Hostinger

Company research

Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals

Updated Aug 5, 2026

Overview

Hostinger is a Lithuania-founded, global AI-driven platform for building and growing online businesses. It combines web hosting, domains, email, website/app creation, ecommerce and AI tools, serving more than 5 million users in 150+ countries.

Primary product

Affordable web hosting and an integrated online-business platform: shared, cloud, VPS and managed WordPress hosting with domains, email, AI Website Builder, Horizons, Kodee and related growth tools.

Founded

2004

Headquarters

Vilnius, Lithuania

Team size

Approximately 900; public sources also describe 1,000+ at an earlier milestone.

Work style

Flexible

Industry

IT services and IT consulting

Sub-industry

Web hosting, cloud infrastructure, website builders and online-business software

Offices

Vilnius, Lithuania

Kaunas, Lithuania

Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Business model

Subscription hosting plans

Domain and email subscriptions

Website/app builder subscriptions

VPS and cloud infrastructure

SaaS products for ecommerce and email marketing

Affiliate and partner distribution

Funding

Stage

Private/company-funded; strategic private-equity investment reported, with no conventional priced venture round publicly disclosed

Latest round

Private-equity secondary investment / sale of approximately 31% stake · Apr 2021

Private-equity secondary investment / approximately 31% stake acquired by Equivia Partners

Apr 2021 · Equivia Partners

Venture - Series Unknown (reported by Crunchbase; amount undisclosed)

Jun 2018 · Tesonet

People & investors

Leadership

Giedrius Zakaitis

Chief Executive Officer (from June 2026)

Arnas Stuopelis

Chairman of the Board

Daugirdas Jankus

Former CEO (April 2023–June 2026); strategic initiatives

Aivaras Šimkus

Chief Operating Officer

Saulius Lazaravičius

Vice President of Product

Investors

Equivia Partners

Europa

Tesonet

Work & culture

The company emphasizes customer obsession, freedom and responsibility, continuous innovation, learning, knowledge sharing and sustainable growth. It supports work across 35+ countries and describes a work-hard/play-hard environment.

Work style

Flexible

Compensation

Public evidence indicates stock options for some senior specialists/managers and substantial wellness/development benefits; reliable company-wide salary bands were not found.

Benefits

Flexible location and working hours

Remote, office and mixed roles

One-month recharge leave

Health checks and additional health insurance

Sick days

Gym and sports initiatives

Training, workshops, conferences and learning platforms

Workations, festivals and milestone gifts

Stock options for some senior specialists/managers

Product & market

Pricing

Recurring subscription pricing, generally low-cost introductory plans with renewal pricing; ecommerce and other products are tiered. Hostinger Ecommerce launched at $2.99/month for new users and was included for existing Business-or-higher customers.

Differentiators

—Low-cost, simplified all-in-one platform
—Custom hPanel rather than a traditional cPanel-centered experience
—AI-first Website Builder, Horizons and Kodee products
—In-house infrastructure and CDN with LiteSpeed and anti-DDoS
—24/7 multilingual customer support
—Broad global reach and server locations
—No-code positioning for nontechnical users

Technology

Custom hPanel control panel

LiteSpeed web server

Anti-DDoS infrastructure

In-house CDN

PHP

JavaScript/TypeScript

Python/Django

MariaDB

Elasticsearch

Cloudflare

Google Cloud Platform

OpenAI/AI tooling

Firecracker via Fireactions

GitHub API and infrastructure automation

Customers

Small businesses

Solopreneurs

Bloggers

Developers

Online stores and ecommerce sellers

Creative agencies

WordPress users

4.6–5+ million users across 150+ countries

Competitors

GoDaddy

Wix

Squarespace

Shopify

Namecheap

Bluehost

SiteGround

IONOS

Scale & contact

Estimated revenue

€275.4 million reported revenue in 2025; approximately €250–300 million annual revenue based on the latest reported year.

Signals & risks

Acquisition

Jan 2024

Zyro became integral to Hostinger and was rebranded as Hostinger Website Builder; this is a product/company integration rather than a disclosed cash acquisition.

Source

Other

Jan 2022

Hostinger ceased operations in Russia and Belarus, according to its sustainability report.

Source

Other

Jun 2026

CEO transition: Giedrius Zakaitis succeeded Daugirdas Jankus, who moved to strategic initiatives.

Source

Latest news

Hostinger Reach hits 300,000 users as new features roll out

Hostinger · Jul 2026

The AI email-marketing product reached 300,000 customers and added ecommerce integrations and campaign features.

What’s new at Hostinger: 2026 product updates

Hostinger · Jul 2026

Product updates expanded Horizons with backend, subscriptions, ecommerce and AI-agent capabilities.

Hostinger launches ecommerce platform that turns a product photo into a checkout link in minutes

GlobeNewswire / Hostinger · Jul 2026

Hostinger launched an AI-assisted, multichannel ecommerce platform with inventory, payments, shipping and Quick Links.

Giedrius Zakaitis becomes Hostinger CEO

Hostinger LinkedIn · Jun 2026

The product and technology leader succeeded Daugirdas Jankus as CEO.

Hostinger posts fourth consecutive year of 50%+ growth

Hostinger · Feb 2026

Hostinger reported €275.4 million revenue in 2025, up 51%, with 4.6 million customers and Kodee handling 81% of support interactions.

About / team history AI products Careers Company LinkedIn Engineering blog GitHub Homepage Main blog Pricing Product roadmap

SourcesHostinger About Hostinger Careers Hostinger 2025 financial results Hostinger sustainability report Hostinger funding profile / Dealroom Hostinger GitHub Hostinger engineering blog

Jobs and careers at Hostinger

47 jobs at Hostinger

Copywriter Lead

Remote

Marketing

Vilnius; Vilnius, Vilniaus apskr., Lithuania

1d ago

Remote

Full-time