Hostinger vs Amazon Route 53
On the 298 extensions both sell, Amazon Route 53 renews cheaper on 265, Hostinger on 33. Across the 20 most registered of them, a year of renewals adds up to $403.00 at Amazon Route 53 and $456.80 at Hostinger.
Who is cheaper, extension by extension
298 extensions both sell- Renewal 33 Hostinger Amazon Route 53 265 none the same
- First year 283 Hostinger Amazon Route 53 15 none the same
- Transferwhere both publish a transfer price 279 Hostinger Amazon Route 53 19 none the same
112 extensions only at Hostinger · 76 extensions only at Amazon Route 53 · a price within half a cent counts as the same
The extensions people hold
renewal a year, before ICANN's $0.20 where it applies · the 20 most registered both sell- .com Hostinger: $19.99 first year $19.99 Amazon Route 53: $16.00 first year $16.00 $3.99 less at Amazon Route 53 20% cheaper
- .de Hostinger: $13.99 first year $1.99 Amazon Route 53: $9.00 first year $9.00 $4.99 less at Amazon Route 53 36% cheaper
- .net Hostinger: $17.99 first year $17.99 Amazon Route 53: $17.00 first year $17.00 $0.99 less at Amazon Route 53 6% cheaper
- .org Hostinger: $17.99 first year $17.99 Amazon Route 53: $16.00 first year $16.00 $1.99 less at Amazon Route 53 11% cheaper
- .xyz Hostinger: $19.99 first year $1.99 Amazon Route 53: $19.00 first year $19.00 $0.99 less at Amazon Route 53 5% cheaper
- .shop Hostinger: $39.99 first year $0.99 Amazon Route 53: $43.00 first year $43.00 $3.01 less at Hostinger 7% cheaper
- .info Hostinger: $31.99 first year $3.99 Amazon Route 53: $30.00 first year $30.00 $1.99 less at Amazon Route 53 6% cheaper
- .fr Hostinger: $12.99 first year $12.99 Amazon Route 53: $12.00 first year $12.00 $0.99 less at Amazon Route 53 8% cheaper
- .it Hostinger: $16.99 first year $5.99 Amazon Route 53: $11.00 first year $11.00 $5.99 less at Amazon Route 53 35% cheaper
- .online Hostinger: $35.99 first year $35.99 Amazon Route 53: $28.00 first year $28.00 $7.99 less at Amazon Route 53 22% cheaper
- .in Hostinger: $9.99 first year $9.99 Amazon Route 53: $8.00 first year $8.00 $1.99 less at Amazon Route 53 20% cheaper
- .site Hostinger: $38.99 first year $38.99 Amazon Route 53: $28.00 first year $28.00 $10.99 less at Amazon Route 53 28% cheaper
- .co Hostinger: $34.99 first year $27.99 Amazon Route 53: $38.00 first year $38.00 $3.01 less at Hostinger 8% cheaper
- .ca Hostinger: $16.99 first year $9.99 Amazon Route 53: $14.00 first year $14.00 $2.99 less at Amazon Route 53 18% cheaper
- .eu Hostinger: $7.99 first year $4.99 Amazon Route 53: $8.00 first year $8.00 $0.01 less at Hostinger 0.1% cheaper
- .cc Hostinger: $10.99 first year $3.99 Amazon Route 53: $12.00 first year $12.00 $1.01 less at Hostinger 8% cheaper
- .store Hostinger: $54.99 first year $54.99 Amazon Route 53: $42.00 first year $42.00 $12.99 less at Amazon Route 53 24% cheaper
- .vip Hostinger: $24.99 first year $3.99 Amazon Route 53: $21.00 first year $21.00 $3.99 less at Amazon Route 53 16% cheaper
- .us Hostinger: $8.99 first year $8.99 Amazon Route 53: $11.00 first year $11.00 $2.01 less at Hostinger 18% cheaper
- .app Hostinger: $19.99 first year $9.99 Amazon Route 53: $20.00 first year $20.00 $0.01 less at Hostinger 0.1% cheaper
Where the gap is widest
renewal a year, among the most registered extensionsCheaper at Hostinger
Beyond the price
How the honesty score works| Fact | Hostinger | Amazon Route 53 |
|---|---|---|
| Honesty score | 78/100 | 85/100 |
| WHOIS privacy | varies by TLD or account | free on eligible TLDs |
| EU VAT | adds EU VAT for consumers | not established — assume it may be added |
| Accepts | Cards, PayPal, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Alipay, Crypto | Cards |
| Expired names | pre-release riska sale can end recovery before registry redemption | neutral — unprovenpre-release disposition is not proven |
| Extensions we price | 410 | 374 |
| Coupon codes | none we can verify | none we can verify |
| Based | Vilnius, LT, since 2004 | Seattle, US, since 2014 |
Hostinger
A mass-market registrar with a surprisingly useful first-party pricing endpoint behind its public TLD catalogue. The feed exposes purchase, first-year, renewal, transfer, currency, coupon and minimum-term fields. Domain.Guru refuses the famous $0.01-style headlines when they require multiple years and ranks the ordinary one-year price instead.
Where it wins
- Public registration, renewal and transfer rows in native USD
- Minimum term and multi-year deal metadata prevent teaser-price traps
- Free privacy is flagged per extension in the source feed
Where it costs you
- Many lowest headlines require a two- or three-year purchase
- The feed is a storefront contract, so structural canaries are essential
- VAT is added according to billing location
Amazon Route 53
AWS publishes registration, renewal and transfer in an official public price document and enables WHOIS privacy by default where the registry permits it. The important extra cost is outside the domain price: registering through Route 53 automatically creates a hosted zone with its own monthly charge.
Where it wins
- Official public document publishes registration, renewal and transfer
- WHOIS privacy at no additional charge where supported
- Useful for portfolios already billed through AWS
Where it costs you
- A new registration automatically creates a separately billed hosted zone
- Purchasing and managing domains still requires an AWS account
- Console is infrastructure-first, not a domainer marketplace
Prices fetched from each shop's own published list — Hostinger's on 1 Nov 2026, Amazon Route 53's on 1 Nov 2026 — in US dollars before tax; the currency switcher converts them. How prices are read
Hostinger and Amazon Route 53, answered
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- one.com 96% renewed cheaper by Hostinger
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- INWX 94% renewed cheaper by Hostinger
- Squarespace 74% renewed cheaper by Hostinger
- Infomaniak 38% renewed cheaper by Hostinger
- Epik 17% renewed cheaper by Hostinger
- NameSilo 14% renewed cheaper by Hostinger
- OVHcloud 11% renewed cheaper by Hostinger
- DreamHost 9% renewed cheaper by Hostinger
- Sav.com 5% renewed cheaper by Hostinger
- WordPress.com 4% renewed cheaper by Hostinger
- Dynadot 4% renewed cheaper by Hostinger
- Spaceship 2% renewed cheaper by Hostinger
- Porkbun 2% renewed cheaper by Hostinger
- Cloudflare 0% renewed cheaper by Hostinger
Amazon Route 53 against
- Gandi 99% renewed cheaper by Amazon Route 53
- 101domain 99% renewed cheaper by Amazon Route 53
- IONOS 97% renewed cheaper by Amazon Route 53
- INWX 95% renewed cheaper by Amazon Route 53
- Hover 95% renewed cheaper by Amazon Route 53
- one.com 94% renewed cheaper by Amazon Route 53
- Squarespace 77% renewed cheaper by Amazon Route 53
- Infomaniak 46% renewed cheaper by Amazon Route 53
- OVHcloud 18% renewed cheaper by Amazon Route 53
- NameSilo 16% renewed cheaper by Amazon Route 53
- Epik 14% renewed cheaper by Amazon Route 53
- DreamHost 12% renewed cheaper by Amazon Route 53
- Sav.com 8% renewed cheaper by Amazon Route 53
- WordPress.com 8% renewed cheaper by Amazon Route 53
- Porkbun 6% renewed cheaper by Amazon Route 53
- Dynadot 6% renewed cheaper by Amazon Route 53
- Spaceship 6% renewed cheaper by Amazon Route 53
- Cloudflare 1% renewed cheaper by Amazon Route 53