Hostinger

Hostinger is a web hosting company. Established in 2004, the company is headquartered in Lithuania and employs about 900 employees. [1]

## Contents

* 1 History
* 2 Acquisitions
* 3 Services
* 4 Hostinger Horizons
* 5 Awards
* 6 Philanthropy
* 7 Criticism
* 8 References

## History

Hostinger was founded in Kaunas in 2004 as Hosting Media.[2]

In 2007, Hosting Media's paid hosting offer was joined by a free web hosting service when the company founded 000webhost.[3]

In 2008, the company launched Hosting24, a cPanel-based web hosting brand, in the United States. The data centers were located in Asheville, North Carolina, US, and the United Kingdom.

In 2011, Arnas Stuopelis joined the company as CEO.[4] In the same year Hosting Media rebranded to Hostinger.[5]

In 2013, Hostinger launched its subsidiary Niagahoster in Indonesia. [6]

In 2014, the company launched a Brazilian subsidiary, Weblink.

In 2019, Hostinger introduced a no-code, drag-and-drop website builder. Launched as a subsidiary under the name Zyro, the builder is supported by Hostinger's hosting infrastructure and is aimed at small to medium-sized enterprises.[7]

In 2023, Hostinger launched the AI Website Builder, a platform that uses artificial intelligence to generate a custom site from scratch. AI Builder automatically writes unique content, selects royalty-free stock images, and chooses a color palette and fonts that best suit the description.[8]

In 2023, Daugirdas Jankus became Hostinger CEO. Arnas Stuopelis continues as Chairman of the Board.[9]

In 2024, 000webhost, a free web hosting brand powered by Hostinger, shut down its operations.[10][11]

## Acquisitions

In 2019, the company partnered with LiteSpeed Web Server (LSWS).[12] It also partnered with Google Cloud Platform in 2020.[13]

In 2021, private equity company ConHostinger acquired an approximately 31% controlling stake in Hostinger with the goal of enhancing the growth of the company.[14] In the same year, Hostinger joint-founded the Lithuanian unicorn association, Unicorns Lithuania,[15] and expanded its payment processing capabilities. It partnered with Credorax to provide smart acquiring services and facilitate cross-border payments.[16] In 2022, Hostinger started accepting Cryptocurrency payments via CoinGate.[17]

## Services

Hostinger's web hosting services are divided into five categories: shared hosting, cloud hosting, VPS hosting, managed WordPress hosting, and email hosting. LiteSpeed servers[18] and the Linux operating system power shared, cloud, and managed WordPress hosting services.

Hostinger provides an in-house control panel called hPanel for users to manage their hosting.

Hostinger offers other services, such as email hosting, Google Workspace,[19] domain registration and transfer, AI logo maker[20] and a website builder.

Hostinger has ten data centers in eight countries: Brazil (São Paulo), Indonesia (Jakarta), India (Mumbai), Lithuania (Vilnius), the Netherlands (Amsterdam), Singapore (Singapore), the United Kingdom (London), and the United States (Dallas).[21]

## Hostinger Horizons

Hostinger Horizons is a no-code AI tool for building and launching custom web apps, powered by Hostinger. Launched in March, 2025, Hostinger Horizons’s AI web app creator is geared toward non-developers and solo entrepreneurs. The tool helps users build, edit, and publish their own web apps without the need for any coding expertise.[22][8]

## Awards

Every year since 2019, the Financial Times has been listing Hostinger as one of the fastest-growing companies in Europe.[23][24] It was also named one of the fastest-growing hosting providers by Bitcatcha in 2020 and again by Cyber News in 2021.[25]

In 2021, Hostinger was listed in Yahoo's Hosting Market Report as one of the key players in the hosting market.[26]

## Philanthropy

Hostinger sponsors the organization Save the Children Lithuania, which began in 2020 to contribute computers and other homeschooling tools to the charity organization Mokykla Namuose.[27]

In 2021, Hostinger sponsored the prize for the most innovative idea in the Technorama 2021 competition[28] and rebuilt a school in Sumba, Indonesia.[29]

## Criticism

In 2015, a security researcher discovered a collection of 13 million leaked plaintext passwords belonging to users of 000Webhost. 000Webhost addressed the breach in a Facebook post citing an exploit in an old version of PHP.[30]

On blog Review Signal in 2017, authors accused Hostinger of manipulating review ratings via reviews by company employees.[31]

In 2019, a data breach happened and according to Hostinger, it affected approximately 14 million customers.[32]

In 2022, Cyware Social reported that Hostinger's website preview feature was being exploited by criminals via phishing sites. Authors contend that once an account is created with Hostinger, the preview URLs are active for a maximum of 120 hours allowing phishing sites to proliferate.[33]

In 2023, the Cybercrime Information Center reported that Hostinger entered the top five phishing hosts as measured by their Phishing Attack Score.[34] By October 2024 Hostinger had dropped to number 10.[35] The Phishing Attack Score takes into account the raw number of phishing attacks relative to the size of the Hosting Network.[36] Security firm Netcraft reported in 2015 that 90% of Steam phishing sites they stopped were hosted by Hostinger. Netcraft reported they stopped 1,400 Steam phishing URLs in one month comprising 331 different websites, all hosted by Hostinger.[37]

## References

1. ↑ Venckutė, Akvilė. "2,4 mln. Eur EBITDA užfiksavusi "Hostinger" neketina sustoti: investuosime į DI ir toliau" (in lt). https://www.vz.lt/inovacijos/2024/05/27/24-mln-eur-pelna-uzfiksavusi-hostinger-neketina-sustoti-investuosime-i-di-ir-toliau.
2. ↑ Povilaitis, Nerijus. "Auganti Kauno IT bendrovė plečiasi: biure įrengė burbulų baseiną, vitamino D lempas" (in lt). https://www.delfi.lt/a/83682681.
3. ↑ "000WebHost | Free Hosting | Comparison | Review | 2022". 27 January 2022. https://www.mrdustbin.com/en/host/000webhost/.
4. ↑ Pukenė, Unicorns Lithuania/ Rūta. ""Hostinger" vadovas A.Stuopelis: visos idėjos, kurios skirtos tik Lietuvos rinkai, nevertos laiko gaišimo" (in lt). https://www.15min.lt/verslas/naujiena/bendroves/hostinger-vadovas-arnas-stuopelis-visos-idejos-kurios-yra-tik-lietuviskos-tiesiog-nevertos-laiko-gaisimo-663-1697002.
5. ↑ "Daugirdas Jankus becomes CEO of Hostinger Group" (in en). 2023-10-12. https://news.cision.com/hostinger-international/r/daugirdas-jankus-becomes-ceo-of-hostinger-group,c3822028.
6. ↑ "Hostinger: A Success Story of Innovation and Resilience in the Web Hosting Industry" (in en-US). 2025-04-06. https://newsdiaries.com/business/hostinger-business-success-story-web-hosting-industry/.
7. ↑ Degutis, Gintautas (2020-02-06). ""Hostinger" imasi interneto svetainių kūrimo verslo". https://www.vz.lt/paslaugos/2020/02/06/hostinger-imasi-interneto-svetainiu-kurimo-verslo.
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Hostinger. "AI Website Builder – Create Stunning Sites Instantly" (in en-US). https://www.hostinger.com/ai-website-builder.
9. ↑ Viluckas, Paulius. ""Hostinger" vadovu tapo D. Jankus, A. Stuopelis dirbs valdyboje" (in lt). https://www.vz.lt/inovacijos/technologijos/2023/10/12/hostinger-vadovu-tapo-d-jankus-a-stuopelis-dirbs-valdyboje.
10. ↑ Kołosowski, Kamil (2024-07-26). "000webhost shuts down after 17 years" (in en-US). https://webhosting.today/2024/07/26/000webhost-shuts-down-after-17-years/.
11. ↑ "000webhost review 2025: Here’s What You Must Know" (in en-US). 2022-06-16. https://cybernews.com/best-web-hosting/000webhost-review/.
12. ↑ "LiteSpeed Partners - LiteSpeed Technologies". https://www.litespeedtech.com/partners#hostingproviders.
13. ↑ "Hostinger declared a partnership with Google Cloud platform | Cloud Host News" (in en-US). 2020-03-28. https://www.cloudhostnews.com/hostinger-declared-a-partnership-with-google-cloud-platform/.
14. ↑ Bonta, Bianca (2021-05-28). "Deal 5: ConHostinger Partner Thomas Strohe on Acquisition of 31% Stake in Hostinger". https://ceelegalmatters.com/lithuania/16966-deal-5-conhostinger-partner-thomas-strohe-on-acquisition-of-31-stake-in-hostinger.
15. ↑ "Unicorns" (in en). https://unicorns.lt/en/members.
16. ↑ "Credorax Partners with Hostinger to Provide Smart Acquiring Services, Facilitate Cross-Border Payments" (in en). 2021-04-13. https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210413005514/en/Credorax-Partners-with-Hostinger-to-Provide-Smart-Acquiring-Services-Facilitate-Cross-Border-Payments.
17. ↑ "Hostinger Starts Accepting Cryptocurrency Payments Via CoinGate". 2021-08-25. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/hostinger-starts-accepting-cryptocurrency-payments-063000826.html.
18. ↑ L, Aurimas (2019-07-29). "Improving Website Performance with LiteSpeed" (in en-US). https://www.hostinger.com/blog/introducing-litespeed.
19. ↑ Hostinger. "Google Workspace: business email and collaboration tools" (in en-US). https://www.hostinger.com/google-workspace.
20. ↑ Hostinger. "AI Logo Generator – Create a Logo In Minutes" (in en-US). https://www.hostinger.com/logo-maker.
21. ↑ "Hostinger User Reviews 2025 with Pros & Cons + Expert Opinion" (in en-US). 2025-01-22. https://hostdean.com/provider/hostinger/.
22. ↑ "Inside Hostinger Horizons: AI Web App Creation Tool (2025) - Review 2025 - PCMag Australia" (in en-US). 2025-03-30. https://au.pcmag.com/website-builders/110247/hostinger-horizons-everything-you-need-to-know.
23. ↑ Kelly, Maxine (2021-03-02). "FT 1000: the fifth annual list of Europe's fastest-growing companies". Financial Times. https://www.ft.com/content/8b37a92b-15e6-4b9c-8427-315a8b5f4332.
24. ↑ Kilby, Nathalie (2024-03-01). "FT 1000: the eighth annual ranking of Europe's fastest-growing companies" (in en-GB). https://www.ft.com/content/684aa3b5-f983-4668-b353-74cf5f95355a.
25. ↑ "Fastest-Growing Web Hosting Providers of 2021". https://cybernews.com/resources/fastest-growing-web-hosting-providers.
26. ↑ "Web Hosting Services Market Rising at 18.0% CAGR to Reach USD 267.10 Billion by 2028". 2021-07-23. https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/hosting-services-market-rising-18-103100630.html.
27. ↑ "Mokykla namuose". https://www.schoolandcollegelistings.com/XX/Unknown/101201758201973/Mokykla-namuose.
28. ↑ "#tech pokalbiai: kompanija "Hostinger" – 1000 darbuotojų kompanija, išlaikiusi startuolio veržlumą ir lankstumą" (in lt). https://technorama.ktu.edu/news/tech-pokalbiai-kompanija-hostinger-1000-darbuotoju-kompanija-islaikiusi-startuolio-verzluma-ir-lankstuma/.
29. ↑ "Indonesia: Turning an Unsafe Bamboo Construction into a Safe, Proper Learning Environment". 2021-06-23. https://www.efk.org/post/indonesia-turning-an-unsafe-bamboo-construction-into-a-safe-proper-learning-environment.
30. ↑ "13 million plaintext passwords belonging to webhost users leaked online". 2015-10-29. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/10/13-million-plaintext-passwords-belonging-to-webhost-users-leaked-online/.
31. ↑ "Hostinger's Fake Reviews – A Guide on How NOT to Promote Your Company". 6 December 2017. https://reviewsignal.com/blog/2017/12/06/hostingers-fake-reviews-a-guide-on-how-not-to-promote-your-company/.
32. ↑ Whittaker, Zack (2019-08-25). "Web host Hostinger says 14 million affected by data breach" (in en-US). https://techcrunch.com/2019/08/25/web-host-hostinger-data-breach/.
33. ↑ "Cybercriminals Exploit Hostinger's Preview Domain Feature For Phishing". https://cyware.com/news/cybercriminals-exploit-hostingers-preview-domain-feature-for-phishing-f360a3d9.
34. ↑ "Phishing Domain Scores". https://cybercrimeinfocenter.squarespace.com/terminology.
35. ↑ "Ranking of Hosting Networks (ASNs) by Phishing Attack Score (August to October 2024)". https://cybercrimeinfocenter.squarespace.com/phishing-activity-in-hosting-networks-august-october-2024.
36. ↑ "Ranking of Hosting Networks (ASNs) by Phishing Attack Score". https://www.cybercrimeinfocenter.org/phishing-activity-in-hosting-networks-may-july-2023.
37. ↑ "Hostinger hosts over 90% of all Steam phishing sites". 28 April 2015. https://www.netcraft.com/blog/hostinger-hosts-over-90-of-all-steam-phishing-sites/.

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