GreenGeeks vs Hostinger – Which Hosting Is Better Among Them?
Selecting a hosting plan is really a difficult task because nowadays there is a bunch of hosting provider in the market.
You probably confused about which one to choose between GreenGeeks vs Hostinger? Don’t worry you are in the right place.
After reading this article you will be able to pick the best hosting among them that suits both your website’s needs and budget. Here you will get the comparison feature by feature.
After every feature comparison, you will find the winner of this round with proof.
So let’s start the comparison between GreenGeeks vs Hostinger to find the best hosting among them in 2021.
Overview Of GreenGeeks Hosting
GreenGeeks is no doubt one of the leading hosting provider companies in 2021. GreenGeeks was started in the year 2008 with an aim to provide not only the best hosting services but also environment-friendly green hosting. Since then GreenGeeks is the world’s #1 Green Energy web hosting provider.
In the last 10 years, GreenGeeks has made the INC 5000 fastest growing companies in America four years in a row. The GreenGeeks management team is very experienced and they have over 40 years of experience in providing high-quality, affordable website hosting.
Currently, 600000+ websites are hosted on GreenGeeks and also they have 50000+ active customers across the globe. GreenGeeks provides all kinds of hosting including Web hosting, WordPress hosting, VPS hosting, and Reseller hosting.
Overview Of Hostinger Hosting
Hostinger provides the best and cheapest WordPress hosting in India. It is mostly suitable for beginners and small business owners because they provide good service at an affordable price. Hostinger was started in the year 2004 and since then they are upgrading their features and service.
Currently, they are providing hosting to over 178 countries and have 29 million clients across the globe. On average they receive 15000 new sign-ups every day.
Hostinger provides a vast category of hosting including Shared hosting, WordPress hosting, Cloud hosting, cPanel hosting, VPS hosting, Minecraft hosting, and CyberPanel VPS hosting. The basic plan of Hostinger starts from $0.99/month.
GreenGeeks vs Hostinger – 11 Features Compared
The winner declared in the below table is not random. We have explained with proof in the latter part of the article.
Features | Winner |
Pricings | Hostinger |
Speed | Hostinger |
Features | GreenGeeks |
Server Locations | Hostinger |
Free Domain | GreenGeeks |
Uptime | Hostinger |
Backup Policy | GreenGeeks |
Security | GreenGeeks |
Reviews | Hostinger |
Customer Support | GreenGeeks |
Website Migration | GreenGeeks |
Overall Winner |
Now let’s compare the features of GreenGeeks and Hostinger…
1) Pricings
Pricing is a crucial factor that helps us to decide on a hosting provider whenever we are confused.
Based on our budgets we can list the hosting provider in our range. From that list, we can easily come up with the right hosting plan according to our needs.
GreenGeeks’s Pricings
GreenGeeks provides fast, secure, and eco-friendly web hosting starting from $2.49/month.
The entry-level plan of GreenGeeks provides a FREE domain name for one year that Hostinger does not give.
The basic WordPress hosting plan GreenGeeks also starts at $2.49/month and VPS hosting plan starts at $39.95/month.
| Hosting Type | Starting Price | No. of websites |
| Shared Hosting | $2.49 | 1 |
| WordPress Hosting | $2.49 | 1 |
| Reseller Hosting | $19.95 | – |
| VPS Hosting | $39.95 | – |
Hostinger’s Pricings
The basic plan of Hostinger starts from $0.99/month. Thus it is one of the most affordable hosting currently available on the market. FREE Domain is not available with the basic plan.
The pricing of WordPress hosting of Hostinger starts from $1.99/month. They are providing reliable WordPress hosting at the cheapest price.
| Hosting Type | Starting Price | No. of websites |
| Shared Hosting | $0.99 | 1 |
| WordPress Hosting | $1.99 | 1 |
| Cloud Hosting | $9.99 | 300 |
| VPS Hosting | $3.95 | – |
If pricing is a deciding factor for you then you should go for Hostinger. Hostinger provides the best service in that price range.
Winner of this round - Hostinger
2) Speed
The website’s speed is a very important ranking factor on Google. So if you want to rank your website higher on Google your website should have a good speed.
And for website speed Hosting plan a very crucial role. Before choosing any hosting provider test the speed as much as possible.
I am using the same tool Bitcatcha for testing the speed of both GreenGeeks and Hostinger hosting.
GreenGeeks’s Speed Test
After checking the GreenGeeks speed test we A+ result for its performance. The site we are using to check the speed test is hosted on their Canada server and here the response time is 9 ms.
Hostinger’s Speed Test
We are testing the speed of Hostinger from a website that is hosted on Hostinger’s data center in America. The result is we found in the speed test of Hostinger is also A+ in performance.
Which one is faster?
Both GreenGeeks and Hostinger scored A+ in performance in the speed test by Bitcatcha.
So, let us come to the conclusion to choose one of them. From the above screenshots, we have calculated…
The average response time of GreenGeeks – 179 ms
The average response time of Hostinger – 136 ms
Winner of this round - Hostinger
3) Features
Although both of them provide all the necessary features still there are some features that are not common in them.
So let’s see a quick comparison of features between GreenGeeks and Hostinger.
| Features | GreenGeeks | Hostinger |
| Free SSL | Yes | Yes |
| Databases | Unlimited | 2 in the basic plan, Unlimited in all other plans |
| Email Accounts | 50 in the basic plan | 1 in the basic plan |
| Free CDN | Yes | Only in business plan |
| Control Panel | cPanel | hPanel |
| Disk Space | 50 GB – Unlimited | 30 GB – Unlimited |
Which one has more features?
It is clearly found that GreenGeeks has much more features than Hostinger. GreenGeeks offers more freebies than Hostinger with all the plans.
So, if you are looking for a hosting plan with more features then GreenGeeks is ideal for you.
Winner of this round - GreenGeeks
4) Server Locations
Checking the server location is very important before you go for any hosting provider company. You should look for any server close to your audience.
If you host your website on a server close to your targeted audience you will get better speed and performance.
Recommended Reading - Hostinger India Review (Honest review after using 8 months)
So let’s see the available server locations of GreenGeeks and Hostinger,
GreenGeeks Server Locations
Currently, GreenGeeks has three data centers. These are listed below:
- Chicago, US
- Montreal, CA
- Amsterdam, NL
Hostinger’s Server Locations
Hostinger has servers in 7 different locations across the world. These are listed below:
- UK
- US
- Brazil
- Netherlands
- Singapore
- Indonesia
- Lithuania (coming soon)
Thus, Hostinger has a greater number of servers than GreenGeeks. So if you are looking for a hosting provider that has a greater number of servers across the world then you should go for Hostinger.
Winner of this round - Hostinger
5) Free Domain Name
If you are just starting your first blog or website, then there is a requirement for a domain name. So if you get a domain name with your hosting plan, you do not have to invest separately for the domain.
GreenGeeks Free Domain
FREE domain is available with all the plans of GreenGeeks.
Most of the hosting provider companies do not provide free domain with their basic plan, but GreenGeeks is not like them.
You will get the free domain for 1 year which is worth $13.95.
Hostinger’s Free Domain
Hostinger does not provide a free domain name with the basic plan. But with all other plans, you will get a free domain name.
Except for the Single Shared Hosting plan, you will get a free domain name for 1 year worth $8.99.
So both of them provide a free domain.
But if you want to purchase the basic plan and want a free domain then GreenGeeks is for you.
Winner of this round - GreenGeeks
6) Uptime Test
Uptime is a very important factor that you should check before finalizing any hosting. Uptime shows how smooth your website will be live without any server down.
Well, the Uptime of every hosting provider should be 100% but practically this is not possible. Most of the hosting providers give a 99.9% uptime guarantee.
Let us see the previous uptime records of GreenGeeks and Hostinger
GreenGeeks’s Uptime Record
We are using Pingdom to find the uptime record of both the hosting providers.
The last 10-month Uptime record of GreenGeeks is given below in the screenshot,
The Uptime of GreenGeeks in December 2020 and January 2021 was not good due to an outage of their technical issue.
Hostinger’s Uptime Record
The past 10 months Uptime record of Hostinger is given below,
The above screenshot shows the lowest uptime percentage of Hostinger in the past 10 months is 97.89% in September 2020.
Overall, Hostinger provided better uptime than GreenGeeks in the past 10 months.
Winner of this round - Hostinger
7) Backup Policy
Every website owner should be aware of their website’s backup. If you are using WordPress CMS then you can see there you receive regular updates of themes and Plugins. Even the version of WordPress also updates after every few months.
So if anything happens to your website during any update. You can easily restore your site only if you have a backup.
GreenGeeks Backup Policy
GreenGeeks provides FREE nightly backups with all the plans.
Hostinger’s Backup Policy
Hostinger does not provide daily backup with all the plans.
They provide weekly backup with Single Shared hosting and Premium Shared hosting.
Daily backup is provided only with the Business Shared hosting plan.
Winner of this round - GreenGeeks
8) Security
The rate of malware attacks and hacking of websites is increasing day by day. In this scenario, the security of the website provided by your hosting provider plays a very important role.
GreenGeeks Security
GreenGeeks hosting provides some exclusive security and reliability features such as hardware and power redundancy, hosting account isolation, Container-based technology, Proactive server monitoring, etc.
They also provide real-time security scanning, enhanced spam protection, and automatic app updates.
Hostinger’s Security
Hostinger also provides several security features like DDoS protection on multi-level, intelligence firewall, BitNinja on each of their servers, and many more.
Overall both of them are very good at providing security. But GreenGeeks has many more security features than Hostinger.
Winner of this round - GreenGeeks
9) Customer Review & Ratings
Checking reviews of real customers may help you to decide the best hosting for you. Customers share their real experiences with the service.
I am using the popular review platform Trustpilot to check the reviews of both hosting companies.
Trustpilot Reviews of GreenGeeks
Currently, GreenGeeks have 385 reviews in Trustpilot and their overall rating is 4.1 out of 5. Among them, 85% of the people have voted as Excellent.
Trustpilot Reviews of Hostinger
Hostinger has 2462 reviews in Trustpilot and their overall rating is 4.4 out of 5. Among them, 84% of the people have voted as Excellent.
Winner of this round - Hostinger
10) Customer Support
Before you finalize any hosting provider company you should look at the customer support of that company. Do they provide support through live chats, emails, and phone calls?
And also check how much time do they take to reply to your queries.
Customer support of GreenGeeks
GreenGeeks provides customer support through phone calls, emails, and live chats.
We have tested the live chat support of GreenGeeks and checked how much time do they take to reply.
You can see from the above screenshot that I did not have to wait even a minute. I got the reply after 10-15 seconds of my question.
Customer support of Hostinger
Hostinger does not provide live chat support for general inquiries. To get live chat support you have to sign up for any of their hosting plans.
There is an option to fill up a form for general inquiry but this will take some time to get a reply. Hostinger also does not provide customer support through phone calls.
So in the case of customer support, GreenGeeks is much better than Hostinger.
Winner of this round - GreenGeeks
11) Website Migration
If your website is hosted on any other hosting provider and you want to migrate your site to the new hosting provider, then free website migration can be very effective for you.
Website migration is really a critical task for beginners. So FREE website migration is a very essential feature you should look at.
GreenGeeks
GreenGeeks provides free website migration. Even the basic plan of GreenGeeks comes with free migration.
Hostinger
Hostinger does not provide any free migration with any of their plans.
So if your website is hosted anywhere else and you want to migrate it to Hostinger, you have to do this activity manually.
Winner of this round - GreenGeeks
FAQs on GreenGeeks vs Hostinger
Q. Does GreenGeeks provide a free domain name?
Yes, GreenGeeks provides a free domain name for one year with all the plans. You can also register many TLDs on your GreenGeeks account.
Q. Which one is cheaper between GreenGeeks vs Hostinger?
If you are looking for affordable hosting then Hostinger is for you. The shared hosting plan of Hostinger starts from $0.99 per month.
Q. Do GreenGeeks and Hostinger offer a money-back guarantee?
Both of them provide a 30-day money-back guarantee with all the plans. So if you are not satisfied with their service you can cancel your plan within the given period.
Conclusion
In this review of Hostinger vs GreenGeeks, I will definitely pick GreenGeeks over Hostinger.
After performing 11 detailed comparisons between the features of these two hostings I found that GreenGeeks provides much better features than GreenGeeks.
Yes, Hostinger is much affordable than GreenGeeks.
But I am one of those who do not compromise while choosing a hosting plan because hosting is the backbone of any website. I will be happy to invest some extra dollars for good hosting.
Thus after this detailed comparison, it is found that GreenGeeks wins over Hostinger for its better features.
Thank you for your cool explanation about these two hosting provider comparisons it really helps to pick the right one for site hosting.
Hey Atanu,
This is a very well-crafted and detailed article. I really thank you for creating good content.
Thank & Regards,
Nand Kishore