Best for
Best for small businesses and beginners who want a website, hosting and email from one provider at a low entry price.
- Freelancers
- Small and mid-sized
Website Builders Comparison
Hostinger Website Builder vs. Zoho Sites
At a glance
At a glance
Best for
Best for companies already on Zoho that want a site generated from data, such as catalogues, directories and partner portals.
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Full Comparison
| Criterion | Hostinger Website Builder | Zoho Sites |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | From $2.99 / month Premium plan on a 48-month term paid upfront ($143.52); renews at $10.99 / month. | lower value From $1 / site / month Lite, billed annually; $2 billed monthly. Prices in USD. |
| Free trial | 14-day free trial, plus a 30-day money-back guarantee | 15-day free trial, no credit card required |
| Output | Websites, online stores and web apps hosted on Hostinger | Hosted business websites, catalogues, content hubs and portals |
| Hosting | Not stated | Zoho's global cloud infrastructure |
| What it makes | Blogs, online stores, portfolios, service and event sites, link-in-bio and landing pages, plus web apps built in the agentic AI mode | Corporate and business websites, product catalogues and directories, content hubs with multi-author blogs, campaign landing pages, and vendor or franchisee portals |
| Styling and layout control | Templates with editable colors, fonts, images, layouts and pages in a drag-and-drop editor with a Smart Grid and separate mobile editing; in agentic mode, changes are made through the chat | Drag-and-drop visual editor with responsive previews and reusable components, control over layout, typography, colours, spacing and branding, custom CSS, and website templates from Zoho Marketplace |
| CMS and dynamic content | A built-in blog: posts with a title, description, author, publication date and automatic reading time, sorted into categories, scheduled for later publication and shown on any page through blog sections filtered by category | Collections hold structured content such as products, events, testimonials and listings, and Dynamic Pages generate a page for every item from one layout; the Member Portal adds members-only areas with access controls |
| Hosting and domains | Hosted by Hostinger on every plan, with a custom domain free for the first year and SSL included; 2 mailboxes per site on Premium and unlimited mailboxes on Unlimited and Cloud Startup, free for the first year | Hosted on Zoho's cloud, with domains searched, linked or transferred from the same dashboard. Storage runs from 100 MB on Lite to 10 GB on Advanced, and bandwidth from 500 MB to 50 GB a month |
| SEO controls | Automatic sitemap, editable meta titles, descriptions, URLs and keywords, an AI SEO Assistant and AI-generated alt text, plus Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Meta Pixel and Hotjar | Customisable meta tags, an automatic XML sitemap, robots.txt, 301 redirects, an auto-generated schema for structured data, keyword suggestions, SEO reports and built-in analytics |
| E-commerce | Hostinger Ecommerce on Unlimited and Cloud Startup: physical, digital, print-on-demand and service products, inventory, shipping and taxes, 100+ payment methods and 0% transaction fees | No checkout of its own. Zoho points sellers to Zoho Commerce, its separate builder for an online store that sells products directly and includes most Zoho Sites features; in Zoho Sites, Collections can hold a product catalogue |
| Publishing and code export | Publishes to Hostinger hosting; the plan comparison lists a code editor and code export, without stating the export format | Draft mode with publishing at the owner's convenience, publishing of individual pages rather than the whole site, and archived pages that restore an earlier version |
| AI features | AI drafts a starting design from a short description, and an agentic mode builds and edits sites and web apps through chat; an AI writer, logo maker, SEO assistant and product image generator sit beside it, with 5 or 15 one-time AI credits depending on the plan | AI generates a complete site with pages, layouts, copy and visuals from a description, then continues with AI-assisted edits; plans include 1,000 to 6,000 AI credits a month |
| API | Hostinger API with an official MCP server covering websites, domains and DNS, email marketing, subscriptions and payments, and ecommerce | Zoho Sites SDK for custom React widgets published to Zoho Marketplace and connected to external data sources, plus Zoho Sites MCP for AI tools such as Claude and Cursor |
| MCP-ready | Yes | Yes |
| Deployment | Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based | Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based |
| Support | Chat, 24/7 | Not stated |
| Onboarding | Documentation and knowledge base | more entries Documentation and knowledge base, Personal consulting |
| Company size | Freelancers, Small and mid-sized | Not stated |
| Integrations | more entries Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Google Ads, Meta Pixel, Hotjar | Zoho CRM, Claude, Cursor |
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Key Differences
- Starting price Hostinger Website Builder From $2.99 / month Zoho Sites From $1 / site / month
- Free trial Hostinger Website Builder 14-day free trial, plus a 30-day money-back guarantee Zoho Sites 15-day free trial, no credit card required
- Output Hostinger Website Builder Websites, online stores and web apps hosted on Hostinger Zoho Sites Hosted business websites, catalogues, content hubs and portals
- What it makes Hostinger Website Builder Blogs, online stores, portfolios, service and event sites, link-in-bio and landing pages, plus web apps built in the agentic AI mode Zoho Sites Corporate and business websites, product catalogues and directories, content hubs with multi-author blogs, campaign landing pages, and vendor or franchisee portals
- Styling and layout control Hostinger Website Builder Templates with editable colors, fonts, images, layouts and pages in a drag-and-drop editor with a Smart Grid and separate mobile editing; in agentic mode, changes are made through the chat Zoho Sites Drag-and-drop visual editor with responsive previews and reusable components, control over layout, typography, colours, spacing and branding, custom CSS, and website templates from Zoho Marketplace
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The trade-offs
Strengths and Limitations
Hostinger Website Builder
Strengths
- Hosting, a first-year domain and mailboxes come in the same plan
- No transaction fees on store sales
- Two ways to build: drag and drop, or a chat with an AI agent
- 14-day free trial and a 30-day money-back guarantee
Limitations
- The advertised monthly rate needs a 48-month term paid upfront
- Renewal is at a much higher regular price than the introductory rate
- The online store needs the Unlimited plan or higher
- AI credits are a one-time allowance rather than a monthly one
Zoho Sites
Strengths
- Collections and Dynamic Pages build hundreds of pages from one layout
- Leads from site forms flow into Zoho CRM
- Claude or Cursor can edit the site through Zoho Sites MCP
- Custom React widgets through the Zoho Sites SDK
Limitations
- Each plan covers one site, with 1 page on Lite and 100 on Advanced
- No free plan, only a 15-day trial
- Form limits run from 1 form on Lite to 50 on Advanced
Plans
Pricing
Hostinger Website Builder
- Premium $2.99 / month 48 months paid upfront ($143.52), renews at $10.99 / month. Up to 3 websites, 5 AI credits.
- Unlimited $3.99 / month 48 months paid upfront ($191.52), renews at $16.99 / month. Unlimited websites and mailboxes, 15 AI credits, ecommerce and Reach email marketing.
- Cloud Startup $7.99 / month 48 months paid upfront ($383.52), renews at $25.99 / month. Everything in Unlimited plus 20 Hostinger Agent credits.
Zoho Sites
- Lite $1 Per site and month, billed annually; $2 billed monthly. 1 page, 100 MB storage, 500 MB bandwidth a month, 1 form, 5 MB maximum file size, 1,000 AI credits a month.
- Basic $8 Per site and month, billed annually; $10 billed monthly. 5 pages, 500 MB storage, 8 GB bandwidth a month, 2 forms, 20 MB maximum file size, 2,000 AI credits a month.
- Plus $15 Per site and month, billed annually; $18 billed monthly. 25 pages, 4 GB storage, 20 GB bandwidth a month, 10 forms, 50 MB maximum file size, 3,000 AI credits a month.
- Advanced $40 Per site and month, billed annually; $49 billed monthly. 100 pages, 10 GB storage, 50 GB bandwidth a month, 50 forms, 100 MB maximum file size, 6,000 AI credits a month.
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Where this comes from
Where this comes from
Hostinger Website Builder https://www.hostinger.com/website-builder · checked against the official source on 2026-10-09
Zoho Sites https://www.zoho.com/sites/ · checked against the official source on 2026-10-18
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