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Both cover website builders. Here is what separates them on price, billing, what you can take with you, and coverage.
A WordPress builder that leaves clean markup
A website builder bundled with the hosting
Beaver Builder | Hostinger | |
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| Starting price (they differ) | From $89 | From $10.99 |
| Pricing model | Paid subscription | Paid subscription |
| Free tier | No | No |
| Billing | Not stated | Monthly or annual |
| Free trial | Not stated | Not stated |
| API | Not stated | Yes |
| Data export | Not stated |
Shaded rows are where the two answers disagree and both listings have answered. A row where one side has not stated a fact is left plain, because silence is not a difference.
A WordPress builder that leaves clean markup
Beaver Builder is the WordPress page builder chosen by people who care what happens when it is switched off: content stays as ordinary WordPress content rather than collapsing into shortcodes. Licences are annual and cover unlimited sites from the second tier. The white-label option lets an agency hand a site over without its own tooling being visible. The template library is smaller than the flashier builders, which is the trade for the markup being sane.
Our note
Choose this over Divi or Elementor when the site may outlive your involvement with it, because the shortcode lock-in is the thing that hurts a client two years later. If nobody will ever migrate the site, the cheaper unlimited licences elsewhere are the better arithmetic.
A website builder bundled with the hosting
Hostinger sells the builder and the hosting as one thing, so a domain, certificate, mailbox and site come from a single account instead of three suppliers. The AI builder generates a first draft from a description and the editor takes it from there. A free domain for the first year is included. The long contracts are how the headline price gets low, and the renewal rate is the number that matters once that term ends.
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| Their cut | None | None |
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| Runs on | Web | Web |
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| Covers | Website Builders | Website Builders |
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| Works with | Nothing in particular | Nothing in particular |
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| Founded | Not listed | Not listed |
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| Reader rating | No reviews yet | No reviews yet |
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| Live deals | None right now | None right now |
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Our note
Price this on the renewal rate rather than the four-year term, because $10.99 a month is what it costs once the introductory period ends and that is the honest comparison against Squarespace or Wix. The long term is a real discount, but it is also four years of commitment to one supplier.