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Grandhosting vs Hostinger, with sources.

Grandhosting is managed WordPress and WooCommerce hosting in the EU, with our own dashboard and every site sealed off from the others. Here it is next to the hosts people ask us about. Every detail about another company comes from its own pages, with the link and the date we checked, and every page says when they are the better choice.

Checked on 28.09.2026 against Hostinger’s own pages

Grandhosting vs Hostinger

Hostinger's Premium WordPress plan is €2.99 + VAT a month on a 48-month prepay, renewing at €9.99 + VAT, with email included and weekly backups. Grandhosting is €3.49 + VAT a month with no prepay and no introductory price, with backups every night, kept 30 days, on every site.

TopicGrandhostingHostinger
How your site runsEach site on its own, with its own reserved computing power, memory and databasePlans with set CPU, memory and PHP workers (Premium: 1 CPU, 2 GB RAM) 1
When traffic spikesStandard (from €5.99 + VAT) runs on at least two servers and gets extra power by itself when you’re busy, so there’s no plan to outgrow. Micro (€3.49 + VAT) runs on one server.At a plan's limits the site slows down or returns 503 errors; the fix is a plan upgrade 2
CDNA CDN you switch on for any site in the dashboard. Images and static files are then also served from locations across Europe, including Greece.Included on all plans 3
Entry priceMicro €3.49, Standard €5.99 per site per month + VAT (the monthly minimum)Premium €2.99 a month on a 48-month prepay (€143.52 upfront), excluding VAT 4 5
BillingPay by the hour for what your site uses, month to month; the monthly price is the minimum. No contract and no introductory price.Paid in advance. Premium renews at €9.99 a month + VAT. 4
Storage10 GB included, then €0.10 per GB + VAT20 GB (Premium) to 100 GB (Cloud Startup) 4
BackupsEvery night, kept 30 days, stored separately in the EU, one-click restoreWeekly on Premium; daily from the Unlimited plan up 4
Test copy (staging)Yes, a private test copy of every siteYes, on all plans 3
Control panelOur own dashboard, made only for WordPress: one-click login, a private test copy, logs, uptime and cost for each sitehPanel, its own 3
ServersMainly in Germany, always within the EU, in ISO 27001-certified data centresYour choice, including France, Germany, Lithuania and the Netherlands in the EU, plus the UK, US, Asia and Brazil 6
Email accountsMailboxes are a separate product on a dedicated email platform, not on your web server, from €1.90 per month + VAT (8 GB): webmail and spam filtering, with calendars from Professional, ordered in the same dashboard. Order and password emails from your site are included with hosting.2 mailboxes per site on Premium; unlimited from the Unlimited plan up 4
Moving your siteFree and done by our team; your old site stays untouched until you switchFree, unlimited 4

Where Hostinger is the better choice

  • You want the lowest monthly price and are happy to prepay four years.
  • You want email included with the hosting.
  • You want to pick a data centre outside Europe.

Where Grandhosting is the better choice

  • You don't want to prepay. Micro is €3.49 + VAT month to month with no separate renewal price; Premium renews at €9.99 + VAT.
  • You want backups every night, kept 30 days, on your entry plan, not weekly.
  • Your site has busy days. On Standard it gets extra power by itself rather than slowing down or showing 503 errors at a plan limit.
  • You want your data in the EU without having to choose it.

Both offer: a CDN · free SSL · a test copy (staging) · free migration · their own dashboard

Questions

Hostinger is €2.99 + VAT. Why pay €3.49 + VAT?

Hostinger's €2.99 + VAT needs 48 months paid upfront (€143.52 + VAT) and renews at €9.99 + VAT a month. Our €3.49 + VAT is paid monthly, with no commitment and no separate renewal price. Over the first four years Hostinger costs less if you prepay; after that, and if you might leave sooner, we do. You also get backups every night instead of weekly.

What happens when my site hits its limits?

Hostinger says a site at its plan limits slows down or shows 503 errors, and the fix is to upgrade. On our Standard tier the site gets extra power by itself for the busy period and you pay for the server usage, with a monthly spending limit if you want one: usage never bills beyond it (your plan's monthly minimum always applies).

Can you move my site from Hostinger?

Yes, free. Our team moves the files, database, DNS and SSL, and your Hostinger site keeps running until you switch. Mailboxes aren't part of our hosting, so keep your mailbox where it is or move it to one of ours, from €1.90 a month + VAT.

Moving from Hostinger? We move your site for you, free. Your Hostinger site keeps running until you switch.

How the move works
  1. www.hostinger.com/support/6976044-parameters-and-limits-of-hosting-plans-in-hostinger/
  2. www.hostinger.com/support/1583532-what-to-do-if-your-hosting-plan-limits-are-reached-in-hostinger/
  3. www.hostinger.com/wordpress-hosting
  4. www.hostinger.com/gr/wordpress-hosting
  5. www.hostinger.com/legal/universal-terms-of-service-agreement
  6. www.hostinger.com/support/1583267-where-are-hostinger-servers-located/

Prices are as stated on their pages on 28.09.2026. Ours are net: every € figure is + VAT. Spotted something out of date? Tell us and we’ll fix it.

Included with every Grandhosting site.

Stays online
  • Runs on at least two servers at once, so one failing doesn’t take your site offline (Standard)
  • Gets extra power by itself when you’re busy, and gives it back afterwards (Standard)
  • Its own database, with a live copy that takes over by itself if a database server fails: in our tests in about 14 seconds, with no lost orders
  • A site that stops responding is restarted automatically
  • Updates with no downtime and no maintenance windows
  • 99.9% uptime SLA
Fast
  • Images and files served straight from separate storage, not from your web server
  • Reserved computing power and memory for each site
  • A built-in speed cache
  • A CDN you can switch on for any site
  • Bandwidth included, with no metering or overage fees
Secure
  • A web application firewall in front of every site
  • Malware scans every night and whenever a plugin is installed
  • Protection against password guessing, a full login history, and a login page you can move to a private address
  • Free SSL, set up and renewed automatically
  • Two-factor sign-in and an activity log for your account
See what’s happening
  • Uptime monitoring and alerts
  • Visitor statistics without cookies
  • Order and password emails that arrive, set up from day one
  • Error, visitor and WordPress debug logs
  • Server usage and cost for each site
WordPress tools
  • A private test copy of every site: try changes there, then publish them
  • Backups every night, kept 30 days and stored separately in the EU, plus backups whenever you want, with one-click restore
  • WordPress core kept current by us; you pick the PHP version per site; plugin and theme updates in one click from the dashboard
  • One-click login to WordPress from your dashboard, with no password to share or reset
  • phpMyAdmin, opened from the dashboard
  • A WP-CLI terminal over SSH with your own SSH keys, and a browser WP-CLI console you switch on per site
  • One-click site copies, and reusable site templates for new sites
Billing you control
  • Pay by the hour for what your site uses; your plan’s monthly price is the minimum
  • Spending alerts and a spending limit, per site or for the whole account: usage never bills beyond your limit (your plan’s monthly minimum always applies)
  • 10 GB storage included per site

Paid extras: Extra storage, €0.10 per GB per month + VAT · Email mailboxes on your domain, on a separate email platform (not your web server): webmail, spam filtering and any email app, from €1.90 per month + VAT (8 GB), calendars from Professional · Domains: order them and connect them to your sites yourself, in the same dashboard