Website builders with AI

Briks vs Hostinger

Hostinger's AI Builder is a low-cost bundle: hosting, a domain for a year and email come with every plan, Manual mode makes a site from one prompt for drag-and-drop editing, and Agentic mode builds websites and web apps through chat with sign-in, data and file storage built in and code you can export. Unlimited adds ecommerce and Hostinger Agent. Briks builds websites, web apps and dashboards from a brief or from a site you like, asks what it needs first, checks contrast before it publishes and keeps every change as a version. Hostinger wins on price and ecommerce; Briks on design from references, pre-publish checks and a simple monthly price, with sign-in, one-time payments and subscriptions on every plan.

As of 8 October 2026. Products change, so check their site before you decide.

Briks and Hostinger at a glance

Fifteen rows in six groups. Every Hostinger cell links to the page it came from; where the research could not confirm something, the cell says “Not listed” rather than guess. Prices are shown only where a US dollar price could be confirmed on Hostinger’s own page.

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TopicBriksHostinger
Building
Builds from a promptYesSites, apps, dashboardsWebsites, web apps and dashboards, planned, designed, built, checked and published from a written brief.YesSites and web appsManual mode makes a site from one prompt; Agentic mode builds websites and web apps, such as stores with accounts, memberships and booking systems, through chat.
Other ways to startYesA site you like, templatesA site you like plus screenshots, or a template rewritten for your business before it publishes.YesFrom a URLAgentic mode can also create a website from a URL.
Sign-in for your app's usersYesEmail, Google and moreSites that need accounts get email and password sign-in with confirmation and reset emails. Google, Apple, Microsoft, GitHub, X, Facebook, LinkedIn and Discord switch on in Project settings with your own app keys.YesAgentic modeAgentic mode's back end includes sign-in by email and password, email codes, and Google, Apple, Facebook and Microsoft accounts.
Hosting
Hosting includedYesEvery planOn every plan, at the site's own briks.live address.YesAll plansAll plans: Premium, Unlimited and Cloud Startup.
Your own domain fromStarter ($16 a month)From Starter, with the certificate issued and renewed automatically. Free publishes to a briks.live address.PremiumFrom Premium, with the domain free for the first year.
DatabaseYesBuilt inSites that store data get their own database. View and edit records, and on a paid plan download them as JSON or CSV, up to 50,000 per collection.YesAgentic modeAgentic mode stores data (up to 5 GB a project) and files, and sends up to 500 automated emails a day per project.
Changes
How you change itPlain words, or the Visual EditorType the change in plain words in the studio chat, or on a paid plan click the words or picture on the page in the Visual Editor. Every change is a version you can undo, and questions are answered without a build.Drag and drop or chatDrag and drop in Manual mode; chat in Agentic mode.
Content editing (CMS or blog)PartlyDatabase tab, Visual EditorRecords such as menus, listings or team members live in the site's database and are edited in the Database tab. On a paid plan, words and pictures on any page change in the Visual Editor.YesBlogA blog on all plans.
After launch
AI agents after launchYesFrom Starter13 kinds of agent led by a Team lead, Security among them, or your own from a sentence, each with a schedule and a monthly budget, asking you before it emails, changes the site or posts. Starter includes 3 agents per project, Pro 5, Studio 10 and Agency 15.YesUnlimited and upHostinger Agent, with SEO, marketing, content and sales skills, can schedule and publish posts; included on Unlimited and Cloud Startup.
Payments and sellingYesOne-time and subscriptionsOne-time payments through your own Stripe, PayPal, Mollie, Razorpay, Paddle, Lemon Squeezy, Polar, Creem or Dodo Payments account, on every plan, with no fee from Briks. Plans that renew monthly or yearly, with an optional free trial, sell through Stripe, Paddle, Polar or Lemon Squeezy. Need shipping? Ask for it and Briks builds it into your site with your own payment account.YesUnlimited and upEcommerce on Unlimited and Cloud Startup with 0% transaction fees and 100+ payment methods; Agentic apps can connect Stripe.
Pricing
Free planYes50 credits once50 credits once when you sign up, for one site on a briks.live address. No custom domain.No14-day trialNo free plan: a 14-day trial, and a paid plan to publish.
Lowest paid plan$16 a monthFrom $16 a month: Starter has 175 credits, 1 site and 1 domain; Pro is $29 a month for 400 credits, 3 sites and 3 domains. Paying for a year gives 2 months free. Paid plans are bought online at checkout.$2.99 a month, 48 monthsPremium: $2.99 a month on a 48-month term paid upfront ($143.52), renewing at $10.99 a month.
How usage is countedCredits per jobCredits per job: a new site holds 50 and a change 5. Each is charged for the work it took, which can be more than the hold; unused credits come back and a failed request is not charged.Upfront term and AI creditsA plan paid upfront for the term, plus one-time AI credits for site and app creation: 5 on Premium, 15 on Unlimited and Cloud Startup.
Ownership
Code exportPartlyZip of your site's files on paid plansBrowse and edit your site's own files on every plan, and download them as a zip on paid plans. The shared parts every Briks site runs on are not included, so it does not run on its own. On paid plans those files can also be kept in a GitHub repository, in step both ways.YesAgentic: React and ViteAgentic projects export as a React and Vite project in a zip, without the back-end data; an export cannot be re-imported for more prompting.
No fees per team memberYesFrom Pro, no seat feesOwner, Admin, Editor and Viewer roles, with no seat fees: Pro includes 3 people, Studio 10 and Agency 25, the owner included.Not listedNot found in the pages we checked, so we say nothing either way.
  • Yes
  • Partly
  • No
  • Not listed: not found in the pages we checked

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01Building

Building: two modes, or one careful process

Hostinger offers Manual and Agentic modes; Briks asks first and designs from references.

Hostinger gives you two ways to build. Manual mode makes a ready-made site from one prompt that you then edit by drag and drop. Agentic mode is a chat that builds websites and web apps, such as stores with accounts, memberships, portals and booking systems, and it can also create a website from a URL.

Briks has one process for websites, web apps and dashboards. It asks which pages you want and what your brief left open, reads a site you like for layout, spacing, type, motion and the header menu, builds the site, and checks contrast in the code before it publishes. A site that needs accounts gets email and password sign-in, with Google and seven more providers on your own keys.

Example: a fitness coach with a members' area

With Hostinger

Agentic mode can build the site with member sign-in and stored data, and Unlimited adds payments.

With Briks

Briks can build the coach's site, designed from a site you like, with an enquiry form and a database for programmes. Members sign in with email and password, and can pay once for a programme or subscribe monthly through your own Stripe, Paddle, Polar or Lemon Squeezy account, with the programmes kept for subscribers.

02Hosting

Hosting, domain and email

Hostinger bundles a domain and email; Briks hosts and connects a domain you own on Starter and above.

Every Hostinger plan, Premium, Unlimited and Cloud Startup, includes hosting, and the domain is free for the first year. Agentic projects can send up to 500 automated emails a day.

Briks hosts every site on every plan, Free included. Each site publishes first to a preview at its own briks.live address, kept out of search, and then to production after a launch check. Your own domain starts on Starter and is not included free. Site email, when switched on, sends from a briks address under your site's name, not from your own domain.

03Changes

Changes

Hostinger edits by drag and drop or chat; Briks edits by plain words with versions.

In Manual mode you change the site by drag and drop; in Agentic mode you keep chatting. An exported Agentic project cannot be re-imported for more prompting, so changes after export happen in the code.

In Briks every change is a sentence in the studio chat that becomes a published version. Anyone with edit rights can undo, redo or restore versions, and you can A/B test a saved version against the live site. Questions about your site are answered without a build.

04After launch

After launch: ecommerce, agents and payments

Hostinger Agent and ecommerce come on Unlimited; Briks agents come with every paid plan.

On Unlimited and Cloud Startup, Hostinger includes ecommerce with 0% transaction fees and more than 100 payment methods, and Agentic apps can connect Stripe. Hostinger Agent, also included there, has SEO, marketing, content and sales skills and can schedule and publish posts automatically; Premium gets Hostinger Agent AI support only.

Briks counts visitors without cookies, can switch on a chat that answers from your published pages, keeps form entries in the studio and emails them in production, and sends webhooks to your other tools. Its agents come with paid plans, and its sites take one-time payments and subscriptions through your own processor.

05Pricing

Pricing: upfront terms or a monthly plan

Hostinger Premium is $2.99 a month on a 48-month term; Briks Starter is $16 a month.

Hostinger's Premium plan is $2.99 a month on a 48-month term paid upfront, $143.52 in total, against a regular price of $11.99 a month, and it renews at $10.99 a month. Monthly and 12-month prices were not shown on the page. AI credits for creating sites and apps are one-time: 5 on Premium and 15 on Unlimited and Cloud Startup. Two reviewers point to steep renewal prices.

Briks Starter is $16 a month for 175 credits a month, 1 site and 1 domain, and Pro $29 for 400 credits, 3 sites and 3 domains, with no upfront term; Studio is $79 and Agency $199. Free gives 50 credits once. Each job holds credits and is charged for the work it took. Paid plans are bought online at checkout.

06Ownership

Code export

Hostinger's Agentic export is a real codebase; Briks's zip, on paid plans, does not run on its own.

Hostinger exports Agentic projects as a Node.js project built with React and Vite, in a zip, listed as Code editor and export on all three plans. The back-end data is not included, and an exported project cannot be re-imported.

Briks lets you browse the site's own files, edit them with edit rights, and on a paid plan download them as a zip, which leaves out the shared parts every Briks site runs on, so it does not run on its own. On a paid plan, database records download as JSON or CSV; form entries cannot be exported.

What reviewers raise about Hostinger

These points come from named reviewers, linked and dated, and only where more than one source agreed. They describe some people’s experience, not everyone’s. Some reviewers publish their own tools, and older reviews may predate Hostinger’s current plans.

Where Hostinger is strong

  • A low entry price with hosting, a domain and mailboxes bundled ($2.99 a month on a 48-month term). Source
  • Agentic mode builds working web apps with sign-in, data and file storage built in. Source
  • Agentic projects can be exported as a React and Vite codebase. Source

Who should choose which

An honest split. If the left-hand list describes you better, Hostinger is the better choice today.

Choose Hostinger if

  • You want the lowest upfront price and are happy to commit to a long term.
  • You want a domain and email bundled.
  • Your site needs a store that ships products.
  • You want an agent for SEO, marketing and posts on Unlimited.
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Choose Briks if

  • You want a simple monthly price and a free plan to start.
  • You want your site designed from one you like and checked before it publishes.
  • You want every change kept as a version, with A/B tests included.
  • You want webhooks and scheduled jobs to connect the site to your tools.
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Which fits you?

Tick what your project needs. The suggestion counts only what is known: a need Hostinger’s pages did not mention never counts against it.

What do you need?

Your suggestion

Tick what you need

The suggestion updates as you go, and it can be Hostinger.

Moving from Hostinger to Briks

To move a Hostinger site to Briks, build it again from a brief and add the Hostinger site as a reference for the look.

  1. Gather what you want to keep

    Copy the words from your Hostinger site that you want on the new one, and collect any pictures you own.

  2. Upload your pictures

    Add them to your Briks media library, where any project's prompt box can use them.

  3. Start a new project with a brief

    Describe the business and paste in the words you are keeping. Briks asks which pages you want and anything the brief leaves open.

  4. Add your Hostinger site as a reference

    Paste its address as your project's reference site. Briks reads its layout, spacing, type, motion and header, and builds a new site in that spirit with your words.

  5. Check the preview

    The first publish goes to a briks.live preview kept out of search. Ask for changes in plain words; each one is a version you can undo.

  6. Publish to production

    A launch check runs first, including links that go nowhere.

  7. Connect your domain on a paid plan

    On Starter or above, add an A record, a CNAME for www and a TXT record. The certificate is issued and renewed automatically. Paid plans are bought online at checkout.

Good to know

  • Accounts, stored member data, ecommerce and Hostinger email mailboxes do not move to Briks. Sign-in and payments are set up again on the new site, with your own keys.
  • If your domain was registered with Hostinger, point its records to Briks once your Briks site is in production on a paid plan.

Common questions

Is Hostinger cheaper than Briks?

At the start, yes: Premium is $2.99 a month on a 48-month term paid upfront, renewing at $10.99. Briks Starter is $16 a month with no term, and Briks has a free plan.

Does Briks include a domain and email like Hostinger?

No. Briks connects a domain you own on Starter and above, and site email sends from a briks address under your site's name. Hostinger includes a domain for the first year and email.

Can Briks build apps with sign-in like Hostinger's Agentic mode?

Yes. Briks builds web apps and dashboards with their own database, and a site that needs accounts gets email and password sign-in. Google, Apple, Microsoft, GitHub, X, Facebook, LinkedIn and Discord switch on with your own app keys.

Which has agents after launch?

Both. Hostinger Agent is included on Unlimited and Cloud Startup. Briks agents come with every paid plan, from Starter.

Can I export code from both?

Hostinger exports Agentic projects as React and Vite, without back-end data. On a paid plan, Briks downloads your site's own files, which do not run on their own.

Does Hostinger have a free plan?

No, it has a 14-day trial. Briks Free gives 50 credits once and one published site.

Sources

Every Hostinger fact on this page comes from the pages below, opened on 8 October 2026. Products change, so check Hostinger’s site before you decide.

Hostinger

  1. www.hostinger.com/website-builderPlans and USD prices, 48-month term and renewals, trial, no free plan, domain, hosting, ecommerce
  2. www.hostinger.com/ai-website-builderManual and Agentic modes, plan comparison, blog, AI credits
  3. www.hostinger.com/ai-builder/ai-app-builderAI app builder, Stripe and the built-in back end
  4. www.hostinger.com/hostinger-agentHostinger Agent skills and post scheduling
  5. www.hostinger.com/support/what-is-the-integrated-backend-in-hostinger-horizons/Back-end contents and limits
  6. www.hostinger.com/support/10771345-hostinger-ai-builder-agentic-mode-how-to-export-code/Code export format and limits

Reviews

  1. www.techradar.com/reviews/hostinger-website-builderMirza Bahic, TechRadar, 22 April 2026
  2. www.websitebuilderexpert.com/website-builders/hostinger-website-builder-review/Emma Ryan, Website Builder Expert, 27 April 2026
  3. www.websiteplanet.com/website-builders/hostinger-website-builder/Sayb Saad, Website Planet, 6 January 2026
  4. www.websiteplanet.com/website-builders/hostinger/Andrés Gánem, Website Planet (Hostinger hosting review), 2 June 2026

Briks

  1. briks.dev/featuresWhat Briks does today, feature by feature, with each one's conditions
  2. briks.dev/pricingPlans, credits and what each plan includes
  3. briks.dev/features/ai-agentsAgents, on paid plans
  4. briks.dev/features/your-codeWhat the code download holds
  5. briks.dev/features/sign-in-and-paymentsSign-in for visitors and payments through the owner's own processor

As of 8 October 2026. Products change, so check their site before you decide.

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