Forge vs Hostinger Horizons
Hostinger Horizons builds websites with an AI app feature attached. Forge replaces the spreadsheet your business actually runs on. If you Googled "AI app builder" and you really need a website, Hostinger is fine. If your real problem is the spreadsheet — keep reading.
Comparison verified 2026-05-09. Hostinger Horizons pricing and feature claims sourced from www.hostinger.com.
Most-damning rows first. Every claim sourced and dated.
| Feature | Forge | Hostinger Horizons |
|---|---|---|
| Primary product2 | App builder — replaces the spreadsheet your business runs on | Website builder — with an AI app feature attached |
| Built for2 | Operators running a business on spreadsheets — restaurants, contractors, salons, freelancers | Anyone who needs a website with hosting + SSL + CDN bundled |
| Starting point | Upload a CSV → schema inferred → working CRUD app | Pick a template → customize the layout → fill the content |
| Vertical templates | Restaurants, contractors, salons, property — operator-shaped | Generic website + ecommerce templates |
| Generated artifact | Real React + Supabase app, ZIP-exportable | A website (or, on the AI app feature, a generated frontend) |
| Pro plan1 | £7/mo (100 credits, edits 0.25) | $13.99 Starter / $39.99 Hobbyist |
| Hosting + SSL + CDN bundled | ZIP export — host anywhere; Pro adds custom domains via Vercel API | Bundled, free domain for 1 year on Starter |
| Stripe payments | User-owned key, one-prompt scaffolding into row actions | Stripe + PayPal as ecommerce checkout |
| Scheduled agents on data | Hourly cron, send_email/send_sms/update_row/email_summary | Hostinger Agents (~$7/mo separate product, not in Horizons) |
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Hostinger's strongest product is a website. Their AI app feature treats apps like a website with extra fields. Forge starts from your spreadsheet — upload the CSV, schema inferred, working CRUD around the real shape of your data. Different artifact, different starting point.
Restaurant inventory by par level. Contractor invoices with deposit tracking. Salon appointments with no-show flags. These live in spreadsheets that nobody can edit on a phone, that break when the wrong column gets sorted, and that have no permissions. Forge replaces *those* — not the marketing site.
If you need to replace the spreadsheet that holds your business together — pricing, schedules, clients, jobs, payroll — that's the Forge job. We're not arguing for the same buyer; we're arguing you should pick the right tool for the job you're actually trying to do.
Forge Pro
£7/mo
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Start freeHonestly, only at the surface. Hostinger Horizons is a website builder with an AI app feature attached; Forge is an app builder that replaces the spreadsheets running small businesses. If you Googled 'AI app builder' and you really need a website, Hostinger is fine. We have this comparison page because Horizons users sometimes land in our funnel by mistake — we'd rather you found the right tool than the cheapest one.
Use both. Hostinger for the marketing site; Forge for the internal tool that holds your operations. They don't conflict. Forge generates a real React + Supabase app you can ZIP-export and host anywhere — including in a sub-route of a Hostinger-hosted site if you want.
You're not paying more for the same thing — you're paying for a different thing. Forge Pro at £7/mo gets you 100 AI credits (vs Horizons' 30 on the equivalent tier), edits at 0.25 credit (vs full freight per fix on Horizons per 2026 reviews), CSV-first onboarding, vertical templates for restaurants/contractors/salons, and ZIP export of your full source. The credit ratio alone is 3.3× more generous.
Export your data as CSV — every Horizons project should let you download the underlying data. Upload to Forge and the schema is inferred automatically. The UI regenerates from a Forge prompt. Most migrations take 10 minutes once the CSV is in hand.
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