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GreenGeeks publishes what its plans renew at. What they cost to start took longer to pin down: sources this year put Lite at $2.95, on a term they disagree about. The same GreenGeeks figures against a Cloudways server are in our Cloudways and GreenGeeks comparison.
So the three-year total depends on the term. On a 36-month prepay the two hosts land within two dollars of each other, and on annual terms they are hundreds apart.
The Term Decides the Comparison
Hostinger Premium costs $107.64 across three years. That figure is 36 prepaid months at $2.99.
GreenGeeks Lite opens at $2.95 and renews at $13.95 a month, up from $12.95 earlier this year. On a 36-month prepay it costs $106.20 across three years. On annual terms it costs $370.20, because 24 of those months are billed at the renewal rate. The same GreenGeeks figures set against Newfold Digital’s Bluehost are in our Bluehost and GreenGeeks comparison.
So the answer depends on the term. Prepaid for 36 months, GreenGeeks comes in $1.44 under the $107.64 above, which is level for any practical purpose. On annual terms Hostinger is cheaper by $262.56, and the three-year totals sit here.
The Short Answer
Hostinger, 4.2 against 3.7. The price depends on the term you sign, so the length of the promotion and the measured speed decide it.
GreenGeeks matches 300 percent of its energy use with renewable credits. That claim is real, and it is not a hosting metric.
Renewal Prices Side by Side
The table below carries every renewal rate we have read — the full field is here.
| Host and plan | Intro → Renewal | Multiplier |
|---|---|---|
| IONOS Plus | $1.00 → $14.00 | 14.0× over 12 months |
| SiteGround StartUp | $2.99 → $17.99 | 6.0× over 12 months |
| SiteGround GrowBig | $4.99 → $29.99 | 6.0× over 12 months |
| SiteGround GoGeek | $7.99 → $44.99 | 5.6× over 12 months |
| ChemiCloud Starter | $2.49 → not published | Renewal shown at checkout only |
| Scala Hosting Mini | $2.95 → $11.95 | 4.1× over 12 months |
| DreamHost Launch, annual | $2.89 → $10.99 | 3.8× over 12 months |
| Hostinger Premium | $2.99 → $10.99 | 3.7× over 48 months |
| Bluehost Starter | $3.99 → $11.99 | 3.0× over 12 months |
| A2 Hosting Turbo Boost | $6.99 → $20.99 | 3.0× over 12 months |
| HostGator Hatchling | $3.75 → $10.99 | 2.9× over 36 months |
| GoDaddy Economy | $5.99 → $15.32 | 2.6× over 36 months |
| Bluehost Starter | $3.99 → $9.99 | 2.5× over 36 months |
| Namecheap Stellar | $1.98 → $4.88 | 2.5× over 12 or 24 months |
| Namecheap Stellar Plus | $2.98 → $6.88 | 2.3× over 12 or 24 months |
| Namecheap Stellar Business | $4.98 → $9.88 | 2.0× over 12 or 24 months |
| DreamHost Launch, 4-year | $2.89 → $7.99 | 2.8× over 48 months |
| DreamHost, eligible US nonprofits | One shared plan free for the account's life | 501(c)(3) or (c)(19); help article, checked 10 Jun 2026 by a nonprofit directory |
| Bluehost Business | $6.99 → $13.99 | 2.0× over 36 months |
| Bluehost Starter, second reading | $1.99 → $8.99 | Hostingstep, July 2026; conflicts with Bluehost's help page |
| Hostwinds Basic | $4.54 → $6.99 | 1.5× over 12 months |
| WP Engine Startup | $27.00 → $35.00 | 1.3× over 12 months |
| Rocket.net Starter | $25.00 → $30.00 | 1.2× over 12 months |
| InterServer Standard | $2.50 flat | 1.0×, price lock |
| Cloudways, from | $14.00 flat | no promotional term |
| Kinsta Starter | $35.00 flat | no promotional term |
| Liquid Web managed VPS, annual billing | $33.00, no promotional term | No increase described on annual billing |
| Liquid Web managed VPS, monthly billing | $36.00 → $72.00 reported | 2.0× over one month; one pricing guide, disputed |
| GreenGeeks Lite | $2.95 → $13.95 | 4.7× after one term; renewal was $12.95 before 2026 |
| ChemiCloud Starter, third-party figures | $9.95, $11.95 or $12.95 quoted | Sources disagree; 4.0× to 5.2× over 36 months |
| SiteGround StartUp, by term | $2.99 → $14.99, $17.99 or $24.99 | 5.0× over 24 months, 6.0× over 12, 8.4× month to month |
| ChemiCloud Kickstart, reseller | $8.99 → $29.95 | Term not stated in the source we read |
| InterServer reseller | $19.95, price locked | No increase described in sources |
| GreenGeeks reseller | $19.95 with WHMCS included | Promotional rate; renewal not published |
| Hostwinds white-label reseller | $10.00 with WHMCS included | Plain reseller plan excludes WHMCS |
| InMotion Core, 36-month term | $3.19 → $10.99 | 3.4× over 36 months; TechRadar, 2026 |
| InMotion Launch, 36-month term | $4.99 → $13.99 | 2.8× over 36 months; TechRadar and plan cards, 2026 |
| InMotion Core, by term | Renews at $10.99, $11.99 or $14.49 | Longest term lowest; one review, May 2026 |
Hostinger holds $2.99 for 48 months. GreenGeeks holds $2.95 for 36 months or 12, depending on the source, so the cart is where to check.
Two Different Ways to Report Speed
Neither host is slow. However, the two publish figures that cannot be set against each other directly.
Hostinger appears twice in the benchmark we cite. Business records 223 ms globally and ranks 5th of 34 hosts. Premium records 495 ms and ranks 28th. The difference is a content network, which Premium omits.
GreenGeeks publishes regional figures instead: 395 ms in North America, 447 ms across Europe, and 580 to 610 ms in Asia. No global average appears anywhere we read.
So the only clean comparison is Business at 223 ms, which beats every GreenGeeks region. Premium’s 495 ms cannot be set against a regional number.
Uptime, Where the Ranges Overlap
GreenGeeks records 99.96 to 99.98 percent across several independent accounts. That range means between 1.75 and 3.50 hours of downtime a year.
Hostinger records 99.99 percent by one project and 99.93 by another. That range runs from 0.88 hours to 6.13.
In other words, the best single figure belongs to Hostinger and the tighter range belongs to GreenGeeks. Neither wins this outright.
| Host | Measurement | Source and date |
|---|---|---|
| WP Engine | Global TTFB 65 ms, 1st of 34 hosts | Hostingstep, 2025 ranking, 40 locations |
| WP Engine | US TTFB 365 ms across 22 locations | Hostingstep, 2025 ranking |
| WP Engine | TTFB 355 ms, 349,920 checks | Hostingstep, Oct 2025 – May 2026 |
| WP Engine | Uptime 99.976%, 10th of 14 managed hosts | Study of 14 managed hosts, 2026 |
| WP Engine | Load 27 ms at 0% errors | Hostingstep, 2026 benchmarks |
| Rocket.net | Cached TTFB 85 ms globally | 12-month test, Mar 2025 – Mar 2026 |
| Rocket.net | Origin TTFB 310 ms; checkout bypasses cache | Same 12-month test |
| Rocket.net | Uptime 99.97%, seven outages in the window | Hostingstep, Oct 2025 – May 2026 |
| Rocket.net | Hardware score fell 8.5 → 7.5; not recommended | Hostingstep, 2026, tracked since Oct 2020 |
| Hostinger Business | Global TTFB 223 ms, 5th of 34 hosts | Hostingstep, 2026 |
| Hostinger Premium | Global TTFB 495 ms, 28th of 34; no CDN | Hostingstep, 2026 |
| Hostinger | TTFB 707 ms; server response 246 ms | Cybernews, June 2026 |
| Hostinger | Uptime 99.99%, 33 min down in 2025 | Hostingstep, continuous since 2021 |
| Hostinger | Uptime 99.93%, 6-month window | HostPro Reviews, 2026 |
| Hostinger | LCP 0.607 s, 2nd of 15 hosts | TechRadar, 10-week window, 2026 |
| Bluehost | Hardware score 9.6 of 10 | Hostingstep, 2026 |
| Bluehost | Load 41 ms at 0% errors after the Oracle move | Hostingstep changelog, 9 Jul 2026 |
| Bluehost | Response 411 ms; uptime 99.99% across 9 outages | Hostingstep, Nov 2025 – Aug 2026 |
| Bluehost | Global TTFB 224 ms across 40 locations, cached | Hostingstep Bluehost review, Jul 2026 |
| HostGator | Global TTFB 1.23 s; uptime 99.68%; 762 ms at 500 users | Hostingstep HostGator review, 2026 |
| HostGator | Hardware joint-highest in the field after the Oracle move | Hostingstep, 1 Sep 2026 update |
| ChemiCloud | US TTFB 531 ms; global 460 ms | Hostingstep, Oct 2025 – May 2026 |
| ChemiCloud | Load 1,068 ms at a 4.2% error rate | Hostingstep, same window |
| ChemiCloud | Uptime 99.76%; overall 6.1 of 10, degrading | Hostingstep, tracked since 2021 |
| GoDaddy shared | TTFB 751 ms; load test did not complete | Hostingstep, Nov 2025 – Jun 2026 |
| GoDaddy shared | Uptime 99.76% | Hostingstep, Nov 2025 – Jun 2026 |
| GoDaddy Managed WordPress | TTFB 344 ms; hardware 3.8 of 10 | Hostingstep, 2026 |
| GreenGeeks | TTFB 395 ms North America, 447 ms Europe | Long-term independent testing, 2026 |
| GreenGeeks | TTFB 580–610 ms Asia and Australia | Same testing window |
| GreenGeeks | Load 26 ms at 0% errors; WPBench 5.0 of 10 | Hostingstep, 2026 |
| GreenGeeks | 25 outages in the window; no integrated CDN found | Hostingstep, 2026 |
| Kinsta | Origin TTFB 525 ms; edge figures differ | Hostingstep, 2026 |
| Kinsta | Load 40 ms at 0% errors; WPBench 8.8 of 10 | Hostingstep, 2026 reviews |
| DreamHost | TTFB 450–500 ms band | Hostingstep, 2026 benchmarks |
| Scala Hosting | Uptime 99.97% across twelve months | Live site, 40,000 monthly visitors, UptimeRobot |
| Scala Hosting | 29 ms at the 95th percentile, 50 users | k6 load test, 2026 |
| InterServer | Uptime 99.98% across eighteen months | Six production sites, UptimeRobot |
| InterServer | Load under 700 ms; under 1.5 s by another source | Two 2026 reviews |
| A2 Hosting | TTFB 150–198 ms | 2026 studies; LiteSpeed on Turbo tiers |
| IONOS | Global TTFB 480 ms; WPBench 7.2 of 10 | Hostingstep, 2026 benchmarks |
| IONOS | Uptime 99.99%; load test failed at 65.4% errors | Hostingstep, 2026 benchmarks |
| Namecheap | TTFB 461 ms; global 448 ms; WPBench 5.0 | Hostingstep, Q4 2025; monitoring paused 30 Jun 2026 |
| InMotion | TTFB 300–500 ms shared | Published measurement, 2026 |
| InMotion | Uptime 99.97–99.99%; one account near 99.5% | Several 2026 sources |
| Hostwinds | No independent measurement found | 99.9999% is the company's own claim |
| Liquid Web | Not covered by the benchmarks we cite | VPS and dedicated are outside their scope |
| SiteGround | TTFB 632 ms; 22nd of 34 hosts | Hostingstep, 2026 benchmarks |
| SiteGround | Uptime 99.96% in 2025; 193 min over 44 outages | Hostingstep, full year 2025 |
| SiteGround | WPBench 8.4 of 10; load 170 ms at 0% errors | Hostingstep, Oct 2025 – May 2026 |
| Scala Hosting | TTFB 465 ms; global 501 ms | Hostingstep, 2026 benchmarks |
| Scala Hosting | WPBench 8.8 of 10; load 48 ms at 0% errors | Hostingstep, 2026 benchmarks |
| Scala Hosting | Uptime 99.98% across the year | Hostingstep, 2026 benchmarks |
| Cloudways | Vultr HF: load 288 ms at 1.7% errors; WPBench 7.6 | Hostingstep Cloudways review, 2026 |
| Cloudways | Uptime 99.996% to 99.999% across five plans | Hostingstep, Oct 2025 – May 2026 |
Where GreenGeeks Is Ahead
The environmental position. It matches 300 percent of its server energy with renewable credits, and one review reports that match as externally verified.
LiteSpeed on every plan, which decides which caching plugin will work on your site.
Developer tooling above its price tier: SSH, Git and WP-CLI alongside cPanel.
Four Lines That Do Not Separate Them
Both refund windows run 30 days. Neither host answers a telephone around the clock, unlike hosts with a published line.
On published limits the two fail differently. GreenGeeks restricts its Lite plan to one website. Hostinger publishes no resource limits at all.
Of course, a stated restriction is easier to plan around than silence. That point goes to GreenGeeks.
When to Choose GreenGeeks Instead
The sustainability position matters to you and you have priced what it is worth.
Your visitors are North American or European, where its 395 and 447 millisecond figures apply.
You have confirmed the term behind the $2.95 rate, because sources disagree on it.
How We Research
Every price here comes from our own tables, checked against the source that published it; the GreenGeeks figures were rechecked on 20 September 2026, after its renewal rose to $13.95. The totals are arithmetic on those rates: 36 months at $2.95 for the prepay, and 12 at $2.95 then 24 at $13.95 on annual terms. Where sources disagree, as they do on the term behind the GreenGeeks intro, we say so and show both results.
We run no tests of our own. Our five criteria are on our About page. The long versions are in our Hostinger review and in the GreenGeeks review linked below.
Hostinger vs GreenGeeks FAQ
It depends on the term. Prepaid for 36 months, GreenGeeks costs $106.20 against $107.64 at Hostinger, which is level. On annual terms GreenGeeks reaches $370.20, because its renewal is $13.95, and Hostinger is cheaper by $262.56.
Sources this year, including the benchmark project we cite, put Lite at $2.95 a month. They disagree on whether that rate needs a 36-month or a 12-month term, so confirm the term in the cart before committing.
Hostinger Business at 223 ms globally beats every GreenGeeks regional figure, as we set out separately. Hostinger Premium records 495 ms globally, which cannot be compared directly with a regional number.
Neither outright. GreenGeeks sits between 99.96 and 99.98 percent. Hostinger spans 99.93 to 99.99, so it holds the best single figure and the wider range.
It matches 300 percent of its server energy use with renewable credits. One 2026 review reports that match as verified by outside sources rather than only claimed.
The Verdict
Hostinger, 4.2 against 3.7, though the price no longer decides it.
In short, the price turns on the term: level on a 36-month prepay, $262.56 in Hostinger’s favor on annual terms. Hostinger wins on the rest, with a promotion that runs four years and the faster measured tier. Our page on Kinsta against GreenGeeks covers a cheap clean load result beside a managed platform.
Choose GreenGeeks if the renewable match decides it for you. Otherwise the longer promotion and the faster tier make Hostinger the safer default. The same GreenGeeks figures set against SiteGround are in our SiteGround and GreenGeeks comparison.