Comparing HostEurope vs. Hostinger as VPS hosting providers (2025)

The Host Europe Group Ltd., based in Hayes, England, is a hosting provider acquired by GoDaddy in April 2017. Founded in 1997, the company operated under different names in its early years and became one of Europe's largest privately owned hosting providers. It managed over 5 million domains and offered web hosting, cloud solutions, and SaaS services across multiple brands in the UK, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Romania, and Spain.

The company changed ownership multiple times, including sales to Montagu Private Equity in 2010 and Cinven in 2013. Through acquisitions, it expanded its market presence, notably purchasing domainfactory GmbH in 2013 and Intergenia in 2014. In 2015, Host Europe relocated dedicated and virtual servers to a data center in Strasbourg, leading to customer concerns about data privacy. GoDaddy completed the acquisition of Host Europe Group for €

Hostinger is a web hosting company founded in 2004 and headquartered in Lithuania. It initially operated as Hosting Media and later rebranded to Hostinger in 2011.

The company has expanded globally with subsidiaries in Indonesia and Brazil, partnerships with Google Cloud and LiteSpeed, and the introduction of services like the AI Website Builder. Hostinger offers various hosting solutions, including shared, cloud, and VPS hosting, and has data centers in multiple countries.