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Hostinger Website Builder at a glance
- Vendor
- Hostinger International Limited
- Headquarters
- Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 1 Nov 2026
- Data hosting
- Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 1 Nov 2026
- Free plan
- Yes, per the vendor’s own page source, captured 28 Oct 2026
- Panel verdict
- The AI panel rates Hostinger Website Builder 3/5, the mean of 6 judges. Hostinger's AI Builder is an all-in-one website builder with hosting, booking and a small shop; persona-weighted totals run 5.7 to 6.3. how scores are made
- As of
- Vendor pages captured 28 Oct 2026 to 1 Nov 2026; evaluated by the panel 29 Oct 2026. all sources
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The panel's verdict
Hostinger's AI Builder is an all-in-one website builder with hosting, booking and a small shop; persona-weighted totals run 5.7 to 6.3. It is strongest on pricing transparency at 6-8: plan pages print the exact upfront total, term and renewal — Premium at $2.49/mo, $119.52 for 48 months, renewing at $10.99/mo — a 14-day free trial requires no credit card, and a 30-day money-back guarantee applies with the domain registration fee deducted from the refund. Hosting and portability at 6-7 and forms and business at 6-7 hold up well: named European data centres, a 99.9% uptime guarantee, bookings with calendar sync that prevents double bookings and reminders, and 0% transaction fees. Editor and design and SEO and marketing cluster at 6. The weak spot is legal compliance at 3-4 — no public information on a blocking cookie banner, imprint help, accessibility or form-entry handling. Sovereignty spans 5-7: an EU contracting entity and named European data centres, but the privacy policy names servers in the US, Brazil, Singapore and Indonesia.
Speaks for it
- Plan pages print the exact upfront total, term and renewal rate — Premium at $2.49/mo, $119.52 for 48 months, renews at $10.99/mo — with prices listed without VAT
- Bookings are documented in depth: one-to-one appointments, Google Calendar and Calendly sync against double bookings, automatic reminders, and client logins to manage appointments
- Hosting is spelled out with named data centres in France, Germany, Lithuania, the Netherlands and the UK, a 99.9% uptime guarantee, unlimited free auto-renewing SSL and a free first-year domain in the buyer's name
- A published data processing agreement, incorporated into the terms, offers EU standard contractual clauses, breach notification without undue delay and audit rights on written request
- The shop side carries 0% transaction fees with 100+ payment methods and Stripe payments
Held against it
- No public information on a cookie consent banner that blocks scripts until consent, imprint or privacy-policy help, accessibility, or GDPR handling of form entries for the owner's published site
- No public information on contact-form specifics — field types, spam protection, notification emails, where entries are stored
- The captured pages give different signals on backups — plan pages list daily backups with restore while the terms place backup responsibility solely on the customer — and no documented export of pages, content and media
- The Ecommerce add-on needed for booking payments is "a small extra cost" with no figure; AI credit top-ups and the domain's renewal price after the free first year are unpriced
- The privacy policy names servers in the US, Brazil, Singapore and Indonesia, and the eight listed subprocessors come without locations
Best for
- You run a service business — a practice, consultancy or trade — and want appointment booking with calendar sync, reminders and client logins built in
- You want the true multi-year cost visible before buying: every plan page shows the total due today, the term and the renewal rate
- You want a fast launch from 600+ templates with AI assistance, with hosting, SSL and mailboxes bundled, on a 14-day free trial with no credit card required
Avoid if
- You need the builder to carry the site's own legal layer — we found no public information on a blocking cookie banner, imprint or privacy-policy help, or accessibility, and legal compliance scores 3-4
- Your site's core is a plain contact form rather than bookings — we found no public information on form spam protection, notifications or entry storage
- You need a documented commitment that your site's data stays in Europe — ask the vendor: the public pages we read do not show it
- You expect an easy exit with a full export of your pages and content — the terms make export before termination the customer's responsibility
The scores
| Criterion | Panel median |
|---|---|
| Editor, templates & design control | 3 of 5 |
| Hosting, domains & portability | 3.5 of 5 |
| SEO, analytics & visibility | 3 of 5 |
| Forms, bookings & business features | 3.5 of 5 |
| Imprint, privacy & cookie compliance | 2 of 5 |
| European sovereignty | 3 of 5 |
| Pricing transparency | 3.5 of 5 |
Editor, templates & design control
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How this is scored
How a site gets built and how far the owner can shape it: the editor (drag and drop, sections, AI drafts), the template range, responsive and mobile editing, fonts and brand styles, multilingual pages, custom code, and roles for collaborators or clients.
0 — Not a website editor; the product hosts files or code that are built elsewhere.
3 — An editor with a small set of templates and fixed layouts, where colours and texts change but structure, mobile view and languages are not described.
5 — A visual editor with a template gallery for several industries, layouts that adapt to mobile, brand colours and fonts, a blog, and the option to add pages in a second language or custom code snippets.
8 — Fine design control documented: free layout or section editing, separate mobile and breakpoint editing, reusable components or global styles, built-in multilingual sites with translated URLs, user roles for collaborators or clients, and site versions or history that can be restored.
10 — Design work at a professional level without leaving the tool: a design system with variables and components, interactions and animations, a CMS with custom collections, staging or branching before publishing, client handover with restricted editing, and the editor documented in depth.
The Small-Business Owner
Two ways to build — drag-and-drop in Manual mode or telling the AI what I want in Agentic mode — with 600-plus templates across shop, portfolio and business categories, adjustable colours and fonts, responsive by default, and full source code access if I ever outgrow it. But I found no public information on separate editing for the phone view, a second language for the site, or restoring an earlier version, so it does the Sunday-afternoon job without promising the finer hand. 1 5 8 9 14
The Freelance Web Designer
Two building modes are documented — drag-and-drop in Manual mode and AI chat in Agentic mode — with 600+ mobile-optimised templates across several industries, colour and font adjustment, editing after publishing, full code access, and account access that can be granted to another Hostinger customer and revoked. For my client work I found no public information on separate mobile or breakpoint editing, reusable sections or global styles, multilingual pages, a restricted client login inside the builder, or a version history I can restore. 1 3 5 8 9 14
The Marketing Lead
One AI Builder with a manual drag-and-drop mode and an agentic AI mode, 600+ templates across industries from ecommerce to portfolios, responsive sites, layout, colour and font adjustment, and full code or source-code access on top. We found no public information on separate mobile editing, multilingual sites with translated URLs, or version history with restore, which keeps it short of the fine design control level. 1 3 5 8 9 14
The Practice Owner
The builder shows a drag-and-drop editor with 600+ templates across categories like business and services and health and beauty, sites responsive by default with colour, font and layout adjustment, AI-generated drafts, and full code access in Agentic mode — enough for me to shape a readable practice site. I found no public information on separate mobile editing, site version history, or multilingual pages with translated URLs. 1 8 9 14
The Data Protection Officer
A drag-and-drop editor with 600+ templates across several industries, responsive layouts, and visually adjustable colours, fonts and layouts is documented, together with full source-code access and the ability to grant and revoke another customer's access to the account. I found no public information on separate mobile or breakpoint editing, reusable components or global styles, or multilingual sites with translated URLs, so this sits just above the mid level rather than at fine design control. 1 8 9 14 5 3
The Skeptic
The builder is documented in two modes (manual drag-and-drop plus AI), with 600+ templates across named industries, adjustable layouts, colours and fonts, responsive sites by default, and full code access in agentic mode; access can also be granted to another customer and revoked. We found no public information on separate mobile breakpoint editing, multilingual sites with translated URLs, reusable components or global styles, or a restorable version history. 1 5 8 9 14
Hosting, domains & portability
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How this is scored
What runs the site once it is built: included hosting, custom domains and domain registration, SSL, email mailboxes, speed (CDN, image optimisation), backups and restore, availability commitments — and whether pages, content and media can be exported when the owner moves on.
0 — No hosting; the product produces a design or files and the owner finds a host.
3 — Hosting on a subdomain with a custom domain on paid plans, but SSL, backups, storage limits and export are not described.
5 — Hosting included with a custom domain (or one included for a first year), free SSL, stated storage or bandwidth, a CDN or speed optimisation, automatic backups or a restore function, and an export of at least blog posts or content.
8 — Hosting described in depth: data-centre locations named, a stated uptime commitment, versioned backups with self-service restore, email mailboxes on the own domain, performance figures or Core Web Vitals addressed, and a documented export of pages, content and media.
10 — Hosting the owner can rely on and leave: an uptime SLA with credits, the hosting region selectable, DDoS and security measures named, a complete site export (code or standard formats) documented step by step, and domains transferable without fees or lock-in.
The Small-Business Owner
Hosting is the grown-up part: data centres named across Europe including Lithuania and Germany, a 99.9% uptime guarantee, unlimited free SSL that renews itself, daily backups and easy restore listed in the plans, two mailboxes free for the first year, and a domain registered in my name with WHOIS privacy and only the standard 60-day lock. What holds it back: I found no public information on exporting my pages and content if I ever leave, the data processing agreement puts the export on me before termination, and while the plan pages list daily backups and restore, the terms place backup responsibility solely on the customer — the captured pages give different signals there. 3 5 6 10 11
The Freelance Web Designer
Data centres in France, Germany, Lithuania, the Netherlands and beyond are named, a 99.9% uptime guarantee is stated, SSL renews automatically and free, plans include daily backups with an easy restore plus two mailboxes per website for the first year, and the free domain stays in the client's name and can transfer after a 60-day lock. The captured pages give different pictures of backups — the plan pages describe daily backups and restore while the terms make me solely responsible and give no backup warranty — and I found no public information on exporting the site's pages, content and media when a client moves on. 3 5 6 10 11
The Marketing Lead
Hosting with a free first-year domain, unlimited free SSL that renews automatically, and mailboxes is included; data centres are named in France, Germany, Lithuania, the Netherlands and the UK, a 99.9% uptime guarantee is stated, and domains are registered in the owner's name and free to transfer after the usual 60-day lock. The plan pages list daily backups with data restore while the terms state the customer is solely responsible for backing up content, and we found no public information on performance figures or a documented export of site pages and content. 1 3 5 6 10 11 14
The Practice Owner
Hosting, a free domain for the first year, free SSL, stated NVMe storage, a CDN, a 99.9% uptime guarantee and mailboxes on the own domain are documented, with data centres named in France, Germany, Lithuania and the Netherlands. For leaving, though, migration in is free while the terms put back-up and export responsibility on the customer, and I found no public information on a documented export of pages, content and media. 3 5 6 10 11
The Data Protection Officer
Hosting, a first-year free domain, free SSL with automatic renewal, daily backups with a restore function, first-year mailboxes, stated storage and a 99.9% uptime commitment are all documented, and the company names its own data centres in France, Germany, Lithuania, the Netherlands and the UK. Two things hold it back for my file: the captured pages describe no export of pages, content and media — the data processing agreement instead puts exporting before termination on the customer — and the terms state the customer is solely responsible for backing up their own content. 3 11 10 6 5
The Skeptic
Hosting is documented in unusual depth — data centres named across Europe and beyond, a 99.9% uptime guarantee, daily backups with restore on higher plans, free auto-renewing SSL, mailboxes, stated NVMe storage and a CDN, and the domain registered in the buyer's name with WHOIS privacy and only the standard 60-day initial transfer lock. What leaving costs is the open question: the data processing agreement makes export the customer's job before termination, the terms put sole backup responsibility on the customer, and we found no public information on a documented export of pages, content and media. 3 5 6 10 11
SEO, analytics & visibility
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How the site is found and measured: page titles and descriptions, clean URLs and redirects, sitemaps and indexing, structured data, local SEO, page speed for search, built-in or connectable analytics, newsletter or social sharing, and guidance for the owner who is not an SEO.
0 — No search settings at all; pages cannot be given titles or descriptions.
3 — Page titles and descriptions can be edited, but sitemaps, redirects, analytics and indexing control are not described.
5 — Editable titles, descriptions and URLs, an automatic sitemap, 301 redirects, social sharing previews, built-in visitor statistics or a documented connection to an analytics tool, and SEO guidance or a checklist inside the product.
8 — SEO documented in depth: structured data, canonical and noindex control, robots.txt editing, image alt texts and compression, local business listings or a Google Business connection, multilingual SEO with hreflang, and privacy-friendly analytics without third-party cookies.
10 — Visibility as a strength: full technical SEO control including server-side rendering and speed figures, AI search or answer-engine readiness addressed, search data shown inside the editor, marketing tools (newsletter, campaigns, A/B tests) built in, and every setting explained in the help centre.
The Small-Business Owner
Meta titles, descriptions and URLs sit in an SEO settings panel with an AI assistant, sitemap.xml and robots.txt are generated automatically once the site is live on a custom domain, and it even prepares llms.txt so ChatGPT, Gemini and Meta AI understand the site, with documented connections to Google Analytics, Hotjar and Meta Pixel. What I miss as a local craftsman: I found no public information on redirects, social sharing previews, or local search and Google Business listings — exactly how someone nearby finds a carpenter. 1 8 12 14
The Freelance Web Designer
Meta titles, descriptions, URLs and keywords are editable in an SEO settings panel with an AI assistant, sitemap.xml, robots.txt and llms.txt are generated automatically once the site is live on a custom domain, and documented connections to Google Analytics, Hotjar and the Meta pixel sit alongside AI-search readiness for ChatGPT, Gemini and Meta AI. I found no public information on 301 redirects, social sharing previews, structured data, noindex control or local business listings. 1 8 12 13
The Marketing Lead
There is an SEO settings panel for meta titles, descriptions, URLs and keywords with an AI SEO assistant, sitemap.xml, robots.txt and llms.txt are generated automatically once a site is live on a custom domain, and connections to Google Analytics, Hotjar and Meta Pixel are documented — the AI-search readiness is genuinely ahead. But we found no public information on 301 redirects, structured data, canonical or noindex control, or privacy-friendly analytics, which is exactly what I need before restructuring landing pages without losing rankings. 1 8 12 13
The Practice Owner
Meta titles, descriptions, URLs and keywords are editable in an SEO settings panel with an AI assistant, sitemap, robots and llms.txt files are generated automatically once the site goes live on a custom domain, and the pages address indexing by AI tools with generative engine optimisation guidance. I found no public information on redirects, structured data, canonical or noindex control, or social sharing previews. 1 8 12 13
The Data Protection Officer
Meta titles, descriptions, URLs and keywords are editable in an SEO settings panel with an AI assistant, sitemap.xml, robots.txt and llms.txt are generated automatically, and AI-search readiness is genuinely addressed through indexing by ChatGPT, Gemini and Meta AI plus Generative Engine Optimization guidance. I found no public information on redirects, social sharing previews, structured data or canonical and noindex control, and the analytics connections offered are Google Analytics, Hotjar and the Facebook pixel — third-party trackers with no privacy-friendly alternative documented. 8 12 1 13
The Skeptic
Meta titles, descriptions, URLs and keywords are editable in an SEO settings panel with an AI assistant, sitemap.xml, robots.txt and llms.txt are generated automatically once the site goes live on a custom domain, AI-search readiness is addressed by name, and connections to Google Analytics, Hotjar and Meta Pixel plus an email campaign tool are documented. We found no public information on 301 redirects, structured data, local business listings or a privacy-friendly statistics option — the analytics tools named are all third-party. 1 8 12 13
Forms, bookings & business features
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What the site does for the business beyond showing pages: contact and custom forms with spam protection and notifications, where form entries are stored, appointment bookings, member areas, events, integrations with CRM or calendar, payments and a small shop as an add-on — judged as features of a website, not as a shop system.
0 — No forms and no interactive features; the site shows pages only.
3 — A contact form that sends an email, with spam protection, storage of entries and further business features not described.
5 — Custom forms with several field types, spam protection and email notifications, entries stored or exportable, and at least one further business feature (bookings, member area, events or a small shop) described.
8 — Business features documented in depth: forms with conditional fields, file uploads and confirmation emails, appointment booking with calendar sync, member areas or gated pages, payments, integrations with named CRM, newsletter or automation tools, and an app or extension marketplace.
10 — The site runs a small business: forms, bookings, payments, invoices or memberships work together with consent and data retention settings per form, an API or webhooks for form data, and a documented integration ecosystem — while the shop stays one feature among several.
The Small-Business Owner
Bookings are thought through for a tradesman: one-to-one appointments, intro calls and consultations, online or in person, syncing with Google Calendar and Calendly to prevent double bookings, automatic reminders, and clients who log in and manage their appointments — payments for bookings need an Ecommerce add-on at a small extra cost. A small shop with 0% transaction fees, shipping via 40-plus carriers, memberships and 1,000-plus integrations round it off; what I found no public information on is a plain contact form with spam protection, notifications to my inbox and stored entries, which is the thing every enquiry actually runs through. 1 2 8 13 14
The Freelance Web Designer
The booking side is documented in depth — one-to-one appointments, intro calls and consultations, Google Calendar sync that prevents double bookings, automatic reminders, client logins to view and manage bookings, and payments through an ecommerce add-on — plus a shop with 0% transaction fees and 100+ payment methods, Stripe, memberships and subscriptions, and an API. I found no public information on contact or custom forms, their spam protection, notifications, or where entries are stored, which is the first thing a doctor's or a restaurant site needs. 1 8 14 15
The Marketing Lead
Bookings are worked out in depth: one-to-one appointments, intro calls and consultations with Google Calendar and Calendly sync to prevent double bookings, automatic reminders, client logins, online or in-person sessions, and payments unlocked by an ecommerce add-on with 0% transaction fees; memberships, Stripe, an integrated backend with user management and AI-guided custom integrations are also documented. We found no public information on contact-form specifics such as field types, spam protection and where entries are stored, or any named CRM, so whether enquiries reach a CRM rather than a shared mailbox stays open. 1 2 8 14 15
The Practice Owner
Bookings are documented in depth — one-to-one and in-person appointments, Google Calendar sync that prevents double bookings, automatic reminders, client logins to view and manage appointments, and Stripe payments — which covers what my four therapists need. Accepting payment for a booking needs the Ecommerce add-on, described only as "a small extra cost", and I found no public information on contact forms with spam protection or where entries are stored, which is exactly where patient details worry me. 1 14 15
The Data Protection Officer
Bookings are documented in depth — one-to-one appointments online and in person, automatic reminders, Google Calendar and Calendly sync to prevent double bookings, client logins to manage appointments, and booking payments via an ecommerce add-on at a small extra cost — alongside memberships, a shop with 0% transaction fees, Stripe and 1,000+ integrations. The forms side is where I must file an objection: I found no public information on contact or custom forms, spam protection, notifications, or where form entries are stored and for how long they are kept. 14 15 8 2 1
The Skeptic
Bookings are documented in real depth — one-to-one appointments with Google Calendar or Calendly sync against double bookings, automatic reminders, client logins to view and manage appointments, plus payments through an Ecommerce add-on with Stripe, 100+ payment methods and 0% transaction fees, memberships, and integrations into 1,000+ tools. The form builder itself is the blind spot: we found no public information on custom field types, spam protection, where entries are stored, or notification and confirmation emails. 1 2 14 15
Imprint, privacy & cookie compliance
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How this is scored
What the product does so that the owner's site is legal in Germany and the EU: an imprint page, privacy-policy and legal-text generators or partners, a cookie consent banner that blocks scripts until consent, GDPR-compliant forms, a data processing agreement for visitor data, fonts and media served without third-country transfers, and accessibility under the European Accessibility Act.
0 — Nothing for the site's legal obligations; the owner is left to add every legal page and banner from outside.
3 — Pages for an imprint and privacy policy can be added by hand, and a simple cookie notice exists, but consent blocking, a data processing agreement and form data handling are not described.
5 — A cookie consent banner, a data processing agreement offered to customers, documented GDPR handling of form entries, and help for imprint and privacy pages (templates, a generator, a named legal-text partner or a help article).
8 — Compliance worked out for EU sites: a consent banner that blocks scripts and embeds until consent and logs it, legal texts kept current by a named provider or a warranty against cease-and-desist letters, fonts and maps served without US transfer, and accessibility features or an accessibility statement.
10 — Compliance as part of the product: consent management with granular categories and records, legal texts maintained for several EU countries, every embed and script assessed for consent, accessibility to WCAG 2.1 AA documented with tooling, and the vendor's share of liability stated in its terms.
The Small-Business Owner
There is a published data processing agreement incorporated into the terms by reference, GDPR processing, EU standard contract clauses, breach notification and a named supervisory authority — solid vendor-side paperwork. But for my own site's legality — a cookie banner that blocks scripts until consent, help with an imprint or privacy page, and how visitor form entries are handled — I found no public information, so I would still be on the lawyer's bill. 4 5 6
The Freelance Web Designer
A data processing agreement is published and incorporated into the terms of service, EU standard contractual clauses are offered, and the privacy policy is explicit that I act as controller and Hostinger as processor for my clients' site visitors — the contract side is done properly. I found no public information on help with imprint or privacy pages for the built site, a cookie consent banner that blocks scripts until consent, consent records, or accessibility features and a statement. 4 5 6
The Marketing Lead
The vendor's own GDPR posture is well documented: a data processing addendum incorporated into the terms, EU standard contractual clauses, pseudonymisation and encryption commitments, and a DSA notice-and-action mechanism. For the owner's site itself we found no public information on a cookie consent banner, imprint or privacy-policy help, or accessibility features, so the site-facing legal layer stays the owner's own work. 4 5 6
The Practice Owner
A data processing agreement is published and incorporated into the terms, with audit rights, breach notification, encryption and a subprocessor objection right, and the privacy policy states GDPR compliance and names the site owner as controller with Hostinger as processor for visitors' information. But I found no public information on a cookie consent banner, imprint or privacy-policy help, or accessibility features — the site-facing compliance a regulator would ask me about. 4 5 6
The Data Protection Officer
A published data processing agreement with EU standard contractual clauses, breach notification without undue delay, audit rights, encryption and pseudonymisation obligations is genuinely fileable — that is the strongest part of the picture. For the owner's own site, however, I found no public information on a cookie consent banner that blocks scripts and embeds until the visitor agrees, on imprint or privacy-policy help, on GDPR handling of form entries, on fonts and maps served without US transfer, or on accessibility — and the builder promotes Google Analytics, Hotjar and Facebook pixel integrations, exactly the situation in which a blocking banner becomes necessary. 6 4 5 1
The Skeptic
What is documented is the vendor's own posture — a data processing agreement incorporated into the terms by reference, EU standard contractual clauses, breach notification without undue delay, audit rights on written request and a named supervisory authority in Cyprus. For the site the owner publishes, we found no public information on a cookie consent banner that blocks scripts until consent, imprint or privacy-policy text help, GDPR handling of form entries, or accessibility features and statements. 4 5 6
European sovereignty
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Who the contracting entity and the parent company are, where the sites, the form entries and the visitor data are hosted, and who the subprocessors are (hosting, CDN, email delivery, analytics, payments, AI features). Independently sourced by the sovereignty pipeline; the data subjects here are the owner's own visitors and customers, so the whole chain counts, not only the editor.
0 — Non-EU vendor and contracting entity, hosting unstated, subprocessors unnamed, and no data processing agreement offered.
3 — A privacy policy and a data processing agreement exist, but hosting location is unstated or non-EU and the subprocessors are not listed.
5 — EU hosting available or an EU contracting entity, a data processing agreement offered, but parts of the chain (CDN, email, analytics, AI features, support) run through non-EU providers or the subprocessors are listed without locations.
8 — EU hosting on named infrastructure, EU contracting entity, subprocessors listed with their locations, a data processing agreement published, and security certifications (ISO 27001, SOC 2) stated.
10 — Sovereign end to end and evidenced: European ownership, entity, hosting and every subprocessor, data export and deletion documented, and certifications published with their scope rather than implied.
The Small-Business Owner
EU customers contract with Hostinger International Limited in Cyprus, an EU member state, the group is headquartered in Vilnius with founders and team holding the majority after a private-equity minority stake of around 30 percent, data centres in France, Germany, Lithuania, the Netherlands and the UK are named, and ISO/IEC 27001:2022 is stated. But the eight listed subprocessors come without locations, the privacy policy says personal data may also be processed in other jurisdictions, and some servers sit outside the EEA in the US, Brazil, Singapore and Indonesia — acceptable, but not a clean European chain for my visitors' data. 3 4 5 6 7
The Freelance Web Designer
EU customers contract with Hostinger International Limited in Cyprus, an EU member state, the group is founder-majority owned with its head office in Vilnius, European data centres in France, Germany, Lithuania and the Netherlands are named, a data processing agreement is published, ISO/IEC 27001:2022 is stated, and eight subprocessors are listed by name. The subprocessors are listed without their locations, the privacy policy states some servers sit outside the EEA in the US, Brazil, Singapore and Indonesia, Google Analytics runs on the platform itself, and I found no public information on choosing the hosting region for a client's site. 3 4 5 6 7
The Marketing Lead
The contracting entity for EU customers is Hostinger International Limited in Cyprus, the infrastructure is owned and operated in-house with European data centres named, and a published subprocessor list includes AWS EMEA, Google Cloud EMEA, Anthropic Ireland, Cloudflare and Vonage B.V., alongside a published data processing addendum and a stated ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certification. The chain is not wholly European — some servers sit in the US, Brazil, Singapore and Indonesia, AI providers such as nexos.ai and Oxylabs Studio AI are used, and subprocessor locations are not stated entry by entry. 3 4 5 6 7
The Practice Owner
The contracting entity for EU customers is Hostinger International Limited in Cyprus, an EU-based company headquartered in Vilnius, with data centres named in France, Germany, Lithuania and the Netherlands, a published subprocessor list and an ISO/IEC 27001 statement. The subprocessors are listed without locations, the privacy policy says some servers sit outside the EU in the US, Brazil, Singapore and Indonesia with standard contractual clauses used for transfers, and I found no public information committing a given site's data to Europe — for my patients' data that is the open question. 3 4 5 6 7
The Data Protection Officer
EU customers contract with Hostinger International Limited in Cyprus — an EU member state, with Cyprus law and the Cyprus data protection authority named — the data processing agreement names subprocessors including Amazon Web Services EMEA, Google Cloud EMEA, Cloudflare, MailChannels, Proofpoint, Anthropic Ireland and Vonage, and ISO/IEC 27001:2022 is stated. The chain is not clean end to end: the privacy policy itself names servers in the US, Brazil, Singapore and Indonesia, processing locations extend to other jurisdictions as necessary, the subprocessor list carries no locations, and Google Analytics runs on the platform. 5 6 4 3 7
The Skeptic
EU customers contract with Hostinger International Limited in Cyprus (an EU member), the group is Lithuanian-rooted with founders and team holding most shares and a private-equity minority of around 30%, and European data centres in France, Germany, Lithuania and the Netherlands are named alongside a published eight-name subprocessor list, a data processing agreement and ISO 27001:2022. The chain is not European end to end — the privacy policy names servers in the US, Brazil, Singapore and Indonesia and processing in the UK — and subprocessor locations are implied by company names rather than stated. 3 4 5 6 7
Pricing transparency
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Whether a buyer can compute the real cost over two or three years from public pages alone: the monthly price per plan, the introductory price and how long it lasts, the renewal price after it, setup fees, minimum term and notice, domain and mailbox renewals, transaction fees on sales, and which features (ad removal, extra languages, bookings, more storage) cost extra.
0 — No public prices at all; every customer is a sales call.
3 — A starting price or a free plan is shown, but what the plans include, what they cost after the first term or how the cost scales is unclear.
5 — Plans are public with prices and their main inclusions, but at least one commonly needed piece (the price after an introductory offer, domain renewal, a mailbox, transaction fees, an add-on) is unpriced or hard to find.
8 — Every plan priced publicly with the introductory price, its duration and the regular price after it, setup fee, minimum term and notice period, domain and add-on prices listed, and VAT treatment stated.
10 — Complete price computability: the cost of a given site over several years derivable from public pages, with every add-on, renewal, transaction and support fee, the cancellation terms and what happens to the site and domain after cancellation published.
The Small-Business Owner
Prices are laid out honestly for the second year, which is what matters to me: Premium at $2.49/mo with "Today you pay $119.52 for 48 months. Renews at $10.99/mo for the same term. Cancel anytime.", the same pattern on every plan, everything paid upfront with the monthly rate explained, VAT stated as excluded, and the 30-day money-back guarantee with the domain-fee deduction spelled out. What I still cannot compute: the domain's regular renewal price after the free first year is only visible before you buy, the Ecommerce add-on comes "at a small extra cost" without a figure, and topping up AI credits is described but unpriced. 8 10 11 13 14
The Freelance Web Designer
Every plan quote states the total due today and the renewal in plain figures — for example the Premium plan at $2.49/mo, $119.52 for 48 months, renewing at $10.99/mo, with cancel anytime, a 30-day money-back guarantee, prices listed without VAT, and the domain renewal price visible before purchase. The ecommerce add-on needed to take booking payments is described only as "a small extra cost", I found no public information on the price of AI-credit top-ups, and the domain's exact renewal figure is not stated on the pages I read. 8 10 11 13 14
The Marketing Lead
Plans are public with the exact upfront total and renewal rate — Premium, for example, 'Today you pay $119.52 for 48 months. Renews at $10.99/mo for the same term' — plus 'Cancel anytime', the 30-day money-back guarantee, and the note that 'Prices are listed without VAT'. The ecommerce add-on needed to take booking payments is only described as 'a small extra cost', credit top-ups carry no figure, and the domain renews at 'the regular price, which you can see before you buy', so a multi-year total is close to computable but not quite. 8 10 11 13 14
The Practice Owner
Prices are unusually explicit: introductory and renewal rates, upfront totals and term lengths are shown ("Today you pay $83.88 for 12 months. Renews at $8.99/mo for the same term"), cancellation is anytime with a 30-day money-back guarantee, and prices are listed without VAT. I found no public price for the Ecommerce add-on needed to charge for bookings, the domain renewal after the free first year, mailboxes beyond the first year, or AI credit top-ups. 8 10 13 14
The Data Protection Officer
Plans are priced with unusual clarity: every plan page states today's total, the term and the renewal rate (Premium $2.49/mo renews at $10.99/mo, Unlimited $3.49/mo renews at $16.99/mo, Cloud Startup $7.99/mo renews at $25.99/mo), all plans are paid upfront with the monthly rate defined as the total divided by the months, prices are listed without VAT, and the 30-day money-back terms including the domain fee deduction are documented. What remains unpriced: the ecommerce add-on is a small extra cost without a figure, the domain and mailbox renewal prices after the first free year are not quoted, and AI credit top-ups have no stated price. 14 8 11 13 10
The Skeptic
Better than the usual first-euro trap: the captured plan pages show the promotional monthly rate, the exact upfront total, the term and the renewal price ("Today you pay $119.52 for 48 months. Renews at $10.99/mo for the same term"), prices are stated as listed without VAT, transaction fees are 0%, and a 30-day money-back applies with the domain registration fee deducted from the refund. The gaps are the add-ons a real shop will need — the Ecommerce add-on that unlocks booking payments is "a small extra cost" with no figure, and AI credit top-ups and the domain's renewal price after the free year carry no number on the captured pages. 8 10 11 13 14
European sovereignty — proven facts
0 of 6 dimensions provenBuilt only from facts shown on the vendor's own pages. A dimension we could not prove is left open, not scored as zero.
| Legal entity | Not determined ⚠ unverified | — | uncited Report an error |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hosting location | Not determined ⚠ unverified | — | uncited Report an error |
| Hosting options | Not determined ⚠ unverified | — | uncited Report an error |
| Open source | Not determined | — | uncited Report an error |
| Data processing agreement | Not determined ⚠ unverified | — | uncited Report an error |
| Transfer impact assessment | Not determined | — | uncited Report an error |
Questions about Hostinger Website Builder
Is Hostinger Website Builder European?
Yes. whats-best.ai classifies Hostinger Website Builder as EU-Made.
Where does Hostinger Website Builder store data?
Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 1 Nov 2026.
Does Hostinger Website Builder have a free plan?
Yes. Hostinger Website Builder has a free plan, per the vendor’s page captured 28 Oct 2026.
What are the best alternatives to Hostinger Website Builder?
As of 4 Nov 2026, the panel rates Duda (3.5/5), Wix (3.5/5) and WordPress.com (3.5/5) highest among the other 17 Website Builders products evaluated. Ratings that look equal are rounded to half stars; the order uses the unrounded rating, then the name. The highest-rated European alternative is Framer (EU-Made). Ratings are the AI panel’s opinion, formed from public evidence: how scores are made. The full list, with European products first: Hostinger Website Builder alternatives.
Where this could be wrong
- Evidence ages. The oldest capture behind this page is from 28 Oct 2026. Vendors change pricing and policies without notice; every fact reflects its source as of the capture date shown in the registry.
- Weak sourcing — Data processing agreement, Legal entity, Hosting options. Not confirmed on the vendor’s own pages as captured.
- Weak sourcing — Hosting location. This is About-page marketing copy listing global data centers with no stated default region; EU locations are only one choice among US, Asian and Brazilian ones, and the European list includes the non-EU United Kingdom.
- AI can misread a source. Extraction and judgement are automated; a citation guarantees traceability, not infallibility. If something here is wrong, say so — no account needed, every report is decided within 5 business days, and accepted corrections are published.
What we left out
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- 30 product facts could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and were left out of this page and of the panel’s material. Know more? Tell us
- 16 pricing facts could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and were left out of this page and of the panel’s material. Know more? Tell us
- 5 compliance facts could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and were left out of this page and of the panel’s material. Know more? Tell us
- 3 integrations facts could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and were left out of this page and of the panel’s material. Know more? Tell us
- 1 data fact could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and was left out of this page and of the panel’s material. Know more? Tell us
- 1 support fact could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and was left out of this page and of the panel’s material. Know more? Tell us
- 3 sovereignty dimensions could not be confirmed on the vendor’s own pages and are shown as unknown. Know more? Tell us
- 6 of the readings below were written against an earlier fact sheet — a fact has been corrected, added or pulled since. Until the panel next runs on this product you are reading the older judgement. Know more? Tell us
Sources (17)
The pages every claim on this page was read from — each one checked, dated, and kept verifiable.
- 1 Vendor homepage www.hostinger.com Checked 28 Oct 2026 Details →
- 2 Pricing page www.hostinger.com Checked 28 Oct 2026 Details →
- 3 About page www.hostinger.com Checked 28 Oct 2026 Details →
- 4 Privacy policy www.hostinger.com Checked 28 Oct 2026 Details →
- 5 Terms naming the legal entity www.hostinger.com Checked 28 Oct 2026 Details →
- 6 Data processing agreement (dpa) www.hostinger.com Checked 28 Oct 2026 Details →
- 7 Security page www.hostinger.com Checked 28 Oct 2026 Details →
- 8 Editor, templates & design control — found from sitemap www.hostinger.com Checked 28 Oct 2026 Details →
- 9 Editor, templates & design control — found from sitemap www.hostinger.com Checked 28 Oct 2026 Details →
- 10 Hosting, domains & portability — found from sitemap www.hostinger.com Checked 28 Oct 2026 Details →
- 11 Hosting, domains & portability — found from sitemap www.hostinger.com Checked 28 Oct 2026 Details →
- 12 SEO, analytics & visibility — found from sitemap www.hostinger.com Checked 28 Oct 2026 Details →
- 13 SEO, analytics & visibility — found from sitemap www.hostinger.com Checked 28 Oct 2026 Details →
- 14 Forms, bookings & business features — found from sitemap www.hostinger.com Checked 28 Oct 2026 Details →
- 15 Forms, bookings & business features — found from sitemap www.hostinger.com Checked 28 Oct 2026 Details →
- 16 Self-hosting / on-premises installation docs — found from the homepage www.hostinger.com Checked 1 Nov 2026 Details →
- 17 Code repository (open-source licence) — found from the homepage github.com Checked 1 Nov 2026 Details →