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HostingAuthors Review: Price, Features and Score

HostingAuthors: Author website builder that starts the site from an ISBN. Free plan; paid from $90 a year, on web. We did not test it; the facts come from its own pages.

Prices and data checked October 24, 2026 · Author Score computed by a published formula, not paid for

HostingAuthors on the BookBird Author Score

Author Score · author website builders · #4 of 8 ·

Best for: Authors who want a free, permanent page for one book and room to grow into an author hub

BookBird Author Score7.5/10 #4 of 8 author website builders. Worked out from HostingAuthors’s own pages, its price and US searches for its name, not typed in. Author jobs50 pts50/50Each of the 7 author jobs on the author website builders list is worth an equal share of 50 points, and counts only when HostingAuthors’s own pages confirm it. 7 of 7 confirmed = 50 points. A job the vendor does not mention earns nothing.Cost25 pts25/25A free plan, or a platform that takes no upfront fee, earns all 25 points.Adoption25 pts0/25Google Ads records no US searches a month for HostingAuthors’s name, so Adoption earns 0 of 25. 75 of 100 points= 7.5 out of 10 The full method, with every product’s points →

Author jobs, from HostingAuthors’s own pages

  • Yes: Book pages with store links
  • Yes: Templates made for authors
  • Yes: Newsletter sign-up
  • Yes: Your own domain
  • Yes: Blog or news page
  • Yes: Sell books from the site
  • Yes: Search settings you control

No US searches recorded for its name, so Adoption earns 0.

HostingAuthors pricing

Free plan + paid plans. There is a free plan. Plans, in US dollars:

  • New Author: Free (one book page, ISBN-powered site starter; no credit card, no expiry)
  • Established Author (annual): $90 a year (10 book pages, author hub, custom domain, mailing list, bookstore up to 100 orders a month, custom logo, AI Webmaster)
  • Established Author (monthly): $9 a month (same features billed monthly)
  • Prolific Author (annual): $190 a year (unlimited book pages and bookstore orders, blog and podcast, everything in Established Author)
  • Prolific Author (monthly): $19 a month (same features billed monthly)

The free New Author plan is permanent, not a trial (vendor FAQ). Bookstore sales carry no commission; the author keeps the revenue after payment processing (Stripe checkout).

What HostingAuthors offers

  • Builds a book page from an ISBN, pulling the cover, title and description
  • Free New Author plan: one public book page, no credit card and no expiry
  • Book pages with cover, description, buy links, reviews, FAQ and reader sign-up
  • Author hub, custom domain and mailing list on paid plans
  • Direct bookstore for ebooks, paperbacks, audiobooks and bundles, with discount codes and Stripe checkout
  • No commission on bookstore sales; payment processing fees only
  • Blog and podcast on the Prolific Author plan
  • AI Webmaster drafts copy, page titles and meta descriptions; AI logo on paid plans

Runs on: web.

HostingAuthors alternatives

SoftwareScorePrice fromBest for
Wix9.7Free plan; paid from $17 a month (billed yearly)Authors who want author templates and a free starter site
WordPress.com8.2Free plan; paid from $48 a yearAuthors who blog or send posts as a newsletter on WordPress
BookBub Author Websites8.1Free plan; paid from $7.99 a month (billed yearly)Authors wanting a free author site with built-in email sign-ups
Tertulia author websites7.5$7.99 a month (billed yearly)Authors selling ebooks and audiobooks direct without per-sale fees
Weblium7.4$132 a yearAuthors on a budget who want an e-book store template

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How the score is computed: the formula, step by step.