- Predictable prices are coming for web application hosting
- Easily upload apps from GitHub in our tests
- Spend less time managing and more time building apps
Hostinger, one of the best web hosting providers, is lowering the barrier to entry and offering predictable pricing for web applications, with new support for node.js in shared hosting plans. Traditionally, if you wanted to host a web application, you needed to use a VPS server or a platform that didn’t have a flat-fee pricing structure, resulting in higher management costs and eye-watering bills.
Support for up to 10 node.js web applications on Cloud Startup plans was rolled out in early December and then up to 5 node.js web applications on the Business hosting plan. To host an app, you can upload files manually or upload them directly from GitHub with just a few clicks in the web hosting panel.
This way, users do not need to manage server configuration, such as installing and updating dependencies or configuring reverse proxy servers. The integration with GitHub also allows users to automatically redeploy when new commits are made. In a quick test, I uploaded a web app from GitHub and within minutes it ran smoothly with no configuration required.
The new functionality comes at a time when modern developers and hobby coders are using “vibration coding” to build and deploy faster. AI tools and platforms like Cursor, Lovable, and Bolt often use JavaScript and Node.js as their language of choice and use serverless infrastructure that can incur unexpected fees when applications experience a spike in traffic.
Until now, shared servers have been built around websites using PHP (which is what WordPress uses). PHP sites can remain idle on a server while not in use, allowing a single server to host multiple sites, allocating resources to specific sites that have more traffic than others. Node.js requires a site to use RAM all the time. Hostinger’s offering manages all of these processes so users don’t have to.
Additionally, PHP sites sit behind a web server such as Apache or Nginx, which allows traffic through specific ports. Node.js requires a different system that makes hosting multiple sites more complex while also needing more flexibility with server versions. A problem that, until now, has prevented hosts from providing predictable pricing and easy-to-use hosting for web applications.
The support for Node.js hosting, along with other leading hosting advancements like Kodee and Hostinger Horizons, is why I continue to recommend Hostinger as one of the best web hosting companies. Whether you want a value-for-money VPS server with an AI management tool, AI website building tools, or simple hosting for WordPress or web applications, Hostinger has a solution.
