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Hostinger vs Vultr
Vultr starts $2.99 per month cheaper at the entry tier. Hostinger's entry price needs a 24-month commitment; Vultr's does not. Vultr lists more regions, which matters if latency to a specific city is your constraint. Hostinger is the better pick for buyers ready to prepay two years who want the most RAM for the upfront price.
Hostinger
$6.49/mo entry
Buyers ready to prepay two years who want the most RAM for the upfront price.
Vultr
$3.50/mo entry
Latency-sensitive projects that need a specific city, and price-driven builders comfortable alone.
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Specification differences
Entry plans compared line by line. Rows marked with a dash are preferences rather than measurable wins, so we do not pick a side on them.
| Attribute | Hostinger | Vultr | Better |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entry plan price / month | $6.49 | $3.50 | Vultr |
| Entry plan vCPU | 1 | 1 | |
| Entry plan RAM | 4 GB | 0.5 GB | Hostinger |
| Entry plan storage | 50 GB | 10 GB | Hostinger |
| Included transfer | 4 TB | 0.5 TB | Hostinger |
| Listed regions | 10 | 32 | Vultr |
| Management model | Unmanaged (you run the OS) | Unmanaged (you run the OS) | |
| Support | See Hostinger for its support terms. | Ticket support; documentation is sparse relative to competitors. | |
| Billing | Paid up front for 24 months at the advertised price; renews at a higher monthly rate. | Hourly metering, capped at the listed monthly price. | |
| Free tier | No free tier. | No free tier. |
Same size, side by side
The cheapest plan from each provider that meets each size, so the comparison is between equal servers rather than two entry plans. Prices include a separately-billed IPv4 address where the provider charges for one.
| Size | Hostinger | Vultr | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 vCPU / 1 GB | $6.49KVM 1 · 1 vCPU · 4 GB · 50 GBAdvertised price, paid up front for 24 months; renews at $11.99/mo. Excludes VAT. Dedicated IPv4 included. | $5.00Regular 1GB · 1 vCPU · 1 GB · 25 GBEntry plan with a public IPv4 address and 1GB of RAM. | Vultr cheaper by $1.49 |
| 2 vCPU / 4 GB | $8.99KVM 2 · 2 vCPU · 8 GB · 100 GBAdvertised price, paid up front for 24 months; renews at $14.99/mo. Excludes VAT. Dedicated IPv4 included. | $20.00Regular 4GB · 2 vCPU · 4 GB · 80 GBDirect competitor to the DigitalOcean 4GB Droplet, priced below it. | Hostinger cheaper by $11.01 |
| 4 vCPU / 8 GB | $12.99KVM 4 · 4 vCPU · 16 GB · 200 GBAdvertised price, paid up front for 24 months; renews at $28.99/mo. Excludes VAT. Dedicated IPv4 included. | $40.00Regular 8GB · 4 vCPU · 8 GB · 160 GBFour cores at a lower list price than most rivals here. | Hostinger cheaper by $27.01 |
| 8 vCPU / 16 GB | $25.99KVM 8 · 8 vCPU · 32 GB · 400 GBAdvertised price, paid up front for 24 months; renews at $49.99/mo. Excludes VAT. Dedicated IPv4 included. | $160.00Regular 32GB · 8 vCPU · 32 GB · 640 GBEight shared cores and 32GB on the Regular Performance line. | Hostinger cheaper by $134.01 |
Every provider at these sizes, ranked: 1 GB RAM · 4 GB RAM · 8 GB RAM · 16 GB RAM
Where each one wins and loses
Hostinger
Hostinger advertises KVM VPS plans with AMD EPYC and NVMe at low monthly prices, but those prices require paying 24 months up front and renew at a higher monthly rate. Prices exclude VAT. This index lists the advertised price with its term and the renewal price in each plan note.
Strengths
- High RAM and disk for the advertised price (4 GB and 50 GB NVMe on the smallest plan)
- AMD EPYC and NVMe on every plan listed
- A dedicated IPv4 address on every plan
Weaknesses
- The advertised price needs a 24-month prepayment
- Renewal prices are much higher than the advertised price
- No month-to-month price is published on the pricing page
Support: See Hostinger for its support terms.
Billing: Paid up front for 24 months at the advertised price; renews at a higher monthly rate.
Free tier: No free tier.
Vultr
Vultr competes on footprint and price rather than on hand-holding. It lists more data-centre locations than any other cloud server provider we track, which matters if latency to a specific city is your binding constraint. The trade-off is a thinner documentation library and a support experience aimed at people who already know what a kernel panic is.
Strengths
- Largest region list here, including several markets rivals do not cover
- High Frequency instances put NVMe and faster clocks at a low price point
- Hourly billing with no minimum commitment
Weaknesses
- Unmanaged, with noticeably less tutorial content than DigitalOcean
- Support is functional rather than educational
- Cheapest plans are IPv6-only in some regions - check before you commit
Support: Ticket support; documentation is sparse relative to competitors.
Billing: Hourly metering, capped at the listed monthly price.
Free tier: No free tier.
The full cost stack
What a server costs beyond its sticker price, shown for 2 vCPU / 4 GB. Only figures read from each provider's own documentation appear; a gap says “not captured yet”.
| Item | Hostinger | Vultr |
|---|---|---|
| Plan (2 vCPU / 4 GB) | $8.99 | $20.00 |
| Automatic backups | not captured yet | 20% = +$4.00 ($24.00 total) |
| Outbound traffic beyond the allowance | not captured yet | $0.01/GB over allowance |
| Smallest managed load balancer | not captured yet | $10.00/mo |
Sources: docs.vultr.com · docs.vultr.com · www.vultr.com
Price changes we have logged
No tracked price change for either provider yet.
Full record at the change log.
Every plan
The complete plan ladders, with the date and source of every price, are on each provider's page: Hostinger and Vultr.
All figures are the providers' own published list prices in USD, on-demand monthly. The index was last refreshed 2026-10-14, and every row shows the date its own price was read. Nothing here is live or negotiated pricing. Where a provider bills a public IPv4 address on top, it is added to the monthly price, the ranking and every cost per vCPU or per GB, and the row shows the parts: the server, any disk priced apart, and the IPv4 charge. Some prices exclude VAT or need a commitment; the plan notes say which. Check the provider's pricing page before you commit.
Related comparisons
Where both sell
Hostinger and Vultr both have data centres in these places. Each page ranks every provider there at the price charged in that location.
Hostinger vs Vultr — frequently asked
Every answer is computed from this pair's own prices and costs.
- Which is cheaper for 1 vCPU / 1 GB, Hostinger or Vultr?
- Vultr Regular 1GB at $5.00/mo, which is $1.49 (23%) less than Hostinger KVM 1 at $6.49/mo.
- How many datacentre locations do Hostinger and Vultr have?
- Hostinger lists 10 and Vultr lists 32.
- What do backups add at Hostinger and Vultr?
- Hostinger: not captured yet; Vultr: 20% of the plan price.