Both will put a website on the internet. They disagree about who runs the server, how the files arrive and when the money is due.
TL;DR
Hostinger sells conventional hosting on long terms: Premium at $2.99 a month paid as $143.52 for 48 months and renewing at $10.99, Business at $3.99 ($191.52, renews $16.99) and Cloud Startup at $7.99 ($383.52, renews $25.99), each with a free domain for the first year, storage quotas and support. Netlify sells a deploy platform: Free at $0 with 300 credits a month, Personal at $9 with 1,000 credits and one member, Pro at $20 with unlimited members, plus credit packs at $5 per 500 or $10 per 1,500. The choice is between a server with a control panel and a pipeline that turns Git commits into URLs.
Hostinger's pricing page leads with a48-month commitment. Premium is $2.99 a month paid as $143.52 up front against a regular price of $575.52, renewing at $10.99 a month, and it covers three websites with 20 GB of SSD storage, free weekly backups, a domain free for the first year, CDN, ecommerce options and AI tools. Business is $3.99 a month paid as $191.52, renews at $16.99, and moves to unlimited websites with 50 GB of NVMe storage and daily backups. Cloud Startup is $7.99 a month paid as $383.52, renews at $25.99, and adds more storage and priority support for agencies and high-traffic projects. A 30-day money-back guarantee is stated on the home page, and a fair usage policy is listed alongside the plan features.
Netlify prices a build pipeline rather than disk. Free runs 300 credits a month with any framework, deploy previews and custom domains with SSL. Personal is $9 a month for one member with 1,000 credits and priority email support. Pro is $20 a month with unlimited members, described on the page as the best value for teams shipping together. Additional credits cost $5 per 500 or $10 per 1,500, extra concurrent build slots are listed at $40 each and Agent Runner slots at $15 each. Deploys come from Git, CLI or drag and drop, any deploy rolls back in one click, and the platform lists serverless functions, file storage, built-in identity, an AI Gateway, automatic HTTPS and DDoS protection and a global edge network with a stated 99.99% uptime.
| Feature | Hostinger | Netlify |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | Premium $2.99/month on a 48-month term ($143.52 upfront, regular $575.52) | Free $0 with 300 credits per month |
| Entry paid tier | Business $3.99/month on 48 months ($191.52 upfront, renews $16.99) | Personal $9/month with 1,000 credits and one member |
| Top published tier | Cloud Startup $7.99/month on 48 months ($383.52 upfront, renews $25.99) | Pro $20/month with unlimited members |
| Renewal | Premium renews at $10.99/month, Business at $16.99, Cloud Startup at $25.99 | Published monthly rates hold; credits meter the usage instead |
| Billing commitment | 48-month term paid up front for the advertised rate | No multi-year prepayment listed on the pricing page |
| Storage and limits | Premium: 3 sites, 20 GB SSD, weekly backups; Business: unlimited sites, 50 GB NVMe, daily backups | Credits: 300 free, 1,000 on Personal, packs at $5 per 500 or $10 per 1,500 |
| Domain and email | Free domain for the first year on yearly plans, with mailboxes in the plans | Custom domains with SSL; no mailbox product in the plan list |
| Deployment | Control-panel hosting; Premium lists CDN, ecommerce and AI tools | Deploy from Git, CLI or drag and drop, with one-click rollbacks |
| Backups | Free weekly backups on Premium, daily backups on Business | Unlimited deploy previews and rollback on every plan |
| Fit | Sites, domains and mailboxes in one bill, bought on a long term | Apps deployed from Git with serverless functions and an AI-agent build loop |
Pick Hostinger if
A domain, mailboxes, a control panel and 20 GB of storage arrive for $2.99 a month across a 48-month term, with weekly backups inside that price. Netlify is the wrong purchase for a PHP application or a mailbox, and the right one for a Git repository.
Pick Netlify if
Every push becomes a deploy with a preview URL and a one-click rollback, the free plan runs 300 credits a month, and Pro at $20 covers unlimited members instead of per-developer hosting. Hostinger costs less in month one and more than three times as much at renewal.
We collected no independent reviews, ratings or user quotations for Hostinger or Netlify in this run; promotional rates, renewal prices and the money-back claim are the vendors' own. Prices were read from hostinger.com/pricing and netlify.com/pricing on the date shown above.
Hostinger's $2.99 rate requires a 48-month term paid as $143.52 in one payment. Netlify's free plan costs nothing and runs 300 credits a month, while Personal is $9 a month. For a single year of paid entry, Netlify is the cheaper cash layout.
Hostinger publishes renewal rates of $10.99 a month on Premium, $16.99 on Business and $25.99 on Cloud Startup. Netlify's plans keep their published monthly price and instead meter usage through credits.
Hostinger includes mailboxes with its plans and a free domain for the first year. Netlify's plan list covers custom domains with SSL and no mailbox product, so email would come from a separate provider.
Hostinger's pricing page is organised around storage, site counts, backups and support rather than build pipelines. Netlify's page is organised around credits, deploys, previews and rollbacks — that structural difference is the real comparison.
Hostinger includes free weekly backups on Premium and daily backups on Business. Netlify offers deploy previews and one-click rollback instead, because application data is expected to live in a database elsewhere.
Hostinger states a 30-day money-back guarantee on its home page. Netlify's pricing page publishes no refund window, but its free plan removes the need for one at the start.
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