Hostinger Free Plan: What You Actually Get Before Paying

Hostinger has no free web hosting plan. Premium starts at $2.99 a month on a 48-month term and renews at $10.99. Horizons and Reach do offer free plans.

By Galactic News Editorial · Published 2026-11-12T10:26:04+00:00 · Updated 2026-11-12T10:26:04+00:00

Hostinger Free Plan: What You Actually Get Before Paying

Hostinger has no free web hosting plan. There is no free tier for its core hosting. The cheapest paid plan starts at $2.99 a month on a 48-month term, or $2.49 during seasonal promotions. It renews at $10.99 a month. That renewal price is the number that matters. This guide explains what Hostinger does give away for free, what the paid plans cost, and how to try the platform without wasting money.

Is There a Hostinger Free Plan?

No, not for web hosting. Hostinger does not offer a free hosting tier. It also offers no free trial of its hosting plans. You must pay to host a live site. The only risk-free exit is the 30-day money-back guarantee on all plans. You pay first, test for a month, and ask for a refund if it does not fit.

That puts Hostinger behind rivals such as Wix and GoDaddy, which both offer free tiers. The trade-off is price. Hostinger's entry plan costs far less than most paid plans elsewhere. For many buyers, a $2.99 starting price plus a money-back guarantee is close enough to a free test.

Two Hostinger products do have free plans. Hostinger Horizons, its no-code app builder, offers a free plan with 5 AI credits and one website. No credit card is needed to start. Hostinger Reach, its email marketing tool, offers a free plan for one year. It covers 100 unique recipients and 200 emails a month. Neither product is web hosting. They are separate tools with their own limits.

What Hostinger Gives You for Free

Free options exist around the edges of the platform. Here is what you can use without paying.

• Hostinger Horizons free plan. Build one website with 5 AI credits. Paid plans start at $6.99 a month for Explorer and $13.99 for Starter. The free plan is a real test of the builder, not a demo video.
• Hostinger Reach free plan. Send branded newsletters to 100 recipients, up to 200 emails a month, free for one year. Paid Reach plans start at $1.99 a month on a 24-month term.
• Website builder trial. Hostinger offers a 14-day free trial of its website builder. You can design and test a site before you pay for hosting.
• 30-day money-back guarantee. Every hosting plan carries it. Buy a plan, build your site, and cancel within 30 days for a refund if it does not work out. Some items cannot be refunded, such as certain domain names. Check the refund policy before you buy.
• Free extras on paid plans. Paid plans include free SSL, a free domain for the first year, and a free CDN on higher tiers. These are included, not free-standing offers.

Note that 000WebHost, the free hosting service once linked to Hostinger, is no longer a route to free hosting. Do not rely on old guides that point you there.

Hostinger Plans and Prices

Hostinger sells its web hosting and website builder as one set of plans. Prices below are in US dollars, before tax, from checks in October 2026. Hostinger runs frequent promotions, so the intro price you see may be lower. The renewal price has stayed steady across checks.

The intro price needs a 48-month prepayment. Premium at $2.99 a month costs $143.52 up front. Shorter terms cost more per month. On a 12-month term, Premium costs $3.99 a month. Billed month to month, it costs $11.99. The renewal price is the same on every term. Premium renews at $10.99 a month whether you bought 12 or 48 months.

The renewal jump is the real cost of Hostinger. Premium rises from $2.99 to $10.99, about 3.7 times. Unlimited rises from $3.99 to $16.99, about 4.3 times. Cloud Startup rises from $7.99 to $25.99. Over four years, the long term still wins. Premium costs $143.52 for four years on the intro deal, then $131.88 a year at renewal. A 12-month buyer pays $47.88 for year one, then $131.88 a year after that. The 48-month term saves real money if you plan to stay.

Premium covers the basics: three websites, 20 GB of SSD storage, weekly backups, two mailboxes per site, and a free domain for one year. Unlimited adds unlimited websites, 50 GB of NVMe storage, daily backups, unlimited mailboxes, and a free CDN. Cloud Startup adds 100 GB of NVMe storage, daily and on-demand backups, and more processing power. All plans are paid up front for the full term. The monthly rate shown is the total divided by the months, not a monthly bill.

The Renewal Jump: The Number That Matters

Hostinger's headline price is a first-term price. The renewal price is the price you will pay for years. Before you buy, check three things.

• Read the renewal line. It sits under each plan price on the pricing page. Premium renews at $10.99 a month. Unlimited renews at $16.99. Cloud Startup renews at $25.99.
• Count the up-front total. A 48-month term means paying $143.52 at once for Premium. Make sure the lump sum fits your budget.
• Pick the term for your plans, not the discount. If you may leave within a year, the 12-month term costs less up front, even though the monthly rate is higher. The 48-month term only pays off if you stay.

Hostinger also caps some resources in its hosting agreement, not on the plan cards. The agreement sets limits such as 3 GB per database, 300 databases, and 400 cron jobs. Accounts over 30 GB are excluded from off-site weekly backups. These caps rarely bite small sites. Check them if you run a large or busy site.

Bottom Line

There is no Hostinger free plan for web hosting. The closest free options are the Horizons builder plan, the Reach email plan, the 14-day builder trial, and the 30-day money-back guarantee. If you want hosting, Premium starts at $2.99 a month on a 48-month term and renews at $10.99. That is still one of the cheapest entry prices in hosting. Just budget for the renewal rate from year two, and check the live pricing page before you pay, since promotions change the intro price often.