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Hostinger vs Nexcess: which is more reliable? (2026)
Nexcess is more reliable than Hostinger, scoring 55.6 vs 33.8 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Hostinger reported 184 incidents and Nexcess reported 18, with effective uptime of 96.34% and 99.21% respectively. Hostinger resolves incidents faster on average (4h 38m).
Data updated Nov 2, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Hostinger | Nexcess |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 33.8 | 55.6 |
| Rank (web hosts) | #8 | #6 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 96.34% | 99.21% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 184 | 18 |
| Partial / major outages | 9 | 1 |
| Avg time to resolve | 4h 38m | 12h 25m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Hostinger and Nexcess differ
- Hostinger reported 10.2× as many incidents as Nexcess over the last 90 days (184 vs 18).
- Hostinger had 9 partial or major outages, compared with 1 for Nexcess.
- Hostinger fixes problems faster: 4h 38m on average, against 12h 25m for Nexcess (2.7× quicker).
- Hostinger's longest outage on record lasted 1d 20h (Oct 16, 2026); Nexcess's lasted 3d (Jul 18, 2026).
90-day uptime
Hostinger
Nexcess
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent Hostinger incidents
- InformationalNov 2, 2026 · resolved in 9m
- InformationalNov 2, 2026 · resolved in 1h 8m
- InformationalNov 2, 2026 · resolved in 17m
- InformationalNov 1, 2026 · resolved in 1h 4m
Emergency Server BOS-1335 Maintenance
Affected: Hostinger VPS API
- InformationalNov 1, 2026 · resolved in 9m
- MaintenanceNov 1, 2026 · resolved in 30m
Recent Nexcess incidents
- InformationalOct 27, 2026 · ongoing
- InformationalOct 22, 2026 · ongoing
PHP Security Vulnerability Assessment (CVE-2026-109618 & CVE-2026-109619)
- Degraded performanceSep 26, 2026 · resolved in 4h 34m
Service disruption on subset of cloudhosts in the us-midwest-2 region
Affected: us-midwest-2
- InformationalSep 22, 2026 · resolved in 2d 23h
Security Advisory: Critical WordPress Vulnerability - "Click2Shell"
- Degraded performanceSep 16, 2026 · resolved in 17h 59m
Affected: Tickets, Chats
- InformationalSep 12, 2026 · resolved in 5h 44m
Service interruption on subset of Cloudhosts at US-Midwest-2 Region
Affected: us-midwest-2
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