Is Hostinger Cheating Customers? Full Explanation

For this Hostinger review, I've bought every plan they have to offer and explored every hidden secret they try to hide from you.
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Hostinger is recommended a lot and they're a cheap provider. So it should be a no-brainer right? Well in this Hostinger review, I dove deep and tested out everything they have to offer. Even take a look at why users tend to leave negative reviews and the main issues you might have if you decide to create a website using Hostinger.
Time Stamps:
00:00 - What happened with Hostinger?
00:30 - Why is it cheap?
01:30 - Hostinger performance is weird...
03:50 - Are Cloud hosting plans any better?
04:50 - Is Hostinger FAST?
05:44 - Why are Hostinger users upset?
06:30 - Hostinger offers EVERYTHING
08:00 - Questionable sales tactics
10:38 - Is Hostinger Worth it?
The biggest issue is the speed that they offer. Hostinger plans user Litespeed servers and all of the shared plans are equally fast ( or equally slow, depending on how you look at it).
Buying more expensive plans won't make your site faster unless you completely switch tech and go from shared plans to Cloud plans or VPS.
Even the fastest Hostinger plan can't compare to providers like A2Hosting which offer SIGNIFICANTLY better loading speed. At the price of convenience.
And as my Hostinger review shows, that's the name of the game with Hostinger - convenience.
You don't pay a lot, but you get a lot of features. Overall I still feel like Hostinger is at the top of my recommendation list when compared to other mainstream solutions just because of how easy it is to use and the performance is acceptable like 7.5/10.
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  • @Emit.Reviews
    @Emit.Reviews8 ай бұрын

    🔥Grab a 10% discount here - emit.reviews/go/hostinger-discount If you feel that Hostinger is right up your alley! And feel free to share your experiences good or bad with Hostinger in the comments down below, people who are looking to buy might seriously benefit from your opinion. That's why it's important to understand what you're buying before committing to it. Because after your site is up and running, switching can be a serious pain point...!

  • @MlpChocolateRainy
    @MlpChocolateRainy6 ай бұрын

    Hello! First, Thank you for your informative video! I was looking at hosting on Hostinger and I was wondering about the renewal process. I’m not sure if my company will work out so I don’t know if I want to pay for the additional years at the cheaper price. In this video you discuss turning off the auto renewal as well as around 10:57 you show a graphic of the renewal only being $24 or $48 which is a lot cheaper than the renew price on the website so I was wondering how you would go about getting those prices if you only went with the 1 year plan? Is that why you don’t auto renew? Is there a way to just renew at the base price instead of the higher renew price? Thank you for any answer you can give!

  • @Emit.Reviews
    @Emit.Reviews7 ай бұрын

    UPDATE: Starting November 19th and ending December 1st Hostinger is having a big black Friday sale. By stacking my promo code and their discount price you can get a premium plan for just $1.79/mo. Get your deals here emit.reviews/go/hostinger-discount?rev23

  • @Raqmedia
    @Raqmedia5 ай бұрын

    Hey @EMTReviews, just watched your Hostinger video and it's 🔥! 🚀 Your detailed breakdown is super informative. *Shoutout to your mom - if she can handle that tech talk, she's a legend!* 🙌💻 Keep up the great work, looking forward to more videos.

  • @Emit.Reviews

    @Emit.Reviews

    5 ай бұрын

    Thanks man, will pass on the shoutout :D

  • @Spahiuvalmond
    @Spahiuvalmond6 ай бұрын

    WOW. What a review!!! As a hostinger user for almos 2 years, I can confirm everything you said it is true. Btw, your level of making the video so fun, objective, the desing so, so good makes you right away number 1 reviewer for hosting providers. Keep it up, Emit! 💟👏

  • @Emit.Reviews

    @Emit.Reviews

    6 ай бұрын

    Wow, thanks for the kind words. Im happy you took away something valuable from the video and I'll keep makin em as long as people find them useful! :)

  • @daffcollins
    @daffcollins2 ай бұрын

    I had to subscribe. I learned more from you in this video than I've learned over 12 months. I'm now scrolling your entire video selection to learn more. Thank You!

  • @hynguyen6337
    @hynguyen63378 ай бұрын

    Thanks for this amazing video. I do have a question though, are you able to host client website on your hostinger cloud plan and can you have unlimited client account? Thanks for the video.

  • @Emit.Reviews

    @Emit.Reviews

    8 ай бұрын

    You can. But there's a better way. I have a video showcasing how you can actually make more money and have an easier time managing client websites kzread.info/dash/bejne/gJdpxcuGp9Oqc7w.htmlsi=SxZePfi_7LIuXBdh

  • @Freyja_0
    @Freyja_05 ай бұрын

    Hey, sorry if im a little late, i kinda need your help at this. Im creating an API endpoint along with site, so i chose Hostinger cause it gives me myPhpAdmin, site with file manager and domain (i bought Cloud one), so i setup PHP files such as login.php, register.php etc. and now i see it has Entry Process which is how many php files can be opened i assume, its limited to 50 and i think this is extremely low for an API endpoint which would be spammed probably to get data. Can i somehow make only this limit UP? I dont need more then 1 GB of RAM all i want is network requests, or is it just better to move to Firebase Realtime Database or something? :(

  • @Emit.Reviews

    @Emit.Reviews

    5 ай бұрын

    You can TRY to contact support and ask them if theres a possibility to increase this limit. But my bet is that you'll need to move to another type of hosting for this

  • @zarakolakowski1266
    @zarakolakowski12663 ай бұрын

    Thank you for your video, but the business plan states they dont provide priority support. Does this mean I won't have help if my site goes down? I want to open an ecommerce print on demand but am nervous I won't have support.

  • @Emit.Reviews

    @Emit.Reviews

    3 ай бұрын

    You will have support it just might take longer for them to respond. Instead of minutes it might be 30min - 1hour

  • @earthforadvancedserviceste8779
    @earthforadvancedserviceste87792 ай бұрын

    Thank you for all the information, kindly can i make an e-commerce website with online payment options in hostinger

  • @nathanm4444
    @nathanm44447 күн бұрын

    Your videos are very well edited, like the artificial zoom in of the 'Fully loaded time' button, as well as zooming out a website and it appears to be on an animated laptop. Lively, focused, not distracting. It is a pleasure to watch your videos and I am getting more and more informed about the ups and downs of different hosting solutions!

  • @Emit.Reviews

    @Emit.Reviews

    7 күн бұрын

    Thanks! I always try to put in my best effort into making the watching experience as enjoyable and clear as possible

  • @noamay
    @noamay8 ай бұрын

    If i only do email hosting is it still a gpod deal? I have some websites on other platforms still..can you transfer easily?..

  • @Emit.Reviews

    @Emit.Reviews

    8 ай бұрын

    Yes you can transfer the websites easily. If they're not hosted on Wix / Squarespace. But another web hostin company. Especially if it's a WordPress website the migration is very easy. I don't recommend email hosting from Hostinger. Use Google Gsuite instead it's $5/mo, but the quality is much better.

  • @noamay

    @noamay

    8 ай бұрын

    @@Emit.Reviews ok thanks. For email, I'm thinking its best for me to have one google workspace and then other domain as aliasses, but I'm not sure if I need hosting for the aliases?

  • @CRE8TEDbyGod
    @CRE8TEDbyGod4 ай бұрын

    This was such a useful and entertaining video. I found the information accessible and helpful.

  • @DebashishKumar123
    @DebashishKumar1237 ай бұрын

    SUPERB video! Thanks for the in depth review :)

  • @csmmvn
    @csmmvn7 ай бұрын

    thanks for your video. Does Hostinger have server in Vietnam? What kind of Hard-disk they use? SSD or NVME ? And how about CPU type ?

  • @Emit.Reviews

    @Emit.Reviews

    7 ай бұрын

    They use SSD for cheaper plans (single/premium) and NVMe for everything above that. Their CPUs seem to in a variation of Intel XEON from 2014-2018. They dont have servers in Vietnam, but offer servers in India/Indonesia/Singapore.

  • @SuperLapinas
    @SuperLapinas8 ай бұрын

    Thank you sir

  • @johnchristian7788
    @johnchristian77887 ай бұрын

    Hi! 1)Did you use WordPress sites with plugins for testing the 6 hostinger sites and 1 A2 hosting? 2) If we add CDN to VPS hosting, won't it again become slow?

  • @Emit.Reviews

    @Emit.Reviews

    7 ай бұрын

    Yes, lots of plugins. All sites identical No CDNs dont "directly" impact your website speed. They simply take a static copy of your web pages and store these static copies on various servers. So, when a user requests a certain page from your website the server doesnt load a page it just shows users the copy it has on hand from the nearest server to the user. This way, practically no loading has to be done.

  • @johnchristian7788

    @johnchristian7788

    7 ай бұрын

    @@Emit.Reviews 1)Let's say the VPS has a speed of 0.7 seconds and the CDN has a speed of 1.2 seconds. If I select A2 hosting for the fast speed of 0.7 seconds. And then I put bunny CDN or some other CDN on the A2 VPS. Won't the 0.7 seconds become equal to 1.2 seconds again. 2) Does Google see the speed of the VPS or the speed of the CDN? Also, thanks for the quick response 😊

  • @Emit.Reviews

    @Emit.Reviews

    7 ай бұрын

    When using a CDN the loading speed of the CDN will be used since your server only interacts with the CDN not the end users. But since a CDN gets files from your origin server and serves them as individual "static" cached pages. It's usually an increase in speed based on how fast it's available to get files from the origin server. In very rare cases a CDN increases loading time (bad servers, not enough bandwidth for file transfers). The reason why its faster is because users dont need to download the "whole" site when entering your website. They get shown a portion of it (a cached page). So if it takes 0.7s to download a whole site basically theres no way its going to take longer to download a single page if everythings working the way it should. 2. Only Google knows what they're measuring :D but when doing pagespeed tests, theyll suggest you use aa CDN if youre not already Hope this makes it a bit clearer

  • @johnchristian7788

    @johnchristian7788

    7 ай бұрын

    @@Emit.Reviews Oh! Thanks for all the information. Your KZread channel is top notch!

  • @Skdkdnendjdjdj
    @Skdkdnendjdjdj2 ай бұрын

    I’m late but is there any fees for putting up a website? Custom domain name and up keep cost to keep a website up and running? Would like to know please and thank you! Very informational video!!!!!!🎉

  • @Emit.Reviews

    @Emit.Reviews

    2 ай бұрын

    The only fee is your webhosting plan + domain. Domains usually cost around 10$ per year. And the hosting plan depends on which package you choose. There are no other required fees

  • @fdworld4784
    @fdworld47845 ай бұрын

    DID YOU activate CDN IN BUSSINESS PLAN? still same speed?

  • @Emit.Reviews

    @Emit.Reviews

    5 ай бұрын

    All tests without CDN, as its possible to get a free CDN on every plan, I dont think it impacts much.

  • @InsertFX
    @InsertFX6 ай бұрын

    Bro I'm using Hostinger for my clients websites, but lately, we have been getting “website down” notifications 2-3 per week. And checking our usage, is not even our websites' usage, someone else on that same shared hosting is just killing the freaking server lol. I'm debating on upgrading (again) to the next plan. I moved from Starter to Business, now I'm thinking to move from Business to Cloud. But at that pricing, I can have Hostinger's VPS and put my main clients there (12 websites). And leave the rest on the Business plan or maybe the Cloud Plan, but again my issue is not even the usage we have, it's someone else. Do you know, if I get the VPS service, can I keep all the emails that were configured with Titan Email? Because that is what is stopping me from moving on to the VPS service.

  • @kevinhuang2081

    @kevinhuang2081

    6 ай бұрын

    The Titan Mail is not associated with VPS; it is linked to the domain name. I switched to VPS last week but continued using the same email I obtained from the business plan.

  • @siddharthk9487
    @siddharthk94877 ай бұрын

    Man who is your Video Editor? Your Video Editing is Amazing. I would like to hire him, if possible.

  • @Emit.Reviews

    @Emit.Reviews

    7 ай бұрын

    Thanks, man! The videos are largely edited by my friend whom I started the channel with. I'm not sure if he's open for work as we usually already take 1-2 weeks of editing per video. But I'll ask him :) You can write me an email to emit@emit.reviews if you're interested and I'd email you back his contacts or the response directly.

  • @mrbabyhugh
    @mrbabyhugh4 ай бұрын

    4:54 i dont see where they said each server was faster, they said you get more processor, memory and storage.

  • @ZacharyDuvallT
    @ZacharyDuvallT5 ай бұрын

    Well made video, thanks!

  • @OH-vh6vi
    @OH-vh6viАй бұрын

    I appreciate how objective and thorough this review is! Also how charismatic you are haha. Youve earned a subscriber.

  • @noamay
    @noamay8 ай бұрын

    I dont understand the coudflare protected nameservers, does it do that by itself?

  • @Emit.Reviews

    @Emit.Reviews

    8 ай бұрын

    It does not. However, Hostinger does have some "easy" integration where they automate it if you go into the Hostinger dashboard, navigate to Cloudflare and activate it. If it says you need to pay for that feature (not every plan has it), you can simply do it manually for free instead. All you need to do is register for a free Cloudflare account, input your website name, and copy paste the 2 nameservers they give you into Hostinger DNS settings.

  • @noamay

    @noamay

    8 ай бұрын

    @@Emit.Reviews ok thanks!! After watching some videos, I think I use hostinger for websites and google workspace for email seperate? Looks like best option I guess!!

  • @Emit.Reviews

    @Emit.Reviews

    8 ай бұрын

    Yeah definitely go for that

  • @learnecommercebusiness
    @learnecommercebusiness8 күн бұрын

    @emit - How did you make the website go live on Hostinger ai builder without PG? I build the website with Hostinger website builder with your guidance but Hostinger did not have Payment Gateway Integration available in India Neither Stripe and Nor Paypal

  • @trishjones
    @trishjones4 ай бұрын

    This was a killer review! Totally appreciated.

  • @hafsabadi5294
    @hafsabadi52947 ай бұрын

    which is better? web hosting or cloud hosting ? for blogs and e-commerce ?

  • @Emit.Reviews

    @Emit.Reviews

    7 ай бұрын

    Cloud, you get more resources by default, its more stable and can handle more requests at the same time (more PHP workers)

  • @loomahome2176
    @loomahome21766 ай бұрын

    seems they host a lot of phishing sites. that concerns me - what IP will I get and what history does it have with security firms?

  • @Emit.Reviews

    @Emit.Reviews

    6 ай бұрын

    Yeah that happens with cheap providers. From my experience at least I never got flagged by spam filters using internal emails. And there is a function to "check" if your IP has been flagged by spam assassin or smth like that and transfer servers for free

  • @martafratoni
    @martafratoni2 ай бұрын

    Can I set up privacy and coockie policy hostinger?

  • @Emit.Reviews

    @Emit.Reviews

    2 ай бұрын

    Its not web hosting specific. You can do that on any web hosting service, not just Hostinger

  • @mattfeast2573
    @mattfeast25734 ай бұрын

    Great video... I will use your link..

  • @jaeyil_1111
    @jaeyil_11112 ай бұрын

    If I want to make an educational website (review center) that has a lot of videos say 200-250 gb , is hostinger good?? which plan is the best?

  • @Emit.Reviews

    @Emit.Reviews

    2 ай бұрын

    Hostinger is not powerful enough for this. Thats a lot of storage space and bandwidth you'll need. These type of hosting plans typically go for around a $100/mo as a very conservative starter base. Ideally you want something like AWS, Microsoft Azure. Or ScalaHosting (easier to use emit.reviews/go/scalahosting ) Its usually bad practice to store such large files server side. If you want to do it cheaper, I recommend uploading it all to KZread and just linking or embedding the files onto your site

  • @jaeyil_1111

    @jaeyil_1111

    2 ай бұрын

    @@Emit.Reviews Thank you so much for this!

  • @Daniela-iy3js
    @Daniela-iy3js7 ай бұрын

    OMG I'm so happy I came acrross your channel. I purchased Hostinger in hurry last minute Black Friday, and yes the count down is always reseting. Never mind, at least I know I got good deal. 😃 I subscribed. Great video 👍

  • @TheAyGamer

    @TheAyGamer

    7 ай бұрын

    is it good ?

  • @UltimateInnLimited
    @UltimateInnLimitedКүн бұрын

    Thanks for the clearing the confusion in peoples mind...Can you do a video or help me on how to set custom nameservers on my HOSTINGER VPS hosting? Domain is hosted on NAMECHEAP.

  • @mrbabyhugh
    @mrbabyhugh3 ай бұрын

    7:25 anyway, i am back. Hostinger, yes, the plans are pretty much on the same server, just each plan gives you more a lotted space & ram, cpu etc usage on the server. Like CPU is vCPU, so it's a slice of the CPU a lotted to the package.

  • @MasterT2
    @MasterT23 ай бұрын

    saying 100 Websites and 200GB only to find out you cannot use it because it has inodes limit LOL what a scam 🤣you can only host around 20-25 websites maybe a bit more if your website dont have lots of pages/blogs and images hahah

  • @anthonyrude
    @anthonyrude3 ай бұрын

    What about Kinsta?

  • @franklinajibade4186
    @franklinajibade41865 ай бұрын

    Thanks Emit!

  • @user-gx9lr2mh2i
    @user-gx9lr2mh2iАй бұрын

    perfect video. thank you.

  • @constantine9074
    @constantine90744 ай бұрын

    before registration they claim renewal for business plan is 8.99 $ but now i see its 11.99 $ yes they cheat ... and it is veeeery hard to see that 8.99$ is when you pay for 4 years ! !

  • @Johns1
    @Johns12 ай бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @ikust007
    @ikust0076 ай бұрын

    Really excellent. Merci

  • @schoene_neue_welt
    @schoene_neue_welt7 ай бұрын

    And what about hostinger vps ?

  • @Emit.Reviews

    @Emit.Reviews

    7 ай бұрын

    I had a VPS with them maybe 2 years ago. I would say it wasnt worth the price as it was unmanaged and the speed wasnt incredible. Ill try to check their VPS out in 2024

  • @mrbabyhugh
    @mrbabyhugh4 ай бұрын

    8:23 most industries do this, even brick and mortar. You not see the clip from was it Walmart or one of those where all they did was change artwork design from a previous sale and then labelled it black friday sale. same sale from the day or so before! LOL I do not pay attention to those timers on websites, i buy whatever they are selling IF i want to WHEN i want tol

  • @patrickvalmont
    @patrickvalmont4 ай бұрын

    That auto renew is funny. Why the hell do I have to tell them my reason. Siteground doesn’t even ask you anything once you disable auto renew, it’s your domain, your service. You shouldn’t provide a reason why….

  • @Emit.Reviews

    @Emit.Reviews

    4 ай бұрын

    Yeah its just a tactic to reduce the number of disables

  • @pgund1
    @pgund15 ай бұрын

    looks like Hostinger campaign video

  • @nlegacysolo
    @nlegacysoloАй бұрын

    I pay $15.99 at hostinger, so how did anyone get these prices? 😞

  • @jfilho1966
    @jfilho19667 ай бұрын

    Please create a video about Godaddy and Blue Host

  • @Emit.Reviews

    @Emit.Reviews

    7 ай бұрын

    Both Godaddy and Bluehost are very overpriced for the services they offer. It seems like 50% of their budget goes to marketing, 45% goes to shareholder profits and 5% goes to their servers :D

  • @TinaEarnings
    @TinaEarnings5 ай бұрын

    Is hostinger better than bluehost and orangehost?

  • @Emit.Reviews

    @Emit.Reviews

    5 ай бұрын

    Yes, by a lot

  • @TinaEarnings

    @TinaEarnings

    5 ай бұрын

    @@Emit.Reviews what server location will be better to choose if i am from asia? On hostinger?

  • @Camtron954
    @Camtron9547 ай бұрын

    Shout outs to Mom ✊🏾

  • @Power_On_Technology
    @Power_On_TechnologyАй бұрын

    Hostinger doesn't offer phone support I canceled with them after 15 minutes I'm trying to explain and show their chat support people what the issues were I do not recommend hostinger

  • @justrosy5
    @justrosy53 ай бұрын

    Short answer: Yes. What they're charging annual fees for I can have on a high-end laptop used only as a server. Good grief.

  • @MdMamun-hy9pp
    @MdMamun-hy9ppАй бұрын

    Nice

  • @iloveallahsoomuch2292
    @iloveallahsoomuch22922 ай бұрын

    I get the feeling you get sponsored by hostinger. Just a small gues

  • @Emit.Reviews

    @Emit.Reviews

    2 ай бұрын

    Never took a single sponsorship on this channel. Would kinda beat the whole "review" part :D

  • @cyenandbeany
    @cyenandbeany9 күн бұрын

    He is my classmates dad so I think hostinger is good

  • @Earthcrosser
    @Earthcrosser4 ай бұрын

    I never liked Hostinger. Period.

  • @Tetianaoutdoors
    @Tetianaoutdoors28 күн бұрын

    Hostinger Customer Support is GARBAGE. Sat on chat for over an hour waiting to talk to a real person just to ask why there is no link icon to add url to a button using their wordpress build. I got response that they don't do these questions and gave me a post showing to click link buttons. THERE IS NO LINK BUTTON. They are no better than asking AI who don't know either. Transferring away from it ASAP. Do not recommend.

  • @Emit.Reviews

    @Emit.Reviews

    26 күн бұрын

    Well, technically they're correct. This is not a web hosting issue, it's a personal website issue. No web hosting provider would have to solve this problem for you as it's not "server/hosting" related. Their" WordPress Build" isn't different it's the same 3rd party WordPress install that comes with any other provider (or self-hosting situations).

  • @PashaV93

    @PashaV93

    21 күн бұрын

    @@Emit.Reviews Hi Emit, your name brought me back to my childhood as you share one of my friends' name. This video was very informative and entertaining. I've been using HostGator for a few years now, the price went up to $21.99 a month, on the baby plan, I have no other issues with them other than the price increase. What do you think about them? Thanks in advance.

  • @Tetianaoutdoors

    @Tetianaoutdoors

    7 күн бұрын

    @@Emit.Reviews Its THEIR build platform that was glitchy not a personal one

  • @squidigin9515
    @squidigin95152 ай бұрын

    Omg pls stop with the highlighter sound I can’t finish the video

  • @kiwanoreisales58
    @kiwanoreisales583 ай бұрын

    They sold me a spam domain and stole my money

  • @zavants
    @zavants5 ай бұрын

    Paid Review!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @riezan

    @riezan

    3 ай бұрын

    I think it's a fair assessment

  • @globalinheritance5327

    @globalinheritance5327

    Ай бұрын

    naahh. it is unfair paid review. look at him ignoring the "unlimited bandwith" scam

  • @Emit.Reviews

    @Emit.Reviews

    Ай бұрын

    I didnt, I adress it in the vid

  • @capsula2007
    @capsula20073 ай бұрын

    The bad and main issue is Hostinger headquarter is in a Eastern European countries where corruption is king. Being close to Russia, Belarus is at greater risk from hackers, We want US auditors to review businesses to play fair in the businesses who carry many customers , credit cards info. if you move Hostinger to USA for sure I will sign up with you guys. Otherwise no thank you. Customers data is sensitive

  • @cyborg-yj6iu

    @cyborg-yj6iu

    3 ай бұрын

    sorry to say that but you are wrong, Hostinger blocks Russian and Belorussian users, while i don't like Hostinger myself but you can try to use VPN and try to register from Russia, you can not even pay for hosting. As for hackers mostly now are Asians and from Israel

  • @Johns1

    @Johns1

    2 ай бұрын

    If they move to US I will cancel ASAP! 🙂

  • @user-lq7tf8bf9b
    @user-lq7tf8bf9b28 күн бұрын

    Paid Review!! Hostinger really SUCKS!

  • @itsmyclickyaar
    @itsmyclickyaar3 ай бұрын

    What about renewal pricing? where new plan is available at 1x price & renwal is at 3x price😂😂

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