Hostinger vs Liquid Web
Hostinger and Liquid Web 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
8.0 out of 10
HostingerWins overall
Very cheap on a 48-month term, with an easy custom panel; the entry plan cuts backups and email
7.7 out of 10
Lansing's managed host since 1997: WordPress plans from $9 with Cloudflare edge CDN and a 100% network SLA, no refunds
Hostinger wins 4 of the six sub-scores and comes out ahead overall (8.0 vs 7.7).
How do the scores compare?
Hostinger leads on 4 sub-scores, Liquid Web on 1. Higher is better.
| Hostinger | Liquid Web | |
|---|---|---|
| Performance | 8.0 (better) | 7.5 |
| Uptime | 8.5 (better) | 8.0 |
| Support | 8.0 | 8.0 |
| Features | 7.5 | 8.5 (better) |
| Value | 8.0 (better) | 7.0 |
| Ease of use | 8.0 (better) | 7.5 |
Which one is faster and more reliable?
| Hostinger | Liquid Web | |
|---|---|---|
| Overall score | 8.0 (better) | 7.7 |
| Uptime (published)Kripesh Adwani 365 d vs HostingStep 365 d; methods differ | 99.96% | 99.99% (better) |
| Response time (published)HostingStep vs HostingStep; methods differ | 447 ms (better) | 496 ms |
Which one costs less?
On renewal, Liquid Web is cheaper ($9.00/mo vs $10.99/mo). Intro prices need the listed term.
| Hostinger | Liquid Web | |
|---|---|---|
| Cheapest plan | Premium | Essentials WordPress |
| Intro price | $2.99/mo (better) | $9.00/mo |
| Renewal price | $10.99/mo | $9.00/mo (better) |
| Required term | 48 months | 1 months (better) |
| Websites | 3 | 1 |
| Storage | 20 GB | 15 GB |
| Money back | 30 days (better) | 0 days |
What does each include?
| Hostinger | Liquid Web | |
|---|---|---|
| Free domain | First year only, on 12-month and longer terms | No |
| Free SSL | Yes | Free SSL certificates on the WordPress plans |
| Backups | Weekly on Premium; daily on Unlimited and Cloud Startup | Daily backups kept 7, 14 or 30 days by tier; Acronis backup storage on managed VPS |
| 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 | 100% network uptime in the SLA with credits up to the monthly charge, claimed within days of an outage; the managed VPS page states 99.9% server uptime |
| Choice of data center | 12 regions across North America, Europe, Asia and South America | Not stated |
| Phone support | No | 24/7 by phone, chat and ticket |
| Windows hosting | No | On VPS and dedicated servers |
| Free migration | Not stated | A self-serve migration tool and migration by a person on every WordPress plan |
| Free CDN | Not stated | Edge CDN powered by Cloudflare on every WordPress plan; CDN overage is usage-billed |
| Caching | Not stated | Object Cache Pro on every WordPress plan |
| Staging | Not stated | Staging sites with visual comparison on Pro and Elite; not on Essentials |
| Security | Not stated | DDoS protection, WAF, Kadence Security Pro and daily malware scans on every plan; Patchstack virtual patching on Elite |
| Resource limits | Not stated | WordPress plans are sized by visitors (50,000 a month on the entry tiers), shared storage and bandwidth; managed VPS plans state vCPU, RAM, SSD and bandwidth |
| Data center choice | Not stated | Lansing, Phoenix, Ashburn and Amsterdam, selected on the purchase screen where a plan offers it |
| Managed VPS | Not stated | Fully managed from $72 a month for 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 80 GB SSD and 3 TB; cPanel, InterWorx or Plesk; Windows available |
Company facts
| Hostinger | Liquid Web | |
|---|---|---|
| Control panel | hPanel (Hostinger's own panel) | Liquid Web's own platform for WordPress plans; cPanel, InterWorx or Plesk on VPS |
| Data centers | 12 (better) | 4 |
| Support channels | chat, email, knowledge-base | chat, phone, ticket, knowledge-base |
| Founded | 2004 | 1997 |