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Hostinger
Affordable web hosting popular in India, with shared, cloud, and VPS plans plus a website builder.
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Spec sheet
All-in India price
₹399/mo
For a registered business, billed every 4 years
- Free plan
- Not available
- Free trial
- Not listed
- Status
- Source checked 29 Jul 2026
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A strong value pick for Indian individuals and SMBs that want cheap, beginner-friendly hosting with local pricing. Renewal rates are higher than promo prices and support depth trails premium hosts, so read the fine print.
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In short
Hostinger is listed under Cloud Hosting & Infrastructure, reviewed for Indian buyers. It costs about ₹399/mo before GST, billed in rupees. FindThatSoftware rates it best for Indian individuals and SMBs; a poor fit for buyers who will not commit four years upfront, since the short cycle rates erase the price advantage.
What Hostinger costs in India
The rupee price a business actually pays, after the card forex markup, with GST shown both ways.
True India price
Registered business, per month, billed every 4 years
₹399
Hostinger is billed in rupees at ₹399/mo, so there is no forex markup. A registered business reclaims GST, so that is roughly the cost (₹4,788/yr). Without reclaim, add 18% for about ₹471 a month.
- Sticker price
- ₹399/mo
- GST
- 18%, reclaimable if registered
- Registered per month
- ₹399
- Registered per year
- ₹4,788
- If you can't reclaim GST
- ₹471
- Watch for
- India shared hosting: Single lists at ₹399/mo on a 48-month term, usually discounted to an intro rate paid upfront, with Premium, Unlimited and Cloud Startup above.
More
Intro prices renew higher. Prices exclude 18% GST. 30-day money-back.
Indicative, not a bill. The exchange rate is a single mid-market reference, not a live feed, and GST-registered businesses may reclaim input credit. Confirm current pricing on the vendor site.
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Audit your spendWho Hostinger fits
What it is, what you gain, what you give up, and who should look elsewhere.
What is Hostinger?
Hostinger is a budget-friendly web host offering shared hosting, cloud hosting, VPS, managed WordPress, email, and a website builder, with data-centre options and INR pricing for India. It targets individuals and SMBs that want low-cost, easy hosting.
What you gain, and what you give up.
The case for
- The entry rate is among the cheapest managed hosting sold in India and bundles a free domain for year one
- hPanel is simpler than cPanel, so a first site goes live without needing a sysadmin
The catch
- The advertised Rs 69 a month needs four years paid upfront, roughly Rs 3,312 in a single charge
- Renewal lands at Rs 289 a month on the Single plan, and 18 percent GST sits on top of every advertised figure
- Paying month to month costs three to four times the headline long term rate
Best for
- Indian individuals and SMBs
- Beginners wanting cheap, easy hosting
- WordPress and small-site owners
Who should avoid it
- Buyers who will not commit four years upfront, since the short cycle rates erase the price advantage
- Sites that need a guaranteed support response time rather than a shared queue
India readiness
How well Hostinger fits an Indian business operationally, from the verified pricing and company facts we hold.
- –GST invoice
Not verified yet.
- ✓Bills in INR
Priced in rupees, so there is no forex conversion or card markup on top.
- ✗India HQ
Headquartered outside India, so check support hours and India-specific features.
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What we verified about Hostinger
Read from Hostinger’s own pages. Each line is a finding and what it was based on, so you can check any of it yourself.
What Hostinger does
Features we confirmed33
- Vps hosting
- FAQ describes VPS plans with dedicated resources and full root access
- Unlimited bandwidth
- Performance section states unlimited bandwidth for traffic spikes
- Shared web hosting
- Managed shared hosting plans from Single through Cloud Startup
- REST API
- Developer resources publish a Hostinger API reference for every product
- Nvme ssd storage
- Higher plans use NVMe storage, lower ones SSD
- Managed wordpress hosting
- WordPress is a first-class build option with one-click installer
- Free ssl
- Free SSL certificate is installed automatically on every plan
- Free site migration
- Unlimited free migrations with dedicated support and zero downtime
- Built in cdn
- CDN is included on every published plan
- Automated backups
- Weekly backups on lower plans, daily and on-demand on higher ones
- AI website generation
- Vibe coding creates a business-ready website by chatting with AI
- Agentic email infrastructure
- Agentic Mail is email infrastructure designed for AI agents with its own CLI
- AI hosting assistant
- Kodee builds WordPress sites, sets up hosting, domains and DNS, and fixes issues in chat
- Application hosting
- Application hosting deploys open-source apps in seconds
- Business email hosting
- Plans include free mailboxes, unlimited on higher tiers for the first year
- Cli tooling
- Hostinger CLI controls hosting from terminal, scripts and agents
- Cloud hosting
- Cloud Startup tier gives dedicated power for high-traffic projects
- Domain privacy
- Security block includes domain privacy keeping personal data out of WHOIS
- Email marketing
- Hostinger Reach creates and sends AI-powered email campaigns
- Free domain first year
- Plans above Single include a free domain for one year
- Headless backend hosting
- Hostinger Headless provides backend and hosting for AI-built projects
- Hpanel control panel
- Our research notes hPanel is simpler than cPanel for first-time site owners
- Integrated ecommerce
- Integrated ecommerce is listed on every published plan
- IP and country blocking
- Security block offers IP and country blocking to stop unwanted access
- Litespeed servers
- Performance section names LiteSpeed servers and object cache
- Llm API router
- Developer products include an AI router offering one API for every LLM
- Malware scanning
- Security block lists malware scanning that detects and removes harmful files
- Marketing tag integration
- One-click connection of Google Ads, Meta Pixel and Google Analytics
- MCP hosting connector
- Hostinger Connector plugs hosting, domains and stores into Cursor, Claude or any MCP client
- N8n hosting
- Self-hosted n8n is offered for node-based AI workflows
- Nodejs hosting
- Node.js is a listed build option on every shared hosting plan
- Official sdks
- Developer menu lists official Hostinger libraries for your language
- Website builder
- Drag-and-drop website builder included in every plan
What people use it for4
- Build an online store
- Integrated ecommerce sits on every plan for small sellers
- Build a website
- Single plan is explicitly for getting your first website online
- Run marketing for clients
- Cloud Startup is aimed at agencies and high-traffic projects with unlimited sites
- Host a wordpress site
- WordPress hosting with a one-click installer is a headline job
Works with8
- Wordpress
- WordPress is a supported build stack with a one-click installer
- N8n
- Self-hosted n8n is offered as a supported automation workload
- Meta pixel
- Marketing integrations connect Meta Pixel in one click
- Google analytics
- Marketing integrations connect Google Analytics in one click
- Google ads
- Marketing integrations connect Google Ads in one click
- Cursor
- Hostinger Connector works with Cursor as an MCP client
- Claude
- Hostinger Connector works with Claude as an MCP client
- Nodejs
- Node.js applications can be built and hosted on every shared plan
Terms, compliance and how you buy28
- Storage caps by tier
- Storage runs 10, 20, 50 and 100 GB across the four tiers
- Self serve signup
- FAQ describes an add-to-cart and secure payment flow with no sales contact
- GST extra
- Our research records 18 percent GST sitting on top of every advertised figure
- Budget priced
- Entry rate is among the cheapest managed hosting sold in India
- Beginner friendly
- Positioned for beginners with hPanel and drag-and-drop builder
- Credit based pricing
- Vibe coding is capped at 5 credits on lower plans and 15 on higher ones
- Money back guarantee
- Page repeats a 30-day money-back guarantee for a full refund
- 24x7 support
- Every plan advertises priority 24/7 expert support
- Agency tier
- Products menu has a dedicated For agencies section and Cloud Startup targets agencies
- AI agent heavy roadmap
- Product menu is now dominated by Hostinger Agents, OpenClaw, Hermes and MCP tooling
- Fair usage policy on unlimited
- Footnote says unlimited features are subject to a Fair Usage Policy
- Four year term for headline price
- The 69 rupee rate requires paying 3,312 rupees for 48 months upfront
- Global data centres
- Performance section names a global data centre network
- India localised pricing
- Dedicated .in domain with rupee rate card rather than converted USD
- INR billed
- India site prices every plan in rupees on hostinger.in
- Large user base
- Site claims trusted by 5 million-plus website owners worldwide
- Live chat support only
- Support FAQ directs users to live chat rather than a phone line
- Multilingual support
- FAQ says Hostinger offers round-the-clock multilingual support
- No free plan
- Only a money-back guarantee is offered, there is no free hosting tier
- No guaranteed response sla
- Our notBestFor flags there is no guaranteed support response time, only a shared queue
- Perpetual discount marketing
- Prices are shown as 65 to 83 percent off inside a running seasonal sale
- Published pricing
- All four shared tiers publish promo, total upfront and renewal rates
- Renewal price disclosed
- Each plan card prints the exact renewal rate next to the promo price
- Short cycles cost far more
- Paying month to month costs three to four times the long-term headline rate
- Steep renewal increase
- Single renews at 289 rupees against a 69 rupee promo rate
- Upfront full term payment
- Page states all plans are paid upfront with the monthly rate being total divided by months
- Website count caps
- Single allows 1 website and Premium 3 before you must upgrade
- Wordpress org recommended
- Hero block states Recommended by WordPress.org
Source trail
Pricing and free-plan claims can change. FindThatSoftware keeps source URLs visible so users can verify before buying.
- Hostinger India web hostinghttps://www.hostinger.in/web-hosting
- Hostinger Indiahttps://www.hostinger.in/
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Hostinger questions
Does Hostinger give a GST invoice in India?
- Whether Hostinger issues an India GST invoice is not verified yet. Foreign-billed tools usually don't, in which case a registered business reclaims GST via reverse charge; confirm the vendor's billing before you buy.
Is Hostinger good for Indian small businesses?
- It suits Indian individuals and SMBs. It bills in rupees, so there is no card forex markup. It is not the right pick for buyers who will not commit four years upfront, since the short cycle rates erase the price advantage.
Does Hostinger have a free plan?
- Hostinger does not list a permanent free plan in FindThatSoftware data. Check the official pricing page for trial terms and current offers.
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