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Hostinger offers shared, WordPress, VPS, and cloud hosting, but it doesn’t offer dedicated hosting plans – effectively putting a cap on scalability. But it’s worth noting that Hostinger’s top VPS plan is so advanced that this will never become a problem for any small to medium-sized sites.
Hostinger has proven itself to be a fast hosting provider, with servers spread out across seven countries. However, uptime is a bit of a low point. While we really respect that Hostinger is transparent about server performance, its uptime guarantee of 99.90% is considerably less than the industry-standard 99.97-99.98%.
Another area of note is disk space. While this does amp up on the more expensive VPS and cloud plans, on the shared plans in particular, it’s really low – we’re talking 10-30GB.
Disk space is essentially your website’s storage. If you’re planning on having a fairly simple, “static” website, this won’t be a problem. However, if you want to post regularly, or add a lot of “heavy” media (like high-res images and videos), you may find you’re having to upgrade pretty regularly.
Hostinger offers plans starting from just $0.99, which is unbelievably cheap. The catch? You need to commit to a 48-month contract to lock in this deal. Still, at a total cost of $47.52, plus a 30-day money-back guarantee, this isn’t such a daunting commitment. Even after the initial promotional period is over, the renewal cost is just $2.99/month – significantly cheaper than pretty much any other provider. Check out the introductory and renewal prices of Hostinger’s cheapest plans below:
Shared hosting: $0.99 per month, renews at $2.99 per month
Cloud hosting: $9.99 per month, renews at $18.99 per month
WordPress hosting: $2.99 per month, renews at $3.49 per month
VPS hosting: $3.95 per month, renews at $7.99 per month
Forget hosting complexities with a VPS fully managed 24/7/365 by experts. Scala Hosting virtual personal servers are truly fully managed. Scala Hosting entirely set up, maintain, and optimize your managed VPS, and they fix any issues that may arise, keeping all the management hands-off for you. Unlike other providers, they even handle the advanced stuff – without any extra fees.
Expert-Managed Migration – Their migration experts will handle the entire process of transferring your websites and accounts to your new ScalaHosting VPS and will stop at nothing to ensure that the transition is as smooth as possible.
Migrate as many websites as you need for free – They will migrate as many websites as you want, completely free of charge.
Fast and Painless – their streamlined website migration process promises no downtime or hassle on your end.
Technical Assurance- With them, the entire migration process is completed by humans and never by automated software. Once the transfer is complete, we’ll also ensure that everything works properly on your new VPS.
Scala Web Hosting offers annual plans for shared hosting; there’s no monthly option. That said, the cost goes down as you commit to longer annual terms, up to three years. Mini (starting at $9.95 per month for a 12-month commitment, with a $3.95 per month introductory rate) is the entry-level shared plan the company touts as having enough server resources for a single site. It includes 20GB of SSD storage, and unlimited monthly data transfers. The Start plan ($11.95 per month for 12 months) lets you create unlimited sites and offers 50GB of SSD storage, unlimited monthly data transfers, and real-time security monitoring. Finally, the Advanced plan ($15.95 per month for 12 months) kicks the available storage up to 100GB and tacks priority support onto the package. If you want to try before you buy, Scala offers a trial month for just 99 cents.
