DigitalOcean vs Hostinger
Hostinger comes out ahead of DigitalOcean on 6 of the 8 things that decide this, going by what each company publishes and what independent review sites report. The one that matters for you may be one the leader loses.
The verdict
Hostinger takes it, 6–2 on rounds.
On the published figures and the independent review sites, Hostinger takes 6 of 8 rounds. Treat that as a starting point and check the current figures on both pages, because prices and plans move.
Choose DigitalOcean if…
- • You want DigitalOcean's edge on what the cheapest plan costs and the uptime promise
Choose Hostinger if…
- • You want Hostinger's edge on what the entry plan includes and how much data you can move
Round by round
- Round 1What the cheapest plan costsDigitalOcean winsHostinger5/10
$6.49
KVM 1 promotional price (renews at $11.99 on a two-year term)
- $6.49, against $4
Source: hostinger.com ↗
DigitalOcean wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 2What the entry plan includesHostinger winsDigitalOcean5/10
512 MiB RAM
the $4 Droplet, one vCPU
- 512 MiB RAM, against 4 GB RAM
Source: digitalocean.com ↗
Hostinger wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 3How much data you can moveHostinger winsDigitalOcean5/10
500 GiB
included outbound transfer on the $4 Droplet
- 500 GiB, against 4 TB
Source: digitalocean.com ↗
Hostinger wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 4The uptime promiseDigitalOcean wins
DigitalOcean wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 5Who picks up when the server is downHostinger winsDigitalOcean5/10
Free 24/7 tickets, answered within 24 hours
the free Starter plan; faster response is paid
- Free 24/7 tickets, answered within 24 hours, against 24/7 live chat
Source: docs.digitalocean.com ↗
Hostinger wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 6How much memory a dollar buysHostinger winsDigitalOcean5/10
0.12 GB per $1
512 MiB RAM for $4 a month
- 0.12 GB per $1, against 0.62 GB per $1
Source: digitalocean.com ↗
Hostinger wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 7How much disk space you getHostinger winsDigitalOcean5/10
10 GiB SSD
Basic Droplet (Regular, 512 MiB)
- 10 GiB SSD, against 50 GB NVMe
Source: digitalocean.com ↗
Hostinger wins this round on what the published sources say.
- Round 8Whether backups come freeHostinger winsDigitalOcean5/10
Backups +20% (weekly)
Basic Droplet (Regular, 512 MiB)
- Backups +20% (weekly), against Free weekly backups
Source: digitalocean.com ↗
Hostinger wins this round on what the published sources say.
Side by side
- TrustScore from 2,584 reviews on Trustpilot
- 512 MiB RAM, against 4 GB RAM
- 500 GiB, against 20 TB
- 1 vCPU, against 2 vCPU (AMD)
- 10 GiB SSD, against 40 GB NVMe
- $6.49, against $4
- 99.9%, against 99.99%
- 4 TB, against 20 TB
- 1 vCPU core, against 2 vCPU (AMD)