![The two brands' own web hosting campaign creatives side by side - Hostinger's hosted-website artwork and GoDaddy's hosting dashboard on a desk - for this comparison of Hostinger and GoDaddy hosting prices in India in August 2026]()
Hostinger advertises hosting in India from Rs. 69 a month and GoDaddy from Rs. 89. Both are first-term rates, and both stores usefully print the standing rate beside them - so on 18 August 2026 we read all four plans on each brand's own Indian pricing page and lined them up.
The gap narrows fast. At renewal the entry plans are ten rupees apart, Rs. 289 against Rs. 299. Up front GoDaddy is the smaller cheque, because its term is 36 months against Hostinger's 48. What actually decides it is what Rs. 69 and Rs. 89 include - and on that, the two cards are not close.
⚖ Read from both brands' own pricing pages, 18 August 2026
Rs. 69 vs Rs. 89 to start · Rs. 289 vs Rs. 299 to renew
Hostinger needs 48 months, GoDaddy 36 · only Hostinger's entry plan lists a free domain
📅 Update log:
18 Aug 2026 — first published. All eight plan prices, terms, renewal rates, website allowances, storage figures and inclusions read today from hostinger.com/in/web-hosting and godaddy.com/en-in/hosting/web-hosting. We re-check this page monthly and log every rate that changes on either side.
The Short Answer: Rs. 69 Against Rs. 89, and Rs. 289 Against Rs. 299
Hostinger advertises shared hosting in India from Rs. 69 a month and GoDaddy from Rs. 89. Both figures are first-term rates rather than standing prices, and both stores print the standing price on the same card - which makes this an unusually clean comparison, because the number that decides your five-year cost is right there beside the headline.
On the entry plans those standing rates are Rs. 289 a month at Hostinger and Rs. 299 at GoDaddy. Ten rupees apart. The Rs. 20 gap in the advertised prices is real but temporary; the Rs. 10 gap in the renewal rates is the one you live with. What actually separates the two stores is the length of the commitment, what the entry plan includes, and whether tax is in the number.
Hostinger's Four Plans, as Priced on 18 August 2026
| Plan | First-term rate | Term | Paid up front | Renews at | What you get |
|---|
| Single | Rs. 69/mo | 48 months | Rs. 3,312 | Rs. 289/mo | 1 website, 10 GB SSD |
| Premium | Rs. 149/mo | 48 months | Rs. 7,152 | Rs. 449/mo | 3 websites, 20 GB SSD |
| Unlimited | Rs. 249/mo | 48 months | Rs. 11,952 | Rs. 649/mo | Unlimited websites, 50 GB NVMe |
| Cloud Startup | Rs. 599/mo | 48 months | Rs. 28,752 | Rs. 1,599/mo | Unlimited websites, 100 GB NVMe |
GoDaddy's Four Plans, as Priced on 18 August 2026
| Plan | First-term rate | Term | Paid up front | Renews at | What you get |
|---|
| Web Hosting Starter | Rs. 89/mo | 36 months | Rs. 3,204 | Rs. 299/mo | 1 website, 10 GB NVMe |
| Web Hosting Economy | Rs. 219/mo | 36 months | Rs. 7,884 | Rs. 599/mo | 1 website, 25 GB NVMe |
| Web Hosting Deluxe | Rs. 329/mo | 36 months | Rs. 11,844 | Rs. 849/mo | 10 websites, 50 GB NVMe |
| Web Hosting Ultimate | Rs. 399/mo | 36 months | Rs. 14,364 | Rs. 1,099/mo | 25 websites, 75 GB NVMe |
Read the term column before the price column. Hostinger's advertised rates require a 48-month commitment; GoDaddy's require 36. So the cheapest way into each store is Rs. 3,312 paid at once for four years at Hostinger, or Rs. 3,204 for three years at GoDaddy - and the Hostinger deal locks you in a year longer for a broadly similar total.
Where the Two Stores Genuinely Differ
What the entry plan includes. Hostinger's Rs. 69 Single plan lists a free domain, weekly backups and a CDN. GoDaddy's Rs. 89 Starter plan lists cPanel and a money-back guarantee and includes no free domain, no free email and no SSL - you have to move up to the Rs. 219 Economy plan for those. If you are starting from nothing, that is the single largest practical difference on this page, because a domain is a real separate cost.
Where 'unlimited' starts. Hostinger's third plan, at Rs. 249, is literally named Unlimited and lists unlimited websites with 50 GB of NVMe. GoDaddy's third plan, Deluxe at Rs. 329, gives ten websites with the same 50 GB. Both stores put the multi-site jump at their third tier; Hostinger's is Rs. 80 a month cheaper in the first term and Rs. 200 a month cheaper at renewal.
Tax. Hostinger's pricing page states plainly that prices are listed without GST. GoDaddy's page does not say either way in the plan cards we read. That is a gap we are reporting rather than filling: we cannot tell you from the page whether GoDaddy's Rs. 89 includes tax, and it matters, because 18 per cent on Rs. 3,204 is not nothing.
| Question | Hostinger | GoDaddy |
|---|
| Cheapest plan | Rs. 69/mo | Rs. 89/mo |
| Term required for that rate | 48 months | 36 months |
| Paid up front | Rs. 3,312 | Rs. 3,204 |
| Renews at | Rs. 289/mo | Rs. 299/mo |
| Free domain on entry plan | Yes, listed | No - from Economy, Rs. 219/mo |
| Free email on entry plan | Mailbox listed from Premium | No - from Economy |
| SSL on entry plan | Not listed on Single | No - 1 year from Economy |
| Storage on entry plan | 10 GB SSD | 10 GB NVMe |
| First multi-site plan | Unlimited, Rs. 249/mo, unlimited sites | Deluxe, Rs. 329/mo, 10 sites |
| Money-back guarantee | 30 days, stated | 30 days, stated |
| GST | Stated: prices exclude GST | Not stated on the plan cards |
How we read these prices, and what we cannot tell you
Hostinger's prices came from a plain fetch of hostinger.com/in/web-hosting on 18 August 2026; GoDaddy's from a rendered load of www.godaddy.com/en-in/hosting/web-hosting the same day, because GoDaddy's en-in prices hydrate client-side and the in.godaddy.com host serves this server a privacy wall rather than a pricing page. Every plan name, first-term rate, term length, term total, renewal rate, website allowance, storage figure and inclusion is transcribed from those two pages' own plan cards. Hostinger prints its four-year totals directly (Rs. 3,312, Rs. 7,152, Rs. 11,952 and Rs. 28,752); GoDaddy does not print a term total, so the up-front figures in GoDaddy's table are our own arithmetic - the monthly rate multiplied by 36.
What we cannot tell you: what either store will actually charge at renewal in three or four years, since the printed standing rates are today's and standing rates change; whether GoDaddy's figures include GST, which its cards do not state, while Hostinger's page says its prices exclude it; what shorter terms cost at either store, since both pages quote only their longest term; the conditions on Hostinger's free domain and GoDaddy's asterisked one; and anything at all about performance, uptime or support quality, which this page does not measure and does not claim to. Neither service has been bought or tested by us. Both companies also sell managed WordPress, VPS and cloud products that are priced separately and are not compared here.
Which One Should You Buy?
- Starting from nothing, on a budget: Hostinger Single. Rs. 69 a month with a free domain listed, against GoDaddy Starter at Rs. 89 with no domain, no email and no SSL. The Rs. 20 gap understates the difference.
- Unwilling to commit four years: GoDaddy. Its advertised rates run on a 36-month term against Hostinger's 48. That is a year less of guessing where you will be.
- Running several sites: Hostinger Unlimited at Rs. 249. Unlimited websites and 50 GB against GoDaddy Deluxe's ten websites and 50 GB at Rs. 329 - and Rs. 649 against Rs. 849 at renewal.
- Comparing totals honestly: add GST to Hostinger's numbers. Its page says the prices exclude it. GoDaddy's page does not say, so check at checkout before treating the two as like for like.
- Either way, diarise month 35 or 47. Both stores roughly triple to quadruple the entry rate at renewal - Rs. 69 to Rs. 289 and Rs. 89 to Rs. 299 - and both increases are automatic.
- Check the coupon page before checkout. A store code, where one is live, applies to the first-term price at either host; neither will change the renewal rate.
Zoutons Verdict
On price alone there is very little in it. Rs. 69 against Rs. 89 to start, Rs. 3,312 against Rs. 3,204 up front, Rs. 289 against Rs. 299 to renew - three comparisons, all close, and the middle one actually favours GoDaddy because its term is a year shorter.
What decides it is the entry plan's contents. Hostinger's Rs. 69 Single lists a free domain, weekly backups and a CDN; GoDaddy's Rs. 89 Starter lists cPanel and nothing else you would otherwise buy, and you reach the domain and SSL only at Rs. 219. For a first website, that makes Hostinger the cheaper store by more than the Rs. 20 headline suggests - with two caveats worth holding on to: the rate needs a four-year commitment, and Hostinger's prices are stated before GST while GoDaddy's cards do not say.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Hostinger cheaper than GoDaddy in India?
On the advertised entry price, yes, but not by as much as it looks: Hostinger's Single plan is Rs. 69 a month and GoDaddy's Starter is Rs. 89, as read from each brand's own Indian pricing page on 18 August 2026. Both are first-term rates. Hostinger's requires a 48-month commitment costing Rs. 3,312 up front; GoDaddy's requires 36 months, which works out to Rs. 3,204 - so GoDaddy is actually the smaller cheque and the shorter lock-in. At renewal the two are ten rupees apart, Rs. 289 against Rs. 299 a month. Where Hostinger is genuinely cheaper is in what the entry plan contains: it lists a free domain, weekly backups and a CDN, while GoDaddy's Starter includes no domain, no email and no SSL - those begin at its Rs. 219 Economy plan. Note also that Hostinger's page states its prices exclude GST; GoDaddy's cards do not say.
What does Hostinger cost after the first term?
Hostinger prints the standing rate on each plan card, and on 18 August 2026 those were Rs. 289 a month for Single, Rs. 449 for Premium, Rs. 649 for Unlimited and Rs. 1,599 for Cloud Startup. Against the first-term rates of Rs. 69, Rs. 149, Rs. 249 and Rs. 599, that is an increase of about 4.2 times on the entry plan and 2.6 to 3.0 times on the others. The pattern matches GoDaddy's, where Rs. 89 becomes Rs. 299. What we cannot tell you is what either company will actually charge when your term ends in four years - the figures on the cards are today's standing rates, and standing rates change. Hostinger also states its prices are listed without GST, so budget for tax on top of all of these.
Which is better for a first website, Hostinger Single or GoDaddy Starter?
Hostinger Single, on what is printed on the two cards. At Rs. 69 a month it lists one website, 10 GB of SSD storage, a free domain, free weekly backups and a CDN. GoDaddy Starter at Rs. 89 lists one website, 10 GB of NVMe storage, cPanel and a 30-day money-back guarantee - and explicitly no free domain, no free email and no SSL certificate, all of which start at GoDaddy's Rs. 219 Economy plan. Since a domain is a real cost you would otherwise pay separately, the practical gap between the two entry plans is wider than Rs. 20 a month. The trade is the commitment: Hostinger's rate needs 48 months against GoDaddy's 36. If you are not confident the project will outlive four years, that matters more than the domain does.
Do these hosting prices include GST?
Hostinger's says no - its pricing page carries the line 'Prices are listed without GST', so 18 per cent goes on top of the Rs. 69, the Rs. 3,312 four-year total and the Rs. 289 renewal. GoDaddy's plan cards, as we read them on 18 August 2026, do not state either way, and we are not going to assume. This is a real gap in any comparison of the two: if GoDaddy's Rs. 89 is tax-inclusive and Hostinger's Rs. 69 is not, the two entry plans are effectively level on price rather than Rs. 20 apart. The only reliable way to settle it is to take each plan to its own checkout and read the total before paying, which is worth two minutes on a three- or four-year commitment.
Can I get hosting cheaper with a coupon at either store?
Sometimes, and where a code is live it applies to the first-term price rather than to the renewal rate - which is the part of the bill that is actually large over five years. We did not test any code at checkout for this page, so we will not quote a figure. What the comparison does give you is the baseline to beat: Rs. 3,312 for 48 months at Hostinger and Rs. 3,204 for 36 months at GoDaddy on the entry plans, and Rs. 11,952 against Rs. 11,844 on the multi-site tiers. Check both stores' coupon pages before checkout, apply whatever is live, and then compare the post-code totals against those numbers rather than against the struck-through standing rates, which neither code will change.
Prices & codes last verified: 18 August 2026
Every plan name, first-term rate, term length, renewal rate, website allowance, storage figure and inclusion on this page was transcribed on 18 August 2026 from each brand's own Indian pricing page: hostinger.com/in/web-hosting by plain fetch, and www.godaddy.com/en-in/hosting/web-hosting through a rendered load, which is necessary because GoDaddy's en-in prices hydrate client-side and the in.godaddy.com host serves this server a privacy wall. Hostinger prints its 48-month totals on the card; GoDaddy does not print a term total, so the up-front figures in GoDaddy's table are our own arithmetic - the monthly rate multiplied by 36 - and may not match its checkout. Renewal rates are each store's stated standing rate as of that date and are not a quotation of what any individual term will renew at, since standing rates change. Hostinger's page states that prices are listed without GST; GoDaddy's plan cards do not state whether tax is included, so the two sets of figures may not be directly comparable at checkout, and we have said so rather than assuming. Free domains and SSL certificates are marked with conditions on both stores' pages and those terms sit on the stores' own sites. This page compares published prices and stated inclusions only - it does not measure or claim anything about performance, uptime, speed or support quality at either host, and we have not purchased or tested either service. Managed WordPress, VPS and cloud products from both companies are priced separately and are not compared here. Prices change without notice - check both pages before you pay. Zoutons may earn a commission if you buy through links on this page; it does not change what you pay, and nothing here was reviewed or approved by Hostinger or GoDaddy.
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