2 categories · RankedHostinger
Hostinger is an online platform for building, running, and growing a business on the web, covering website building and hosting in one place · hostinger.com ↗
Read the same way at every company size.
The standing depends on who is buying. Every model is asked the same questions for each company size.
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Why models recommend it
“For most small businesses: Hostinger — balances affordability, performance, and ease of use”GLM 4.7 FlashX · Budget-constrained question · first choice
“Other options include Hostinger, Hetzner, and Atlantic.Net, which offer affordable pricing and reliable services.”Llama 4 Maverick · Budget-constrained question · alternative
“If you're non-technical or want managed hosting: → Hostinger (from $7.19/mo)”DeepSeek V4 Flash · Budget-constrained question · alternative
“Low-cost, beginner-friendly hosting, with plans reported from $7.99/month.”Perplexity Sonar · Budget-constrained question · alternative
What gives them pause
“more "cloud-like shared hosting" than true IaaS—best for simple websites if you want minimal management”Grok 4.20 · Budget-constrained question · warning
“Poor customer support with long response times... Hidden fees and price increases upon renewal”MiniMax M2.5 · Negative question · warning
“criticized for high renewal pricing, upselling, and occasional performance dips under load”Grok 4.20 · Negative question · warning
“Hostinger, for example, has received mixed user feedback on these issues.”Perplexity Sonar · Negative question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as Hostinger, over the 40 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 34 | 19 | Compare → | |
| 21 | 6 | Compare → | |
| 21 | 1 | Compare → | |
| 20 | 0 | View → | |
| 18 | 2 | View → | |
| 16 | 0 | Compare → | |
| 15 | 2 | Compare → | |
| 15 | 0 | Compare → | |
| 13 | 0 | Compare → | |
| 11 | 1 | View → |
What the models named instead of Hostinger →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on Hostinger's own site, not checked by Gane.
- For
- anyone who wants to build, run, and grow a successful business online
- Price stated
- Hostinger plans start from $2.99/mo, with different plans depending on what you need.
- Starting price
- $2.99/mo
- Free plan or trial
- Free, no signup
- Integrations
- 1000
- Certifications
- ISO 27001, GDPR, PCI DSS
- Hosting
- Worldwide
How this is measured
Fourteen AI models from 12 labs are asked the same buying questions six ways, for three company sizes. Standings refresh every edition.
Gane sells AI visibility software. No company can pay to change a result.
Read the method →Sources returned with these answers
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted. These counts come from 39 of the 40 answers that named Hostinger and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
115 of the 129 domain citations in answers naming Hostinger came from a third party's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What it publishes
| Kind | Pages | Last 90 days | 2025-10 to 2026-09 | Latest | Categories named |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template or tool | 460 | undated | |||
| Comparison | 127 | undated | |||
| Blog | 74 | 38 | 2026-09-28 | ||
| News or press | 29 | undated | |||
| Report or ebook | 24 | undated | |||
| Webinar or virtual event | 5 | undated | |||
| Glossary or explainer | 5 | undated |
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How it is countedHide how it is counted
Every page hostinger.com exposes, subdomains included. Kind is read from the address and title. The last 90 days, the latest date and the twelve months count pages by when they were published, from the site's feeds, a date in the address, or the page's own publication date, read from up to a hundred of its most recently changed pages; a page that says only when it last changed is counted in its kind but not in when, so the recent counts are a floor, and a kind none of whose pages gives a publication date reads undated. An event counts as online when its address or title says so (webinar, on demand, virtual or online summit); a conference, summit, trade show, expo or roadshow that does not say so is counted as a conference or event, which on a vendor's site is mostly in person. Read September 29, 2026.