# Hostinger

> Cheap fixed-size KVM servers on prepaid monthly, yearly or two-year terms, with root, Docker and one-click OpenClaw, Hermes and n8n templates.

Website: https://www.hostinger.com/vps-hosting  
Guide page: https://botperch.com/providers/hostinger/  
Checked: 2026-10-30

**Short answer:** One always-on personal agent (2 vCPU / 4 GiB / 20 GiB) costs about $24.49 a month here, the 9th cheapest of the 16 providers that run it as described. The AI model adds about $1.88 a month on top (DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (1017), 30 requests a day at 40k tokens each, median zero-retention price; from $0.46 at the cheapest host). Fits well: One always-on agent on a normal Linux box: KVM 2 gives 2 vCPU, 8 GB, 100 GB, root, Docker and a public IPv4 for $24.49 a month.

Hostinger sells KVM virtual private servers in four fixed sizes: KVM 1 (1 vCPU / 4 GB / 50 GB), KVM 2 (2 / 8 / 100), KVM 4 (4 / 16 / 200) and KVM 8 (8 / 32 / 400). Every plan includes root access, a dedicated IPv4, NVMe disk, 4–32 TB of monthly bandwidth, weekly backups and a browser terminal. The server runs in one of 10 data centers, four in Europe, three of them in the EU.
It is a general-purpose VPS, not a sandbox API. You buy a machine by the month, or prepay 12 or 24 months for a lower monthly rate; there is no per-second meter, no pause that keeps memory, no fork, and no documented way to create one machine per task cheaply. You manage the operating system, updates and TLS yourself.
For agents, Hostinger's angle is one-click Docker templates rather than a managed runtime: OpenClaw, Hermes Agent, n8n, Agent Zero, Dify and others can be deployed from the VPS dashboard. Hostinger also sells a separate managed AI automation plan that runs OpenClaw, Hermes, n8n or Paperclip (from $4.99/mo on a 24-month term, renewing at $11.99/mo; $10.99/mo on the 1-month term), which is not a VPS and is not priced by this card. A public API, CLI, Python/TypeScript SDKs and an official MCP server can manage the VPS itself.

**Who it is for:** Readers who want one cheap, predictable, always-on Linux box for an agent or automation, are comfortable with a terminal, and do not need per-task sandboxes, pause/resume, forks or a managed agent backend.

**Isolation:** A VPS (virtual private server), not a sandbox built for agents. A KVM virtual machine with its own kernel, root, Docker and a dedicated IPv4. Hostinger says VPS customers share a physical server, and CPU is burstable under a credit system rather than a permanently dedicated core.

**Sizes and regions:** Four fixed plans, no custom sizes: KVM 1 1 vCPU / 4 GB / 50 GB, KVM 2 2 / 8 / 100, KVM 4 4 / 16 / 200, KVM 8 8 / 32 / 400. CPU, RAM and disk cannot be upgraded separately; you move to a larger plan. KVM 8 is the top tier and cannot be upgraded, so growth means another VPS. No GPU on the VPS product; GPUs are a separate hourly product.

## How it charges

- model: Prepaid plan for a 1-, 12- or 24-month term. The monthly figure is the term total divided by its months, and the whole term is paid upfront.
- meter: A flat price per plan per month. There is no per-second or per-hour meter and no usage-based overage on the machine.
- stopped: A powered-off VPS keeps billing in full. Stopping is a compute-only power change; only disabling auto-renewal ends the charge at the end of the term.
- planFee: The plan price is the whole charge; there is no separate platform fee. A free domain for one year is included.
- minimum: One month of KVM 1 at the monthly-billed renewal, $19.49. The first month is discounted to $9.99. No free tier, and a card is required.

A prepaid monthly VPS plan with a flat price per fixed size; the 1-month term renews at the list price, and a powered-off machine keeps billing.
- Term choice: the card prices the 1-month term at renewal, because it is the only monthly-billed term. The 12-month and 24-month terms are cheaper per month but are paid upfront for the whole term. Their renewal prices per month are: KVM 1 $12.99 / $11.99, KVM 2 $16.99 / $14.99, KVM 4 $30.99 / $28.99, KVM 8 $53.99 / $49.99. The corresponding upfront totals are $155.88 / $287.76, $203.88 / $359.76, $371.88 / $695.76 and $647.88 / $1,199.76.
- Prices were read during Hostinger's Black Friday sale on 2026-10-30. The introductory first-period prices may change when the sale ends; the renewal prices are the regular ongoing prices and are the ones the card uses.
- The advertised 24-month prices ($6.49, $8.79, $12.99, $25.99) are introductory and apply only when the full 24 months is paid upfront. They are not the ongoing price and are not used in the card.
- A powered-off VPS keeps billing. The stop endpoint says: "This is a compute-only power state change and does not affect billing." Workload C therefore pays the full plan price, not 90 hours.
- CPU is burstable under a credit system, not a permanently dedicated core. The baseline is 60% of allocated CPU; a full balance covers about three hours at 100%; after that the plan is throttled. This does not bind A, B or C, which sit at or below the baseline on average.
- One manual snapshot at a time, deleted after 1 day. Weekly backups are free and up to four are retained (two daily, two weekly); daily backups are a paid add-on whose price varies by plan.
- The managed AI automation plan runs OpenClaw, Hermes, n8n or Paperclip; it is $4.99/mo on a 24-month term (renewing at $11.99/mo) and $10.99/mo on the 1-month term. It is a separate product, not these VPS plans, and is not priced by this card.
- No separate platform fee; the plan price is the whole machine charge. A free domain for one year is included but is not part of the machine price.
- Hostinger quotes RAM and disk in GB; the card maps those figures 1:1 to the site's GiB fields. If they are decimal GB, 32 GB is 29.8 GiB and the largest plan is just under the 32 GiB mark. A/B/C asks are smaller and unaffected.
- Hostinger sells whole monthly plans, not machine-hours. The calculator bills each machine its plan price, and runs short tasks back to back on as few plans as their hours need: 1,000 ten-minute tasks fit on one KVM 2 for $24.49.

## Monthly cost for each preset workload

- A personal agent that stays on (Hermes, OpenClaw): $24.49
- A coding agent for one developer: $42.99
- A code interpreter inside your product: $24.49
- A browser agent for a small team: $171.43
- Self-hosted n8n for a small team: $24.49
- A Discord or Slack bot for one server: $19.49
- Claude Code for a team of five: $214.95
- A scraper that runs four times a day: $19.49
- Your own remote MCP server: $19.49
- A: 1,000 short tasks: $24.49
- B: one always-on box: $42.99
- C: three hours a day: $24.49

## Fits well

- One always-on agent on a normal Linux box: KVM 2 gives 2 vCPU, 8 GB, 100 GB, root, Docker and a public IPv4 for $24.49 a month.
- A non-coder who wants OpenClaw, Hermes or n8n running quickly: the VPS dashboard has one-click Docker templates and a web terminal for the rest.
- A predictable bill: the plan price is fixed, 4–32 TB of outbound data is included, and there is no per-GiB overage charge.
- European hosting with France, Germany, Lithuania and the UK, three of them in the EU, plus a 99.9% SLA, ISO 27001 and a DPA.

## Fits badly

- Many short-lived tasks or one machine per user: there is no per-second billing and no cheap programmatic create/destroy loop.
- Pause, resume or fork: stopping loses memory and still bills, and the single snapshot expires after a day.
- A team that needs SSO, a hard account spend cap, a full audit log or scoped API keys.
- Nested virtualisation, a custom OS image, a GPU inside the VPS, or a separate volume that outlives the machine.

## Features

- **Isolation** (yes): KVM VM; root and Docker. A full KVM virtual machine with its own kernel, root and Docker. Hostinger explicitly does not support nested virtualisation, and does not allow a custom OS image. [source](https://www.hostinger.com/vps-hosting) [docs](https://www.hostinger.com/vps-hosting)
- **Sizes and regions** (partly): 8 vCPU / 32 GB; 10 regions. Four fixed plans up to 8 vCPU / 32 GB / 400 GB, in 10 data centers including France, Germany, Lithuania and the UK. CPU, RAM and disk cannot be sized independently or upgraded separately; there is no GPU on the VPS product, and the location is fixed after setup. [source](https://www.hostinger.com/vps-hosting) [docs](https://www.hostinger.com/vps-hosting)
- **Lifecycle** (partly): Stop keeps disk; no pause. A stop powers the machine off and keeps the disk; it does not pause memory or running processes, and it does not stop billing. There is no wake-on-request: a stopped machine stays stopped until you start it. [source](https://docs.hostinger.com/api-reference/endpoints/vps/virtual-machine/stop-virtual-machine) [docs](https://docs.hostinger.com/api-reference/endpoints/vps/virtual-machine/stop-virtual-machine)
- **Snapshots and forks** (partly): 1 snapshot, 1 day. A manual snapshot captures the whole VPS, but only one can exist, a new one overwrites it, and it expires after 1 day. Weekly backups are the longer-lived restore point. There is no fork, no clone of a running machine and no user-created template. [source](https://www.hostinger.com/support/1583232-how-to-back-up-or-restore-a-vps-at-hostinger/) [docs](https://www.hostinger.com/support/1583232-how-to-back-up-or-restore-a-vps-at-hostinger/)
- **Storage** (partly): 50–400 GB included. The NVMe disk is part of the plan: 50, 100, 200 or 400 GB, and it survives a stop. There are no separate volumes, no shared volume, no bucket mount and no way to grow the disk without moving to a larger plan. [source](https://www.hostinger.com/support/1583229-how-to-upgrade-a-vps-server-at-hostinger/) [docs](https://www.hostinger.com/support/1583229-how-to-upgrade-a-vps-server-at-hostinger/)
- **Idle and waking** (yes): No idle stop. No idle timer and no lifetime cap: a VPS runs until you stop it or the subscription ends. That is good for an always-on agent, but there is no idle setting to choose and no wake-on-request, so an idle machine cannot be made cheaper. [source](https://docs.hostinger.com/api-reference/endpoints/vps/virtual-machine/stop-virtual-machine) [docs](https://docs.hostinger.com/api-reference/endpoints/vps/virtual-machine/stop-virtual-machine)
- **Reaching it** (yes): Public IPv4; SSH and web console. A dedicated public IPv4, standard SSH, a browser console, raw TCP and SSH local forwarding. The managed firewall drops all traffic until you add accept rules. There is no private, token-gated link. [source](https://www.hostinger.com/legal/hosting-agreement) [docs](https://www.hostinger.com/legal/hosting-agreement)
- **Custom domains** (partly): DNS; HTTPS is manual. You can point a domain at the VPS and a free domain for one year is included. HTTPS is not automatic: Hostinger documents Traefik, Certbot or a control panel, so the certificate is your setup. [source](https://www.hostinger.com/support/6360129-how-to-install-ssl-on-vps-at-hostinger/) [docs](https://www.hostinger.com/support/6360129-how-to-install-ssl-on-vps-at-hostinger/)
- **Outbound network** (yes): 4–32 TB/mo, then 10 Mbps. 4 TB on KVM 1 up to 32 TB on KVM 8, with no per-GiB overage charge; exceeding the allowance throttles to 10 Mbps until the next month. A dedicated IPv4 gives a stable outgoing address, though the terms allow a change on migration. The managed firewall filters incoming traffic only, so there is no provider-level outbound allowlist or no-internet mode. [source](https://www.hostinger.com/vps-hosting) [docs](https://www.hostinger.com/vps-hosting)
- **Keys and secrets** (no): No secret store. There is no provider secret store, no hidden-secret proxy and no scoped key. API tokens inherit the permissions of the user who created them and can be set to expire, but cannot be limited to one machine or one action. [source](https://docs.hostinger.com/api-reference/overview) [docs](https://docs.hostinger.com/api-reference/overview)
- **Ways to drive it** (yes): Dashboard, CLI, SDKs, API, MCP. Dashboard creation, an official CLI, Python and TypeScript SDKs, a documented REST API and an official MCP server with 63 VPS tools. There is no PTY or file API: the browser console is for a person, not a program. [source](https://docs.hostinger.com/hostinger-connector/overview) [docs](https://docs.hostinger.com/hostinger-connector/overview)
- **Built-in agents** (partly): OpenClaw/Hermes/n8n templates. One-click Docker templates for OpenClaw, Hermes Agent, n8n, Agent Zero and Dify, but no Claude Code or Codex in the default image, no browser or desktop, and no prompt API. The separate managed AI automation plan is the no-terminal product. [source](https://www.hostinger.com/applications/openclaw) [docs](https://www.hostinger.com/applications/openclaw)
- **Teams and accounts** (partly): 2 roles; no SSO or spend cap. Account Sharing gives a collaborator access to selected services with a Collaborator or Admin role. There is no SSO, no account-wide spend cap and no full audit log; the VPS API keeps an action log and the account shows sign-ins. [source](https://www.hostinger.com/support/1583777-how-to-share-access-to-your-account-at-hostinger/) [docs](https://www.hostinger.com/support/1583777-how-to-share-access-to-your-account-at-hostinger/)
- **Billing models** (partly): $19.49–$73.99/mo, prepaid. A flat plan price for a 1-, 12- or 24-month term, paid upfront. The monthly-billed renewal is $19.49–$73.99; 12- and 24-month renewals are lower but prepaid. A stopped VPS keeps billing, so idle hours are not cheaper. [source](https://www.hostinger.com/vps-hosting) [docs](https://www.hostinger.com/vps-hosting)
- **Trials and free tiers** (no): No free tier; 30-day refund. No ongoing free tier, no starting credit and no card-free trial. KVM VPS plans are refundable within 30 days, with a 180-day cooldown after a VPS refund. [source](https://www.hostinger.com/support/9088216-what-is-hostinger-refund-policy/) [docs](https://www.hostinger.com/support/9088216-what-is-hostinger-refund-policy/)
- **The company** (yes): Hostinger International Ltd; 99.9%. Hostinger International Limited (Cyprus) for most countries including the EU, founded in 2004, 5M+ customers and 1000+ staff. ISO/IEC 27001:2022, GDPR and PCI DSS are listed; SOC 2 is not. A public status page and a DPA are available. [source](https://www.hostinger.com/legal/hosting-agreement) [docs](https://www.hostinger.com/legal/hosting-agreement)

## Capabilities

- Its own virtual machine: yes (KVM full VM) [source](https://www.hostinger.com/vps-hosting)
- Root access: yes (root over SSH) [source](https://www.hostinger.com/legal/hosting-agreement)
- Docker inside: yes (Docker + Docker Manager) [source](https://www.hostinger.com/vps-hosting)
- Nested virtualisation: no (Not supported) [source](https://www.hostinger.com/support/10429687-is-nested-virtualization-supported-in-hostinger/)
- Your own image: no (No custom OS image) [source](https://www.hostinger.com/support/8852324-can-you-add-your-own-os-image-to-vps-at-hostinger/)
- Any size you like: no (4 fixed plans) [source](https://www.hostinger.com/support/1583229-how-to-upgrade-a-vps-server-at-hostinger/)
- Large machines: partly (8 vCPU / 32 GB). The largest plan is 8 vCPU / 32 GB; Hostinger does not say whether that is GiB, and 32 decimal GB is 29.8 GiB, just under the 32 GiB mark. [source](https://www.hostinger.com/vps-hosting)
- Resize while running: partly (Whole-plan upgrade only). You cannot add CPU or memory on their own, only move to a bigger fixed plan, and Hostinger does not say running processes survive the upgrade. [source](https://www.hostinger.com/support/1583229-how-to-upgrade-a-vps-server-at-hostinger/)
- GPUs: no (No GPU on VPS) [source](https://www.hostinger.com/gpu-hosting)
- Choose the region: yes (10 data centers) [source](https://www.hostinger.com/vps-hosting)
- Runs in the EU: yes (FR, DE, LT) [source](https://www.hostinger.com/support/1583267-where-are-hostinger-servers-located/)
- Pause keeps memory: no (Stop loses memory) [source](https://docs.hostinger.com/api-reference/endpoints/vps/virtual-machine/stop-virtual-machine)
- Pre-started pools: no (No pre-started pool) [source](https://docs.hostinger.com/api-reference/endpoints/vps)
- Starts in under a second: not-published (Not published) [source](https://docs.hostinger.com/api-reference/endpoints/vps)
- Snapshots of files: yes (1 snapshot, 1 day) [source](https://www.hostinger.com/support/1583232-how-to-back-up-or-restore-a-vps-at-hostinger/)
- Snapshots with memory: not-published (Not published) [source](https://www.hostinger.com/support/1583232-how-to-back-up-or-restore-a-vps-at-hostinger/)
- Copy a running machine: no (No fork) [source](https://www.hostinger.com/support/1583232-how-to-back-up-or-restore-a-vps-at-hostinger/)
- Pick an older snapshot: no (Only 1 snapshot) [source](https://www.hostinger.com/support/1583232-how-to-back-up-or-restore-a-vps-at-hostinger/)
- Reusable templates: no (OS/app templates only) [source](https://docs.hostinger.com/api-reference/endpoints/vps)
- Automatic backups: yes (Weekly; 2 weekly + 2 daily) [source](https://www.hostinger.com/support/1583232-how-to-back-up-or-restore-a-vps-at-hostinger/)
- Files survive a stop: yes (Disk kept on stop) [source](https://docs.hostinger.com/api-reference/endpoints/vps/virtual-machine/stop-virtual-machine)
- Separate volumes: no (No volumes) [source](https://www.hostinger.com/support/1583229-how-to-upgrade-a-vps-server-at-hostinger/)
- One volume, several machines: no (No shared volume) [source](https://docs.hostinger.com/api-reference/endpoints/vps)
- Mount outside storage: no (No bucket mount) [source](https://docs.hostinger.com/api-reference/endpoints/vps)
- Large disk: yes (Up to 400 GB) [source](https://www.hostinger.com/vps-hosting)
- Can stay on indefinitely: yes (No idle stop) [source](https://docs.hostinger.com/api-reference/endpoints/vps/virtual-machine/stop-virtual-machine)
- Choose the idle timeout: partly (Never; no timer). There is no idle setting at all: the only behaviour is to run until you stop it, so you cannot choose a timeout or let it sleep to save money. [source](https://docs.hostinger.com/api-reference/endpoints/vps/virtual-machine/stop-virtual-machine)
- Wakes on a request: no (Manual start only) [source](https://docs.hostinger.com/api-reference/endpoints/vps/virtual-machine/stop-virtual-machine)
- Scheduled runs: no (Cron only inside VM) [source](https://docs.hostinger.com/api-reference/endpoints/vps)
- Public link to a port: yes (Public IPv4) [source](https://www.hostinger.com/legal/hosting-agreement)
- Private link: no (No private link) [source](https://www.hostinger.com/support/8172641-how-to-use-a-managed-vps-firewall-at-hostinger/)
- Real SSH: yes (Standard SSH) [source](https://www.hostinger.com/support/5723772-how-to-connect-to-your-vps-via-ssh-at-hostinger/)
- Terminal in the browser: yes (Browser console) [source](https://www.hostinger.com/support/how-to-use-the-web-console-in-hostinger/)
- Tunnel to your computer: yes (SSH -L) [source](https://www.hostinger.com/support/5723772-how-to-connect-to-your-vps-via-ssh-at-hostinger/)
- Non-web ports: yes (Any TCP/UDP port) [source](https://www.hostinger.com/support/8172641-how-to-use-a-managed-vps-firewall-at-hostinger/)
- Your own domain: yes (DNS + free domain) [source](https://www.hostinger.com/vps-hosting)
- Automatic HTTPS: partly (Traefik/Certbot). Hostinger does not issue a certificate for the server; you deploy Traefik or run Certbot, or use a control panel, so HTTPS is your setup. [source](https://www.hostinger.com/support/6360129-how-to-install-ssl-on-vps-at-hostinger/)
- Outbound data included: yes (4–32 TB/mo, then 10 Mbps) [source](https://www.hostinger.com/vps-hosting)
- Allow only some sites: no (Inbound firewall only) [source](https://www.hostinger.com/support/8172641-how-to-use-a-managed-vps-firewall-at-hostinger/)
- Turn the internet off: no (No provider mode) [source](https://www.hostinger.com/support/8172641-how-to-use-a-managed-vps-firewall-at-hostinger/)
- Fixed outgoing IP: yes (Dedicated IPv4) [source](https://www.hostinger.com/legal/hosting-agreement)
- Stored secrets: no (No secret store) [source](https://docs.hostinger.com/account/security)
- Secrets the agent cannot read: no (No secret proxy) [source](https://docs.hostinger.com/account/security)
- Limited API keys: no (Account-wide tokens) [source](https://docs.hostinger.com/api-reference/overview)
- Create from the website: yes (Dashboard + web console) [source](https://www.hostinger.com/support/5726606-how-to-use-the-vps-dashboard-in-hostinger/)
- Command-line tool: yes (hostinger CLI) [source](https://docs.hostinger.com/api-reference/cli)
- Python SDK: yes (hostinger-api) [source](https://docs.hostinger.com/api-reference/sdks)
- TypeScript SDK: yes (@hostinger/sdk) [source](https://docs.hostinger.com/api-reference/sdks)
- Documented HTTP API: yes (90 requests/min) [source](https://docs.hostinger.com/api-reference/overview)
- MCP server: yes (63 VPS tools) [source](https://docs.hostinger.com/hostinger-connector/overview)
- Interactive terminal over the API: no (No PTY API) [source](https://docs.hostinger.com/api-reference/endpoints/vps)
- Files over the API: no (No file API) [source](https://docs.hostinger.com/api-reference/endpoints/vps)
- Coding agents preinstalled: no (No coding agent) [source](https://docs.hostinger.com/api-reference/endpoints/vps)
- Send it a prompt: no (No prompt API) [source](https://docs.hostinger.com/api-reference/endpoints/vps)
- One-click Hermes: yes (VPS template) [source](https://www.hostinger.com/applications/hermes-agent)
- One-click OpenClaw: yes (VPS template) [source](https://www.hostinger.com/applications/openclaw)
- Browser built in: no (Not preinstalled) [source](https://docs.hostinger.com/api-reference/endpoints/vps)
- Desktop for computer use: no (No desktop) [source](https://docs.hostinger.com/api-reference/endpoints/vps)
- Runs other platforms' agents: no (Self-host only) [source](https://www.hostinger.com/applications/openclaw)
- Team workspace: yes (Account Sharing) [source](https://www.hostinger.com/support/1583777-how-to-share-access-to-your-account-at-hostinger/)
- Roles and permissions: partly (Collaborator/Admin). Only two roles exist, and they are granted per shared service, not per machine with read-only or operator levels. [source](https://www.hostinger.com/support/1583777-how-to-share-access-to-your-account-at-hostinger/)
- Single sign-on: no (No SAML/OIDC) [source](https://www.hostinger.com/support/1583777-how-to-share-access-to-your-account-at-hostinger/)
- Hard spending cap: partly (Prepaid plan only). The prepaid term caps the machine's own bill, but there is no account-level spending limit and add-ons or upgrades are separate purchases. [source](https://www.hostinger.com/vps-hosting)
- Usage alerts: not-published (Not published) [source](https://www.hostinger.com/support/5726606-how-to-use-the-vps-dashboard-in-hostinger/)
- Audit log: partly (VPS actions + sign-ins). The VPS API logs start/stop/restart actions and the account shows sign-ins, but there is no account-wide record of who changed what. [source](https://docs.hostinger.com/api-reference/endpoints/vps/actions)
- Billed per second: no (Monthly plan) [source](https://www.hostinger.com/vps-hosting)
- CPU billed only while working: no (Allocated plan) [source](https://www.hostinger.com/vps-hosting)
- Paused costs only storage: no (Stop still bills) [source](https://docs.hostinger.com/api-reference/endpoints/vps/virtual-machine/stop-virtual-machine)
- No monthly fee: no (Monthly plan) [source](https://www.hostinger.com/vps-hosting)
- Flat monthly price: yes ($19.49–$73.99/mo) [source](https://www.hostinger.com/vps-hosting)
- Ongoing free tier: no (No free tier) [source](https://www.hostinger.com/support/9088216-what-is-hostinger-refund-policy/)
- Free starting credit: no (No starting credit) [source](https://www.hostinger.com/support/9088216-what-is-hostinger-refund-policy/)
- Try without a card: no (Card required) [source](https://www.hostinger.com/vps-hosting)
- Public status page: yes (statuspage.hostinger.com) [source](https://statuspage.hostinger.com/)
- Uptime promise (SLA): yes (99.9%, 5% credit) [source](https://www.hostinger.com/legal/hosting-agreement)
- SOC 2 report: no (ISO 27001, no SOC 2) [source](https://trust.hostinger.com/)
- Data processing agreement: yes (DPA covers VPS) [source](https://www.hostinger.com/legal/dpa)
- Open source or self-hostable: no (Proprietary service) [source](https://www.hostinger.com/legal/universal-terms-of-service-agreement)

## Usability

- Dashboard: Yes: a VPS dashboard with status and resource graphs, a browser console and Hostinger Agent, Docker Manager, snapshots and backups, firewall, SSH keys, OS reinstall, DNS manager, API tokens and plan upgrade.
- Without code: Partly. The purchase and an application template such as OpenClaw, Hermes or n8n are click-through, but connecting a model key, a chat channel or a domain usually needs the terminal. Hostinger's separate managed AI automation plan is the no-terminal product.
- Signup: A Hostinger account and a card. There is no free tier or starting credit; the exit is a 30-day money-back guarantee, with a 180-day cooldown after a VPS refund.
- Docs: A large support knowledge base plus a separate API reference with OpenAPI-generated CLI, SDK and MCP docs. The VPS dashboard also embeds Hostinger Agent, an AI console that runs commands in natural language.
- Trips people up: The advertised $6.49–$25.99 prices are 24-month introductory prices paid upfront; the 1-month renewal is $19.49–$73.99.
- Trips people up: The first month is discounted even on the 1-month term, so the second invoice is the real ongoing price.
- Trips people up: A stopped VPS still bills in full.
- Trips people up: CPU is burstable under a credit system; a long build can be throttled after about three hours at full load.
- Trips people up: There is one snapshot and it expires after one day.
- Trips people up: The server location cannot be changed in place; you backup and reinstall in another data center.
- Trips people up: No custom OS image and no nested virtualisation.
- Trips people up: Docker Manager is experimental and only works with Docker OS templates.

## Company

- Legal entity: Hostinger International Limited, a Cyprus private limited company, for most countries including the EU. UK customers contract with Hostinger UK Limited; some countries use Hostinger Global S.à r.l in Luxembourg or Hostinger Pte Ltd in Singapore. [source](https://www.hostinger.com/legal/universal-terms-of-service-agreement)
- History: Founded in 2004 in Kaunas, Lithuania as Hosting Media. [source](https://www.hostinger.com/about)
- Brand: The Hostinger name and its hPanel control panel arrived in 2011. [source](https://www.hostinger.com/about)
- Customers: 5M+ businesses and creators. [source](https://www.hostinger.com/about)
- Reach: More than 150 countries. [source](https://www.hostinger.com/about)
- People: 1000+ employees. [source](https://www.hostinger.com/about)
- Funding: No outside funding round or valuation is published. The company describes its 2004 origin as bootstrapped; that is history, not a statement about current ownership. [source](https://www.hostinger.com/about)
- Uptime promise: A 99.9% monthly service uptime guarantee, with a 5% credit of the monthly hosting fee if Hostinger misses it. Scheduled maintenance and customer-caused interruptions are excluded. [source](https://www.hostinger.com/legal/hosting-agreement)
- Certification: ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certified hosting provider. [source](https://trust.hostinger.com/)
- Compliance: GDPR and PCI DSS v4.0.1 are also listed. No SOC 2 report is listed. [source](https://trust.hostinger.com/)
- Status page: A public status page lists incidents and scheduled maintenance, including VPS node maintenance. [source](https://statuspage.hostinger.com/)

## Caveats

- **The advertised price is not the ongoing price** (open): The VPS page was in a Black Friday sale on 2026-10-30 and leads with 24-month introductory prices ($6.49–$25.99/mo), with the full term paid upfront. The 1-month term renews at $19.49–$73.99/mo. The card uses the 1-month renewal; the 12- and 24-month renewals are lower but prepaid.
- **"Dedicated resources" sits beside a shared host and a CPU credit throttle** (contradiction): The VPS page says "Get dedicated resources" and the Docker page says "Guaranteed resources", while the hosting agreement says VPS customers "share a server with other customers" and the CPU credit article says capacity is cut when credits run out. The CPU is not a permanently dedicated core.
- **Hostinger's own pages disagree on the throttled CPU floor** (contradiction): The CPU credit article says 40% on KVM 1 and 30% on the larger plans. A separate CPU-limit FAQ says 5% to 20% depending on the plan. The model uses the credit article's figures and treats the FAQ as unresolved.
- **"Change location anytime" is not true for a running VPS** (contradiction): The VPS marketing page says you can move a VPS to any of the 10 locations. The support article says the location is fixed after setup and the only alternative is to back up and reinstall in another data center.
- **The only snapshot expires after one day** (open): A manual snapshot captures the whole VPS, but only one can exist, a new one overwrites it, and it is deleted after 1 day. Weekly backups are the longer-lived protection, and restoring either overwrites the current server.
- **Stopping does not stop the bill** (open): The stop endpoint calls it a compute-only power change that does not affect billing. A machine that is off for 640 hours still pays the full monthly plan, and its memory and running processes are gone.
- **The managed agent plan is a different product** (open): Hostinger's managed AI automation plan runs OpenClaw, Hermes, n8n or Paperclip (from $4.99/mo on 24 months, $10.99/mo monthly); it is not a VPS plan. The VPS templates give root and a persistent disk but no managed automatic updates, AI credits or Telegram pairing; those are terminal work.
- **Hostinger quotes GB, the calculator uses GiB** (open): Hostinger labels RAM and disk in GB; the calculator's fields are GiB. The card maps 8/16/32 GB and 50–400 GB 1:1 to GiB. If those are decimal GB, 32 GB is 29.8 GiB and the largest plan is just under the 32 GiB mark. A/B/C asks are smaller and unaffected.

## Sources

- [VPS hosting and plan prices](https://www.hostinger.com/vps-hosting)
- [KVM 4 live catalog (all terms)](https://cart.hostinger.com/api/v1/catalog/hostingercom-vps-kvm4?brand_name=hostinger.com&currency_code=USD)
- [OpenClaw VPS template](https://www.hostinger.com/applications/openclaw)
- [Hermes Agent VPS template](https://www.hostinger.com/applications/hermes-agent)
- [n8n VPS template](https://www.hostinger.com/applications/n8n)
- [Managed OpenClaw (separate product)](https://www.hostinger.com/managed-openclaw)
- [Managed Hermes (separate product)](https://www.hostinger.com/managed-hermes-agent)
- [Backups and snapshots](https://www.hostinger.com/support/1583232-how-to-back-up-or-restore-a-vps-at-hostinger/)
- [Stop endpoint: billing continues](https://docs.hostinger.com/api-reference/endpoints/vps/virtual-machine/stop-virtual-machine)
- [CPU credits](https://www.hostinger.com/support/how-cpu-credits-work-on-hostinger-vps/)
- [Server locations](https://www.hostinger.com/support/1583267-where-are-hostinger-servers-located/)
- [API reference](https://docs.hostinger.com/api-reference/overview)
- [Hosting agreement (SLA and VPS terms)](https://www.hostinger.com/legal/hosting-agreement)
- [Trust center](https://trust.hostinger.com/)
- [Data processing addendum](https://www.hostinger.com/legal/dpa)
- [Managed AI automation apps](https://www.hostinger.com/ai-automation-apps)