Hostinger vs Liquid Web

Hostinger is strongest for budget-conscious site owners. Liquid Web is strongest for agencies. Here's how they stack up on price, uptime, and support.

Feature	Hostinger	Liquid Web
Starting price	$2.99/mo	$5/mo
Best for	Budget-conscious site owners WordPress sites Small business web hosting First-time VPS users	Agencies E-commerce/WooCommerce High-traffic WordPress Businesses wanting fully-managed support
Stated uptime SLA	99.9%	100% (Liquid Web's published network/power/infrastructure uptime guarantee)
Storage	NVME	SSD
Regions	10	3
Managed Kubernetes	No	No
Support channels	24/7 live chat, Ticket, Knowledge base, AI assistant (Kodee)	24/7/365 phone, Live chat, Ticket, Docs/Knowledge Base
Compliance	GDPR	PCI DSS, HIPAA (available), SOC 2
Hidden costs to watch for	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	Advertised prices are frequently promotional (e.g. 50% off for the first 2 months, or 10-15% off for 1-2 year prepay terms); renewal pricing is meaningfully higher than the teaser rate Bandwidth overages and additional storage are billed as add-ons beyond plan allowances Managed WordPress/Nexcess plans are billed upfront annually to get the advertised per-month rate ("2 months free" annual billing) in many cases Windows OS licensing adds a surcharge over equivalent Linux dedicated/cloud dedicated configurations
Last reviewed	2026-07-18	2026-07-18