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Hostinger and SiteGround compared across Company facts, Pricing, Performance & infrastructure, WordPress management, Support & security and Platform & integrations — every fact sourced and re-verified from each vendor's public material.
Hostinger
Low-cost managed WordPress and shared hosting with an in-house hPanel control panel.
30 days30-day money-back guarantee on shared/WordPress hosting
Performance & infrastructure
Underlying Cloud
own datacentersCustom-built servers in Hostinger's own Tier-3 datacenters
Google CloudRuns on Google Cloud
Datacenter Locations
1212 datacenter locations across 4 continents
1111 hosting datacenter regions across 4 continents (CDN edge network is separate and larger)
Free CDN
Free CDN included from the Business plan up, not on entry Premium
Built-in CDN included free on all plans
Web Server
LiteSpeedLiteSpeed web server with LiteSpeed Cache (LSCache)
NGINXNGINX front-ends Apache (NGINX Direct Delivery enabled by default)
Built-in Object Cache
Object Cache (LSMCD) available from the Business plan up, not on entry Premium
Persistent object cache (Memcached) available on all plans incl. entry, via Site Tools / Speed Optimizer
Latest PHP Version
8.5PHP selectable up to 8.5 (8.3 default)
8.4PHP 8.4 generally available
Free SSL Certificate
Free unlimited lifetime SSL (auto-provisioned and renewed)
Free SSL included on all plans, auto-renewed
WordPress management
Automatic WordPress Updates
Automatic WordPress core updates managed by the host
Managed automatic WordPress core/plugin updates
Staging Environments
Built-in WordPress staging available from the Business plan up, not on entry Premium
Staging not on entry StartUp plan; unlocks on GrowBig and above (GoGeek adds Git)
Automatic Daily Backups
Entry Premium plan has weekly auto backups; daily backups start at the Business plan
Free automatic daily backups on all plans, one-click restore
Backup Retention (Days)
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30 days30 days of backup history retained
Free Site Migration
Free unlimited automated WordPress migrations
Free site migrations (Migrator plugin self-serve; free expert migrations on higher tiers)
SSH & WP-CLI Access
SSH access with WP-CLI pre-installed on Premium and above
SSH and WP-CLI on all plans including entry StartUp
WordPress Multisite Support
WordPress Multisite officially supported on managed WordPress plans
WordPress Multisite officially supported (subdomain and subdirectory), documented setup
Support & security
Uptime SLA (%)
99.9%99.9% uptime guarantee
99.9%Marketed 99.9% (no contractual SLA)
24/7 Support
24/7 live chat support on all plans (priority support on Cloud)
24/7 expert support on all plans (live chat, tickets, phone); GoGeek adds priority support
Malware Removal / Hack Fix
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Malware cleanup is a paid service, not a free hack-fix guarantee
WAF / DDoS Protection
In-house WAF + Cloudflare-nameserver DDoS protection on all plans
Custom in-house WAF + DDoS protection on every server, included free on all plans
Platform & integrations
Control Panel
customhPanel, Hostinger's in-house control panel
customCustom Site Tools control panel (SiteGround's own, not cPanel)
White-Label / Agency Features
Hostinger Pro: unified multi-site dashboard with unbranded (white-label) client dashboards and per-site client access
White-label access (GoGeek), collaborator/client roles, custom client packages, reseller program
Email Hosting Included
Free email mailboxes included (2 per website on Premium, free for 1 year)
Free unlimited email accounts at your domain on all plans
The verdict
Hostinger
Best for low entry cost and multiple sites
Hostinger starts at $10.99/mo versus SiteGround's $17.99, and its entry plan hosts 3 sites with 20 GB storage against SiteGround's 1 site and 10 GB. It also ships the newer PHP 8.5 and 12 datacenter locations. The trade-off: on the entry plan, free CDN, object cache, and daily backups (only weekly here) are absent until the Business tier.
SiteGround's $17.99 StartUp plan includes free CDN, persistent object cache (Memcached), and automatic daily backups with 30-day retention and one-click restore on all plans. Hostinger gates those to its Business tier and offers only weekly backups on entry. The cost: $17.99 versus $10.99, a single site, and 10 GB storage against Hostinger's 3 sites and 20 GB.
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