Hostinger versus Kinsta

Price

• Hostinger From $2.99/mo
  • Premium: $2.99 monthly
  • Unlimited: $3.99 monthly
  • Cloud Startup: $7.99 monthly
• Kinsta From $35/mo
  • Single 20GB: $35.00 monthly
  • Single 20GB: $350.00 annual
  • Launch: $35.00 monthly
  • Launch: $350.00 annual
  • Single 35k: $35.00 monthly

Both list prices on the same basis. Compare what each plan includes; the lower amount alone does not make the better choice.

Documented for both

Websites

Hostinger Premium: 3 websitesUnlimited: Unlimited websitesCloud Startup: Unlimited websites

Kinsta Each plan includes a set number of WordPress installs; Single 35k supports 1 site and WP2 supports 2.Single 20GB: 1 WordPress install; extra sites USD 30 a month eachLaunch: 1 WordPress install; extra sites USD 30 a month each

Storage

Hostinger Premium: 20 GB disk, 1 CPU core, 2 GB RAM and 400,000 inodesUnlimited: 50 GB disk, 2 CPU cores, 3 GB RAM and 600,000 inodesCloud Startup: 100 GB NVMe storage

Kinsta Disk space add-on: USD 20 a month per 20 GB, shared between all sites in the account.Single 20GB: 10 GB storageLaunch: 15 GB storage

Traffic or visits

Hostinger Premium: Bandwidth listed as Unlimited

Kinsta A visit is each unique IP address within 24 hours, totalled across your sites for the month.Single 20GB: 20 GB server bandwidth and 125 GB CDN bandwidth a monthLaunch: 15 GB server bandwidth, an estimated 75,000 visits and 125 GB CDN bandwidth a monthSingle 35k: 35,000 visits a month

Introductory rate

Hostinger Premium: USD 2.99 a month equivalent; USD 143.52 paid upfront for 48 monthsUnlimited: USD 3.99 a month equivalent; USD 191.52 paid upfront for 48 monthsCloud Startup: USD 7.99 a month equivalent; USD 383.52 paid upfront for 48 months

Kinsta First month free on select plans for new customers

Commitment

Hostinger 48 months (the term shown on all three plan cards)

Kinsta 30-day money-back guarantee after any free period; plans can be changed at any time with prorated billing.

Backups

Hostinger Premium: Free weekly backupsUnlimited: Daily backupsCloud Startup: Daily and on-demand backups

Kinsta Automatic backups every 24 hours; Every 6 hours: USD 20 per site a month; Every hour: USD 100 per site a month; External backups to AWS or Google Cloud Storage, weekly or monthly: USD 2 per site a month plus USD 1 per GB of bandwidthSingle 20GB: 14 days backup retentionLaunch: 14 days backup retention

Restores

Hostinger Unlimited: "Easy data restore" is listed with the daily backups

Kinsta Automatic, manual and system-generated backups restore from MyKinsta to the environment you choose, and each restore first saves the current state. External add-on backups cannot be restored there directly.

Migration

Hostinger Free with any plan: submit a request in hPanel and Hostinger transfers the site within 24 hours. Each site needs its own request; up to five requests can be active at a time and bulk migrations are not permitted.

Kinsta Unlimited free migrations handled by Kinsta’s team

Staging

Hostinger One-click staging tool

Kinsta Staging environments are part of the managed platform.

Support

Hostinger Priority 24/7 expert support

Kinsta 24/7 human support in 8 languages

Limits to check

• Hostinger Every plan is paid upfront (the monthly price is the plan total divided by its months), and "Unlimited" features are subject to the Fair Usage Policy.
• Kinsta Sites stay online above the visit, storage or CDN limits, and overage fees are charged on the actual overage.

Not verified yet

Every compared requirement has evidence for at least one.

Documented for one product only, shown in the table below: Hostinger: renewal rate; Kinsta: overage charges.

Not verified means our reviewed sources do not establish it. It does not mean a product lacks the capability or that it costs nothing.

Next steps

• Ask Hostinger about overage charges; our sources do not establish it yet.
• Ask Kinsta about renewal rate; our sources do not establish it yet.

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