Hostinger
Compared on our own monthly crawl of 29.9M live business domains, both vendors' pricing pages read on Oct 3, 2026 and 1,116 G2 reviews.
Published Oct 3, 2026Updated Oct 3, 2026October 2026 crawl
Hostinger
1,013
domains gained from Bluehost in 90 days
Bluehost
205
domains gained from Hostinger in 90 days
Choose Hostinger if…
- Total cost decides it: Premium is $143.52 for 48 months paid upfront ($2.99 a month), and Bluehost Starter comes to $263.52 over the same 48 months once it renews
- You trust G2, where Hostinger rates 4.4 on 834 reviews to Bluehost's 3.4 on 282 and leads every criterion, most on product direction (8.7 to 4.7)
- You build with Node.js: Unlimited runs 5 web apps, Cloud Startup 10, and every plan includes mailboxes free for the first year
Choose Bluehost if…
- You need more than Hostinger Premium's 3 sites on the entry plan, and Bluehost Starter allows 10
- A shorter commitment suits you: Bluehost's introductory prices run on a 36-month term, Hostinger's on 48 months paid upfront
- You want the stronger uptime promise, a 99.99% SLA on shared hosting with a 5% monthly credit, where Hostinger guarantees 99.9%
How we collect this data
Every number names its source and the date it was read.
1,013 domains dropped Bluehost and now run Hostinger in the 90 days to October 3, 2026, against 205 that went the other way, according to TechnologyChecker's October 2026 crawl. That is a 4.9 : 1 flow toward Hostinger. Hostinger also has the far larger base: 1,192,207 domains, 12.26% of web hosting and #2 in the category, to Bluehost's 349,922 (3.6%, #5) in the August 2026 crawl, analysed September 4 and 6, 2026. 1,025 domains carry both, which a domain can do without running two hosts. Bluehost is detected from DNS at Bluehost (nameservers or SOA record) or a Bluehost shared-server header; Hostinger from its DNS, mail servers or platform response header. In a 40-domain sample checked on October 3, 2026, 22 were served by Hostinger while their DNS sat at Bluehost. On price, Hostinger's entry plan is cheaper over 48 months at the listed rates. Premium costs $143.52 paid upfront ($2.99 a month). Bluehost Starter comes to $263.52 for the same 48 months: $3.99 a month for 36 months, then the $9.99 renewal. Pick Hostinger for that lower cost, Node.js web apps from its Unlimited plan and higher reviews (G2 4.4 to 3.4). Pick Bluehost for 10 sites on the entry plan instead of 3, a 36-month introductory term instead of 48, and a 99.99% uptime SLA.
At a glance
October 2026 crawlHostingerHostinger1,192,207Bluehost349,922HostingerHostinger12.3%Bluehost3.6%HostingerHostinger#2Bluehost#5HostingerHostinger1,013Bluehost205HostingerNot publishedBluehostNot publishedHostingerNoBluehostNoWho is switching between Hostinger and Bluehost?
Analysed Oct 3, 20261,013domains moved from Bluehost to Hostinger in the 90 days to Oct 3, 2026 · 205 went the other way
Switched = dropped Bluehost on every host we track since May 28, 2026 and currently runs Hostinger. A drop is a tag disappearing from our crawl, not a confirmed cancellation. 1,025 domains run both today. Counts are domains, not accounts.
“1,013 domains switched from Bluehost to Hostinger in the 90 days to Oct 3, 2026 (TechnologyChecker, https://technologychecker.io/compare/hostinger-vs-bluehost)”
1,013 domains switched from Bluehost to Hostinger in the last 90 days → See the list
40,314 domains have dropped Hostinger since we began tracking it in March 2026.
Neither host publishes a month-to-month price on these pages. The Annual (per mo) column therefore shows each plan's introductory monthly rate on the term named under it: 48 months paid upfront at Hostinger, 36 months at Bluehost. Over the same 48 months at the listed rates, Hostinger Premium costs $143.52. Bluehost Starter costs $263.52: 36 months at $3.99, then 12 at its $9.99 renewal. Hostinger lists its prices without VAT, and Bluehost's page notes that VAT and GST are not included. (checked Oct 3, 2026)
Hostinger plans
| Plan | Monthly | Annual (per mo) | Includes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Premium | Not published | $2.99/mo | 3 websites, 20 GB SSD storage, free weekly backups, free domain for 1 year, 2 mailboxes per website free for 1 year, WordPress, AI Builder (5 credits), ecommerce, free automatic website migration48-month term paid upfront: $143.52 (regular price $575.52) · Renews at $10.99 a month |
| Unlimited | Not published | $3.99/mo | Unlimited websites, 50 GB NVMe storage, daily backups, free CDN, 5 Node.js web apps, free domain for 1 year, unlimited mailboxes per website free for 1 year, AI email marketing free for 1 year, AI tools, priority 24/7 expert support48-month term paid upfront: $191.52 (regular price $911.52) · Renews at $16.99 a month · Unlimited features are subject to a fair usage policy |
| Cloud Startup | Not published | $7.99/mo | Unlimited websites, 100 GB NVMe storage, daily and on-demand backups, free CDN, 10 Node.js web apps, dedicated IP address, free domain for 1 year, unlimited mailboxes per website free for 1 year, AI tools, priority 24/7 expert support48-month term paid upfront: $383.52 (regular price $1,343.52) · Renews at $25.99 a month |
Bluehost plans
| Plan | Monthly | Annual (per mo) | Includes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | Not published | $3.99/mo | 10 websites, 10 GB NVMe storage, about 40k monthly visits, free domain for the first year, 24/7 chat support36-month term · Renews at $9.99 a month |
| Business | Not published | $6.99/mo | 50 websites, 50 GB NVMe storage, about 200k monthly visits, free domain, SSL and CDN, malware scan and removal, domain privacy for 1 year, staging site, 24/7 chat support, phone support 7am-12am EST36-month term · Renews at $13.99 a month |
| eCommerce Essentials | Not published | $14.99/mo | 100 websites, 100 GB NVMe storage, WooCommerce, free domain, SSL and CDN, malware scan and removal, domain privacy for 1 year, Pro Email free trial, 24/7 chat support, phone support 7am-12am EST36-month term · Renews at $21.99 a month |
| Feature | Hostinger | Bluehost |
|---|---|---|
| Entry plan, introductory rate | Premium, $2.99 a month on a 48-month term paid upfront | Starter, $3.99 a month on a 36-month term |
| Entry plan, renewal rate | $10.99 a month | $9.99 a month |
| Websites | 3 on Premium; unlimited on Unlimited and Cloud Startup | 10 on Starter, 50 on Business, 100 on eCommerce Essentials |
| Storage on the entry plan | 20 GB SSD (50 GB NVMe on Unlimited) | 10 GB NVMe (50 GB on Business) |
| Backups | Weekly on Premium; daily on Unlimited and Cloud Startup | Weekly website backup on every plan |
| Mailboxes free for the first year: 2 per website on Premium, unlimited on higher plans | Pro Email one-month free trial, then $2.99 a month | |
| Free domain | Free for 1 year | Free for the first year, up to $17.99 |
| Uptime promise | 99.9% uptime guarantee | 99.99% SLA on shared hosting; one 5% monthly credit if missed |
| Support | 24/7 on every plan; priority from Unlimited | 24/7 chat on every plan; phone 7am-12am EST from Business, not on Starter |
| Site migration | Free automatic website migration | Free WordPress migration tool |
| Node.js | Unlimited (5 web apps) and Cloud Startup (10); not on Premium | Not listed on the pricing page |
| Ecommerce | Available on every plan shown | eCommerce Essentials: WooCommerce plus the Commerce Solution bundle |
| AI site building | AI Builder: 5 credits on Premium, 15 on higher plans | AI Site Creation on every plan |
| Money-back guarantee | 30 days | 30 days; a free domain's fee is deducted from the refund |
Hostinger40,314Bluehost11,047Hostinger691,600Bluehost190,139Hostinger+23,869Bluehost-329Top countries for HostingerTop countries for Bluehost- ManservOutsourcing and Offshoring Consulting
- GrupomateusRetail
- ShoghlonlineIT Services and IT Consulting
- L3tjobsDefense and Space Manufacturing
- Civil EngineerCivil Engineering
- The Telvista Co.Outsourcing and Offshoring Consulting
- Artech Information Systems LLC.Staffing and Recruiting
- Masood Textile Mills Ltd.Textile Manufacturing
- Rungta Mines LimitedMining
- Alameda Health SystemHospitals and Health Care
Share of each vendor's enriched companies in the segment. A gap is a lean, not a verdict; rows under 30 companies a side or under 5 pp are marked.
By company size
Leans Bluehost (+8.0 pp)Hostinger61.9%Bluehost69.9%Hostinger20.9%Bluehost19.2%Hostinger6.8%Bluehost4.8%Hostinger3.1%Bluehost1.8%Hostinger0.5%Bluehost0.4%By industry
Hostinger5.6%Bluehost2.6%Hostinger3.9%Bluehost3.0%Hostinger3.6%Bluehost3.4%Hostinger2.6%Bluehost3.6%Hostinger2.1%Bluehost2.4%How buyers rate Hostinger and Bluehost
G2, read Oct 3, 2026- Largest segment
- Not published
- Entry price on G2
- Starting at $2.99 Per Month · Website Hosting
- Free trial
- G2 has no trial information
- Plans listed
- Not published
- Largest segment
- Not published
- Entry price on G2
- $3.95/mo · Basic Shared Hosting
- Free trial
- G2 has no trial information
- Plans listed
- Not published
Hostinger +1.2· 710 / 231 answeredHostinger8.8Bluehost7.6Hostinger +1.6· 723 / 236 answeredHostinger9.0Bluehost7.4Hostinger +1.7· 460 / 130 answeredHostinger9.0Bluehost7.3Hostinger +1.8· 363 / 122 answeredHostinger8.9Bluehost7.1Hostinger +1.8· 704 / 221 answeredHostinger8.6Bluehost6.8Hostinger +1.8· 354 / 120 answeredHostinger8.9Bluehost7.1Hostinger +4.0· 706 / 222 answeredHostinger8.7Bluehost4.7Integrations named in G2 reviews
Hostinger
- Node.js 19
- GitHub 11
Bluehost
G2 does not publish integration mention counts for Bluehost.
Counts are reviews mentioning the integration, not a catalogue size. A vendor with no count here is one G2 does not report on — never one without integrations.
What else G2 puts on this comparison
| Product | Rating | Reviews | Largest segment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cloudways | 4.7 / 5 | 1,142 | Small-Business |
| FastComet | 4.3 / 5 | 64 | Small-Business |
| A2 Hosting | 4.4 / 5 | 206 | Small-Business |
G2 scores features by category only when both products are rated on a shared feature set, and it publishes none for Hostinger and Bluehost. The feature table above is ours, read off each vendor's own pages.
G2 also publishes an AI-generated summary and a set of generated FAQs for this pair. We link rather than reproduce them — they are machine-written, we cannot verify the claims in them, and the verdict and FAQs on this page are the editor's. Read G2's own comparison →
Hostinger
What people like about Hostinger. Ease of use (274 mentions) and customer support (225) lead the topic counts on G2's Bluehost vs Hostinger comparison page (834 reviews, read October 3, 2026). Hostinger scores 9.0 on both ease of use and ease of setup. Bluehost gets 7.4 and 7.3. Hostinger's profile data shows who buys it: 66.33% of its enriched base are companies of 1 to 10 people, and India, Brazil and the United States are its three largest countries.
What people do not like. Hostinger's most-cited complaints are poor customer support (108 mentions) and expensive (75 mentions), in the topic counts on G2's Bluehost vs Hostinger comparison page, read October 3, 2026. G2's own comparison summary lists higher renewal prices among Hostinger's trade-offs. On the pricing page, Premium's $2.99 a month needs a 48-month term paid upfront and renews at $10.99.
G2's own summary of the g2.com/products/hostinger listing, with each topic's mention count.
Generated from real user reviews on G2
- Users commend Hostinger for its intuitive ease of use, simplifying management and enhancing focus on creative tasks.(78 reviews)
- Users appreciate the affordability of Hostinger, making it a great choice for small businesses and personal sites.(52 reviews)
- Users appreciate the excellent customer support at Hostinger, benefiting from both AI and knowledgeable real-person assistance.(46 reviews)
- Users appreciate the outstanding AI advancements in Hostinger, enhancing website creation and problem resolution significantly.(38 reviews)
- Users value the easy setup of Hostinger, making server creation and management quick and hassle-free.(36 reviews)
- Users experience poor customer support from Hostinger, facing long waits and inadequate solutions to their problems.(26 reviews)
- Users find Hostinger to be expensive, particularly due to high renewal rates and limited features for complex designs.(18 reviews)
- Users express frustration over the limited customization options, especially for advanced settings and email features.(16 reviews)
- Users find the limited features of Hostinger restrictive, particularly for advanced design and analytics needs.(15 reviews)
- Users report pricing issues with Hostinger, noting hidden charges and high renewal costs that can be frustrating.(15 reviews)
Bluehost
What people like about Bluehost. Bluehost's topic counts on G2's Bluehost vs Hostinger comparison page (282 reviews, read October 3, 2026) show affordable with 5 mentions and customer support with 4. Both counts are small. Bluehost's profile data shows a domestic, very small buyer: 72.71% of its enriched base are companies of 1 to 10 people. The United States is its largest country by a wide margin, ahead of Canada and the United Kingdom.
What people do not like. Bluehost's complaints in the topic counts on G2's Bluehost vs Hostinger comparison page, read October 3, 2026, are poor customer support (7 mentions) and poor communication (4 mentions). The scores agree. Bluehost gets 6.8 for quality of support against Hostinger's 8.6, and 4.7 for product direction, the lowest score on either side.
G2 has not published a summary for Bluehost; we do not paraphrase individual reviews.
The reviews and the switching data point the same way. Hostinger leads every G2 criterion. The widest gap is product direction, 8.7 to 4.7, and the other six gaps run 1.2 to 1.8 points. In the 90 days to October 3, 2026, 1,013 domains dropped Bluehost for Hostinger and 205 went back, a 4.9 : 1 balance. 1,025 domains carry both.
The flow runs one way, and it costs Bluehost more. In the 90 days to October 3, 2026, 1,013 domains left Bluehost for Hostinger, 0.29% of the 349,922 domains Bluehost is detected on. The 205 going back are 0.02% of Hostinger's 1,192,207. Nor is this ordinary churn. Take each host's own corpus-wide loss rate since tracking began on March 16, 2026 as the baseline. Among domains that carried both signals or moved between the two, the flow from Bluehost to Hostinger is 13.5 times what Bluehost's rate predicts, and the flow back 2.4 times Hostinger's.
The pricing pages point the same way as the flow, though less sharply than the headline rates suggest. Hostinger's entry plan is $143.52 for 48 months paid upfront. Bluehost Starter comes to $263.52 over the same 48 months at its listed and renewal rates, but it allows 10 websites to Premium's 3. The reviews line up more clearly. Hostinger leads every G2 criterion, by the most on product direction (8.7 to 4.7), and the other gaps sit between 1.2 and 1.8 points. The switching data cannot show whether price or reviews made these sites move.
One count here is easy to misread. Most of the 1,025 domains that carry both Bluehost and Hostinger are not running two hosts. Bluehost is detected from a domain's DNS or a Bluehost server header, and Hostinger from its DNS, mail servers or platform header. Of a 40-domain sample checked on October 3, 2026, 22 were served by Hostinger with their DNS at Bluehost, and 3 were the reverse. Another 2 had Hostinger mail with Bluehost hosting. By then, 8 showed only Bluehost, 4 only Hostinger and 1 neither. The count measures overlapping signals, not sites hosted twice.
How we compared · TechnologyChecker sells access to the switching lists behind this page; the numbers do not change with that.
Where this data comes from
October 2026 crawlOur detection dataFirst-party
The switching corridor, adoption curves, market shares and customer lists come from our own monthly crawl of 29.9M live business domains, detected across the full signal stack: HTTP headers, rendered DOM, JS globals, DNS, TLS and certificate transparency.
A switch is an observed change, not a survey answer: a domain dropped Hostinger on every host we track and now runs Bluehost. Counts are domains, not accounts. Company attributes (industry, employee band, country) come from the enriched samples named in each caption (691,600 companies for Hostinger, 190,139 for Bluehost).
Full detection methodology →The vendors' own pages
Pricing tables and the feature matrix are read from hostinger.com and bluehost.com, entered by hand and checked cell by cell by an editor. Every table names its source URL and the date it was verified.
A verification older than 90 days withdraws the page from search until an editor re-checks it, so a stale price cannot outrank a current one.
G2's published numbers
Star ratings, review counts, the seven satisfaction scores with respondent counts, segment shares and topic mention counts, as read on Oct 3, 2026. Numbers only: no review prose is reproduced, and every figure links back to G2's own comparison.
G2's comparison of this pair →Only the first column is ours alone: no other tracker publishes who is switching between Hostinger and Bluehost. Where the sources disagree, the page says so next to the numbers rather than averaging them.
How many sites moved from Bluehost to Hostinger?
1,013 domains dropped Bluehost and now run Hostinger in the 90 days to October 3, 2026, and 205 moved from Hostinger to Bluehost. Since tracking began on March 16, 2026, the totals are 1,241 and 248. These are domains, not companies. A drop means every Bluehost signal has gone from every hostname we track for that domain. 1,025 domains carry both signals.
Which is more widely used, Hostinger or Bluehost?
Hostinger, by 3.4x: 1,192,207 detected domains, 12.26% of the web hosting category and #2 behind GoDaddy. Bluehost has 349,922, 3.6% and #5. Both counts are from the August 2026 crawl, analysed September 4 and 6, 2026.
Is Bluehost cheaper than Hostinger?
Not on the entry plans at the listed rates. Hostinger Premium costs $143.52 for 48 months paid upfront ($2.99 a month). Bluehost Starter is $3.99 a month on a 36-month term and renews at $9.99, so the same 48 months come to $263.52. Bluehost's renewal is $1 a month below Hostinger Premium's $10.99. At that rate, closing the $120 gap would take about ten more years. Neither host publishes a month-to-month price; both pages were read on October 3, 2026.
Why are sites moving from Bluehost to Hostinger?
Our data shows the move, not the motive. The flow runs 4.9 : 1 toward Hostinger over the last 90 days. Hostinger also leads every G2 criterion, by the most on product direction (8.7 against 4.7), with the other six gaps at 1.2 to 1.8 points. And at the listed rates, Hostinger's entry plan is the cheaper one over 48 months: $143.52 against $263.52.
Can a site use both Hostinger and Bluehost?
Yes, and 1,025 domains carry both in the October 2026 crawl. Bluehost is detected from a domain's DNS or a Bluehost shared-server header, and Hostinger from its DNS, mail servers or platform response header, so one domain can carry both signals without running two hosts. Of a 40-domain sample checked on October 3, 2026, 22 were served by Hostinger with their DNS at Bluehost, and 3 were the reverse. Another 2 used Hostinger mail with Bluehost hosting.
What is the downside of Hostinger?
Hostinger's most-cited complaints are poor customer support (108 mentions) and expensive (75). Those are the topic counts across 834 reviews on G2's Bluehost vs Hostinger comparison page, read October 3, 2026. Its quality-of-support score, 8.6, still beats Bluehost's 6.8. On price, the $2.99 Premium rate needs a 48-month term paid upfront ($143.52) and renews at $10.99 a month. Premium also caps you at 3 websites. Hostinger's uptime promise is 99.9%, against Bluehost's 99.99% SLA.
What are the disadvantages of Bluehost?
Reviews and momentum. Bluehost scores 3.4 on G2 across 282 reviews, against Hostinger's 4.4. Bluehost trails on every criterion, furthest on product direction (4.7 against 8.7), and the other six gaps are 1.2 to 1.8 points. In our data, Bluehost is losing domains to Hostinger: 1,013 left Bluehost for Hostinger in the 90 days to October 3, 2026, and 205 went the other way. Bluehost Starter's $3.99 a month needs a 36-month term and renews at $9.99.
Is there anything better than Hostinger?
By detected domains, only GoDaddy is larger than Hostinger in web hosting. GoDaddy has 4,378,121 domains and 45.04% of the category; Hostinger has 1,192,207 and 12.26%, in the August 2026 crawl, analysed September 4 and 6, 2026. GoDaddy's count includes domains that only use its default DNS, so domains registered at GoDaddy but hosted elsewhere count too. Against Bluehost, Hostinger is gaining: 1,013 domains arrived from Bluehost in 90 days and 205 left for it. On G2, Hostinger scores 4.4 on 834 reviews.
Who is better than Bluehost?
By detected domains, four hosts are larger than Bluehost's 349,922: GoDaddy (4,378,121), Hostinger (1,192,207), IONOS (637,254) and OVHcloud (426,618). The counts are from the August 2026 crawl, analysed September 4 and 6, 2026. GoDaddy's count includes domains that only use its default DNS, so domains registered at GoDaddy but hosted elsewhere count too. Head to head, Hostinger scores higher on G2, 4.4 against 3.4, and Bluehost domains are moving to it: 1,013 in the 90 days to October 3, 2026, against 205 going the other way.
What are the top 5 best website hosting providers?
Ranked by detected domains in web hosting: GoDaddy (4,378,121 domains, 45.04%), Hostinger (1,192,207, 12.26%), IONOS (637,254, 6.56%), OVHcloud (426,618, 4.39%) and Bluehost (349,922, 3.6%). The counts come from the August 2026 crawl, analysed September 4 and 6, 2026. GoDaddy's count includes domains that only use its default DNS, so domains registered at GoDaddy but hosted elsewhere count too. That ranks reach, not quality. Of the two compared here, Hostinger also leads on G2, 4.4 against 3.4.
Includes questions people also ask on Google for this comparison, quoted as Google shows them; the answers are ours, from the data on this page.