Hostinger vs KnownHost
Hostinger and KnownHost compared on measured uptime, response time, pricing and features from our own tests. Hostinger scores higher overall.
By Jennifer T. · Updated
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Verdict
HostingerWins overall
Very cheap on a 48-month term, with an easy custom panel; the entry plan cuts backups and email
Managed cPanel hosting since 2006 on LiteSpeed and NVMe with stated cores and RAM, daily backups and three locations
Hostinger wins 5 of the six sub-scores and comes out ahead overall (8.0 vs 7.4).
How do the scores compare?
Hostinger leads on 5 sub-scores, KnownHost on 1. Higher is better.
Which one is faster and more reliable?
Which one costs less?
On renewal, KnownHost is cheaper ($7.16/mo vs $10.99/mo). Intro prices need the listed term.
What does each include?
| Hostinger | KnownHost | |
|---|---|---|
| Free domain | First year only, on 12-month and longer terms | No |
| Free SSL | Yes | Every plan, every domain |
| Backups | Weekly on Premium; daily on Unlimited and Cloud Startup | Daily JetBackup with 2-day and 1-week retention on every plan; extended retention sold as an add-on |
| Email hosting | 2 mailboxes per website on Premium, unlimited on the other plans; free for the first year | Not stated |
| CDN | Included on Unlimited and Cloud Startup; listed as available on Premium | Not stated |
| Control panel | hPanel, Hostinger's own panel, with an AI assistant | Not stated |
| AI tools | AI website builder credits: 5 on Premium, 15 on the other plans, one-time | Not stated |
| Ecommerce | Available on every plan | Not stated |
| Fair usage limits | 3 GB per database, 300 databases, 300 FTP accounts, 400 cron jobs | Not stated |
| Uptime guarantee | 99.9% per month; 5% credit of that month's fee, claimed within 30 days | The network page claims a 99.999% availability SLA and 99.99+% uptimes; the terms of service contain no uptime clause or credit schedule |
| Choice of data center | 12 regions across North America, Europe, Asia and South America | Not stated |
| Phone support | No | A US toll-free number on every page, with 24/7 ticket support |
| Windows hosting | No | No |
| Free migration | Not stated | Migration team copies files, databases and email and tests the site |
| Free CDN | Not stated | No |
| Caching | Not stated | LiteSpeed Web Server with LSCache on every plan; Redis and Memcached optional |
| Staging | Not stated | No |
| SSH, Git and cron | Not stated | Every plan, with current PHP versions |
| Resource limits | Not stated | CloudLinux isolation with 1, 2, 4 and 6 cores and 1, 2, 4 and 6 GB memory limits by plan |
| Data center choice | Not stated | Atlanta, Seattle or Amsterdam at checkout |
| Security | Not stated | Imunify360 with real-time malware scanning and a web application firewall; Patchman optional on Basic and Standard, included above |
| Not stated | 5, 25 or unlimited mailboxes by plan, with webmail |