Microsoft Azure vs Hostinger

Microsoft Azure is strongest for enterprises. Hostinger is strongest for budget-conscious site owners. Here's how they stack up on price, uptime, and support.

Feature	Microsoft Azure	Hostinger
Starting price	$0.01/mo	$2.99/mo
Best for	Enterprises Windows/.NET workloads Hybrid cloud Regulated industries	Budget-conscious site owners WordPress sites Small business web hosting First-time VPS users
Stated uptime SLA	99.99%	99.9%
Storage	SSD	NVME
Regions	60	10
Managed Kubernetes	Yes	No
Support channels	Ticket, Phone (paid plans), Docs, Community forum	24/7 live chat, Ticket, Knowledge base, AI assistant (Kodee)
Compliance	SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, FedRAMP, GDPR, PCI DSS	GDPR
Hidden costs to watch for	Windows Server VMs carry a license surcharge on top of the Linux compute rate Outbound bandwidth billed above 100 GB/month pooled free tier, tiered by volume Premium SSD/Ultra Disk IOPS and throughput billed separately from disk capacity Blob Storage Cool/Cold/Archive tiers bill a minimum 128 KiB per object and impose early-deletion penalties (90/180 day minimums) Archive tier retrieval fees are notably high ($6.50/10,000 read ops) AKS Standard tier control plane fee ($0.10/hr per cluster) on top of node VM costs	Displayed price is an introductory promo rate tied to prepaying a 12/24/48-month term; renewal price is 2-4x higher (e.g. VPS KVM 1 renews at $11.99/mo vs $6.49/mo intro) Monthly (1-month) billing is available but at a significantly higher per-month rate than any multi-month term Free domain is only free for the first year; renews at standard domain pricing Dedicated IP, extra backups, and some AI/Vibe coding credits are limited allotments, not unlimited Weekly (not daily) backups on base VPS plans; daily backups reserved for Cloud plans
Last reviewed	2026-07-18	2026-07-18