it didn’t perform up to the mark in my experience. I hope they work on improving its functionality soon.

2. Average Indian Servers

The performance of the Indian servers in terms of speeds, uptime, and load management was quite average. I hope they try to improve it in the future.

3. Slow Support Speeds

Their live chat support is helpful and knowledgeable. However, they can try to speed up their pace of replying to queries.

4. Bloatware

Because Hostinger frequently collaborates with many services, Bloatware (pre-installed plugins) is their way of promoting the services of these partner companies. However, these plugins can be disabled with one click!

I have discussed the step-by-step process of getting a free SSL from CloudFlare in my Hostinger Training Program. So make sure you check it out!

Who Should Buy Hostinger?

This is the fifth consecutive year I have reviewed Hostinger. I still feel that it’s an excellent hosting provider for beginners on a budget. 

They have improved to a large extent in terms of their interface, backup options, speeds, and ease of use. Though they can work on improving their customer support speeds, CDN, and the performance of Indian servers, I was satisfied with the overall performance of Hostinger. 

So, if you have a US-based audience, you should go with a Hostinger plan with the US servers. They offer exceptional speeds and performance. The performance of Hostinger’s Shared hosting plans on the US servers is easily comparable to the performance of Cloud hosting plans!

However, if you have an Indian audience, I won’t be able to recommend their Indian servers. This is because the uptime and speeds that I observed on them were quite average. You can instead go with their Singapore servers that offer swift speeds and performance.

Overall, if you are a beginner who needs shared hosting that’s reliable, affordable, and easy to use, Hostinger is the best option for 2024. I have hosted dozens of my micro-niche blogs and websites on Hostinger and have faced no problems with it yet!

However, if you can increase your budget, then Chemicloud, FastComet, and Cloudways can be powerful hosting solutions as well.

Hostinger Alternatives

For beginners, Hostinger is the go-to hosting solution. But, if you can hike up your budget, these are the best alternatives to Hostinger service.

1) ChemiCloud

ChemiCloud is a reliable American web hosting provider. Similar to Hostinger, it comes with Litespeed servers that guarantee swift speeds and performance. It also offers reliable load management and excellent uptime.

ChemiCloud stands out by offering one of the best customer support along with a generous 45-day refund policy and up to 200 cPanel migrations!

Its pricing plans start at $2.95/month. You can get the maximum discounts by subscribing for 3 years. You can use my link to avail additional discounts on your plans.

2) FastComet

FastComet is another renowned web host launched in 2013. Just like Hostinger, it comes with lightning-fast speeds, good support, affordable pricing, and a remarkable uptime.

Its distinguishing features include a 45-day refund policy and a fixed discount percentage on all durations. Unlike Hostinger, it provides cPanel support and lacks free domains.

The pricing plans of FastComet start from $2.95/month. It is best purchased for 1 year, as the discount remains the same irrespective of the duration of purchase. You can use my link for the best discounts.

3) Cloudways

Cloudways is a popular managed hosting built upon unmanaged hosting providers like Google Cloud, Digital Ocean, and AWS. It offers lightning-fast speeds, excellent uptime and load management, modern UI, and advanced security, just like Hostinger.

However, unlike Hostinger, it lacks email hosting. It offers good support and marks itself differently by offering easy scalability options and an impressive pay-as-you-go payment model.

The pricing plans of Cloudways start from $11/month (For Digital Ocean servers). For additional discounts, you can use my link and enter the coupon code KRIPESH to get a 20% discount on your hosting plan for the first 3 months.

Hostinger vs ChemiCloud vs FastComet

Why Should You Trust Me?

I have been working full-time in the digital industry since 2015. In all these years, I’ve used and tested all the popular web hosting services on my personal and client websites. I’ve been consistently reviewing hosting services like Cloudways, ChemiCloud, FastComet, etc, for the last 3 years.

Talking about Hostinger, I first purchased Hostinger hosting in 2019 for my micro niche blogs. Since then, I’ve bought multiple plans of Hostinger, including their Cloud Startup plan. I even have active subscriptions to various Hostinger plans that I keep testing every year.

Using and testing dozens of hosting services in the past few years has given me the knowledge and expertise to compare their features and recommend you the best hosting for your requirements.

Conclusion

Hostinger is an excellent web hosting solution on a budget. It features a user-friendly interface, swift speeds, advanced backups, and security features, along with Indian payment options.

All of these features make it a reliable web host. I love that they’ve made massive changes and added lots of new features in the last year. They have introduced agency tools, object cache, AI website builder, and CDN, and also worked on improving their security and ease of use.

All of this makes Hostinger one of the best value-for-money web hosts out there in 2024. Their support speeds, CDN, and Indian data centers can be improved. But I personally like their pace of growth.

Hostinger would be the best option for beginners and experienced users who need a modern, convenient, and feature-rich hosting solution. It offers all the advanced features at affordable rates!

If you are planning to buy a budget-friendly hosting service for your website, you can get an additional 10% off by using my link and coupon code “KRIPESH“.

Purchasing from my link would also give you free entry into my Hostinger Training Program, which is a helpful guide for beginners to get started with Hostinger.  

Anyway, I hope you found this Hostinger Review informative. Which hosting are you currently using? Do you think Hostinger could be a good option for you? Do let me know in the comments below.

This is Kripesh signing off! I’ll be back with more interesting content soon. Till then, stay home and keep learning! 🙂

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