Hostinger vs. Namecheap 2025: Which Budget Host Delivers More Value?

I’ve had accounts with both Hostinger and Namecheap, and though I really like both, Hostinger gets the gold medal thanks to its unbeatable combination of low promo rates, multi-site support, and an AI-powered website builder on all plans.

If you're managing multiple WordPress sites or want to lock in rock-bottom pricing for up to four years, Hostinger delivers more value per dollar. That said, Namecheap isn't far behind. It shines for single-site owners who have established traffic, thanks to its higher monthly visitor limits and lower renewal rates.

To learn more, read our Hostinger vs. Namecheap breakdown below. We’ll closely examine both hosts’ core features, performance, pricing, security, and customer support.

Hostinger vs. Namecheap review at a glance

• Hostinger: Best value for multi-site users
• Namecheap: Best for a single high-traffic site

Category	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.	4.8 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 $9.88/mo
Money-back guarantee	Yes — 30 days	Yes — 30 days, but only on the monthly Starter plan
Uptime guarantee	99.9%	99.9%
Monthly visits	25K - 200K	50K - 500K
Number of websites	25 - 100	1
Storage	25 - 100 GB SSD / NVMe*	10 - 100 GB SSD
Free SSL certificate	On all plans	On all plans
Free domain for a year	On all plans	Starting at EasyWP Turbo plan
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Hostinger pros and cons

Hostinger has mastered low-cost but high-value selling by bundling feature-packed plans at ultra-low promo rates. Not only are the promo prices cheap, but you can lock them in for four years. That is a unique deal, even among similarly priced competitors.

Unlike Namecheap, Hostinger also allows you to build multiple websites on a single plan, which is a significant advantage for agencies managing multiple client sites or individuals with multiple websites. Add to that a free domain, free email for a year, and a 30-day money-back guarantee on all plans, and you’ve got an attractive hosting proposition.

The obvious downside is Hostinger’s monthly traffic support, which is significantly lower than Namecheap’s. However, it does include a staging environment for testing new updates, which Namecheap doesn’t offer.

Namecheap pros and cons

Namecheap's EasyWP stands out for its generous traffic allowances. Even the entry-level plan supports up to 50,000 monthly visitors — double what Hostinger's base tier offers. Every plan also includes access to a CDN (via Supersonic CDN integration), which helps with global performance and load times.

Customer support is another area where Namecheap shines. When something goes wrong, you'll reach a real person faster than you would with Hostinger, which matters when you're dealing with downtime or technical issues. Like Hostinger, Namecheap offers a 99.9% uptime guarantee and free SSL certificates across all plans, covering the hosting essentials.

Namecheap’s main drawback is that you'll pay more if you need to host multiple WordPress sites, since EasyWP is designed for single-site hosting — meaning you'd need to purchase separate plans for each site. Namecheap's entry-level plan also doesn't include malware scanning, a feature Hostinger universally provides. And while the pricing is competitive, you won't find the same ultra-low four-year promo rates that Hostinger offers.

Which web hosting service has the best core features?

Both hosts are fairly evenly matched, but Hostinger has enough advantages to squeeze out a win. The only core feature where Namecheap crushes Hostinger is in monthly website traffic support. Otherwise, Hostinger has the upper hand.

	Our Pick
Number of contributors	Unlimited	1
Websites per account	25 - 100	1
Storage available	25 - 100 GB SSD / NVMe*	10 - 100 GB SSD
Bandwidth	Unlimited	Unmetered
Monthly visits	25K - 200K	50K - 500K
Staging environment	Starting at Business plan	No
Migration assistance	On all plans	On all plans
Email	2 - 10 boxes per account, free for the 1st year only	Not included
Control panel	On all plans (hPanel)	On all plans (EasyWP)
Website builder	On all plans	No
Hosting types available	Shared with managed WordPress features, cloud, VPS, website builder, email only	Shared, managed WordPress, VPS, dedicated server, reseller, email only
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Right off the bat, Hostinger lets you comfortably build multiple sites on all plans, whereas Namecheap has a one-site-per-plan limitation.

Also, none of Namecheap’s EasyWP plans has staging site capability. Staging environments let you test changes before pushing them live — a critical feature when broken updates could cost revenue. While Namecheap users can install staging plugins, Hostinger builds staging into the control panel starting from the Business plan.

The monthly traffic difference deserves serious consideration, though. Namecheap's entry-level plan supports 50,000 monthly visitors compared to Hostinger's 25,000 — a critical advantage if you're migrating an existing site with established traffic. For content creators, online stores, or businesses with active marketing campaigns, hitting traffic caps can mean downtime or unexpected overage fees. This isn't a superficial difference; it's a deal-breaker if your site consistently draws more visitors than Hostinger's limits allow.

Hostinger has better collaboration features and included extras. With unlimited contributors, your entire team can access the dashboard without sharing logins, while the included website builder and email accounts (free for the first year) add immediate value for new sites. Namecheap doesn’t offer any of that.

Which web host has the best performance and reliability?

Both Hostinger and Namecheap offer solid performance and reliability, but Namecheap was slightly better in our testing. They tied on uptime, but Namecheap’s average performance score was marginally higher, as were its average First Contentful Paint (FCP) and Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) scores. FCP refers to how quickly the first element on a web page loads, and LCP refers to how quickly the largest element loads.

		Our Pick
Uptime guarantee	99.9%	99.9%
Tested uptime	100%	100%
Average performance score	97.3	99
Average FCP	0.8 seconds	0.7 seconds
Average LCP	1.1 seconds	0.7 seconds
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Both hosts perform very well in the real world. There are some studies claiming that even 100 milliseconds of faster load time can improve metrics like conversion.^[1]

There’s a difference between an extra tenth of a second of wait time when a user has already been waiting 5 seconds, versus an extra tenth of a second when they’ve only been waiting for about a second.

The fact is, even if Hostinger was fractionally slower compared to Namecheap, its FCP and LCP numbers are still impressive.

Which web host is the better value?

Hostinger wins on value. Both hosts provide a lot for what they charge, but Hostinger allows you to sign a four-year contract at the promo rate. In contrast, Namecheap’s longest contract period is two years. This means you can save more money on a hosting plan with Hostinger.

	Our Pick
Price range	$2.99-$7.99/mo	$3.58-$26.88/mo
Best value plan	Premium for $2.99/mo	EasyWP Turbo for $18.88/mo
Money-back guarantee	Yes — 30 days	Yes — 30 days, but only on the monthly Starter plan
Free domain for a year	On all plans	Starting at EasyWP Turbo plan
Free CDN	Starting at Business plan	On all plans
Free SSL	On all plans	On all plans
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Hostinger plans

Hostinger has only two traditional web hosting plans, both with managed WordPress features. These two plans come with a 30-day money-back guarantee and include:

• Unlimited free SSL certificates
• Automatic backups and updates
• Free site migration
• AI website builder
• DDoS protection
• Free email for 1 year
• Built-in staging environments
• Web application firewall
• Developer features
• A free domain name in the first year (must commit to at least one year)
• 99.9% uptime guarantee
• Unlimited bandwidth
• 24/7 chat support

It does showcase a third-tier Hostinger plan, but this is actually its entry-level cloud hosting, a different type of hosting more geared for websites that need to scale.

• Premium: 25 websites, 25 GB SSD, 25,000 monthly visits, 100 subdomains, weekly backups
• Business: 50 websites, 50 GB NVMe, 100,000 monthly visits, 100 subdomains, free CDN, daily + on-demand backups, advanced AI tools (image generator, blog writer, etc), an advanced ecommerce suite, and priority in the chat support queue

Namecheap plans

All of Namecheap’s EasyWP plans support one website and include:

• An SSL certificate
• A CDN
• 99.9% uptime guarantee
• One-click backups
• Unmetered bandwidth
• SFTP and database access
• 24/7 chat support

The Starter plan advertises a 30-day free trial on a monthly contract. Although the fine print says it’s a purchase, it functions more like a money-back guarantee.

• EasyWP Starter: 10 GB SSD, 512 MB RAM, 0.5 CPU core, 50,000 monthly visits, DDoS protection, web application firewall, and WordPress core file lockdown for security
• EasyWp Turbo: 50 GB SSD, 768 MB RAM, 0.75 CPU core, 200,000 monthly visits, everything in Starter + malware scanning, free domain, and free business email for 1 year, 3 months of RelateSEO
• EasyWP Supersonic: 100 GB SSD, 1152 MB RAM, 1.125 CPU core, 500,000 monthly visits + everything in Turbo

Which web host has the best security features?

Hostinger beats Namecheap on security, but only on the entry-level plans. After that, it’s more or less equal. This is because Namecheap doesn’t add malware scanning until the EasyWP Turbo plan, whereas Hostinger includes it on all plans.

	Our Pick
Malware scanning		Yes — from the Turbo plan
Firewall protection
DDoS protection		Yes (via Supersonic CDN)
Backup frequency	Weekly, daily, on-demand (depending on plan)	On-demand
Other	Cloudflare protected nameservers, paid advanced malware removal	Lock WordPress core files to prevent unauthorized changes, paid advanced malware removal
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Both hosts guard your site with DDoS protection and a web application firewall (WAF). The former blocks floods of fake traffic designed to crash your site, while the latter filters out harmful requests trying to exploit vulnerabilities in your code.

Both companies also offer backups in case something breaks. However, the key differentiator is malware scanning, which actively looks for any malicious code that may have infected your site. This gives Hostinger an edge on the entry plans.

Which web host has the best support and reputation?

Based purely on support, Namecheap wins. Although Hostinger has a slightly better overall online reputation, reviews reflect a wider range of reasons for this. With Namecheap, the reviews lopsidedly cite great customer support over some of its other features.

		Our Pick
24/7 customer support
Support options	Live chat, AI chat, email, knowledge base, and video tutorials	Live chat, AI chat, email, knowledge base, and video tutorials
Trustpilot score	4.7	4.3
G2 rating	4.4	3.9
Capterra rating	4.5	N/A
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Having used both in the past, I can attest to the quality of their support. The knowledge bases are thorough, and their AI chatbots are actually helpful. Having said that, I’ve found that it’s easier and faster to connect with a human on Namecheap.

The general online sentiment behind both companies is positive. On the Hostinger side, people find the platform user-friendly, especially when creating websites, though the AI tools have received mixed feedback. With Namecheap, much of the praise is related to how fast, quick, and helpful customer support is, which mirrors my own experience.

Top alternatives

Namecheap and Hostinger are arguably the frontrunners in the value hosting niche. However, there are some competitors that have similar price points and can even sometimes offer better promo rates:

Bluehost: Bluehost is another example of a company that offers web hosting with managed WordPress features bundled in. It has several minor advantages over both, including NVMe storage, a CDN, malware scanning, and staging sites on all plans. Fans of cPanel who are put off by Hostinger’s hPanel and Namecheap’s EasyWP panel will also appreciate Bluehost.

Learn more in our Bluehost review.

IONOS: With managed WordPress plans that rival both Hostinger and Namecheap on price, IONOS stands out for its AI-powered tools, unlimited traffic, daily backups, and email inboxes included on all plans. The email is particularly noteworthy, as neither Namecheap nor Hostinger offers it for free.

Learn more in our IONOS review.

DreamHost: If you need multi-site support but Hostinger's traffic limits are too low, DreamHost supports higher traffic numbers than Hostinger across all three tiers. The standout feature, though, is its WordPress Geniuses service, where DreamHost's team will actually build you a website.

Learn more in our DreamHost review.

Hostinger vs. Namecheap: Which is better?

This is probably one of the most razor-thin comparisons I’ve ever written, but all things considered, Hostinger is slightly better.

Category	Our Pick
Value
Core features
Performance and reliability
Security
Support and reputation
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Hostinger's biggest strength is cost — you can lock in four-year promo rate contracts that are tough to beat. It also includes malware scanning on all plans, supports multiple WordPress sites per account, and offers an AI site builder and staging sites starting with the Business plan. It’s the better choice for budget-conscious site owners, small businesses, bloggers, and side projects where cost, security, and quick setup matter most.

Namecheap counters with higher monthly traffic limits, a CDN across all plans (though Hostinger supports Cloudflare integration), and faster access to human customer support when issues arise.

Namecheap is the smarter pick for high-traffic websites that exceed Hostinger's visitor limits, or if direct customer support access is a priority. It's best for established sites with existing traffic and anyone who wants a straightforward hosting experience.

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