Hostinger Horizons: What It Became in 2026

What happened to Hostinger Horizons?

If you land on hostinger.com/horizons today, you won’t find Horizons, you’ll find Hostinger AI Builder. Hostinger merged its two builders into one product with two modes: Manual mode (the classic drag-and-drop editor) and Agentic mode (the conversational “vibe coding” that Horizons pioneered). Same AI builder, one interface, and you can switch between modes at any time.

This matters because half the internet still describes Horizons as a separate product with its own Explorer/Starter/Hobbyist plans. Those plan tables are outdated. There is no standalone Horizons pricing page anymore, AI building is now a feature of Hostinger’s hosting plans, and the currency is AI credits, not a separate subscription. Anyone quoting you old Horizons plan prices is working from stale information.

What can you build with Agentic mode?

Describe your idea the way you’d explain it to a friend, and the AI generates a first version, then you keep refining it through the same chat. It handles the full range: business sites, portfolios, booking pages, and online stores on the simple end; custom CRMs, client portals, calculators, micro-SaaS tools, and AI-powered features like chatbots and content generators on the ambitious end.

Under the hood you get a real stack, not a toy: a built-in backend (no separate database or server setup), Stripe and PayPal for payments, Google AdSense integration, and Supabase for database and user login. You can even start from what you already have, upload a URL, an image, or a PDF and the AI turns it into an editable site. When you’re done, one click publishes it to a live URL, and hosting, domain, email, and SEO tooling are bundled in the plan.

How do AI credits actually work?

Credits are the fuel, and the rules are simple once you see them. Manual mode costs nothing, drag, drop, and edit all day without touching your balance. Agentic mode spends credits every time you create or edit through the AI chat, with usage depending on complexity: Hostinger’s own documentation says a simple business page usually takes 5-10 credits, while a more complex web app takes 15 or more. Quick text and image tweaks in the content editor are free, a smart way to iterate without draining the tank.

Credits also power AI features on your live site: each time a visitor uses your chatbot or content generator, fractional credits are consumed. A usage dashboard breaks down exactly where credits went, building vs. live AI features, so the meter is never a mystery. And here’s the honest gap: Hostinger says you can top up credits anytime you run low, but top-up prices aren’t published on the AI Builder page. We checked on October 8, 2026, and there is no public credit price list, so budget around the credits included with your plan, not around top-ups you can’t price yet.

Agentic vs Manual: which mode should you use?

Use this rule of thumb: Agentic when you’re creating, Manual when you’re refining. Starting from zero, a new site, a new app, a new idea, Agentic mode is dramatically faster; describing beats dragging when nothing exists yet. But once the structure is right, switch to Manual: every text tweak and image swap there is free, while the same changes through chat would nibble your credit balance.

The mode split also maps to project type. Brochure sites, portfolios, blogs, and simple stores live happily in Manual mode, or start in Agentic and finish in Manual. Web apps with logins, databases, and custom logic belong in Agentic mode, where the AI writes the code you’d otherwise hire out. The plan in the card above (the Website Builder Premium tier) is the entry point to both modes, which is why it’s the deal we track for AI building.

A practical workflow that stretches credits: draft the whole project in Agentic mode, publish a first version, then live in Manual mode for a week, fixing copy, swapping images, adjusting sections for free as real feedback comes in. Only go back to chat when you need structural changes the editor can’t do. Builders who treat Agentic mode as the architect and Manual mode as the interior designer get the most finished product per credit.

The limits nobody puts in the headline

AI Builder is genuinely impressive for what it is, but the marketing pages won’t volunteer these constraints, so we will.

• No native mobile apps. It builds responsive web apps that work on phones, but nothing for the App Store or Google Play. If your roadmap needs native, this isn’t the tool.
• No GitHub integration. You can export your code and self-host it elsewhere, but there’s no two-way GitHub sync for team workflows.
• The credit ceiling is thin. Five free credits to try, a small one-time gift per plan, and unpublished top-up prices. Heavy builders will feel the meter, independent testers consistently flag credit consumption as the thing to watch.
• Your content trains their models. The AI services terms grant Hostinger the right to use your inputs and outputs to develop its machine learning models. Fine for a marketing site; think twice before prototyping anything confidential.
• Expiry means deletion. If your hosting plan expires and isn’t renewed, your project goes offline and all data is permanently deleted. The builder is not a backup strategy.
• White-label has a carve-out. Agency-plan clients can’t get the unbranded dashboard on AI Builder sites, it only covers WordPress and custom PHP/HTML. Relevant if you’re building client work (see our agency hosting guide).

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