Hostinger vs FastComet
Hostinger and FastComet 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
cPanel hosting on LiteSpeed with 30 daily offsite backups and 12 locations; small disks, now part of World Host Group
Hostinger wins 4 of the six sub-scores and comes out ahead overall (8.0 vs 7.5).
How do the scores compare?
Hostinger leads on 4 sub-scores, FastComet on 1. Higher is better.
Which one is faster and more reliable?
Which one costs less?
On renewal, FastComet is cheaper ($9.95/mo vs $10.99/mo). Intro prices need the listed term.
What does each include?
| Hostinger | FastComet | |
|---|---|---|
| Free domain | First year only, on 12-month and longer terms | No |
| Free SSL | Yes | Yes |
| Backups | Weekly on Premium; daily on Unlimited and Cloud Startup | Not stated |
| 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 | 99.9% website availability excluding maintenance; 10% of the monthly fee credited per hour of downtime, up to 100% |
| Choice of data center | 12 regions across North America, Europe, Asia and South America | Six locations at shared checkout (Dallas, Frankfurt, London, Singapore, Sydney, Mumbai); 12 locations across all products |
| Phone support | No | 24/7, +1 855 818 9717 |
| Windows hosting | No | No |
| Daily offsite backups | Not stated | Up to 30 daily backups in a separate data center, unlimited full or incremental restores from the web interface |
| Free migration | Not stated | Website and server migrations by staff |
| Web server | Not stated | LiteSpeed Enterprise with the LiteSpeed Cache plugin for WordPress, AMD EPYC CPUs, NVMe storage |
| Malware scanner | Not stated | Yes |
| Node.js and SSH | Not stated | Yes |
| Resource policy | Not stated | No constant utilisation of 80% of plan resources for an hour; 400 emails per hour; 10 simultaneous IMAP/POP3 connections; slow queries under 1% a day |