Hostinger vs Cloudways
Cloudways comes out ahead of Hostinger on 3 of the 6 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
Cloudways takes it, 3–1 on rounds.
On the published figures and the independent review sites, Cloudways takes 3 of 6 rounds. Treat that as a starting point and check the current figures on both pages, because prices and plans move.
Choose Hostinger if…
- • You want Hostinger's edge on the price on the front page
Choose Cloudways if…
- • You want Cloudways's edge on how many websites you can host and how much storage you get
Round by round
- Round 1The price on the front pageHostinger wins
Hostinger wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 2Who picks up when your site is downTieHostinger7/10
24/7 expert support
support around the clock, with priority expert support on the Single plan
Source: hostinger.com ↗
Nothing to separate them here.
- Round 3What customers say on TrustpilotTie
Nothing to separate them here.
- Round 4How many websites you can hostCloudways winsHostinger5/10
1 website
Single plan
- 1 website, against Unlimited sites per server
Source: hostinger.com ↗
Cloudways wins this round on what the published sources say.
- Round 5How much storage you getCloudways wins
Cloudways wins this round on what the published sources say.
- Round 6How often your site is backed upCloudways wins
Cloudways wins this round on what the published sources say.
Side by side
- managed cloud hosting, from per month (not shared hosting)
- 10 GB SSD, against 25 GB NVMe
- Weekly, against Daily
- No free domain, against Free domain
- 1 website, against 10 websites
- $11, against $1.99
- $11, against $2.99
- 4.6 out of 5, against 4.9 out of 5