Hostinger vs Railway

Hostinger is strongest for budget-conscious site owners. Railway is strongest for solo developers. Here's how they stack up on price, uptime, and support.

Feature	Hostinger	Railway
Starting price	$2.99/mo	$5/mo
Best for	Budget-conscious site owners WordPress sites Small business web hosting First-time VPS users	Solo developers Side projects Small teams shipping to production Full-stack apps needing databases + services in one place
Stated uptime SLA	99.9%	Custom SLA available on Enterprise only; no public SLA percentage for Hobby/Pro
Storage	NVME	SSD
Regions	10	6
Managed Kubernetes	No	No
Support channels	24/7 live chat, Ticket, Knowledge base, AI assistant (Kodee)	Docs, Community (Discord), Ticket (Pro), Business Class / dedicated support (Enterprise, paid add-on on Pro)
Compliance	GDPR	SOC 2, GDPR
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	Usage above the plan's included credit is billed per-second at metered CPU/RAM/volume rates and can exceed the flat subscription fee quickly under load Network egress billed separately at $0.05/GB Pro plan is priced per-seat ($20/seat/month), so team cost scales with headcount on top of usage Business Class (priority) support is a paid add-on on the Pro plan
Last reviewed	2026-07-18	2026-07-18