Hostinger vs. WP Engine

Last verified 35 days ago · 26 sources · Updated automatically

Hostinger and WP Engine 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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WP Engine

Managed WordPress platform for businesses and agencies, with staging, CDN, and developer tooling.

HQ Austin, TX

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Attribute

Hostinger

WP Engine

Company facts

Headquarters

Kaunas, Lithuania Headquartered in Kaunas, Lithuania

Austin, TX Founded 2010 in Austin, Texas

Employees

900 Around 900 employees (company-stated)

1k 1,000+ globally distributed employees (lower bound)

Pricing

Starting Monthly Price (USD)

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

$30 Startup plan, billed annually ($30/mo)

Entry Plan WordPress Sites

3 sites Up to 3 websites on the Premium plan

1 sites Startup plan: 1 WordPress install

Entry Plan Monthly Visits

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25k Startup plan: 25,000 monthly visits

Entry Plan Storage (GB)

20 GB 20 GB SSD on the Premium plan

10 GB Startup plan: 10 GB local storage

Free Trial Length (Days)

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

0 days No free trial; 60-day money-back guarantee instead

Money-Back Guarantee (Days)

30 days 30-day money-back guarantee

60 days 60-day money-back guarantee (annual plans)

Performance & infrastructure

Underlying Cloud

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

Google Cloud, AWS Google Cloud on all plans; AWS (and Azure) on Premium

Datacenter Locations

12 12 datacenter locations across 4 continents

28 across Google Cloud, AWS & Azure; AWS and Azure regions plus 3 GCP regions are Premium-tier only

Free CDN

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

Global CDN included on all plans

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

Object caching enabled by default; dedicated Redis on higher tiers

Latest PHP Version

8.5 PHP selectable up to 8.5 (8.3 default)

8.4 PHP 8.4 (beta; requires WordPress 6.7+)

Free SSL Certificate

Free unlimited lifetime SSL (auto-provisioned and renewed)

Auto-renewing SSL included on all plans

WordPress management

Automatic WordPress Updates

Automatic WordPress core updates managed by the host

Managed WP, PHP & MySQL updates included

Staging Environments

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

1-click staging & dev environments on all plans

Automatic Daily Backups

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

Daily & on-demand automatic backups

Backup Retention (Days)

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40 days Revert to any backup up to 40 days

Free Site Migration

Free unlimited automated WordPress migrations

Free automated migration plugin (WP Migrate)

SSH & WP-CLI Access

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

SSH gateway with WP-CLI and Git on all plans

WordPress Multisite Support

WordPress Multisite officially supported on managed WordPress plans

Multisite supported as add-on (Growth+); not on Startup

Support & security

Uptime SLA (%)

99.9% 99.9% uptime guarantee

99.99% 99.99% uptime SLA

24/7 Support

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

24/7/365 chat support on all plans

Malware Removal / Hack Fix

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Free hack fix / malware cleaning for infections on-platform

WAF / DDoS Protection

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

Basic network DDoS included; managed WAF + advanced DDoS via paid Global Edge Security

Platform & integrations

Control Panel

custom hPanel, Hostinger's in-house control panel

custom Custom dashboard (WP Engine User Portal / my.wpengine.com)

White-Label / Agency Features

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

Agency plans, partner program, multi-site client management

Email Hosting Included

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

No email hosting; recommends a dedicated provider (e.g. Google Workspace)

The verdict

Hostinger

Best for cost-conscious multi-site owners

Starts at $10.99/mo versus WP Engine's $30, and the entry Premium plan hosts 3 sites with 20 GB storage against WP Engine's 1 install and 10 GB. Free email mailboxes are included where WP Engine offers none, and WAF plus DDoS protection ship on every plan rather than as a paid add-on. Newer PHP 8.5 is selectable.

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WP Engine

Best for managed staging and backup depth

The Startup plan includes 1-click staging, daily automatic backups with 40-day retention, and built-in object caching, all of which Hostinger reserves for its higher Business tier on entry plans. It guarantees 99.99% uptime versus 99.9%, runs on Google Cloud and AWS, adds on-platform malware removal, and offers a 60-day money-back window against 30.

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