| Price from | $1.58/mo | $1.31/mo |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| API | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 4 | 3 |
| Spec score · Domain registrars | 8.0 (#22) | 9.0 (#2) |
| Bulk management | Yes | Yes |
| DNSSEC support | Yes | Yes |
| Domain selection | Hover says it offers more than 400 top-level domains to choose from. | INWX says it offers more than 2,200 domain endings, with over 1,500 directly accredited TLDs. |
| Founded | 2009 | 1998 |
| Free plan | No | No |
| Integrations | Hover Connect can link a Hover domain to supported services including Shopify, Squarespace, Etsy, Tumblr, Format, and Weebly. | INWX lists WHMCS, Terraform Provider, Ansible Collection, Java, Node.js, Perl and PHP interfaces or libraries. |
| Privacy | Hover says it does not sell customer data and includes WHOIS privacy at no extra charge on domains that support it. | INWX says Whois Privacy restricts public access to customer details and stores them with German escrow partners on German servers. |
| Security | Hover requires two-step sign-in on every account and supports authenticator-app codes or email verification codes. | Registry Lock can block transfers, registrant data changes, nameserver changes and early domain deletion; availability varies by TLD. |
| Support | Hover support is available through live chat, email, phone, or TTY, every day from 8 am to 8 pm Eastern. | Support is offered by phone and instant chat during working hours, with a contact form available outside those hours; phone hours are Monday to Thursday 9 a.m.–5 p.m. and Friday 9 a.m.–4 p.m. |
| WHOIS privacy | Yes | Whois Privacy restricts visibility to German escrow partners on German servers. |
