Head to head
Hostinger vs SiteGround
On four-year total cost, Hostinger is cheaper by about $540 — comparing each provider’s least expensive plan to own over that period. Whether that settles it depends on what SiteGround gives you for the difference, which is what the rest of this page is about.
What each one costs
| Host & plan | Intro price | Renews at | Promo term | 4-year true cost | Resources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HostingerPremium | $2.99/mo | $10.99/mo+268% | 48 mo | $144 | 20 GB SSD3 sites |
| HostingerUnlimited | $3.99/mo | $16.99/mo+326% | 48 mo | $192 | 50 GB NVMeUnlimited sites |
| HostingerCloud Startup | $7.99/mo | $25.99/mo+225% | 48 mo | $384 | 100 GB NVMeUnlimited sites |
| SiteGroundStartUp | $2.99/mo | $17.99/mo+502% | 12 mo | $684 | 10 GB1 site |
| SiteGroundGrowBig | $4.99/mo | $29.99/mo+501% | 12 mo | $1,140 | 50 GBUnlimited sites |
Intro prices require paying the full promo term upfront. “4-year true cost” is the promo term at the intro rate plus the remaining months at the renewal rate — the number the pricing page does not show you. Verified September 2026. See the screenshots these figures were read from.
Where they actually differ
The feature lists are close to identical. These are the differences that show up in practice.
| Hostinger | SiteGround | |
|---|---|---|
| Backups | Weekly on all plans. Daily backups are a paid add-on on Premium, included from Unlimited upward. | Daily, free, with 30 days of history on every plan. The best backup offering of the three by a clear margin. On-demand backups on GrowBig and GoGeek. |
| Support | 24/7 live chat and tickets. No phone support at all — Hostinger states this explicitly. | 24/7 live chat, 24/7 phone with regional numbers, and tickets. Entirely in-house, no outsourcing. Priority support is a GoGeek-only feature. |
| Migration | Free and staff-performed, unlimited sites, on every plan. You submit a form and their migration team does the work. | Free, via SiteGround’s own WordPress Migrator plugin — automated and self-service rather than staff-performed. |
| Refund window | 30 days. Domain registrations, renewals, transfers, privacy protection and paid support services are excluded. VPS refunds require a 180-day gap between requests. | 30 days on shared hosting, but only 14 days on cloud. Domain fees may be charged on cancellation even where they were waived as part of a promotion. |
| Free domain | Free for one year; .com renews at $19.99/yr. | Free for one year. Renewal is billed separately from hosting, at roughly $22.99/yr for a .com based on SiteGround’s stated regular price. |
| Control panel | hPanel (proprietary). No cPanel. | Site Tools (proprietary). SiteGround dropped cPanel entirely. |
| Datacenters | France, Germany, Lithuania, Netherlands, UK, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Brazil and the USA (Phoenix, Boston, Asheville). | Eleven locations: Ashburn, Council Bluffs, Dallas, Los Angeles, London, Madrid, Eemshaven, Frankfurt, Paris, Sydney and Singapore. Chosen at signup and fixed thereafter. |
| Owner | Privately held, headquartered in Vilnius, Lithuania. Independent — not part of Newfold Digital or GoDaddy. | SiteGround Hosting Ltd., privately held, headquartered in Sofia, Bulgaria. Independent. |
Choosing between them
Pick Hostinger if…
- Lowest four-year total cost of any plan we track
- Staff-performed migration, unlimited sites, free on every tier
- Widest choice of datacenter regions of the three
Pick SiteGround if…
- Free daily backups with 30-day retention on every plan
- In-house 24/7 support including phone, widely regarded as the best of the three
- Eleven datacenter regions, chosen at signup
What would put us off each
Hostinger: premium gets weekly backups only; daily is a paid add-on.
SiteGround: startup renews at $17.99 — a six-fold increase, and the steepest here.
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Sources
Every factual claim on this page is checkable on the provider’s own site. Prices and policies were verified September 2026 and change without notice.