Comparison — from the record, read 2026-09-07
Hostinger vs Vultr
Both ladders below were read from the vendors’ own pricing pages, in this market, on the dates shown. Nothing is converted: what you see is what each page showed a reader here.
What each one is
Hostingersite ↗pricing ↗
A low-cost shared and cloud hosting provider aimed at first-time site owners. Paid plans start at $10.99/mo (Premium); no free plan is published. The ladder we hold runs 3 paid tiers, topping out at $25.99/mo (Cloud Startup).
Vultrsite ↗pricing ↗
Cloud compute and storage sold in many regions, aimed at developers who want per-hour pricing. Paid plans start at $2.5/mo (Cloud Compute, Regular Performance — 1 vCPU / 0.5 GB (IPv6 only)); a free plan exists. The ladder we hold runs 7 paid tiers, topping out at $160/mo (Managed Databases — Memory Optimized, 16 GB / 2 vCPUs).
The two ladders
Hostingersite ↗pricing ↗
read 2026-09-07 · USD
| Plan | Price | What the page says |
|---|---|---|
| Premium | $10.99/mo | Renewal rate $10.99/mo on the 12-, 24- and 48-month terms. THE FOUR TERMS AS THE SELECTOR SHOWS THEM: 1 month $11.99/mo, no discount, 'Renews at $11.99/mo' — the only term whose renewal is not $10.99; 12 months '67% off' $11.99 -> $3.99/mo, 'Get 12 months for $47.88 (regular price $143.88)'; 24 months '71% off' $3.49/mo, '$83.76 (regular price $287.76)'; 48 months '75% off' $2.99/mo, '$143.52 (regular price $575.52)'. 3 websites, 20 GB SSD, weekly backups, 2 mailboxes per website. |
| Unlimited | $16.99/mo | Renewal rate $16.99/mo on the 12-, 24- and 48-month terms. 1 month $18.99/mo, no discount, 'Renews at $18.99/mo'; 12 months 'Special offer - 74% off' $4.99/mo, '$59.88 (regular price $227.88)'; 24 months '76% off' $4.49/mo, '$107.76 (regular price $455.76)'; 48 months '79% off' $3.99/mo, '$191.52 (regular price $911.52)'. Unlimited websites, 50 GB NVMe, daily backups, unlimited mailboxes. |
| Cloud Startup | $25.99/mo | Renewal rate $25.99/mo on the 12-, 24- and 48-month terms. 1 month $27.99/mo, no discount, 'Renews at $27.99/mo'; 12 months '64% off' $9.99/mo, '$119.88 (regular price $335.88)'; 24 months '68% off' $8.99/mo, '$215.76 (regular price $671.76)'; 48 months '71% off' $7.99/mo, '$383.52 (regular price $1,343.52)'. Unlimited websites, 100 GB NVMe, daily and on-demand backups. |
Vultrsite ↗pricing ↗
read 2026-09-06 · USD
| Plan | Price | What the page says |
|---|---|---|
| Cloud Compute, Regular Performance — 1 vCPU / 0.5 GB (IPv6 only) | $2.5/mo | '$2.50 /mo $0.004 /hr'. 0.50 TB bandwidth, 10 GB storage, IPv6 only. |
| Cloud Compute, Regular Performance — 1 vCPU / 0.5 GB | $3.5/mo | '$3.50 /mo $0.005 /hr'. 0.50 TB bandwidth, 10 GB storage. |
| Cloud Compute, Regular Performance — 1 vCPU / 1 GB | $5/mo | '$5.00 /mo $0.007 /hr'. 1.00 TB bandwidth, 25 GB storage. |
| Cloud Compute, Regular Performance — 2 vCPUs / 4 GB | $20/mo | '$20.00 /mo $0.03 /hr'. 3.00 TB bandwidth, 80 GB storage. |
| Cloud Compute, Regular Performance — 4 vCPUs / 8 GB | $40/mo | '$40.00 /mo $0.06 /hr'. 4.00 TB bandwidth, 160 GB storage. |
| Object Storage — Standard, 1 TB | $18/mo | '$18.00 /mo' for 1 TB storage and 1 TB bandwidth on the Standard performance tier. |
| Vultr Storage Gateway — Standalone | Free | 'Free'. The highly available gateway is '$20.00 /mo'. |
| Managed Databases — Memory Optimized, 16 GB / 2 vCPUs | $160/mo | '$160 /mo' with 0 replica nodes. |
| Kubernetes Engine control plane | Free | The page states the control plane is provided free of charge. |
Where they differ
- Cheapest way in: Vultr at $2.5/mo, against Hostinger at $10.99/mo. That is the entry price in this market on the dates shown, not a judgement about which suits you.
- Free plans: only Vultr publishes one — a plan priced at zero, not a trial.
- How far each ladder goes: Hostinger tops out at $25.99/mo, Vultr at $160/mo. A deeper ladder is not a worse deal — it is a bill that keeps climbing if you keep growing.
How to choose in this category
- Match the tier to the sites and storage you actually use — the levels here divide on resources, not features.
- Introductory terms in this set run one to four years; a lower monthly figure often buys a longer lock-in.
- Every row links the host’s own pricing page. Open it and read the renewal line before you commit to a term.
Both ladders were read from the vendors’ own pricing pages as shown to a United States reader, on the dates beside each table. Nothing here is converted from another market and nothing is ordered by commission. Some links are affiliate links; they earn us a commission and change no number.
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