Cheaper Hostinger (shared) alternatives

Pricing data as of 2026-10-12 · refreshed weekly

Baseline: a Laravel app with startup-level traffic (~50,000 visits/month) costs $3.99/month on Hostinger (shared) (Unlimited). Every provider below can run the same workload — ranked by real list price. Cheaper is not always better: a shared platform and a raw VPS differ in how much ops work lands on you.

ProviderTypePlan$/monthCompare
OVHcloud VPSvpsVPS-1$4.54Hostinger (shared) vs OVHcloud VPS →
VultrvpsCloud Compute 1GB$5Hostinger (shared) vs Vultr →
RailwaypaasHobby$5Hostinger (shared) vs Railway →
Linode (Akamai)vpsNanode 1GB$5Hostinger (shared) vs Linode (Akamai) →
DigitalOcean DropletsvpsBasic 1GB$6Hostinger (shared) vs DigitalOcean Droplets →
Hostinger VPSvpsKVM 1$6.49Hostinger (shared) vs Hostinger VPS →
AWS Lightsailvps$7 bundle$7Hostinger (shared) vs AWS Lightsail →
ScalewayvpsDEV1-S$7.1Hostinger (shared) vs Scaleway →
NetcupvpsVPS 500 G12.5$7.79Hostinger (shared) vs Netcup →
Fly.iopaasshared-cpu-1x 1GB$8.18Hostinger (shared) vs Fly.io →
DigitalOcean App PlatformpaasShared 1 vCPU / 1GB (fixed)$10Hostinger (shared) vs DigitalOcean App Platform →
Cloudways (DO)managed-cloudMicro$11Hostinger (shared) vs Cloudways (DO) →
KrystalsharedRuby$14.74Hostinger (shared) vs Krystal →
OrkestrpaasPro$16.2Hostinger (shared) vs Orkestr →
Hetzner CloudvpsCPX22 (Regular Performance)$23.59Hostinger (shared) vs Hetzner Cloud →
20isharedPlan 1$26.8Hostinger (shared) vs 20i →
Koyebpaaseco-small$29Hostinger (shared) vs Koyeb →
Renderpaas2 GB / 1 CPU$35.35Hostinger (shared) vs Render →
HerokupaasStandard-2X$50Hostinger (shared) vs Heroku →

FAQ

What is the cheapest alternative to Hostinger (shared)?

For a Laravel app at startup traffic, nothing we track is cheaper: Hostinger (shared) is $3.99/month (Unlimited) and the lowest-priced alternative, OVHcloud VPS, is $4.54/month.

Is there a cheaper shared host than Hostinger (shared)?

Not in our data: no other shared host fits this workload for less, so the options below are different kinds of platform.

How is this comparison calculated?

Workload: Laravel needing ~1024MB RAM for serving, ~50,000 visits and ~74GB of transfer a month. For each provider we take the cheapest plan that fits RAM, bandwidth and visit limits, plus metered egress where the provider charges it. Providers whose largest plan does not fit are left out.

How current are these prices?

They are official list prices as of 2026-10-12, re-checked against each provider's pricing page on a weekly cycle. Intro promos and coupons are not used in totals; taxes are not included unless a plan note says so.

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