Hostinger vs. TMDHosting – Which One Is Actually Better? [2020]

TMDHosting may not be as popular as Hostinger but I was surprised to find how it competed closely with its more popular counterpart in this web hosting comparison. I thoroughly tested both these web hosts in terms of multiple categories like features, performance, pricing, etc. and found Hostinger edging past TMDHosting.

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1. Plans and Pricing

More resource allocations and a longer money-back guarantee make TMDHosting the surprise winner

Hostinger’s cheap shared hosting plans cost much less than TMDHosting’s managed Linux shared plans. But you’ll get these prices only with the longest term (quadrennial for Hostinger, triennial for TMDHosting). The renewal prices are almost twice to 1.6 times of the signup prices for Hostinger and TMDHosting respectively.

For the monthly term, Hostinger’s starting shared plan costs almost 10 times its quadrennial term’s cost while TMDHosting’s plan is almost 3 times its cheapest price. When I compared Hostinger WordPress vs. TMDHosting WordPress plans, I found the latter’s starting WordPress plan costs more than Hostinger but its other WordPress plans are more affordable and offer more resources.

Hostinger offers the standard 30-day money-back guarantee while TMDHosting inspires more confidence with its much longer 60-day money-back guarantee.

TMDHosting wins this round due to its wider range of plans, more resource allocations, and a longer money-back guarantee.

2. Features

Better resource allocations help TMDHosting win

Both these providers offer shared hosting, WordPress hosting, cloud hosting, and VPS along with domain registration. Additionally, Hostinger offers email hosting while TMDHosting offers reseller hosting and dedicated servers. Shared hosting of both these providers let you host 1-unlimited websites and offer a free domain (with annual Premium/Business plans for Hostinger). You’ll get unlimited disk space and bandwidth with TMDHosting.

LiteSpeed cache, free SSL certificate, WordPress acceleration (LSCWP), SSDs, Github integration, Cloudflare protected nameservers, daily/weekly backups, multiple PHP versions, 1-click installer, and a free (for 1 month) Hostinger website builder are offered by Hostinger’s shared plans. With TMDHosting, you’ll get SSDs, free SSL, Softaculous auto-installer, Weebly Sitebuilder, free daily backups, SSH access, and WP-CLI.

For a quick Hostinger vs. TMDHosting comparison, check this comparison table.

With better resource allocations, TMDHosting wins again.

3. Performance

Hostinger wins with its better great uptime and loading speeds

Hostinger’s servers are housed in Tier-3 datacenters across 7 different regions while TMDHosting has 7 datacenters all around the globe. To deliver enhanced performance, Hostinger uses LiteSpeed cache plugins, GZIP compression, SSDs, RAID-10, automated and streamlined server deployments, optional Cloudflare CDN, multi-tier cache deployment, and has IPv6, HTTP/2, and HTTP/3 (Quic) enabled (for top-notch WordPress performance).

TMDHosting uses SSDs, load-balanced domains, free CDN (with some plans like CMS hosting, e-commerce hosting), RAID-10 for dedicated servers, free application updates, and daily backups.

With its great uptime and phenomenal speeds to reasonable global loading times, Hostinger wins this round.

4. Security

Comprehensive security features help Hostinger win

To ensure your website’s security, Hostinger offers SSL certificate, optional CDN, data redundancy with RAID-10, weekly/daily backups, fully automated bootstrap process, LVE containers for account isolation, predictive and pro-active server monitoring, Wanguard anti-DDoS protection, and Bitninja or Imunify360 (WAF).

With TMDHosting, you’ll get SSAE-16 certified facilities, SSL certificate, SpamExperts, optimum cache, SpamAssassin, email filtering, hotlink protection, BitNinja firewall, RAID-10, and free daily backups and restore.

With its more robust and comprehensive security, Hostinger wins this round.

5. Support

Superb, lightning-fast support wins it for Hostinger

Hostinger offers 24/7 live chat support, which I found to be prompt, competent, and professional. It also offers email and ticket support (for logged-in users) along with paid “Priority Support” that moves you to the top of the queue whenever you need assistance. For self-help, you have a knowledge base, tutorials, and blog.

You can reach TMDHosting’s 24/7 support through live chat, phone, email, online inquiry form, and support tickets (for logged-in customers). Though I won’t call them the best as I found several TMDHosting reviews complaining about occasional incompetence and inefficient fixes, I found them quick and efficient. For self-help, you have a blog, tutorials, and a knowledgebase.

Hostinger wins with its extraordinary support.

Hostinger Wins After a Tough Battle

Though Hostinger wins this competition, TMDHosting gave it a tough fight. It outperformed Hostinger in the features and pricing categories but Hostinger salvaged its pride by winning the performance, security, and support rounds. So, I would recommend Hostinger over TMDHosting. Going with Hostinger is a prudent choice as it’s also included in our list of​ the best web hosting services​.

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