Hostinger vs. WordPress.com

Last verified 35 days ago · 25 sources · Updated automatically

Hostinger and WordPress.com 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.

HQ Kaunas, Lithuania

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WordPress.com

Automattic's hosted WordPress service, from a free tier up to managed, plugin-enabled business plans.

HQ San Francisco, CA

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Hostinger

WordPress.com

Company facts

Headquarters

Kaunas, Lithuania Headquartered in Kaunas, Lithuania

San Francisco, CA Automattic (WordPress.com's parent); a fully distributed company.

Employees

900 Around 900 employees (company-stated)

1.5k Automattic (parent company) headcount, ~1,450 across 80+ countries.

Pricing

Starting Monthly Price (USD)

$10.99 Premium plan; intro $2.99/mo on a 48-month term

$9 Personal plan, the cheapest paid tier; bandwidth is unmetered on all plans.

Entry Plan WordPress Sites

3 sites Up to 3 websites on the Premium plan

1 sites Personal plan hosts a single WordPress site.

Entry Plan Storage (GB)

20 GB 20 GB SSD on the Premium plan

6 GB Personal plan includes 6 GB of storage.

Free Trial Length (Days)

0 days No free trial; 30-day money-back guarantee instead

0 days No free trial; WordPress.com offers a money-back guarantee instead.

Money-Back Guarantee (Days)

30 days 30-day money-back guarantee

14 days 14-day refund window on annual plans (7 days on monthly).

Performance & infrastructure

Underlying Cloud

own datacenters Custom-built servers in Hostinger's own Tier-3 datacenters

own datacenters Automattic-operated infrastructure, 28+ data centers across 6 continents.

Datacenter Locations

12 12 datacenter locations across 4 continents

4 4 site-placement regions: US West, US Central, US East, EU West.

Free CDN

Free CDN included from the Business plan up, not on entry Premium

Global edge cache / CDN included on all plans at no extra cost.

Web Server

LiteSpeed LiteSpeed web server with LiteSpeed Cache (LSCache)

NGINX NGINX-based stack.

Built-in Object Cache

Object Cache (LSMCD) available from the Business plan up, not on entry Premium

Persistent object cache (Memcached) enabled by default on all plans.

Latest PHP Version

8.5 PHP selectable up to 8.5 (8.3 default)

8.4 PHP 8.4 selectable (8.2, 8.3, 8.4 supported).

Free SSL Certificate

Free unlimited lifetime SSL (auto-provisioned and renewed)

Free SSL certificate auto-provisioned on all plans.

WordPress management

Automatic WordPress Updates

Automatic WordPress core updates managed by the host

WordPress core and security updates are managed by the platform automatically.

Staging Environments

Built-in WordPress staging available from the Business plan up, not on entry Premium

Staging sites require the Business plan; not available on the entry (Personal) plan.

Automatic Daily Backups

Entry Premium plan has weekly auto backups; daily backups start at the Business plan

Automated real-time backups/restore (VaultPress) require the Business plan; not on the entry (Personal) plan.

Free Site Migration

Free unlimited automated WordPress migrations

Free 'Do it for me' expert migration plus free content import; full plugin/theme site migration needs the Business plan.

SSH & WP-CLI Access

SSH access with WP-CLI pre-installed on Premium and above

SSH and WP-CLI require the Business plan; not on the entry (Personal) plan.

WordPress Multisite Support

WordPress Multisite officially supported on managed WordPress plans

WordPress Multisite networks are not supported; each site needs its own plan.

Support & security

Uptime SLA (%)

99.9% 99.9% uptime guarantee

99.999% 99.999% uptime SLA.

24/7 Support

24/7 live chat support on all plans (priority support on Cloud)

24/7 priority support requires the Business plan; Personal gets email + weekday/extended live chat, not full 24/7.

Malware Removal / Hack Fix

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Daily malware scanning with automatic fixes, built into every site.

WAF / DDoS Protection

In-house WAF + Cloudflare-nameserver DDoS protection on all plans

Web Application Firewall and DDoS protection built into every site at no extra cost.

Platform & integrations

Control Panel

custom hPanel, Hostinger's in-house control panel

custom Custom WordPress.com dashboard (Calypso); no cPanel.

White-Label / Agency Features

Hostinger Pro: unified multi-site dashboard with unbranded (white-label) client dashboards and per-site client access

Automattic for Agencies: unified multi-site dashboard, consolidated billing, client referrals, bulk discounts.

Email Hosting Included

Free email mailboxes included (2 per website on Premium, free for 1 year)

No mailbox hosting on the entry plan; Professional Email / Google Workspace is a paid add-on (free for 1 year only on Business/Commerce).

The verdict

Hostinger

Best for hands-on builders and multiple sites on entry plan

The Premium plan hosts 3 sites with 20 GB storage, versus WordPress.com's 1 site and 6 GB. It also unlocks SSH/WP-CLI, Multisite, and 24/7 chat at entry tier, all of which WordPress.com gates to its Business plan. Email mailboxes are included, and the money-back window runs 30 days versus 14.

Full profile

WordPress.com

Best for a single managed site with built-in performance and security

The $9 Personal plan ships a free CDN, persistent object cache, and daily malware scanning with auto-fixes at entry tier, where Hostinger reserves CDN, object cache, and staging for its Business plan. It also posts a higher 99.999% uptime SLA versus Hostinger's 99.9%. The tradeoff: 1 site, 6 GB, and no SSH or 24/7 support without upgrading.

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Sources · 25 verified references

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