The price doesn't jump
Hostinger's $1.99 a month needs a 48-month term paid upfront, and the same plan then renews at $10.99 a month. Atelier201 is €90 a year, one year at a time, with no first-year price.
All comparisons
Atelier201 vs Hostinger
One price, one year at a time, and a whole Astro project you own. Hostinger's $1.99 means paying 48 months upfront, and it renews at $10.99 a month.
Choose Atelier201 if
- You don't want to pay 48 months upfront to get the low price.
- You want the same price at every renewal.
- You want a real code project, not a ZIP of files.
- Your own AI agent should do the work, without AI credits.
- You want a free draft you can share before you pay anything.
- You want very light pages, ready for AI search.
Stay on Hostinger if
- You're happy to pay for four years in one go.
- You want email and hosting on the same bill.
Atelier201 and Hostinger, side by side
Based on each company's public pages and docs, November 2026. A check means it does the job, a dash that it does so partly or for an extra fee, and a cross that it doesn't, or that we couldn't find it.
| What you need | Atelier201 | Hostinger |
|---|---|---|
| You own the codeHand it to a developer or an agent, any day | A standard Astro project in its own Git repository | Exported files, not a project you keep working on |
| Export the whole siteHost it anywhere, without asking | Code, content and media, on any plan, even a draft | A ZIP of website files, from the builder |
| Complete CLIFrom an empty folder to a live site, in a terminal | Create, pull, push, preview, publish and roll back | None for the builder that we could find |
| MCP server and REST APIEverything the dashboard does, for agents and scripts | Included, on every plan | A connector for managing hosting, not for building the site |
| Your own Claude, ChatGPT or GeminiNo second AI bill | Your agent does the work. Its calls cost nothing here | Hosting tasks through its connector. The builder uses Hostinger AI |
| Built-in AI assistantFor people without their own agent | 1,000 credits a month, 5,000 at sign-up | 250 AI credits on Premium |
| CollaboratorsYour team, your clients, your freelancer | Unlimited, at no extra cost | No team seats listed on its plans |
| Edit without AI or codeA new price takes ten seconds | A form made from your content, or click the text on the preview | A visual editor |
| Review before anything goes livePeople and agents work on a draft | Nothing is live until you publish. Share a preview link first | Preview, then publish |
| Full version historyUndo anything, including an agent's work | Every change is a version. Roll back the live site in one click | None listed on its plans |
| Free draft, no clockPay when the site goes live | Free for as long as you like, with preview links | Paid upfront, with a 30-day money-back guarantee |
| Several languagesHreflang and sitemaps follow | Included, with no fee per language | Yes, up to 4 on AI Builder sites in manual mode. Stores: one language |
| Lighthouse performance on mobileStatic Astro pages, with almost no script | 100 on the real sites we measured | 64 at the median |
| Ready for AI searchPages ChatGPT, Claude and Perplexity can read | Sitemap, llms.txt, JSON-LD and a Markdown copy of every page, by default | SEO tools. No Markdown copy of pages that we could find |
| Built-in analyticsVisitors, pages, sources, AI referrals | Included, and sets no cookie | Built-in and Google Analytics |
| Nothing to maintainNo server, plugin or database on the visitor's path | Static files on Cloudflare's network | Hosted by Hostinger, with nothing to update |
| A price that staysWhat you pay at renewal | €90 a year, every year | $1.99 a month, then $10.99 |
| Email on your domainMailboxes in the plan | Connect the mailbox you already use | 2 per site on Premium, free for a year |
| Selling onlineCart and checkout | Not offered yet | Yes, from Unlimited |
What a year costs
Atelier201
€90a year, or €9 a month
- What you pay on day one
- Nothing for a draft. €90 for a year live
Hostinger
$132a year at renewal, on Premium
- What you pay on day one
- $95.52, for 48 months
Hostinger's Premium plan costs $95.52 upfront for 48 months, which is cheaper than us for those four years if you commit to all of them, then renews at $10.99 a month. Its domain is free for one year. Atelier201 prices exclude VAT.
Lighthouse performance on mobile
Page weight
JavaScript
Five times lighter than the median Hostinger page
The median site on Hostinger Website Builder weighs 1,852 KB, sends 564 KB of JavaScript and scores 64 on mobile. The real Atelier201 sites we measured weigh up to 351 KB, send 8 KB and score 100.
Where the numbers come from
Competitors: HTTP Archive medians, September 2026. Atelier201: three Lighthouse mobile runs on each of two real sites, November 5, 2026, with the heavier site's weight. On real visits, 51.3% of Hostinger sites pass Core Web Vitals on mobile.
Three differences that matter
A project, not a ZIP of files
Hostinger lets you download your website's files, which is more than many builders offer. Atelier201 gives you the Astro source, content and Git history, so a developer or an agent can keep building on it.
Your own AI, without credits
Hostinger's builder runs on AI credits, and its connector is about managing hosting. On Atelier201 your own Claude, ChatGPT or Gemini creates and edits the whole site, at no charge.
What customers say about Hostinger
Chosen by us from public reviews and Reddit. Every quote links to its source.
Hostinger Horizons is a waste of money. You have to use credits for EVERYTHING!
Copy and paste AI responses.
My Business Account Was Suspended, Affecting Over 30 Client Domains
Moving from Hostinger
Hostinger can export your site's files, which helps, but it's not an Astro project. Point your agent or our assistant at your live pages, and it rebuilds the site.
What comes across
- Text and images, from your live pages or the export
- Your domain, through DNS
- Old addresses, through redirects
- Each language you already publish
What doesn't
- Your Hostinger mailboxes: keep them, or move them separately
- Your store and its orders
- Your remaining AI credits, but new accounts here get 5,000 free credits
Read next
How fast are websites on each builder? The field data
Real Core Web Vitals, page weight and JavaScript for Wix, Squarespace, WordPress, Webflow, Framer, Lovable, Jimdo and more, from HTTP Archive, 2026.
Questions
How much does Hostinger Website Builder really cost?
Premium is advertised at $1.99 a month. That's $95.52 paid upfront for 48 months, and the plan then renews at $10.99 a month, or about $132 a year. Atelier201 costs €90 a year before VAT, and you can pay one year or one month at a time.
Is Hostinger cheaper than Atelier201?
For the first four years, if you pay them all upfront, yes. After that, it renews at about $132 a year against our €90. And a draft on Atelier201 is free for as long as you like, so you only pay when the site goes live.
Can I export a site from Hostinger Website Builder?
Yes, as a ZIP of website files, and Hostinger's help page lists what is and isn't included. An Atelier201 export is the Astro source itself, with content, media and Git history, which you can keep developing.
Does Hostinger have an MCP server?
Hostinger offers a connector for AI tools such as Cursor and Claude, focused on managing hosting. On Atelier201 an agent can create a site, edit pages and content, run a build and prepare publishing, through MCP, the CLI or the REST API.
Does Atelier201 include email?
No. Keep the mailbox you already use, or get one from a provider such as Google Workspace or Fastmail. Your domain's email records stay under your control.
Is Atelier201 a good Hostinger alternative for SEO and AI search?
Every Atelier201 site is static HTML built with Astro, served from Cloudflare's network, with an XML sitemap, hreflang, JSON-LD structured data, llms.txt and a Markdown copy of every page. That makes it easy for Google, ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and other answer engines to read and cite, which is what generative engine optimization (GEO) and answer engine optimization (AEO) are about.
Can I build my website with Claude, ChatGPT or Gemini?
Yes. Connect your own AI agent, such as Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Cursor or Codex, through the MCP server, the CLI or the REST API. It can create the site, edit pages and content, run a build and prepare publishing. Those calls cost nothing on Atelier201, so you don't pay for AI twice. People without an agent can use the built-in assistant.
Do I own my website and its code?
Yes. Each site is a standard Astro project in its own Git repository. You can pull it with the CLI or export code, content and media at any time, on any plan, then run npm ci and npm run build and host it anywhere. There is no vendor lock-in.
