In this article, you will find the most common questions regarding Hostinger Horizons AI webapp maker.
Summary of Topics:
Horizons availability for users
Horizons subscription details
Subscription usage
Renewal prices for Horizons
View, edit and download the web application code
Import custom codes
Making specific changes in the webapp
Horizons plans expiration and backup
Deploy project and subscription management
Copying a ready website or webapp project
Mobile application development
Database or other backend related services connection
Technology used in Horizons
Monetizing my web application
Horizons availability for users
Horizons availability for users
Hostinger Horizons is officially available to all users. All existing users with a hosting subscription are able to use Horizons for free with 5 messages/day limit.
Horizons subscription details
Horizons subscription details
In order to use Hostinger Horizons, existing users will get 5 free daily messages to use. Having a Horizons subscription is required for the tool to work.
You will need to have a Horizons subscription plan besides having a hosting plan in order to have a complete experience with building your projects under the tool.
Horizons subscription provides access to chat with AI to edit and create web applications, while the hosting plan allows to you to host and access deployed web apps.
Subscription usage
Subscription usage
If you subscribe to Horizons but don't publish your webapp right away, have in mind the hosting plan that comes alongside Horizons plan starts immediately after the purchase of the hosting and Horizons plan bundle.
If you purchase a Horizons plan for 1 month, create an app and then cancel Horizons plan, as long as you have an active hosting plan, the published web app will continue to work.
Furthermore, after Horizons paid subscription will expire, you will be automatically transferred to ‘free’ plan with 5 messages/day limit, to continue to update the web app if needed.
Notice that hosting plan is tied to a "Free Email" service, which would be included in the hosting subscription.
We support you to have only one Horizons subscription, as you will be able to create Horizons projects and use the message limit on all hosting plans you have. Also, if you already have a hosting plan in your account, you can buy the hosting and Horizons bundle without issues.
The resources of this bundled plan will be enough for the application you want to deploy, have in mind you can always upgrade your hosting plan if need more resources.
Renewal prices for Horizons
Renewal prices for Horizons
We will for now offer only monthly Horizons plans that renew to the same price as the first charge.
View, edit and download the web application code
View, edit and download the web application code
Currently, you are unable to view, edit or download the code or export any project files of the webapp by yourself.
However, you can request Horizons to generate a code for you to add your webapp to another website, as a code to <head> and <body>, for example.
Import custom codes
Import custom codes
You are unable to import your custom codes from 3rd party platforms like GitHub.
Making specific changes in the webapp
Making specific changes in the webapp
You can request Horizons to make specific changes for you using prompts in the chatbox only, as you are unable to edit or review the web application code.
Horizons plans expiration and backup
Horizons plans expiration and backup
If your Horizons plan expires, the backups of your project are kept for 30 days.
After this period, you would need to start a new web application over again as the previous data would be lost.
Deploy project and subscription management
Deploy project and subscription management
If you deploy your project using Hostinger Horizons, have in mind that you will need to continue having the hosting plan subscription in order to have your web application live and working.
If you fully accomplished your Horizons project, you would be able to keep only the hosting plan if you are not working on any new webapps on Horizons.
Copying a ready website or webapp project
Copying a ready website or webapp project
Please remember that our AI webapp generator is designed to help you create unique and original content. We strongly advise against using it to replicate existing websites or copy trademarked materials, as this can lead to copyright infringement and potential legal issues.
Mobile application development
Mobile application development
When it comes to using Hostinger Horizons for mobile app development, at the moment, we do not offer mobile app development for iOS or Android.
For now, you can only use Horizons on your mobile phone to edit and visualize the live version results of your web app.
Database or other backend services connection
Database or other backend services connection
When it comes to the connection with database, Horizons does offer integration for Auth and Database with 3rd-party tools, it requires some efforts that would need to be done outside the Horizons tool, however the assistant lists out the steps that needs to be taken from your side to achieve it.
You should be able to integrate any Backend services to Horizons as long as you provide the integration information in the message and to be sure if the backend service has an API.
Technology used in Horizons
Technology used in Horizons
Horizons builds web apps in node.js, but final distributions files in its environment are JSS, CSS and HTML, which are hosted in shared hosting/cloud plans.
Monetizing my web application
Monetizing my web application
For now, you can already add subscriptions, one-time payments, ads, affiliate links and more. Some of those functions might not be as easy to add as others, but our product team is putting their best efforts in getting this easier over time.