Paid shared hosting · Shared & PHP Hosting

No free plan

Hostinger pricing and free alternatives

Popular paid shared hosting; there is no free plan, but most plans include a free domain for the first year.

Checked against Hostinger's official pages on 1 Nov 2026. Free tiers change, so confirm before you commit.

What Hostinger's free plan gives you

No free hosting: the free part is a domain for 1 year on plans other than Single, when bought for 12 months or more.

Hostinger free plan limits
Limit	Free plan
Cheapest plan	Premium, $2.49/mo on a 48-month term
Renewal	$10.99/mo
Storage	20 GB SSD
Websites	3
Refund window	30 days

The catch

The low price needs a 4-year upfront payment, and renewal is several times higher.

Pros and cons

Good

Free domain for year one
Easy panel for beginners
30-day money-back

Watch out

Not free
Long prepay for the advertised price
Big jump at renewal

How to start on Hostinger

1
Pick the Premium plan or higher
2
Choose a 12-month or longer term to get the free domain
3
Claim the domain in hPanel
4
Install WordPress with the auto-installer
5
Note the renewal date and price

Hostinger compared

InfinityFree vs Hostinger

Hostinger: questions

Is Hostinger free?

No, Hostinger has no free plan. No free hosting: the free part is a domain for 1 year on plans other than Single, when bought for 12 months or more.

Does Hostinger need a credit card?

Yes, Hostinger asks for a card when you sign up.

What is the catch with Hostinger's free plan?

The low price needs a 4-year upfront payment, and renewal is several times higher.

What are the best free alternatives to Hostinger?

AwardSpace, ByetHost, Freehostia. Compare their limits on this page or open each one for details.

Alternatives to Hostinger

AwardSpace
Free PHP hosting
93
Ad-free free hosting for one small PHP site with a database and email.
Traffic
5 GB / month
Sites
1 domain + 3 subdomains
MySQL
1 database (MySQL 5.7)
The catch: Only one database is shared by all your sites, and traffic stops at 5 GB per month.
No cardNo end date
Paid from $2.99/mo (Shared hosting (first year))
ByetHost
Free PHP hosting
93
Free VistaPanel PHP hosting from the iFastNet family, the same network behind InfinityFree.
Disk
5 GB NVMe
Bandwidth
Unmetered
Databases
MySQL 8 / MariaDB (count not capped on page)
The catch: Like other free VistaPanel hosts, hidden CPU and hit limits can suspend a busy site.
No cardNo end date
Paid from Premium hosting (via iFastNet)
Freehostia
Free PHP hosting
93
Small, ad-free 'Chocolate' free plan for tiny sites and email.
Disk
250 MB
Traffic
6 GB / month
Domains
5
The catch: The 10 MB database is too small for most WordPress sites.
No cardNo end date
Paid from Paid cloud hosting plans
x10Hosting
Free PHP hosting
93
Long-standing free cPanel-style host for a small PHP site.
Disk
500 MB
Domains
3 (own or free subdomains)
MySQL
2 databases
The catch: Only 500 MB of space and one free service per person.
No cardNo end date
Paid from $3.95/mo (Infinity Premium)
InfinityFree
Free PHP hosting
88
Long-running free PHP and MySQL hosting with no ads placed on your site.
Disk
5 GB
Bandwidth
Unmetered (fair use)
MySQL databases
400
The catch: Daily hit and CPU limits suspend busy sites, and there is no SSH or Node/Python.
No cardNo end dateSleeps when idle
Paid from Premium via iFastNet
Serv00
Free shell hosting
88
Free FreeBSD shared hosting from Poland with SSH and many languages, not just PHP.
Disk
3 GB SSD
RAM
512 MB
Processes
15
The catch: Sign-ups often close when servers are full, and you must log in regularly to keep the account.
No cardNo end dateSleeps when idle
Paid from Paid plans at sister host mydevil.net

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