Hostinger vs. HostGator 2025: Which is the Best Web Host?

For most users, Hostinger is the better choice than HostGator, offering a more streamlined user experience, plus higher storage limits. HostGator doesn’t include as many features as Hostinger, but it has better customer support, with faster access to a human representative and phone support.

In this Hostinger vs. HostGator comparison, we’ll explore the differences in features, cost, and effectiveness between them to help you choose the best web host for your needs.

Hostinger vs. HostGator review at a glance

• Hostinger: Best for beginners
• HostGator: Best for customer support

	Our Pick
Star rating	4.9 AllAboutCookies writers and editors score products based on a number of objective features as well as our expert editorial assessment. Our partners do not influence how we rate products.	4.7 AllAboutCookies writers and editors score products based on a number of objective features as well as our expert editorial assessment. Our partners do not influence how we rate products.
Starting price	Starts at $2.99/mo	Starts at $3.75/mo
Money-back guarantee	Yes, 30 days	Yes, 30 days
Uptime guarantee	99.9%	99%
Monthly visits	25K - 200K	40K – 400K
Number of websites	3 - 100	10 - 100
Storage	25 GB - 100 GB	10 GB - 100 GB
Free SSL certificate	On all plans	On all plans
Free domain for a year	On all plans	On all plans
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Hostinger pros and cons

Hostinger is the best web host for most users, as its higher storage limits give you lots of space to add content before you’re forced to switch plans. Even first-time website creators can get a lot out of Hostinger, as it offers both a visual website builder and high-quality guided WordPress setup tools. 

Hostinger offers highly intuitive tools for account, site, and server management. These include a visual website builder with both AI generation and premade templates, as well as guided WordPress installation and a WordPress site assistant with links and tutorials for performing key tasks.

Hostinger provides 25 GB of storage on its lowest-tier plan, more than double the storage offered by HostGator’s equivalent plan. You’ll also get more tools to protect your data, most notably automated backups, which happen weekly at the lowest-tier plan and daily on higher-tier plans.

Unfortunately, Hostinger’s customer service is less than spectacular, relying mostly on an AI live chat. Hostinger also fails to ensure PCI compliance on its servers — a security standard essential for legally processing credit card payments in most countries.

HostGator pros and cons

HostGator is better for users who expect to need a lot of support, as it makes it easier to access human support. Users who prefer accessing customer service via phone will also prefer HostGator, as Hostinger doesn’t offer phone support at all.
HostGator offers decent storage and enough resources for large numbers of visitors, starting at 40K monthly visitors — almost double the number supported by Hostinger’s lowest-tier plan. We also found HostGator’s live chat representatives to be fast and helpful.

HostGator has some beginner-friendly WordPress tools, including a guided installation process and a proprietary WordPress center for simplifying basic setup tasks. However, these tools are available only on HostGator’s more expensive WordPress plans.

HostGator has some notable downsides on the security front, namely the lack of automated backups. HostGator’s shared hosting servers also lack PCI compliance, which is problematic if you want to accept credit card payments on your site.

Which web hosting service has the best core features?

Hostinger provides slightly better features, with the Hostinger website builder being the most significant benefit.

	Our Pick
Number of contributors	1	1
Websites per account	3 - 100	10 - 100
Storage available	25 GB - 200 GB	10 GB - 100 GB
Bandwidth	Unlimited	Unlimited
Monthly visits	25K – 200K	40K – 400K
Staging environment	Starting at Business plan	On all plans
Migration assistance	On all plans	On all plans
Email	2 – 5 boxes per account	Free trial for one inbox
Control panel	Proprietary hPanel on all plans	On all plans
Website builder	On most plans (excluding specialized WordPress hosting)
Hosting types available	Shared, WordPress, WooCommerce, cloud, website builder	Shared, WordPress, ecommerce, VPS, dedicated, reseller
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Hostinger and HostGator both offer unlimited bandwidth, migration assistance, and control panel access (though Hostinger uses a proprietary server management tool, hPanel). Hostinger has an advantage in the storage department, while HostGator allows for more monthly visitors.

Hostinger does have one major advantage: its inclusion of both high-quality WordPress tools and access to the website builder on almost all of its plans. This gives you full control over how you build your website and simplifies many aspects of the site creation process.

Which web host has the best performance and reliability?

HostGator had better server performance during our week of testing, with 100% uptime and loading times of roughly half of a second.

		Our Pick
Uptime guarantee	99.9%	99%
Tested uptime	100%	100%
Average performance score	99	100
Average FCP	0.8 s	0.4 s
Average LCP	0.86 s	0.56 s
Stress test	Pass	Pass
HTTP failures	0	0
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Site speeds for both hosts were under 1 second, which is well below our maximum recommended site speed of 3 seconds. Our HostGator site did take roughly half as long to load as our Hostinger site, giving it a slight advantage.

As for uptime, HostGator guarantees only 99% uptime, meaning your site could go down for up to 1 hour and 40 minutes per week. Hostinger, meanwhile, offers the industry-standard 99.9% guarantee, which only allows for 10 minutes of downtime per week. While both hosts had 100% uptime during our tests, this difference in guarantees means Hostinger might be more reliable long term.

Which web host is the better value?

HostGator offers better hosting value for users experienced in web hosting, while Hostinger offers better value for first-time website owners.

		Our Pick
Price range	$2.99-$7.99/mo	$3.75-$13.95/mo
Best value plan	Premium for $2.99/mo	Baby for $4.50/mo
Money-back guarantee	Yes, 30 days	Yes, 30 days
Free domain for a year	On all plans	On all plans
Free CDN	Starting on the Business plan	On all plans
Free SSL	On all plans	On all plans
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Hostinger plans

Hostinger plans includes three shared hosting plans that provide access to the proprietary hPanel, website builder, and WordPress setup tools. These plans are:

• Premium: Premium is $2.99/mo and offers 25 GB of storage and enough resources for 25K monthly visitors, with a maximum of 3 websites.
• Business: Business is $3.99/mo and provides 50 GB of storage and enough resources for 100K monthly visitors, with up to 50 websites.
• Cloud Startup: Cloud Startup is $7.99/mo and features 100 GB of storage and enough resources for 200K monthly visitors, for up to 100 websites.

All of Hostinger’s plans are backed by its 30-day money-back guarantee.

HostGator plans

HostGator plans include four shared hosting plans, all protected by its 30-day money-back guarantee:

• Hatchling: Hatchling is $3.75/mo and provides 10 GB of storage, 40K monthly visitors, and 10 websites.
• Baby: Baby is $4.50/mo and includes 20 GB of storage, 50K monthly visitors, and 20 websites.
• Business: Business is $6.25/mo and features 50 GB of storage, 200K monthly visits, and 50 websites.
• Pro: Pro is $13.95/mo includes 100 GB of storage, 400K monthly visitors, and 100 websites.

Which web host has the best security features?

Hostinger’s security is better thanks to automated backups included with all its plans.

	Our Pick
Malware scanning
Firewall protection
DDoS protection
Backup frequency	Weekly or daily	Only through add-on
Other	Not PCI compliant	Not PCI compliant
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Both Hostinger and HostGator provide firewall protection, malware scanning, and DDoS protection to keep your site safe. The big difference between them is that Hostinger offers automated backups on all plans, starting with weekly backups on the lowest-tier plans. These increase to daily backups on higher-tier plans. HostGator requires you to purchase a separate add-on to access automated backups.

Unfortunately, neither host offers PCI-compliant servers. You’ll have to either arrange to meet these standards on your own or choose a different option from our list of the best web hosts.

Which web host has the best support and reputation?

We had a more positive experience with HostGator’s customer support than with Hostinger’s, though this isn’t consistently reflected across other customer reviews.

		Our Pick
24/7 customer support
Support options	Live chat, email, online guides	Live chat, online guides, and phone support available on some plans
Trustpilot score	4.7	4.6
G2 rating	4.4	3.6
Capterra rating	4.5	3.8
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Hostinger and HostGator both offer self-serve knowledge bases with numerous step-by-step tutorials for completing various web hosting tasks. They both offer live chat, but Hostinger’s is AI-based and reluctant to connect you with a human representative, whereas HostGator consistently connected us with a human within a few minutes. HostGator also provides phone support on its higher-tier plans, something not available through Hostinger at all.

However, our positive experience with HostGator support isn’t reflected across the board. Its rankings on review sites are consistently lower than Hostinger’s, with many people citing issues with customer service.

Top alternatives

We think Hostinger is one of the best web hosting services available, thanks to its affordable pricing, ease of use, and robust AI toolset. If you’re looking for a host with PCI compliance or you’re just not interested in Hostinger or HostGator, consider these alternatives:

IONOS

IONOS offers a variety of hosting plans on PCI-compliant servers, including deeply affordable shared and WordPress hosting.

Read our IONOS review

Bluehost

Bluehost provides relatively affordable web hosting with specialized tools to help first-time WordPress users get started. Bluehost’s servers aren’t PCI-compliant by default, but it provides intuitive tools to build a PCI-compliant infrastructure via Cloudflare.

Read our Bluehost review

SiteGround

While SiteGround is expensive — with the price jumping from $2.99/mo to $18/mo on renewal — it does provide some of the best WordPress support in the industry. Moreover, SiteGround’s servers are fully PCI compliant, even on the lowest-cost plan, making it a solid choice for ecommerce sites.

Read our SiteGround review

Hostinger vs. HostGator: Which is better?

Hostinger is the better web host in most areas:

	Our Pick
Value
Core features
Performance and reliability
Security
Support and reputation
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Hostinger offers better website creation tools for beginners, including more intuitive account and server management. Hostinger also has better security than HostGator, with automated backups on all plans.

However, HostGator is still a decent web host service. It performed slightly better in our testing, with a more personable chat service and phone support.

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