Hostinger Pricing

Hostinger has three shared plans for customers to choose from, classified based on the number of sites, SSD Storage, Monthly Visits, and Email Accounts. Here are the plan details: 

• Premium Shared Hosting: $2.99 monthly, 100 Websites, 100 GB SSD Storage, 25000 Visits Monthly, 100 Domain-based Free email accounts.

• Business Shared Hosting: $4.99 per month, 100 Websites, 200 GB SSD Storage, 10000 Visits Monthly, 100 Domain-based Free email accounts.

All three plans have the following features in common: 

• Managed WordPress
• WordPress Acceleration
• 30 Days Money Back Guarantee
• GIT Access
• Free SSL for one site
• Cloudflare Protected Nameservers
• Access Manager

Hostinger Performance

Server Response Time

I began with the server response time test. I had to host a site on the Hostinger platform, and since then, I have constantly been monitoring it.

According to recent data, my Hostinger site recorded an average server response time of 375 ms. Although this may not be the best in the industry, it is still a decent response time. 

Last 12 months average speed of Hostinger:

• September 2024 average TTFB: 429 ms
• August 2024 average TTFB: 462 ms
• July 2024 average TTFB: 546 ms
• June 2024 average TTFB: 445 ms
• May 2024 average TTFB: 421 ms
• April 2024 average TTFB: 400 ms
• March 2024 average TTFB: 417 ms
• February 2024 average TTFB: 429 ms
• January 2024 average TTFB: 401 ms
• December 2023 average TTFB: 421 ms
• November 2023 average TTFB: 410 ms

Uptime

Another critical aspect of performance that needs close attention is the uptime, and I have been continually testing the uptime of my Hostinger site. According to recent data, my Hostinger site recorded an uptime of 99.97%.

Last 12 months average uptime of Hostinger:

• September 2024 average uptime: 99.99%
• August 2024 average uptime: 99.99%
• July 2024 average uptime: 99.99%
• June 2024 average uptime: 99.99%
• May 2024 average uptime: 99.94%
• April 2024 average uptime: 99.99%
• March 2024 average uptime: 99.98%
• February 2024 average uptime: 99.98%
• January 2024 average uptime: 100%
• December 2023 average uptime: 98.79%
• November 2023 average uptime: 98.71%

Load Testing

When I sent 500 simultaneous visitors to the site, Hostinger recorded an average response time of 2412 ms.

Global TTFB

I tested my Hostinger site’s global TTFB by pinging it from as many as 35 global locations. My site responded pretty well in all the locations, with an average Global TTFB of 572 ms.

Core Web Vitals

User experience is another essential factor of performance; these days, it is one of the crucial ranking factors. Sites must improve user experience to rank better across search engines. However, for a site to improve user experience, it is also essential that it be hosted on a reliable hosting platform with the best Core Web Vitals. 

I tested the Core Web Vitals of my Hostinger site recently, and it recorded a ‘Largest Contentful Paint’ of 621 ms, a ‘Total Blocking Time’ of 0 ms, and a ‘Cumulative Layout Shift’ of 0.07. You can see that the service has brilliant Core Web Vitals, and any site hosted on this platform can undoubtedly deliver the best user experience to its visitors. 

Hostinger Features

Easy-to-Use Control Panel

Hostinger has a main control panel called the hPanel, which is easy to navigate and use. If you had used a cPanel before, you would have had a much better experience with the hPanel, with a better interface and usability. 

Most importantly, the hPanel gives you access to all the essential options from a single point of managing your account. 

Global Data Center Locations

Datacenter locations play a huge role in hosting since hosting a site from the closest server to your target audience gives your site a faster load time. However, unless you are extremely lucky, this is impossible with a hosting service with limited data center locations. 

In the case of Hostinger, customers have as many as 7 data center locations to choose from, and you have a greater chance of finding the one you want to host your site.

CDN

Hostinger integrates free Cloudflare on all its plans. Sites benefit from reverse proxy caching, Cloudflare DNS, auto minification, image optimization, gzip compression, and static content delivery using over 155 global locations. This vastly reduces bandwidth and server CPU usage, resulting in fast page loading. 

Staging

Staging is a handy feature; most hosting services offer the most straightforward staging feature. At Hostinger, the staging site is available only on Business Web Hosting.

Support

While hosting and maintaining a site on your own, it is customary to encounter many technical complexities. However, every time you run into a technical issue, it is essential to resolve it quickly, and that’s where a good support service plays a huge role. Hostinger’s support service is very reliable and offers reasonable assistance through 24/7 live chat and email. 

Hostinger Review – Do I Recommend?

I am sure you understand how Hostinger works. I have tried to make this post as comprehensive as possible and share everything I found about this service. According to my analysis, it offers excellent value for money, reflected in its performance, security, and features. 

Of course, there is no denying that Hostinger could have addressed things like backup and staging better; however, there are good free WordPress plugins that customers can use for reliable backup and staging.