Hetzner vs Hostinger: Which Is Better?
We track Hetzner and Hostinger prices, uptime and specs 24/7. Here's the live head-to-head for September 2026 — no paid rankings, just the data.
About HetznerHetzner is a German cloud and dedicated-server provider famous for the best price-to-performance in Europe. Where Contabo competes on raw resources, Hetzner competes on network quality, low latency and a polished API — ideal for developers running latency-sensitive workloads.
About HostingerHostinger is a global, budget-friendly hosting provider serving 30M+ users across 150+ countries. It pairs aggressive intro pricing with a genuinely fast LiteSpeed + NVMe stack and an unusually beginner-friendly control panel (hPanel), making it a popular first host for blogs, small businesses and WooCommerce stores.
Comparison Table
| Feature | Hetzner | Hostinger |
|---|---|---|
| Price / mo | $1.86 win | $2.99 |
| Renewal price | Same as initial | — |
| Datacenters | 5 | 9 win |
| NVMe storage | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Free domain | ✗ No | ✓ Yes win |
| Backups | Paid | — |
| CDN | ✗ No | ✓ Yes win |
| Support | Ticket 1-4h | — |
| Uptime · 30d | 99.13% win | 98.61% |
Price History
Hetzner · Webhosting SCollecting price history — the trend fills in as we track this plan.
Hostinger · PremiumCollecting price history — the trend fills in as we track this plan.
Uptime & Performance
Hetzner 99.13% Hostinger 98.61%Pros & Cons
Hetzner- Exceptional price-to-performance — among the cheapest x86 VPS in the EU
- 99.9% uptime advertised for Hetzner Cloud (provider claim)
- Full-featured API with Terraform provider and Kubernetes support
- ARM servers (CAX) starting €3.29/mo — cheapest in Europe
- Transparent pricing — no hidden fees, no bandwidth surprises
- 5 datacenter locations: Nuremberg, Falkenstein, Helsinki, Ashburn, Singapore
- Support is ticket-based only — no live chat or phone
- UI/UX less polished than DigitalOcean or Vultr
- No managed databases (must self-manage)
- Limited global footprint — no APAC or LATAM DCs
- No Windows server images available
- Support response can be slow on weekends
Hostinger- Excellent intro pricing with free domain, SSL and email
- Fast LiteSpeed + global CDN on NVMe storage
- Beginner-friendly hPanel and 1-click WordPress
- 24/7 live chat with ~2 min replies in 20+ languages
- 30-day money-back guarantee, no questions asked
- Steep renewal prices after the first term
- Daily backups and dedicated IP are paid add-ons on entry plans
- No root access or cPanel on shared plans
- Cheapest rates require a long upfront commitment
The Verdict
On the data we track, Hostinger wins more rows in the comparison table above (3 vs 2). That said, the right pick depends on which rows matter most for your use case — price, uptime, datacenters or backups.
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FAQ
Right now Hetzner has the lower entry price across the plans we track. Prices update every few hours — the live snapshot above always shows the current starting price for both.
Over the last 30 days of our monitoring, Hetzner had the higher measured uptime. We ping both providers every few minutes from multiple locations — see the uptime graph above.
Yes. Both run standard KVM virtualization, so you can snapshot your server, export the image, and import it on the other provider. For most stacks a fresh deploy plus a data copy is simpler.
It depends on your priority: pick the one that wins on the rows that matter most to you in the table above (price, uptime, datacenters, backups). For latency-sensitive apps favour uptime and network; for value favour price and specs.