Hostinger Renewal Price: What You Pay After the Promo
You found Hostinger at $1.99 a month. Then you spotted the small grey line under the price: “Renews at $10.99/mo.” That line is the Hostinger renewal price, and it decides what the plan really costs you once the first term runs out. This page puts every current plan’s intro and renewal figure side by side, straight from Hostinger’s own pricing page, and does the multi-year math the checkout page leaves to you.
Short answer: The Hostinger renewal price is the monthly rate you pay after your first prepaid term ends. As of November 5, 2026, Premium renews at $10.99/mo, Unlimited (formerly Business) at $16.99/mo and Cloud Startup at $25.99/mo, each billed for the same 48-month term you bought. That is roughly five to six times the promotional rate on the two shared plans.
One thing before the numbers. Today’s intro prices are Black Friday promotions, and Hostinger’s page shows a countdown banner. Intro prices change often. The renewal figures have been stable across every source we checked, which is why this page is built around them.
Hostinger renewal prices at a glance
Every row below comes from Hostinger’s official pricing page, read on November 5, 2026. Prices exclude VAT and sales tax. The “jump” column is the increase in the monthly rate from the promotional term to the renewal term.
| Plan | Intro price | Term (paid upfront) | Renewal price | Jump |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Premium | $1.99/mo ($95.52) | 48 months | $10.99/mo | +452% |
| Unlimited (ex-Business) | $2.79/mo ($133.92) | 48 months | $16.99/mo | +509% |
| Cloud Startup | $7.99/mo ($383.52) | 48 months | $25.99/mo | +225% |
| Agency Startup | $29/mo ($696) | 24 months | $49/mo | +69% |
| .com domain | $0.01 first year | 3-year registration required | $19.99/yr | $0.01 → $19.99 |
Two details on the plan cards are easy to miss. Each one says the plan “renews at” its rate “for the same term,” so a 48-month purchase renews as another 48-month block unless you change it. And the struck-through list prices ($12.99 for Premium, $18.99 for Unlimited) are higher than the renewal rates, so the renewal is a discount off list, just a much smaller one than the promo.
Not sure which of these plans fits your site? Our Hostinger Premium vs Unlimited comparison lines up the technical limits (PHP workers, inodes, RAM) plan by plan.
What the renewal actually costs over eight years
Monthly numbers hide the size of the bill. Hostinger charges the whole term upfront, so the figure that lands on your card is the monthly rate times 48.
Here is the arithmetic, using only the official figures above:
| Plan | First 48 months | Second 48 months (renewal) | 8-year total | Per year after renewal |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Premium | $95.52 | $527.52 | $623.04 | $131.88 |
| Unlimited | $133.92 | $815.52 | $949.44 | $203.88 |
| Cloud Startup | $383.52 | $1,247.52 | $1,631.04 | $311.88 |
So the Premium renewal invoice is about 5.5 times the first one, even though the Hostinger renewal price per month looks modest on the card. You don’t pay it in small monthly steps. It is one charge of $527.52 (plus tax), four years after you signed up, when you may have forgotten what you agreed to.
Notice the Cloud Startup row. Its jump is the smallest in percentage terms (about 3.3×), but its Hostinger renewal price is the biggest in dollars: $1,247.52 for the second term. Percentages make shared plans look worse. Dollars make cloud plans look worse. Use both.
Is that bad value? Not automatically. $131.88 a year for three sites with email and weekly backups is in the normal range for shared hosting. The problem is the surprise, not the rate. If you plan for it on day one, the Hostinger renewal price is a known cost like any other.
What the renewal money buys on each plan
A renewal rate only means something next to the limits it pays for. These are the headline resources from the same pricing page:
- Premium ($10.99/mo at renewal): 3 websites, 20 GB SSD, 1 CPU core, 2 GB RAM, 40 PHP workers, 400,000 inodes, weekly backups.
- Unlimited ($16.99/mo): unlimited websites (under a Fair Usage Policy), 50 GB NVMe, 2 cores, 3 GB RAM, 60 PHP workers, 600,000 inodes, daily backups.
- Cloud Startup ($25.99/mo): 100 GB NVMe, 4 cores, 4 GB RAM, 100 PHP workers, 2,000,000 inodes, daily and on-demand backups.
- Agency Startup ($49/mo): 100 websites, 300 GB NVMe, 6 cores, 12 GB RAM, daily backups.
The step from Premium to Unlimited adds $6 a month at renewal for one more core, 1 GB of RAM and daily backups. For one or two small sites, that’s hard to justify. For a freelancer running eight client sites, the Hostinger renewal price on Unlimited is the cheaper option per site. The full breakdown is in our Premium vs Unlimited guide.
Why the jump is so large: the 48-month prepay
Shared hosting is sold the way gyms sell memberships. The intro rate buys a long commitment, and the renewal rate is where the provider earns its margin. Hostinger pushes that model further than most because it shows only the 48-month term on its main pricing page today. Longer terms make the advertised monthly figure smaller. They also make the gap at renewal wider.
On November 5, 2026, Hostinger’s pricing page did not show 1-, 12- or 24-month options at all. Third-party price trackers recorded shorter terms earlier this year, along with a slightly higher Unlimited renewal ($17.99/mo) on 12- and 24-month terms. We couldn’t confirm either figure on an official page, so treat them as unverified. If you see a term selector in checkout, the renewal line under each option is the number to compare, not the intro line.
A side effect worth knowing: because the renewal is quoted “for the same term,” the four-year commitment repeats. If you’d rather renew for one year to keep your options open, check in hPanel whether a shorter renewal term is offered and at what rate before the auto-renewal date.
Where to see your renewal price before you’re charged
Hostinger shows the exact figure inside your account. According to Hostinger’s support article on renewing a plan, you’ll find it in hPanel under Billing → Subscriptions, in a column labeled “Renewal price.” That figure excludes taxes, so your card will be charged slightly more.
- The same screen is where you switch auto-renewal on or off. Turning it off doesn’t cancel anything: the plan stays active until its expiration date.
- You can renew manually at any time while the plan is still active, from Billing or from the website’s card when it’s close to expiry.
- If a plan expires and is canceled, reactivation is a separate process. Don’t let a site you care about lapse to “think about it.”
This site runs on Hostinger, so this is the screen we’ll be watching when our own first term comes up. Set a calendar reminder 60 days before your expiry date. That’s enough time to compare, migrate or renew on your terms.
Renewal vs domain vs email: three bills that change
The hosting plan isn’t the only line that goes up. When people quote a Hostinger renewal price, they usually leave out two smaller items.
The domain. Hostinger currently sells a .com for $0.01 for the first year, but only when you register it for three years. The regular first-year price is $19.99, and the renewal is $19.99 a year. Budget for the domain separately from the hosting plan: it renews on its own schedule.
Email. The plan cards list mailboxes as “free for 1 year” (two per site on Premium, unlimited per site on Unlimited). After year one, email becomes a paid extra. The pricing page we read didn’t show the after-year-one email price, so check it in checkout before you rely on those mailboxes for a business address.
The hosting itself. Covered above. It’s the large one.
Add those together and a first website’s real year-five cost on Premium is the hosting renewal plus a domain renewal plus whatever email costs by then. That’s why our web hosting renewal prices comparison counts hosting, domain and email as one budget.
How to lower your Hostinger renewal price
There’s no secret code that cuts the Hostinger renewal price in half. But you have more options than “pay it or leave.” Here’s what each one actually costs you.
1. Renew for the longest term offered
The plan card says the rate applies to “the same term,” and the long term is what produced the low per-month figure in the first place. If hPanel offers a choice at renewal, compare the total for each term, not just the monthly rate. The cost: another multi-year lock-in.
2. Move down a plan before you renew
If you bought Unlimited and still run two sites, Premium renews at $10.99 instead of $16.99. That’s $288 less over a 48-month term. Hostinger’s support documentation says you can downgrade from Billing → Subscriptions, that the change applies immediately with a prorated credit for the unused difference, and that your expiration date stays the same. The catch: your current usage has to fit inside the smaller plan’s limits, or the downgrade button stays disabled. The cost: lower limits (three websites, 20 GB, weekly backups instead of daily).
3. Watch for a sale and renew early
You can renew any time while the plan is active. Whether a sitewide promotion applies to existing-customer renewals isn’t stated on the pricing page, so check the renewal screen during a sale before assuming it does. The cost: nothing, if it works.
4. Migrate to another host
New intro prices go to new customers, at any host. Moving gets you a fresh promo, then a fresh renewal jump down the road. The cost: migration time, possible downtime, and another renewal cliff later. If you’re moving because the site outgrew shared hosting, read how Cloudways pricing works. It bills monthly by usage, so there’s no promo-then-renewal cycle.
Who should skip Hostinger
We host this site on Hostinger and think the Hostinger renewal price is fair value for small sites. That still leaves several people who shouldn’t buy.
- You can’t commit 48 months upfront. The low price only exists on the long term. If paying $95.52 now and $527.52 later doesn’t suit your cash flow, a host with annual billing and a smaller jump is a better match.
- You want the cheapest bill in year two. Namecheap’s Stellar renews at $55.88 a year, under the renewal prices its knowledge base announced for May 19, 2026. Hostinger Premium renewed is $131.88 a year. If price is your only filter, Hostinger loses after the promo.
- Your store or app already has real traffic. Shared plans share a server. If you need predictable resources, compare managed WordPress vs shared hosting before locking in four years.
- You run old software. WordPress itself recommends PHP 8.3 or newer and MySQL 8.0+ or MariaDB 10.11+ (see the official WordPress requirements). If your site depends on something older, test first.
Hostinger vs SiteGround and Namecheap at renewal
A quick comparison with two other popular shared hosts. The billing models differ: Hostinger’s intro covers 48 months, while SiteGround’s and Namecheap’s intros cover 12. That changes the totals a lot, so compare the renewal column first.
| Provider / plan | Intro price | Intro term | Renewal price | Jump |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hostinger Premium Running in production | $1.99/mo | 48 months | $10.99/mo | +452% |
| SiteGround StartUp Vendor data | $1.99/mo | 12 months | $17.99/mo | +804% |
| Namecheap Stellar Vendor data | $22.88/yr | 12 months | $55.88/yr | +144% |
SiteGround has the biggest jump here and Namecheap the smallest. (On November 5, SiteGround’s general web hosting page showed StartUp at $2.99 in the morning and $1.99 later that day, once its early Black Friday offer reached that page too. The renewal was $17.99 throughout, which is why we sort by the renewal.) Hostinger sits in between, and it’s the only one of the three that locks the promo in for four years. The full table, with more providers and a source link on every row, is in our renewal price comparison.
Our verdict
The Hostinger renewal price isn’t a trap if you see it coming. Premium at $10.99/mo after four years is an ordinary shared-hosting rate, and the first term is very cheap. Buy it if you’re comfortable prepaying 48 months and you put the renewal date in your calendar today. Skip it if year-two cost matters more to you than year-one cost.
FAQ
How much does Hostinger cost after the first term?
The Hostinger renewal price depends on the plan. As of November 5, 2026, Hostinger’s pricing page lists these renewal rates: Premium $10.99/mo, Unlimited $16.99/mo, Cloud Startup $25.99/mo and Agency Startup $49/mo, all excluding tax. On a 48-month term, the Premium renewal comes to $527.52 billed upfront.
Does Hostinger renew at the same billing term I bought?
By default, yes. Hostinger’s plan cards say each plan “renews at” its rate “for the same term.” If you bought 48 months, auto-renewal charges another 48 months. You can check the term and amount in hPanel under Billing → Subscriptions before the date arrives.
Can I renew Hostinger at the promotional price again?
Hostinger’s pricing page doesn’t say that promotional rates apply to renewals, and the plan cards quote a separate renewal rate. Don’t plan around getting the intro price twice. If a sale is running near your renewal date, check the renewal screen in hPanel to see what it actually offers you.
Do the free domain and email also renew at a higher price?
Yes. Hostinger’s $0.01 .com offer requires a three-year registration and renews at $19.99 a year. Mailboxes on the shared plans are listed as free for one year only, after which email is a paid extra. Budget for both separately from the hosting plan.
How do I turn off Hostinger auto-renewal?
Go to hPanel, then Billing → Subscriptions, and switch auto-renewal off for the plan. Your site stays active until the plan’s expiration date. Hostinger recommends keeping auto-renewal on to avoid website and email downtime, so only switch it off if you have a plan for the expiry date.
Is Hostinger still worth it if I’ll never prepay 48 months again?
Probably not. The low monthly figure depends on the four-year prepay. Renewed Premium costs $131.88 a year, more than twice Namecheap Stellar’s $55.88 renewal. If you want short commitments and the lowest year-two bill, a cheaper-renewing host or a monthly-billed cloud platform makes more sense than renewing Hostinger.
Prices last verified November 5, 2026 · How we verify hosting data
