Hostinger vs IONOS Shared Hosting Comparison 2026
Side-by-side comparison of Hostinger vs IONOS: pricing, resource limits, features and our recommended pick.
Hostinger
Premium · Shared Hosting
IONOS
Plus · Shared Hosting
Pick Hostinger if you want:
- ✓ Includes Composer
- ✓ Allows unlimited cron jobs
- ✓ Allows up to 10 databases
- ✓ Allows databases up to 3072 MB
- ✓ Includes Git Access
- ✓ Allows up to 400000 files (inode limit)
Pick IONOS if you want:
- ✓ Lower price ($1.00/mo)
- ✓ Daily backups included
★ Our pick: IONOS
How they compare
How scores work →
Hostinger
IONOS
Our Pick ★Overall Score
Price Value
20% weight
Editorial Rating
30% weight
Account Limits
25% weight
Features
15% weight
Transparency
10% weight
Scores are relative to these 2 providers — not the global ranking. Full methodology →
| Provider | Plan | Price/mo | Storage | Free SSL | Free Domain | Daily Backup | Money Back | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Premium Shared Hosting | $2.99 /mo $10.99 ✓ Verified price | 20 GB SSD | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | 30d | Visit site → | |
| Our Pick | Plus Shared Hosting | $1.00 /mo $14.00 ✓ Verified price | Unlimited (geo-redundant) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 30d | Visit site → |
* Prices shown are promotional rates. Terms apply.
Tech Stack
| Feature | Hostinger | IONOS |
|---|---|---|
| Web Server | LiteSpeed | Apache |
| PHP Range | 7.4 – 8.4 | 5.2 – 8.5 |
| Node.js | ✓ | ✗ |
| Python | ✗ | ✗ |
| Ruby | ✗ | ✗ |
| Redis | ✓ | ✗ |
| Staging Environment | ✗ | ✗ |
| PostgreSQL | ✗ | ✗ |
| WebSocket | ✗ | ✗ |
| SSH Access | ✓ | ✗ |
| CDN | ✓ | ✓ |
| HTTP/3 | ✗ | ✗ |
Data sourced from each provider's official documentation.
See full technical specs & limits
Bandwidth
Hostinger
UnlimitedIONOS
—Email Accounts
Hostinger
2 per site (1 yr free)IONOS
—Uptime
Hostinger
99.90IONOS
—Support
Hostinger
live chat, emailIONOS
—Resource Limits
Exact limits per plan — sourced from official documentation.
| Limit | Hostinger Premium | IONOS Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Inode Limit | 400000 files | — |
| RAM per Account (MB) | 2048 MB | — |
| Emails/Hour (Sendmail) | 600 emails/hour | — |
| Emails/Day | 100 emails/day | — |
| Max Databases | 10 databases | — |
| Max DB Size (MB) | 3072 MB | — |
| Max Cron Jobs | ∞ | — |
| Max Subdomains | ∞ | — |
| Node.js Support | ✗ | — |
| Git Access | ✓ | — |
| SSH Access | ✓ | — |