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Cloudways vs Hostinger

Higher score
Cloudways
8.8/ 10
HostingerIndie
8.5/ 10
Across 4 measured dimensions: Cloudways wins 1, Hostinger wins 2 (1 tie / n/a)
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Side by side.

8 dimensions
MetricCloudwaysHostinger
Score
Winner: left
8.88.5
Δ 90 days
— flat— flat
Parent & badge
Winner: right
DigitalOcean
IndependentIndie
Founded
20112004
Best for
WooCommerce stores outgrowing shared hostingBudget builders who'll pay 48 months upfront
Price per mo
Winner: right
$11/ mo$2.99/ mo
Renewal multiplier
Winner: right
3.7×
Tagline
Managed cloud on DO/Vultr/Linode/AWS/GCPCheapest credible shared host, if you commit 4 years
[02]

What works, what doesn't.

Per provider
Cloudways4 pros · 3 cons
+ Pros
  • True monthly billing, no renewal hike
  • Choice of 5 cloud providers
  • Strong WooCommerce performance
  • Free migrations and built-in staging
– Cons
  • No cPanel, custom panel takes learning
  • No email hosting included
  • DigitalOcean ownership creates lock-in risk
Hostinger4 pros · 3 cons
+ Pros
  • Genuinely cheap if you commit 48 months
  • LiteSpeed stack, fast hPanel
  • Free CDN and 1-year domain included
  • Independent ownership
– Cons
  • Renewal 3.7x the intro price
  • Pre-toggled checkout upsells
  • Cheap pricing requires 4-year prepay
Make the call

Pick one and go.

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