Hostinger vs. SiteGround 2025: Where Should You Host Your Business Website?

For the vast majority of people, Hostinger is the better option because it offers nearly all the same major features as SiteGround at a significantly lower price ($10.99 per month vs. $17.99 per month after renewal). SiteGround is by no means bad, but it’s a premium service designed for website owners who, on the whole, prefer a more hands-off approach to their site and hosting.

In short, Hostinger vs. SiteGround boils down to this: Hostinger offers it at a lower cost, while SiteGround handles it for you (unless you prefer to do it yourself, in which case advanced features are available). You don’t have to take our word for it. Here we’ll be breaking down all the features, pricing, customer service, and more to help you decide which service is best for you.

Hostinger vs. SiteGround review at a glance

• Hostinger: Best budget web host for most users
• SiteGround: Best premium web host for hands-off businesses

	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.	5.0 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	$2.99/mo	$2.99/mo
Money-back guarantee	Yes — 30 days	Yes — 30 days for shared hosting
Uptime guarantee	99.9%	99.9%
Monthly visits	25K - 200K	10K - 400K on shared hosting
Number of websites	25 - 100	1 - unlimited
Storage	25 - 100 GB	10 GB - 40 GB on shared hosting
Free SSL certificate	On all plans	On all plans
Free domain for a year	On all plans	On all plans except cloud
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Hostinger pros and cons

Hostinger offers a wide variety of hosting services, ranging from regular shared hosting to managed WordPress hosting, VPS, cloud, and dedicated servers, all at fairly reasonable prices. For beginners, there’s a site builder option with plenty of features.

If this is your first website and you are on a budget, Hostinger is a great way to get started and learn more about hosting in the process. Or if you have an existing site, free website migration is also available.

SiteGround pros and cons

SiteGround offers a limited range of web hosting options, focusing primarily on managed hosting plans for beginners and intermediate users, as well as cloud hosting for those who require more advanced solutions. The user experience, especially with the site builder, is designed to be straightforward and user-friendly, and the support staff can handle a wide range of tasks for you.

But SiteGround is also focused on supporting ecommerce businesses with full PCI compliance, great security, mostly great server performance, and plenty of ways to build online stores. SiteGround offers the option to dive in or go mostly hands-off with your web hosting experience.

Which web hosting service has the best core features?

Hostinger is a bit better if you’re looking for a variety of options when it comes to web hosting. If you need it, Hostinger probably does it, while SiteGround is more focused on doing a couple of things really well.

	Our Pick
Websites per account	25 - 100	1 - unlimited
Storage available	25 - 100 GB	10 GB - 40 GB on shared hosting
Monthly visits	25K - 200K	10K - 400K on shared hosting
Staging environment	Starting at Business plan	Starting at GrowBig plan
Migration assistance	On all plans	On all plans
Control panel	On all plans	On all plans
Website builder	Starting at Premium Website Builder plan	On all plans
Hosting types available	Shared / site builder / VPS / dedicated / WordPress / cloud / agency / ecommerce	Shared / site builder / WordPress / WooCommerce / cloud
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The core features of both services’ hosting plans are actually pretty similar, when it comes down to it, although I honestly think that Hostinger’s site builder might be a bit more advanced, with more features to it.

Meanwhile, while Hostinger’s managed WordPress hosting is pretty good, I can attest to the sheer depth of options in SiteGround’s WordPress integration, as well as its ease of use. With its narrower scope of features, SiteGround has put a lot of work into making its WordPress experience secure, fast, and smooth.

Both services have very similar features. Ultimately, Hostinger offers more options. If you want VPS hosting or dedicated servers, Hostinger is a solid choice, and SiteGround just doesn’t have those.

Which web host has the best performance and reliability?

It’s a really close call, but I’m leaning toward Hostinger again. This may surprise you, because our performance testing with SiteGround showed better First Contentful Paint (the time it takes for your website to start displaying elements) and Last Contentful Paint (the time it takes for the full site to load) scores.

	Our Pick
Uptime guarantee	99.9%	99.9%
Tested uptime	100%	99.863%
Average performance score	97.3	98.3
Average FCP	0.8 s	0.36 s
Average LCP	1.1 s	1.0 s
Stress test	Pass	Pass
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However, Hostinger showed more reliable server performance overall, with better uptime and, as you can see in the full SiteGround and Hostinger reviews, a better average server response time. The difference in performance score is minimal and can be affected by the way your site is built.

Uptime and server response times are more telling, and that gives Hostinger the edge.

Which web host is the better value?

Hostinger. Hostinger wins without a shadow of a doubt. You generally get more for so much less.

	Our Pick
Price range	$2.99-$7.99/mo	$2.99-$7.99/mo
Best value plan	Business for $13.99/mo	StartUp for $17.99/mo
Money-back guarantee	Yes — 30 days	Yes — 30 days for shared hosting
Free domain for a year	On all plans except monthly	On all plans
Free CDN	Starting at Business plan	On all plans
Free SSL	On all plans	On all plans
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Hostinger plans

Hostinger’s pricing plans are fairly typical. Moving up the tiers provides more features and server resources, although beginners will generally be fine with the most basic option if they’re just starting out.

The Business plan, though, will give you the most bang for your buck while still being cheaper than SiteGround’s StartUp plan. All plans come with a 30-day money-back guarantee.

• Premium: 3 websites, 20 GB storage, 2 mailboxes,* weekly backups, site migration, managed WordPress hosting, email marketing, free site migration, AI tools
• Business: 50 websites, 50 GB storage, 5 mailboxes,* daily backups, a free CDN, WordPress Multisite support, more AI tools
• Cloud Startup: 100 websites, 100 GB storage, 10 mailboxes,* dedicated server resources for better performance, a unique IP address, priority support

* Mailboxes are free only for the first year.

SiteGround plans

SiteGround’s pricing plans are largely the same in terms of actual features, differing primarily in storage and monthly website visits, as well as a few extras on the higher tiers. All plans come with a 30-day money-back guarantee.

• StartUp: 1 website, 10 GB storage, 10K monthly visits, daily backup, managed WordPress hosting or site builder, free CDN, caching, free WP migration, WP-CLI, and SSH
• GrowBig: Unlimited websites, 20 GB storage, 100K monthly visits, adds staging, and more optimized PHP
• GoGeek: Unlimited websites, 50 GB storage, 400K monthly visits, adds Git, white labeling for agencies, free private DNS, and priority support

Which web host has the best security features?

This is one area where SiteGround takes the win. It’s not that Hostinger has bad security. SiteGround’s security is just a bit better, and I’ll explain why below.

		Our Pick
Malware scanning
Firewall protection
DDoS protection
Backup frequency	Weekly/Daily	Daily
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That comparison looks pretty much the same, right? Well, what matters here is not the list of features, but what’s under the hood. SiteGround’s servers are verified to be PCI compliant. That means they’re officially considered secure enough to handle your customers’ financial and payment information, credit card info, etc.

You can still run an ecommerce site on Hostinger, but it’s better to let a third-party service like PayPal or Stripe handle the financial information.

Which web host has the best support and reputation?

SiteGround edges out Hostinger in this particular category by having more support options and a very solid reputation.

		Our Pick
24/7 customer support
Support options	Live chat, online guides	Live chat, phone, online guides
Trustpilot score	4.7	4.9
G2 rating	4.4	4.2
Capterra rating	4.5	4.6
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Again, that doesn’t mean Hostinger’s reputation is bad, far from it. And frankly, the differences in the scores given above are margin-of-error-level differences.

SiteGround takes the lead for two reasons:

1. SiteGround offers phone support.
2. SiteGround has a solid reputation online despite the high prices. Most SiteGround customers, even on Reddit, report being reasonably happy with the service.

Top alternatives

If neither of these platforms seems like the right fit to you, check out these alternatives:

Bluehost is a web host with a long history, and it offers just about every feature that Hostinger offers. After renewal, the prices are cheaper, too.

Learn more in our Bluehost review.

IONOS is another affordable platform with a long history and all the bells and whistles. What sets this web host apart is its emphasis on enterprise customers. If you are leaning toward SiteGround, IONOS deserves your attention.

Learn more in our IONOS review.

Hostinger vs. SiteGround: Which is better?

As I mentioned, for most people, Hostinger will offer better value overall, at significantly more reasonable rates (especially for the first year). But, to quickly recap:

	Our Pick
Value
Core features
Performance and reliability
Security
Support and reputation
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I genuinely consider both of these products to be good, but 9 out of 10 readers here would be well served by Hostinger. If you just need to get a personal or business website up and running with minimal fuss and a reasonable budget, I’ll say it again: Hostinger.

However, if you have the money to spare and you want a highly secure ecommerce environment, or you’d like everything hosting related to be handled for you, SiteGround is something to consider. After all, they have plenty of happy customers too.

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