Hosting and VPS: what we use and what we measured

Your VPS ran out of disk and the websites don't respond. How to measure what uses the space, what is safe to delete, how to stop it happening again and when to change plan.

Your site shows 502 Bad Gateway with nginx. What it means, how to see whether the application is down, and the usual causes: dead process, memory, port or socket, full disk.

You got the renewal charge for your hosting or VPS and it is far higher. What to check, how to turn off auto-renewal, when it is worth paying and when to move.

Step by step to publish a static site (Astro) or a Next.js application on an Ubuntu VPS with nginx, a free HTTPS certificate and automatic restart, as we run it in production.

Step by step to move a website to another host or a VPS without downtime: lower the DNS TTL, copy files and database, test before switching and keep your email.

A VPS is a virtual server that is yours alone, with admin access. How it differs from shared hosting, when it fits, and the work nobody tells you about.

The steps we recommend right after getting a VPS: a non-privileged user, firewall, fail2ban, updates, swap, backups and watching the disk.

Which Hostinger KVM plan to choose for your project, with the real memory each service uses on a server that hosts 21 websites.

Hostinger's Premium, Unlimited, Cloud and VPS plans compared, with their real limits and a rule for choosing without overpaying.

Premium or Unlimited: what each includes, what free domain and email you get, and what to check before paying for a 4-year plan.

Hostinger's agency plan against a VPS of your own: cost per site, isolation, client access and who looks after the server.

A Hostinger review from someone who runs 21 sites on one of its VPS plans: price, performance, what we like, what we don't, and what we can't measure yet.

The advertised price of a hosting or VPS is the first term's. We work out how much it rises on renewal and what you really pay over the full term, with US prices.

Hostinger KVM VPS prices in Colombia (COP), how much they rise on renewal, what you really pay over 4 years and how to pay.

Hostinger KVM VPS prices in Mexico (MXN), how much they rise on renewal, what you really pay over 4 years and how to pay.

Hostinger KVM VPS prices in Argentina (ARS), how much they rise on renewal, what you really pay over 4 years and how to pay.

Answers to the most common questions about Hostinger VPS plans: root, operating systems, templates, backups, DDoS protection, panel, guarantee and how to change plan.

Answers about Hostinger web hosting: the difference between Single, Premium, Unlimited and Cloud, free domain, free migration, daily or weekly backups, hPanel and guarantee.