Hostinger is the best web hosting for most Brazilian websites, Kinsta is the fastest plan here that you can place in Sao Paulo, and FastComet is a cPanel host with a Sao Paulo data center. All three offer a location in Brazil on their own pages, and all three held up through our load test. I benchmarked thirteen hosts on the same test site and ranked only those whose own pages offer a Brazilian location, because for visitors in Brazil the location matters more than anything else on the order form.
Here is the limit of what I know. Our test sites sat on servers in New York or Frankfurt, and we measured them from 10 locations, one of them Sao Paulo. So our Sao Paulo figures show what the distance to a US or European server costs; none of them is a reading of a Brazilian data center. The load and uptime results tell you how good each platform is, and the location list tells you whether you can put it near your visitors. Prices are in each host's own currency, and the six-year totals use the renewal price, because that is what you pay after the first term.
Our Picks at a Glance
Hostinger Unlimited
- Brazil location for web and cloud plans
- 430ms with 100 concurrent users
- $3.99/mo on 36 months
Prices in reais, Pix and boleto on hostinger.com/br
See HostingerKinsta Single 20GB
- Sao Paulo data center
- 92ms with 100 concurrent users, 0 failed
- $35.00/mo billed monthly
Managed WordPress; no email hosting
See KinstaFastComet Plus
- Sao Paulo data center since January 2024
- 420ms with 100 concurrent users
- $6.29/mo on 36 months
cPanel shared hosting
See FastCometHow We Tested, and Where We Measured
- One WordPress test site per plan, the same site everywhere, with the host's own caching left as it ships.
- The test servers sat in New York or Frankfurt. Hostinger, SiteGround and OVHcloud answered fastest from Frankfurt, where their test servers were; the rest from New York.
- Response time (TTFB) from 10 locations: New York, Dallas, Toronto, London, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Sao Paulo, Singapore, Tokyo and Mumbai, at the origin with no CDN. The Sao Paulo figure is the time from Sao Paulo to our server in New York or Frankfurt, not to a server in Brazil.
- Load: a ramp from 0 to 250 clients at once. We report the response at the 100-user step and the share of requests that failed.
- Uptime checked every minute for 54 days.
- Brazilian locations, plan contents, payment methods and prices: read from each host's own pages. Six-year cost = the first term at the sign-up price, then the renewal price.
We have not put a test site in a Brazilian data center. A host can run its Sao Paulo location on different hardware from the server we tested, so read the speed results as a platform comparison. Full method: How We Test.
Web Hosting for Brazil Compared
| Host and plan tested | Brazilian location | 100 concurrent users | Failed, full ramp | Uptime, 54 days | Sao Paulo to our test server | Price | Six years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hostinger Unlimited, shared | Brazil | 430ms | 0.64% | 99.96% | 343ms Frankfurt server | $3.99/mo 36 months | $755 |
| Kinsta Single 20GB, managed WordPress | Sao Paulo | 92ms | 0% | 99.99% | 179ms New York server | $29.17/mo billed yearly | $2,100 |
| FastComet Plus, shared | Sao Paulo | 420ms | 0.19% | 99.96% | 483ms New York server | $6.29/mo 36 months | $873 |
| Vultr High Frequency 1GB, unmanaged | Sao Paulo | 130ms | 0% | 99.97% | 150ms New York server | $9.00/mo in Sao Paulo $6.00/mo elsewhere | $648 |
| Akamai (Linode) Nanode 1GB, unmanaged | Sao Paulo | 145ms | 0% | 99.99% | 189ms New York server | $7/mo in Sao Paulo $5.00/mo elsewhere | $504 |
| Cloudways Vultr High Frequency | none on the pages we read | 74ms | 0% | 99.99% | 133ms New York server | $16.00/mo monthly | $1,152 |
| ScalaHosting Entry Cloud | None listed | 58ms | 0% | 99.99% | 106ms New York server | $24.95/mo 36 months | $2,336 |
| ChemiCloud Pro, shared | None listed | 210ms | 0% | 99.979% | 218ms New York server | $2.95/mo 36 months | $752 |
| DigitalOcean Basic 1GB, unmanaged | None listed | 128ms | 0% | 99.95% | 172ms New York server | $6.00/mo monthly | $432 |
| Hosting.com Turbo Boost tested; Pro priced | None listed | 534ms | 0.3% | 99.931% | 425ms New York server | $3.99/mo Pro, 36 months | $863 |
| SiteGround GrowBig, shared | None listed | 780ms | 4% ramp to 100 | 99.97% | 406ms Frankfurt server | $6.69/mo 12 months | $1,880 |
| InMotion Launch, shared | not in our records | 660ms | 0.38% | 99.931% | 589ms New York server | $4.99/mo 36 months | $683 |
US dollars, before tax; Brazilian prices in reais are given in each host's section. Six years: the first term at the sign-up price, then the renewal price for the rest. Load and uptime come from our test servers in New York or Frankfurt. The Sao Paulo column is the time from Sao Paulo to those servers, not to a Brazilian data center.
#1. Hostinger: Best Web Hosting for Most Brazilian Sites
- Brazil listed for web, cloud and VPS plans on Hostinger's server-location page
- 430ms with 100 concurrent users, 0.64% failed over the full ramp
- 99.96% uptime over 54 days
- Pix, boleto, Elo and Hipercard cards, PayPal and NuPay on hostinger.com/br; 30 days to ask for a refund
Hostinger lists Brazil among its server locations for its web, cloud and VPS plans, so you can place the site near your visitors. Its Brazilian site, hostinger.com/br, shows prices in reais and takes Pix and boleto, which matters if you do not have an international card. On our benchmark the Unlimited plan, on a test server in Frankfurt, answered in 430ms with 100 concurrent users and failed 0.64% of requests over the full ramp: slower than the managed WordPress and cloud plans below, but steady for a shared plan.
On hostinger.com/br, Unlimited is R$ 13,99 a month on a 48-month term (R$ 671,52 for the 48 months) and renews at R$ 64,99 a month; the Single plan is R$ 5,99 a month on the same term and renews at R$ 23,99. Hostinger says payment can be split into up to 12 installments. In US dollars, six years on Unlimited cost $755 on a 36-month start, the lowest of the managed hosts here with a Brazilian location. Current offers: Hostinger coupon page.
#2. Kinsta: Fastest Plan Here With a Sao Paulo Data Center
- Sao Paulo, Brazil (sa-saopaulo-1), one of Kinsta's 30 data centers for WordPress sites
- 92ms with 100 concurrent users, 0 failed requests
- 99.99% uptime over 54 days
- Billed in US dollars by card; no email hosting
Kinsta is managed WordPress hosting, and its own list of data centers includes Sao Paulo. On our benchmark it was the fastest plan with a Brazilian location: 92ms with 100 visitors at once and not one failed request through the whole ramp. Kinsta looks after the server, caching and backups; you look after the site.
Two things to weigh. It costs the most of the three: $2,100 over six years on yearly billing. And it bills in US dollars by card (wire and ACH on annual plans), takes no PayPal, and does not host email, so you add Google Workspace, Microsoft 365 or another mail service.
#3. FastComet: cPanel Hosting in Sao Paulo
- Sao Paulo (BR), opened January 2024, one of FastComet's 12 data centers
- 420ms with 100 concurrent users, 0.19% failed over the full ramp
- 99.96% uptime over 54 days
FastComet sells cPanel shared hosting and lists a Sao Paulo data center, opened in January 2024. On our benchmark Plus answered in 420ms with 100 concurrent users and failed 0.19% of requests over the full ramp, close to Hostinger under load with fewer failures.
It ranks below Hostinger on price and payment. Six years cost $873, against $755 for Hostinger, and FastComet prices in US dollars. On a 12-month start Plus is cheaper at first, $3.99/mo, but it renews at $17.95/mo after one year, so six years come to $1,125.
Also Tested, With a Sao Paulo Location: Unmanaged Servers
These two are cloud servers you set up and run yourself: no control panel, no managed support. Both held up through our load ramp without a failed request, and both charge more for a server in Sao Paulo than their standard price.
Vultr High Frequency
Vultr lists Sao Paulo among its regions. Its High Frequency 1GB server answered in 130ms with 100 concurrent users on our New York test server, with 0% failed. It is $6.00/mo in most regions and $9.00/mo in Sao Paulo, the same every month with no renewal increase, so six years in Sao Paulo cost $648. See our Vultr review.
Akamai (Linode) Nanode
Akamai's Linode cloud lists Sao Paulo (br-gru) among its regions. The 1GB Nanode answered in 145ms with 100 concurrent users on our New York test server, with 0% failed and 99.99% uptime. It is $5.00/mo in most regions and $7 a month in Sao Paulo.
If you want a server like these without running it yourself, a managed host on top of the same clouds is the usual route; check that its order form offers Sao Paulo.
Tested, Without a Brazilian Location on Their Pages
These hosts did well or badly on our benchmark, but none of their own pages we read offers a server in Brazil. For each one, the Sao Paulo figure is what distance from our test server added.
Cloudways
Cloudways was the top pick in the earlier version of this guide, on the claim of DigitalOcean and Vultr servers in Sao Paulo. DigitalOcean's own list of 16 data centers has none in Brazil, and none of the Cloudways pages we read names a Brazilian location. Ask Cloudways which of its clouds offers Sao Paulo before you order. The platform itself is strong: the Vultr High Frequency server answered in 74ms with 100 concurrent users and failed no requests. From New York it answered in 48ms, and from Sao Paulo in 133ms. Pricing and current offers: Cloudways promo code page.
ScalaHosting Entry Cloud
Entry Cloud was the fastest plan in this comparison under load, 58ms with 100 concurrent users, but ScalaHosting's network page lists locations in North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific only. Our New York test server answered in 106ms from Sao Paulo. See our ScalaHosting review.
ChemiCloud Pro
ChemiCloud held up through the whole ramp without a failed request (210ms with 100 concurrent users), but none of the 16 server locations on its page is in South America. From Sao Paulo our New York test server answered in 218ms.
DigitalOcean
DigitalOcean's 16 data centers are in North America, Europe, Singapore, Bangalore and Sydney; none is in Brazil, so the earlier "Sao Paulo (GRU1)" in this guide was wrong. Its Basic 1GB droplet answered in 128ms with 100 concurrent users, and our New York server answered in 172ms from Sao Paulo.
Hosting.com
Hosting.com lists USA, Singapore, London, Sydney, Mumbai and Frankfurt for its shared and cloud plans. We tested Turbo Boost, a plan inherited from A2 Hosting and no longer sold: 534ms with 100 concurrent users, 0.3% failed. The Pro plan that replaced it is $3.99/mo on 36 months and renews at $19.99/mo; we have not benchmarked it. See our hosting.com review.
SiteGround GrowBig
SiteGround lists 11 data centers across North America, Europe, Asia and Australia, none in South America. Under load GrowBig answered in 780ms with 100 concurrent users and 4% of requests failed on a ramp that stopped at 100 clients. The sign-up price of $6.69/mo lasts 12 months, then it renews at $29.99/mo. See SiteGround pricing and renewal tips.
InMotion Launch
InMotion's data center page did not load for us (it was behind a bot check), so we make no location claim for it. On our benchmark Launch answered in 660ms with 100 concurrent users and failed 0.38% of requests over the ramp. Our New York test server answered in 589ms from Sao Paulo.
OVHcloud
OVHcloud's infrastructure page names no data center in Brazil. We benchmarked its VPS Value on a Frankfurt server: 175ms with 100 concurrent users, no failed requests, and 255ms from Sao Paulo.
Brazilian Hosts, Not Tested Yet
These hosts sell in Brazil, in reais, with servers in the country. We have not benchmarked them, so they are not ranked; what follows is from their own pages.
- HostGator Brasil (hostgator.com.br) says its P, M and Turbo plans run on servers in Brazil, and it accepts Brazilian credit cards, boleto, Pix and PayPal. Plano P is advertised from R$ 10,09 a month, or R$ 361,61 for three years. It is a separate storefront from hostgator.com, whose US plans we benchmarked; those results do not carry over.
- KingHost says its servers are "100% no Brasil". Hospedagem I starts at R$ 9,99 a month; the page does not show the renewal price, only that the regular price applies at renewal. Card payments can be split into up to 12 installments.
- Locaweb lists Hospedagem Go from R$ 5,90 a month for the first contract cycle, without a renewal price. Its hosting page does not say where the servers are; only its VPS line mentions infrastructure in Brazil.
Paying in Reais: Pix, Boleto and Cards
If you have no international card, the host's payment page matters as much as its server location. Here is what each host's own pages say.
| Host | Currency | Pix | Boleto | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hostinger (hostinger.com/br) | Reais | Yes | Yes | Cards incl. Elo and Hipercard, PayPal, NuPay; up to 12 installments |
| HostGator Brasil | Reais | Yes | Yes | Brazilian credit cards, PayPal; no debit cards |
| Kinsta | US dollars | Not listed | Not listed | Visa, Mastercard, Discover, Amex; wire or ACH on annual plans; no PayPal |
| FastComet, Vultr, Akamai (Linode) | US dollars | payment methods not in our records; check the order page | ||
Why a Brazilian Server Matters
Every page a server builds for a visitor makes a round trip across the distance between them. On our benchmark the same server answered from Sao Paulo about three times slower than near home, or more: Kinsta 64ms in New York against 179ms from Sao Paulo, Cloudways 48ms against 133ms, and Hostinger's Frankfurt server 99ms in Frankfurt against 343ms. Nothing about the server changed, only the distance. A server in Sao Paulo removes most of that gap for visitors in Brazil; we have not measured by how much.
A CDN helps with images, scripts and cached pages, but it cannot answer what only the server can: contact forms, carts, checkouts, searches and your own admin area. So the order of choices is: a host with a Brazilian location, then a plan that stays fast under load, then a CDN on top.
Which Host Fits Your Brazilian Site
| Your site | Our pick | Why | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business site, blog or portfolio | Hostinger, Brazil location | Lowest six-year cost of the three, Pix and boleto, prices in reais | $3.99/mo |
| Online store or booking site on WordPress | Kinsta in Sao Paulo | 92ms with 100 users, 0 failed | $35.00/mo |
| cPanel hosting in Sao Paulo | FastComet | 0.19% failed over the full ramp | $6.29/mo |
| Developer, own server | Vultr in Sao Paulo | 130ms with 100 users, 0 failed | $9.00/mo in Sao Paulo |
LGPD and Where Your Data Sits
Brazil's data protection law, the LGPD, does not require personal data to be stored in Brazil. It allows transfers abroad under the conditions in its Article 33, such as contract clauses that protect the data. A Brazilian server location keeps the data in the country, which some businesses prefer, but a host outside Brazil is not ruled out by the law. This is general information, not legal advice.
Do You Need a .com.br Domain?
If you trade in Brazil, a .com.br is worth having: Brazilian visitors read it as a local business, and it tells search engines who your site is for. It is registered through Registro.br or an accredited provider and needs a Brazilian CPF or CNPJ. The domain and the hosting are separate purchases, so you can point it at any host on this page.
What We Have Not Tested Yet
- Any server in Brazil. Sao Paulo is one of our measuring locations, but every test site sat in New York or Frankfurt. A host's Brazilian location can run on different hardware from the server we tested.
- HostGator Brasil, KingHost and Locaweb. Compared on their own pages only.
- Cloudways in Sao Paulo. None of its pages we read lists a Brazilian location; we have not confirmed one on its order form.
- Hosting.com Pro. We benchmarked Turbo Boost.
What I Would Choose
For an everyday Brazilian website I would take Hostinger with its Brazilian location: it held up under load, it is the cheapest of our three ranked hosts over six years, and its Brazilian site takes Pix and boleto in reais. For a WordPress store or booking site I would pay more for Kinsta in Sao Paulo, the fastest plan with a Brazilian location on our benchmark. If I wanted cPanel, FastComet in Sao Paulo. Whatever the host, choose Brazil as the location when you order.
Web Hosting in Brazil: FAQ
What is the best web hosting in Brazil?
Hostinger for most Brazilian websites: its web and cloud plans can be placed in Brazil, its Brazilian site bills in reais and takes Pix and boleto, and six years on our benchmarked plan cost $755 at the US price. Kinsta, with a Sao Paulo data center, was the fastest plan with a Brazilian location on our benchmark (92ms with 100 concurrent users) but costs far more. FastComet has had a Sao Paulo data center since January 2024 and includes cPanel.
Do I need a server in Brazil for a Brazilian website?
If most of your visitors are in Brazil, yes. On our benchmark the same server answered in 64ms near home and 179ms from Sao Paulo, only because of the distance. That delay applies to every page a cache cannot serve: contact forms, carts, checkouts, searches and your own admin area.
Which web hosts have servers in Brazil?
From each host's own pages: Hostinger (Brazil, for web, cloud and VPS plans), Kinsta (Sao Paulo), FastComet (Sao Paulo, since January 2024), Vultr (Sao Paulo), Akamai's Linode (Sao Paulo), HostGator Brasil and KingHost (servers in Brazil). DigitalOcean, ScalaHosting, ChemiCloud, SiteGround and hosting.com list no location in Brazil, and none of the Cloudways pages we read names one.
Did you test these hosts from Brazil?
Partly. Sao Paulo is one of our 10 measuring locations, but the test sites it measured sat on servers in New York or Frankfurt, so those Sao Paulo figures show what distance costs, not how a Brazilian data center performs. We have not placed a test site in a Brazilian data center. The load and uptime results describe each host's platform. When you order, choose the host's Brazilian location.
Can I pay for hosting with Pix or boleto?
Yes, at hosts with a Brazilian storefront. Hostinger's Brazilian site (hostinger.com/br) accepts Pix, boleto, credit cards including Elo and Hipercard, PayPal and NuPay, and payment can be split into up to 12 installments. HostGator Brasil accepts Brazilian credit cards, boleto, Pix and PayPal. Kinsta bills in US dollars by card, or by wire and ACH on annual plans, and does not take PayPal.
Does Cloudways have a server in Sao Paulo?
None of the Cloudways pages we read names a Brazilian location, and DigitalOcean, its default cloud, has no data center in Brazil. Ask Cloudways which of its clouds offers Sao Paulo before you order. Cloudways held up well on our benchmark (74ms with 100 concurrent users, no failed requests), but our test server was in New York and answered in 133ms from Sao Paulo.
Does the LGPD require hosting in Brazil?
No. Brazil's data protection law (LGPD) does not require personal data to be stored in Brazil; it allows transfers abroad under the conditions in its Article 33, such as contract clauses that protect the data. A Brazilian server location keeps the data in the country, which some businesses prefer. This is general information, not legal advice.
Do I need a .com.br domain?
If you trade in Brazil, it is worth having: Brazilian visitors read it as a local business. A .com.br is registered through Registro.br or an accredited provider and needs a Brazilian CPF or CNPJ. The domain and the hosting are separate purchases, so you can point it at any host on this page.