{"id":333,"date":"2025-04-23T12:06:04","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T12:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/support\/2025\/04\/23\/11131062-hostinger-horizons-how-to-try-it-for-free\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T03:26:32","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T03:26:32","slug":"11131062-hostinger-ai-builder-how-to-try-it-for-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/11131062-hostinger-ai-builder-how-to-try-it-for-free\/","title":{"rendered":"Hostinger AI Builder: How to start a free trial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"no-margin\">Start a free trial of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/ai-builder\">Hostinger AI Builder<\/a> to build and preview a website or web application before purchasing a plan. This article guides you through starting your trial, choosing how to build, and understanding trial limitations.<\/p><h2 id=\"h_9f09a92660\">Start the Hostinger AI Builder free trial<\/h2><ol>\n<li>Navigate to the official <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/ai-builder\">Hostinger AI Builder<\/a> page.<\/li>\n<li>Enter a description of your web application idea in the prompt field, either by typing or using voice input. For optimal results, use 2&ndash;5 sentences detailing the purpose, desired features, and target audience of the application.<\/li>\n<li>When the description is completed, click <strong>Start for free<\/strong>. If your initial prompt clearly describes something suited to agentic mode, Hostinger AI Builder may route you there directly during setup.<br>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10901\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/05\/hostinger-horizons-start-free-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"611\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/05\/hostinger-horizons-start-free-1.png 810w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/05\/hostinger-horizons-start-free-1-300x164.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/05\/hostinger-horizons-start-free-1-768x421.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 611px) 100vw, 611px\" \/>\n<div class=\"intercom-interblocks-callout\" style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa80;border-color: #334bfa33\">The <strong>Start for free<\/strong> button stays inactive until you enter a description in the prompt field, either by typing or using voice input.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>Log in to your existing Hostinger account or create a new one.<\/li>\n<li>Select <strong>Manual<\/strong> for drag-and-drop editing, or <strong>Agentic<\/strong> to shape and customize your site through a conversation with AI. Agentic mode uses AI credits. Click <strong>Next<\/strong> to continue.<br>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15955\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-18_17-43.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1336\" height=\"829\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-18_17-43.png 1336w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-18_17-43-300x186.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-18_17-43-1024x635.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-18_17-43-768x477.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1336px) 100vw, 1336px\" \/><\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">On the next presence screen, describe your website or business in the text box. If you&rsquo;re not sure what to write, click one of the suggested prompts, such as Create a business website or Launch an appointments website, or scroll down to pick a template and choose a ready-made template to start from instead. You can also speak your initial prompt instead of typing it, using the microphone icon on the prompt screen.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15601\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-14_10-01.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"861\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-14_10-01.png 861w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-14_10-01-300x261.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-14_10-01-768x669.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 861px) 100vw, 861px\" \/><\/p><\/li>\n<\/ol><p>Your free trial begins once you confirm your selection, and the interface displays your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/7266945-how-to-use-hostinger-ai-builder\/\">initial AI-generated website<\/a> or web application. The trial lasts 7 days.<\/p><p><strong>NOTES<\/strong><\/p><ul>\n<li>During the trial period, websites cannot be published.<\/li>\n<li>Online stores created during the trial cannot connect payment methods.<\/li>\n<li>For agentic mode, you will get 5 complimentary credits to test out.<\/li>\n<\/ul><h2 id=\"h-refine-your-web-application\">Refine your web application<\/h2><ul>\n<li>Submit follow-up prompts to the AI assistant using the chat interface if you selected agentic mode, or edit elements directly if you selected manual mode.<\/li>\n<li>Request one specific change or addition per message to maintain clarity and accuracy in agentic mode.<\/li>\n<li>Select the preview option to review your changes and test the application interface in real time.<\/li>\n<\/ul><p>The application remains saved as a draft in your Hostinger account. To <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/10506149-hostinger-ai-builder-agentic-mode-how-to-publish-your-app\/\">publish<\/a> your application, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/11136677-hostinger-ai-builder-agentic-mode-ai-credits\/\">get more credits<\/a>, export the project code, or create more websites, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/10771095-hostinger-ai-builder-how-to-upgrade-a-plan\/\">upgrade to a paid plan<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Start a free trial of Hostinger AI Builder to build and preview a web application using AI prompts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":581,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"include_on_kodee":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[293],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ai-builder"],"hreflangs":[{"locale":"en-US","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/11131062-hostinger-horizons-how-to-try-it-for-free\/","default":1}],"include_on_kodee":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/581"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=333"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17869,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333\/revisions\/17869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}