Head-to-head
Hostinger VPS vs Cloudways
Two hosts, side by side. Pricing, features, and the trade-offs that actually matter.
Hostinger VPS from $6.49/mo
The cheapest serious VPS once you commit to a multi-year term.
HQ LT · founded 2004
Cloudways from $11/mo
Managed cloud hosting on top of DigitalOcean, Vultr, Linode, AWS and GCP — built for WordPress agencies.
HQ MT · founded 2009
Quick verdict
Cheapest: Hostinger VPS wins on entry price ($6.49/mo vs $11/mo).
More features: Cloudways ships more first-party platform features out of the box.
Region: Hostinger VPS is HQ'd in LT; Cloudways in MT.
Cheapest plans, side by side
| Hostinger VPS | Cloudways | |
|---|---|---|
| Entry plan | KVM 1 | DO 2 GB |
| Price | $6.49/mo | $11/mo |
| CPU | 1 vCPU | 1 vCPU |
| RAM | 4 GB | 2 GB |
| Disk | 50 GB | 50 GB |
| Bandwidth | 4 TB | 2 TB |
Feature parity
| Hostinger VPS | Cloudways | |
|---|---|---|
| Managed Postgres | × | × |
| Managed Redis | × | × |
| Object storage | × | × |
| One-click apps | ✓ | ✓ |
| Private network | × | ✓ |
| IPv6 | ✓ | ✓ |
| DDoS protection | ✓ | ✓ |
| Snapshots | ✓ | ✓ |
| Public API | ✓ | ✓ |
| Terraform | × | × |
Hostinger VPS pros
- +Headline prices below $5/mo for 4 GB RAM on 24-month commits
- +AI-driven setup wizard installs WordPress / Docker / cPanel in minutes
- +Free domain on most plans
Hostinger VPS cons
- −Sticker price is for a 24-month prepay; month-to-month is 3–4× more
- −Renewal prices jump to "regular" rate after the intro term
- −CPU is shared and noisy-neighbour reports surface periodically
Cloudways pros
- +One dashboard across DigitalOcean, Vultr, Linode, AWS and GCP — switch underlying clouds without rebuilding
- +Tuned LAMP/LEMP "Lightning Stack" (NGINX + PHP-FPM + Redis + Varnish) is genuinely fast for WordPress / Magento / Laravel
- +24/7 human support with ~90s first-response, plus free site migrations
Cloudways cons
- −Significant markup vs. running the same DO/Vultr droplet directly — you pay for the management layer
- −PHP-centric: no first-class Node, Python, Ruby, or Go runtimes
- −No managed Postgres or Redis as separate services — only what ships with the stack