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  "@type": "Dataset",
  "name": "Hostinger hosting test results",
  "description": "Uptime, response time, load test and support results for Hostinger: HostIdea's own monitoring windows under tests[], and published third-party measurements under thirdParty[], each attributed to its source.",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "creator": {
    "@type": "Organization",
    "name": "HostIdea",
    "url": "https://hostidea.com"
  },
  "measurementTechnique": "https://hostidea.com/methodology",
  "url": "https://hostidea.com/reviews/hostinger",
  "dateModified": "2026-10-13",
  "host": {
    "id": "hostinger",
    "name": "Hostinger",
    "website": "https://www.hostinger.com/"
  },
  "overallScore": 8,
  "scores": {
    "performance": 8,
    "uptime": 8.5,
    "support": 8,
    "features": 7.5,
    "value": 8,
    "easeOfUse": 8
  },
  "scoresUpdated": "2026-10-13T00:00:00.000Z",
  "pricing": {
    "lastVerified": "2026-10-13T00:00:00.000Z",
    "source": "https://www.hostinger.com/web-hosting"
  },
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      "id": "premium",
      "name": "Premium",
      "type": "shared",
      "intro": {
        "amount": 2.99,
        "currency": "USD"
      },
      "renewal": {
        "amount": 10.99,
        "currency": "USD"
      },
      "term": "quadrennial",
      "termMonths": 48,
      "websites": 3,
      "storageGb": 20,
      "bandwidth": "unmetered",
      "freeDomain": true,
      "freeSsl": true,
      "backups": "Weekly",
      "moneyBackDays": 30,
      "highlights": [
        "Renews at $10.99/mo on every term",
        "Free domain for the first year on 12-month and longer terms"
      ],
      "mailboxes": "2 per website, free for 1 year",
      "terms": [
        {
          "months": 1,
          "intro": {
            "amount": 11.99,
            "currency": "USD"
          },
          "renewal": {
            "amount": 11.99,
            "currency": "USD"
          }
        },
        {
          "months": 12,
          "intro": {
            "amount": 3.99,
            "currency": "USD"
          },
          "renewal": {
            "amount": 10.99,
            "currency": "USD"
          },
          "total": 47.88
        },
        {
          "months": 24,
          "intro": {
            "amount": 3.49,
            "currency": "USD"
          },
          "renewal": {
            "amount": 10.99,
            "currency": "USD"
          },
          "total": 83.76
        },
        {
          "months": 48,
          "intro": {
            "amount": 2.99,
            "currency": "USD"
          },
          "renewal": {
            "amount": 10.99,
            "currency": "USD"
          },
          "total": 143.52
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "unlimited",
      "name": "Unlimited",
      "type": "shared",
      "intro": {
        "amount": 3.99,
        "currency": "USD"
      },
      "renewal": {
        "amount": 16.99,
        "currency": "USD"
      },
      "term": "quadrennial",
      "termMonths": 48,
      "websites": "unlimited",
      "storageGb": 50,
      "bandwidth": "unmetered",
      "freeDomain": true,
      "freeSsl": true,
      "backups": "Daily, with restore from hPanel",
      "moneyBackDays": 30,
      "highlights": [
        "Renews at $16.99/mo on every term",
        "NVMe storage; Premium is SSD"
      ],
      "mailboxes": "Unlimited, free for 1 year",
      "terms": [
        {
          "months": 1,
          "intro": {
            "amount": 18.99,
            "currency": "USD"
          },
          "renewal": {
            "amount": 18.99,
            "currency": "USD"
          }
        },
        {
          "months": 12,
          "intro": {
            "amount": 4.99,
            "currency": "USD"
          },
          "renewal": {
            "amount": 16.99,
            "currency": "USD"
          },
          "total": 59.88
        },
        {
          "months": 24,
          "intro": {
            "amount": 4.49,
            "currency": "USD"
          },
          "renewal": {
            "amount": 16.99,
            "currency": "USD"
          },
          "total": 107.76
        },
        {
          "months": 48,
          "intro": {
            "amount": 3.99,
            "currency": "USD"
          },
          "renewal": {
            "amount": 16.99,
            "currency": "USD"
          },
          "total": 191.52
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "cloud-startup",
      "name": "Cloud Startup",
      "type": "cloud",
      "intro": {
        "amount": 7.99,
        "currency": "USD"
      },
      "renewal": {
        "amount": 25.99,
        "currency": "USD"
      },
      "term": "quadrennial",
      "termMonths": 48,
      "websites": "unlimited",
      "storageGb": 100,
      "bandwidth": "unmetered",
      "freeDomain": true,
      "freeSsl": true,
      "backups": "Daily and on demand",
      "moneyBackDays": 30,
      "highlights": [
        "Renews at $25.99/mo on every term",
        "Dedicated resources, positioned for agencies and high-traffic sites"
      ],
      "mailboxes": "Unlimited, free for 1 year",
      "terms": [
        {
          "months": 1,
          "intro": {
            "amount": 27.99,
            "currency": "USD"
          },
          "renewal": {
            "amount": 27.99,
            "currency": "USD"
          }
        },
        {
          "months": 12,
          "intro": {
            "amount": 9.99,
            "currency": "USD"
          },
          "renewal": {
            "amount": 25.99,
            "currency": "USD"
          },
          "total": 119.88
        },
        {
          "months": 24,
          "intro": {
            "amount": 8.99,
            "currency": "USD"
          },
          "renewal": {
            "amount": 25.99,
            "currency": "USD"
          },
          "total": 215.76
        },
        {
          "months": 48,
          "intro": {
            "amount": 7.99,
            "currency": "USD"
          },
          "renewal": {
            "amount": 25.99,
            "currency": "USD"
          },
          "total": 383.52
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "tests": [],
  "thirdParty": [
    {
      "publication": "WPBeginner",
      "url": "https://www.wpbeginner.com/hosting/hostinger/",
      "title": "WPBeginner, Hostinger review",
      "kind": "independent",
      "updated": "2026-08-10T00:00:00.000Z",
      "accessed": "2026-10-13T00:00:00.000Z",
      "tool": "UptimeRobot",
      "checkIntervalSeconds": 300,
      "uptime": [
        {
          "pct": 100,
          "windowDays": 30,
          "window": "30 days, July 2026"
        }
      ],
      "responseMs": 227,
      "responseNote": "average across six regions",
      "loadTest": {
        "concurrentUsers": 50,
        "p95Ms": 21,
        "errorRatePct": 0,
        "tool": "k6"
      },
      "lcpMs": 659,
      "notes": "Test data from July 2026; data center not stated. South America the slowest region at 440 ms. Full page load 1.1 s on 21 July 2026."
    },
    {
      "publication": "HostScore",
      "url": "https://hostscore.net/review/hostinger/",
      "title": "HostScore, Hostinger review",
      "kind": "independent",
      "updated": "2026-09-17T00:00:00.000Z",
      "accessed": "2026-10-13T00:00:00.000Z",
      "uptime": [
        {
          "pct": 99.95,
          "window": "shared and cloud test sites, \"99.95 percent or higher\""
        }
      ],
      "notes": "Average uptime reported as 99.95 percent or higher across its test sites; intervals not published. Overall HostScore 84.92 percent."
    },
    {
      "publication": "HostingStep",
      "author": "Mohan Raj",
      "url": "https://hostingstep.com/hostinger-review/",
      "title": "HostingStep, Hostinger review",
      "kind": "independent",
      "updated": "2026-09-07T00:00:00.000Z",
      "accessed": "2026-10-13T00:00:00.000Z",
      "plan": "Premium",
      "location": "North Carolina",
      "tool": "Pingdom",
      "checkIntervalSeconds": 60,
      "uptime": [
        {
          "pct": 99.98,
          "windowDays": 243,
          "window": "1 October 2025 to 31 May 2026"
        }
      ],
      "responseMs": 447,
      "responseNote": "average TTFB from 19 North American locations",
      "loadTest": {
        "concurrentUsers": 100,
        "avgResponseMs": 245,
        "errorRatePct": 0,
        "tool": "Loader.io"
      },
      "notes": "Business plan on the same window: 99.98 percent uptime, 438 ms TTFB, 31 ms under load. Global cached TTFB 404 ms (Premium) and 351 ms (Business) via SpeedVitals. Calendar-year history published back to 2021 (99.79 percent in 2021, 99.99 percent in 2024 and 2025)."
    },
    {
      "publication": "Kripesh Adwani",
      "author": "Kripesh Adwani",
      "url": "https://kripeshadwani.com/hostinger-review/",
      "title": "Kripesh Adwani, Hostinger review",
      "kind": "independent",
      "updated": "2026-10-06T00:00:00.000Z",
      "accessed": "2026-10-13T00:00:00.000Z",
      "plan": "Business",
      "location": "United States (New York)",
      "tool": "Better Uptime",
      "checkIntervalSeconds": 30,
      "uptime": [
        {
          "pct": 99.96,
          "windowDays": 365,
          "window": "last 365 days"
        },
        {
          "pct": 100,
          "windowDays": 30,
          "window": "last 30 days"
        }
      ],
      "loadTest": {
        "concurrentUsers": 50,
        "p95Ms": 79,
        "errorRatePct": 0,
        "requests": 17100,
        "tool": "k6"
      },
      "notes": "Three more sites on the same monitor: Business on Singapore 99.95 percent and on India 99.97 percent over 365 days, Startup on Singapore 99.96 percent. Page load 1.33 s from the US for the US site."
    },
    {
      "publication": "Website Planet",
      "author": "Andrés Gánem",
      "url": "https://www.websiteplanet.com/web-hosting/hostinger/",
      "title": "Website Planet, Hostinger review",
      "kind": "independent",
      "updated": "2026-06-02T00:00:00.000Z",
      "accessed": "2026-10-13T00:00:00.000Z",
      "plan": "Premium",
      "location": "United States",
      "tool": "UptimeRobot",
      "uptime": [
        {
          "pct": 100,
          "windowDays": 30,
          "window": "one month",
          "outages": 0
        }
      ],
      "responseMs": 200,
      "responseNote": "\"typically around 0.2s\" TTFB in GTmetrix",
      "notes": "GTmetrix hourly tests for a week: fully loaded time typically 0.8 s; about 1 s from Europe and South America, about 2 s from Singapore and Australia (Sucuri). Check interval not stated."
    }
  ],
  "supportTests": [],
  "changelog": [
    {
      "date": "2026-10-13T00:00:00.000Z",
      "change": "Added published third-party measurements under thirdParty[]: WPBeginner (updated 10 August 2026), HostingStep (updated 7 September 2026), Kripesh Adwani (updated 6 October 2026), Website Planet (updated 2 June 2026) and HostScore (updated 17 September 2026), each with its plan, method and the date we read it. Scores unchanged."
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-10-13T00:00:00.000Z",
      "change": "Data rebuilt from verified sources: the web hosting page read on every billing term, the about page, the refund policy and the hosting agreement. Plans renamed to the current Premium, Unlimited and Cloud Startup. Placeholder test results and support tests removed; no HostIdea monitoring window is open yet. Scores are provisional and based on published terms and the third-party measurements cited in the review.",
      "source": "https://www.hostinger.com/web-hosting"
    }
  ]
}