Generative AI Features
As you begin your website-building journey with Hostinger, you’re presented with the opportunity to let AI create a website for you. If you don’t want to do that, you can start off with a pre-made template instead. However, I saw great success with the AI, running with the first iteration that it created.
Pre-made Templates
Starting from scratch didn’t appear to be an option, but if you’re no fan of AI there are pre-made templates to get started with as well. These range from uninspired to surprisingly sleek, but I wouldn’t describe any of them as bad. Professional designers with little time should be happy to know that there’s an entire category for barebones templates.
Design Features
Creating pages and navigations is straightforward as you’d expect it to be. The same goes for your general settings, SEO settings, online store settings if you’ve opted for one, any other functionalities such as contact forms and booking systems — all of these are easy to manage and are surprisingly rich in features. For example, blog posts can be scheduled and online store products can have discounts. Support for multiple languages? That’s there too. eCommerce platforms such as Shopify obviously have more eCommerce features, but certainly nothing you’d miss if you were trying to keep it simple. Payment options include PayPal and Stripe, and incur no fees from Hostinger.
Integrations
Integrations can make external tools such as Google Analytics, Hotjar, and Facebook Pixel easy to implement, although Hostinger offers their own analytics. Either way, a cookie banner feature in the general settings enables you to track your users legally.
User Experience
Hostinger’s website builder offers a truly exceptional user experience, firstly because of its easy-to-use and attractive interface, and secondly because of how lightning-fast it is. Those that’ve used a website builder before will probably know that they can be quite a slog to use, but that isn’t the case with Hostinger, which operates as a fully loaded and fully rendered web app.
Who is it for?
It’s perhaps better to describe who it’s not for, which is for those building SaaS products or complex eCommerce stores (you’d be better off with a dedicated eCommerce platform like Shopify for the latter). Those use-cases aside, I can’t imagine anybody not being able to build their website using Hostinger’s website builder.
Buy it if…
- You’re not interested in the technical side of building a website
- You want to combine your website builder and hosting provider into one subscription
Don’t buy it if…
- You need or prefer good human customer support
- Your website is a SaaS product or complex eCommerce store
FAQs
Q: Can I use my own domain name with Hostinger’s website builder?
A: Yes, you can use your own domain name with Hostinger’s website builder.
Q: Is Hostinger’s website builder suitable for complex eCommerce stores?
A: No, it’s not suitable for complex eCommerce stores. You’d be better off with a dedicated eCommerce platform like Shopify.
Q: Can I schedule blog posts with Hostinger’s website builder?
A: Yes, you can schedule blog posts with Hostinger’s website builder.
Q: What payment options are available with Hostinger’s website builder?
A: Payment options include PayPal and Stripe, and incur no fees from Hostinger.
