Hostinger offers extensive AI-agent tooling — a hosted OAuth MCP server, a public API, SDKs and an IDE connector — plus 60 PHP workers, staging and Git auto-deploy at a low price, but the price needs 48 months prepaid, mailboxes are free only for the first year and human support is in English only. Aderlo Cloud renews at its list price with no long prepayment, includes mailboxes, gives a Redis instance per account and per-domain PHP, offers support in five languages and lets agents work on MySQL and PostgreSQL with read-only access enforced by the database.
Side-by-side comparison
| Hostinger | Aderlo Cloud | |
|---|---|---|
| Plan compared | Managed WooCommerce — Unlimited | Starter Store / Growth Store |
| Price: year 1 → renewal | $191.52 for 48 months prepaid, then $203.88 a year; excl. VAT | €120 / €290 a year excl. VAT — the same at renewal |
| Web server and cache | LiteSpeed + LSCache | LiteSpeed Enterprise + LSCache, configured for you |
| Redis / object cache | LiteSpeed Memcached (LSMCD) as object cache; Redis not offered | yes, a separate instance per account, included |
| PHP versions | 8.2–8.5, one version per plan (per site only via .htaccess) | 7.4–8.4, per domain, with the result verified |
| Processes, CPU, RAM | 60 PHP workers, 2 CPU cores, 3 GB RAM | 5 / 10 dedicated PHP workers, up to 1.5 / 3 vCPU, 2 / 4 GB RAM |
| Backups | daily (7 days) and weekly (7 weeks); email not backed up | daily, on separate hardware, 7 / 14 days |
| Data centre | choice of location; EU: France, Germany, Lithuania, Netherlands (plus UK) | Falkenstein, Germany (EU) |
| SSH, WP-CLI, Git | SSH, WP-CLI, staging, Git auto-deploy | SSH, WP-CLI and Git deploy on every plan |
| Migration | unlimited, free | free, done by the Aderlo Cloud team, email included |
| AI agents (MCP) and API | hosted MCP server (mcp.hostinger.com, OAuth), public API, SDKs, CLI, IDE connector | remote MCP server with OAuth and 5 scopes; API with scoped keys |
| Uptime SLA | 99.9%, credit 5% of the monthly fee | 99.9% |
When Hostinger is the better choice
- You want the broadest AI-agent and developer tooling (372 MCP tools, SDKs, CLI, IDE connector).
- You need staging and Git auto-deploy on an entry plan.
- You want many PHP workers for a low price and can prepay 48 months.
- You want to choose the data-centre country.
When Aderlo Cloud is the better choice
- You do not want to prepay four years for the advertised price.
- You want mailboxes included after the first year and support from people in five languages.
- You need a different PHP version per site without editing .htaccess, and Redis per account.
- An AI agent should query MySQL or PostgreSQL with read-only access enforced by the database, or you want to run your own agent (Hermes) and PostgreSQL with pgvector next to the hosting.
What to watch for
- Hostinger’s intro price requires 48 months paid upfront.
- At Hostinger, mailboxes cost $0.59 each per month after the first year.
- Hostinger’s SLA credit is 5% of the monthly fee and can only be used on Hostinger services.
Frequently asked questions
- Which is cheaper, Aderlo Cloud or Hostinger?
- Compare the total over three years at similar resources, not the first-year price. Aderlo Cloud renews at the list price — €120 / €290 a year (excl. VAT) for Starter Store / Growth Store.
- Is moving from Hostinger to Aderlo Cloud free?
- Yes. Aderlo Cloud moves the store, including email, free of charge on every plan, and switches the address only once the copy works — the store keeps selling throughout.