Compare Hostinger and Seeweb on capabilities, jurisdiction, assurance, and fit for European buyers.
Both listed as alternatives to: DigitalOcean, Leaseweb
Lithuania· Cloud Computing
Needs review
Shortlist Hostinger when you want managed WordPress or a simple KVM VPS with an EU data-center option and a published DPA. Skip it when you need HIPAA or PCI, an EU-only data path, or a custom enterprise SLA. Consider Hetzner or OVHcloud instead for more operator-centric European infrastructure.
Italy· Cloud Computing
Needs review
Shortlist Seeweb when you want Italian-operated IaaS with KVM cloud servers, NVIDIA/AMD GPU capacity, managed Kubernetes, and ACN-qualified product scope—plus European data-center choices under DHH Group ownership. Skip when you need global hyperscaler PaaS breadth or many continents of regions; consider OVHcloud, Scaleway, or Aruba Cloud instead for scale or alternate Italian sovereign stacks.
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| Feature | Hostinger | Seeweb |
|---|---|---|
| Country of origin | Lithuania | Italy |
| Category | Cloud Computing | Cloud Computing |
| Open source | No | No |
| Self-hosted | No | No |
| Headquarters | Lithuania | Italy |
| Legal entity | EU customers: Hostinger International Ltd (Cyprus). Affiliates: HOSTINGER, UAB and HOSTINGER operations, UAB (Vilnius). Also Hostinger UK Limited and Hostinger Global S.a r.l. (Luxembourg). | Seeweb S.r.l. (p.IVA/C.F. 02043220603); fully owned by DHH S.p.A. |
| US parent / control | No known US parent | No known US parent |
| CLOUD Act exposure (indicative) | Medium | Low |
| Hosting / residency | Customer-chosen DCs: FR, DE, LT, NL, UK plus US (Phoenix, Boston, Asheville), Brazil, India, Indonesia, Malaysia (plan-dependent). DPA subprocessors include AWS EMEA SARL, Google Cloud EMEA Limited, Cloudflare, Inc., MailChannels, Proofpoint, Inc., Anthropic Ireland, and spectra tech UAB. Privacy policy also names Google Analytics, Meta ads, Ravelin, and iDenfy. | Primary: Seeweb proprietary data centers in Milan and Frosinone (Italy). Additional cloud sites: Lugano (Swisscom facility), Zurich (Global Data Centers Switzerland AG), Sofia (Evolink). DR/backup marketed within Europe. No AWS/GCP/Azure as primary cloud host found on public pages. Network transit via multi-carrier mix (including Cogent, GTT, NTT) for connectivity. |
| Summary | Lithuania-founded web hosting for WordPress, managed cloud, and KVM VPS, with selectable European data centers and Cyprus contracting for EU customers. | Italian cloud and data-center provider (DHH Group): KVM cloud servers, NVIDIA/AMD GPU for AI, managed Kubernetes, VPC, and storage on European sites including proprietary Milan and Frosinone facilities. |
| Tags |
| At a glance | Hostinger | Seeweb |
|---|---|---|
| HQ / operations | Vilnius, Lithuania (also Kaunas; Yogyakarta office) | Not listed |
| EU contracting entity | Hostinger International Ltd (Larnaca, Cyprus) | Not listed |
| Founded | 2004 as Hosting Media; Hostinger brand in 2011 | 1998 |
| Product shape | Managed web/WordPress, managed cloud, KVM VPS, domains, email | Not listed |
| Open source / self-host | Neither. Proprietary platform; VPS guests are customer-managed | Not listed |
| Commercial model | Prepaid subscription with auto-renew; 30-day money-back on eligible hosting | Pay-as-you-go / consumption (SPU & hourly GPU); no public free tier |
| HQ / legal entity | Not listed | Seeweb S.r.l. — Frosinone & Milan, Italy |
| Ownership | Not listed | 100% DHH S.p.A. (Euronext Growth Milan) since 2020 |
| Hosting regions | Not listed | IT (Milan, Frosinone), CH (Lugano, Zurich), BG (Sofia) |
| Core products | Not listed | Cloud Server, GPU, SKS Kubernetes, VPC, storage, colocation |
| Self-host product | Not listed | No — managed IaaS / DC services |
| Key capabilities | Hostinger | Seeweb |
|---|---|---|
| EU-operated (Cyprus contract) | Yes | Yes |
| ISO 27001 (claimed) | Yes | Yes |
| Managed WordPress | Yes | Not listed |
| KVM VPS + public API | Yes | Not listed |
| Public DPA | Yes | Not listed |
| Selectable EU data centers | Yes | Not listed |
| NVIDIA + AMD GPU cloud | Not listed | Yes |
| Managed Kubernetes (SKS) | Not listed | Yes |
| ACN QI2/QC2 (claimed) | Not listed | Yes |
| CISPE registered | Not listed | Yes |
Selectable European and global data centers
Web and cloud plans can be placed in France, Germany, Lithuania, the Netherlands, or the United Kingdom, or in the United States, Brazil, India, Indonesia, or Malaysia. VPS omits the Netherlands. Location is chosen at setup and can be moved later on web and cloud, but not on VPS without rebuild.
Managed WordPress on LiteSpeed and hPanel
Plans include one-click install, staging, automatic updates, malware scanning, WAF, Let's Encrypt, WP-CLI, SSH, and Git. WordPress.org lists Hostinger as a recommended host. Shared plans isolate accounts with CloudLinux LVE. Not a self-hosted WordPress appliance you run elsewhere.
KVM VPS with root, templates, and a public API
KVM guests use AMD EPYC and NVMe, weekly backups, snapshots, a managed firewall, Wanguard DDoS filtering, and one-click OS or app templates (Docker, n8n, Ubuntu, and others). A documented public API and MCP server support automation. The guest is unmanaged: you patch the OS.
Managed cloud with dedicated IP and NVMe
Cloud plans keep hPanel and add more CPU, RAM, NVMe, PHP workers, inode headroom, a dedicated IP, CDN, and daily or on-demand backups. Aimed at agencies and busier WordPress or Node.js sites that do not want root. Upgrade path from shared hosting is in-panel.
In-house hPanel, Access Manager, and migrations
hPanel is Hostinger's control plane for sites, DNS, mail, backups, and collaborators. Access Manager shares scoped access without handing over the account password. Website migration is a supported request flow for common CMS stacks. Developer tools (SSH, Git, PHP versions) live in the same panel.
Public DPA with a named sub-processor list
A click-through DPA covers hosting, VPS, email, domains, Website Builder, Horizons, and Reach. Appendix 3 lists AWS EMEA, Google Cloud EMEA, Cloudflare, MailChannels, Proofpoint, Anthropic Ireland, and spectra tech UAB. New sub-processors can be added with a 10-day objection window.
KVM Cloud Servers with dedicated resources
Cloud Server is a KVM virtual machine with dedicated CPU, RAM, and SAN-backed storage, N+1 style redundancy messaging, and guaranteed 1 Gbps bandwidth class. Scale vertically (add CPU/RAM/disk) or horizontally by composing multi-tier stacks. Unmanaged or fully managed by Seeweb engineers—fit for production web, DB, and agency workloads that need predictable isolation rather than noisy shared hosts.
GPU cloud for AI/ML (NVIDIA + AMD)
Cloud Server GPU instances target training, inference, and HPC-style jobs with NVIDIA cards (H100, H200, A100, L40S, RTX A6000, L4 and related) and AMD options including MI300X. Ready-to-use drivers, Terraform support, hourly usage billing, and Spot Instances with a short preemption notice suit bursty or interruptible jobs. Data stays on European sites per vendor GDPR messaging—confirm region per SKU at order time.
Managed Kubernetes Service (SKS)
SKS is Kubernetes-as-a-Service with a HA control plane, worker sizing you design with Seeweb, CSI storage (Vast Data driver on the product page), optional S3-compatible object storage, load balancing, and GPU workers (including MI300X and NVIDIA H-class cards). Aimed at teams that want orchestration without running etcd themselves; Proactive Support tiers add predictive monitoring for production clusters.
VPC, Foundation Server, and hybrid DC footprint
Virtual Private Cloud builds private infrastructures on VMware or Proxmox; Foundation Server targets dedicated bare-metal-style capacity for business-critical virtualization. Combine with housing/colocation in Milan and Frosinone plus European partner sites for DR. Useful when you need private networking and dedicated hosts under the same Italian operator rather than public multi-tenant only.
ACN-qualified IaaS and CISPE EU residency claims
Seeweb publishes ACN CSP qualification (QI2 infrastructure; QC2 for Foundation Server Pro, VPC, Shared CPU/High Memory cloud, and AI/supercomputing infrastructures) for Italian public administration procurement. CISPE Code of Conduct registration is used to assert customer data stored exclusively in European territories. Pair these claims with your own DPIA—they are procurement signals, not a substitute for a signed DPA.
| Assurance & compliance | Hostinger | Seeweb |
|---|---|---|
| Independent security / no-logs audit | Not found Vendor describes internal pentests and a HackerOne-style responsible disclosure programme. No public independent audit PDF found. | Not applicable IaaS/data-center provider—not a consumer no-logs VPN. Assurance is via ISO/ISMS and sector qualifications rather than a no-logs report. |
| ISO 27001 | Vendor claimed Trust Center and security article claim ISO/IEC 27001:2022. Certificate download requires Trust Center access. Not independently verified here. | Vendor claimed Vendor certifications page: ISO/IEC 27001:2022, AXE REGISTER cert IT18-27702D, valid until 28 Nov 2027; locations Milan & Frosinone. Re-verify serial in procurement. |
| SOC 2 / SOC 3 | Not found No public SOC 2 or SOC 3 report found on Trust Center overview or legal pages. | Not found No SOC 2/3 report advertised on the official certifications page at research time. |
| GDPR / EU data protection | Vendor claimed EU/UK/Luxembourg contracting entities; privacy policy cites GDPR; DPA includes EU SCCs and UK addendum. Confirm entity on the invoice. | Vendor claimed Italian controller/processor entity, European hosting messaging, privacy policy, ISO 27018 claim, CISPE; confirm DPA for your processing roles. |
| US CLOUD Act exposure (indicative) | Partial European group, no known US parent. Exposure is medium because customers may select US data centers and the DPA names US-group processors (AWS EMEA, Google Cloud EMEA, Cloudflare, Proofpoint). Not legal advice. | Partial Italian Seeweb S.r.l., Italian DHH parent, no known US parent; primary hosting on European DCs (not AWS/GCP/Azure). Third-party Swiss/BG facilities and global transit carriers exist. Indicative only—not legal advice. |
| Data processing agreement (B2B) | Vendor claimed Public DPA incorporated into the Terms of Service. Parties: Hostinger International Ltd, Hostinger UK Limited, or Hostinger Global S.a r.l. | Vendor claimed Art. 28 DPA language used for Seeweb-operated services (e.g. published for Regolo); request current signed DPA + TOMs + subprocessors for core cloud/IaaS contracts. |
| EU AI Act | Not applicable Core product is hosting. Horizons, Kodee, and Reach are AI features inside that product, not an AI-centric system of record. | Partial Infrastructure/GPU provider and Rethic.AI partnership messaging; AI Act duties mainly fall on customer AI systems. Not a full provider high-risk AI assessment by EuropeanStack. |
| HIPAA / PCI environment | Not applicable Hosting agreement: services are not intended to provide a PCI or HIPAA compliant environment. | Not listed |
| ISO/IEC 27017 (cloud security) | Not listed | Vendor claimed Appendix to ISO 27001 certificate on certifications page; same validity window stated. |
| ISO/IEC 27018 (cloud PII) | Not listed | Vendor claimed Appendix to ISO 27001 certificate on certifications page; same validity window stated. |
| CISPE Data Protection Code of Conduct | Not listed | Vendor claimed Vendor states CISPE registry presence and European data storage under the Code (since 31 May 2017 on certifications page). |
| ACN Qualified CSP (QI2/QC2) | Not listed | Vendor claimed IaaS qualification for Italian PA; QI2 infrastructure and QC2 for listed products including AI/supercomputing infrastructures (19 Jan 2023 on certifications page). |
| CSA STAR Level 1 | Not listed | Vendor claimed Stated for Virtual Private Cloud and Foundation Server PRO (6 July 2022 on certifications page). |
| Considerations & known limitations | Hostinger | Seeweb |
|---|---|---|
| Optional non-EU hosting regions | Medium US, Brazil, and Asia data centers are first-class options. An operator can place production outside the EEA at checkout. Lock region in procurement if residency is required. | Not listed |
| US-group cloud, CDN, email, and security vendors | Medium Even an EU VM still depends on AWS EMEA, Google Cloud EMEA, Cloudflare, Proofpoint, MailChannels, plus Google/Meta marketing tools. This is why CLOUD Act exposure is not low. | Not listed |
| Cyprus contract vs Lithuanian operations | Low HQ and affiliates are Lithuanian; EU paper is usually Hostinger International Ltd (Cyprus). Invoices may also be charged by other group entities. Confirm the contracting party before security review. | Not listed |
| ISO 27001 certificate not independently verified here | Low The cert is claimed on the Trust Center but gated. Download it before treating ISO as verified. | Not listed |
| Customer still owns CMS, guest OS, and backups | Medium VPS is unmanaged. Terms require you to keep your own backups even when Hostinger offers weekly copies. Shared and cloud plans are not HIPAA/PCI environments. | Not listed |
| Smaller global footprint than hyperscalers | Not listed | Medium Region set is European (IT/CH/BG) with a mid-size operator catalog. Multi-continent apps or niche managed PaaS may force multi-cloud or a larger EU peer. |
| Certifications are vendor-published | Not listed | Low ISO and ACN claims include certificate numbers and dates on seeweb.it, but EuropeanStack did not re-download every registry PDF. Re-verify serials and scope statements in formal assurance reviews. |
| No single public subprocessor register found | Not listed | Medium Facility partners and network carriers are described on DC pages, but a consolidated customer-content subprocessor list was not found as one public document. Request annex under NDA for regulated workloads. |
| GPU Spot Instances can be interrupted | Not listed | Low Vendor documents ~2-minute notice before Spot termination when On-Demand needs capacity. Architect batch/checkpointing; do not run sole critical control planes only on Spot. |
| Some sites use third-party data centers | Not listed | Low Lugano, Zurich, and Sofia are presented via partner facilities (Swisscom, Global Data Centers Switzerland AG, Evolink). Italy-only residency must be contracted explicitly if required. |
When: You want German-operated dedicated servers, object storage, or more operator-centric VPS without a consumer website-builder overlay
Consider: Hetzner
Hetzner is in the catalog as German web hosting and cloud.
When: You need a large European public cloud with many regions and a stronger IaaS and public-sector posture
Consider: OVHcloud or IONOS
Both are catalog EU clouds; IONOS also covers consumer-style web hosting.
When: You need US-centric SMB WordPress hosting already familiar to North American agencies
Consider: GoDaddy or Bluehost
Different jurisdiction. Useful only if European contracting is not a filter.
When: You need a large multi-country European cloud with denser product catalog and strong self-service DX
Consider: OVHcloud or Scaleway
Broader regions and developer tooling; less Italian ACN-specific packaging than Seeweb.
When: You want another Italian sovereign cloud with mass-market public-cloud SKUs
Consider: Aruba Cloud
Closest national peer; compare GPU/K8s maturity and PA qualification details side by side.
When: You mainly need simple self-service VMs/storage at aggressive commercial terms without Italian PA focus
Consider: Hetzner
Strong for general-purpose EU VMs; different compliance and support model.
When: You require global enterprise PaaS and marketplace ecosystems
Consider: AWS or Microsoft Azure
Accept US-group cloud and CLOUD Act exposure tradeoffs for breadth.