URLStart vs Hostinger VPS:
the renewal price and the datacenter.
Hostinger sells a cheap KVM VPS with a low introductory price that renews higher, hosted in ten datacenters that, on its VPS page, do not list India. URLStart sells a KVM VPS from ₹584 a month that renews at the same price, in a Tier IV datacenter in Noida, Delhi NCR, billed in rupees with a GST invoice. Here is the honest line-by-line.
URLStart or Hostinger for a VPS in India — the short answer
- TL;DR
- Hostinger’s VPS page shows KVM 1 (1 vCPU, 4 GB) at $6.49/month as an introductory price on a long term, renewing at $11.99/month; URLStart’s 4 GB plan is ₹584/month annual or ₹749 monthly and renews at the same figure
- Hostinger’s VPS page lists ten datacenters “from Boston to Jakarta” with no India location named; URLStart’s hardware is in a Tier IV datacenter in Noida, Delhi NCR
- Hostinger bills in USD; URLStart bills in INR with a GST invoice
- Both are KVM with DDoS filtering. Hostinger leans on an AI assistant with human escalation; URLStart support is engineers with console access, 24/7, including phone
Hostinger is a good buy if your users are outside India and you want the cheapest first year. The two things to check before choosing it for an Indian audience are the renewal price (the headline figure is introductory) and the datacenter (no India location on its VPS page at the time of writing, so expect Singapore or Europe latency). URLStart is the better fit when your users are in India, you want rupee billing with GST input credit, and you prefer a price that does not change at renewal.
- URLStart from
- ₹584/mo annual
- Hostinger from
- $6.49/mo intro · $11.99 renewal
- URLStart location
- Noida, Delhi NCR
- Hostinger location
- 10 DCs, India not listed
- Billing
- INR + GST · USD
- Windows
- Included · not on the VPS page
- Support
- Engineers 24/7 · AI + human chat
URLStart vs Hostinger, line by line.
Hostinger facts are quoted from its own public pages in October 2026 and can change; URLStart figures are from the live plan table. Verify both before deciding.
| Hostinger KVM VPS (their site) | URLStart Cloud VPS | |
|---|---|---|
| Datacenter for Indian users | 10 datacenters “from Boston to Jakarta”; India not listed on the VPS page | Tier IV datacenter in Noida, Delhi NCR |
| Entry plan | KVM 1: 1 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, $6.49/mo introductory on a long term | ₹584/mo annual · ₹749 monthly (4 GB, 2 vCPU, 50 GB NVMe) · renews at the same price |
| Renewal | “Renews at $11.99/mo for 2 years” | Same price as sign-up, every term |
| Currency and tax | USD; GST treatment depends on your invoice | INR · GST invoice with a UP GSTIN · UPI, cards, net banking |
| Virtualisation | KVM | KVM, dedicated vCPU |
| DDoS protection | Wanguard DDoS filtering | Scrubbing included, game-protocol shield on gaming plans |
| Windows Server | Not shown on the VPS page | Windows Server, licence included, same price as Linux |
| Control panel | Their own hPanel; cPanel not standard | cPanel, Plesk, DirectAdmin as add-ons |
| Support | AI assistant with human chat escalation | 24/7 engineers with console access, ticket, chat, phone |
| Migration | Website migration tools | Free, done by engineers, any stack |
| Latency from Delhi NCR | Depends on the region you pick; no Indian region listed | Single-digit ms across Delhi NCR, low across north India |
What changes when the server is in Noida.
The differences that show up on the invoice and in the ping, not in the brochure.
Latency where your users are
A server in Noida is a few milliseconds from Delhi NCR and close to all of north India. Mumbai regions add a cross-country hop; Singapore or Europe add tens of milliseconds every request.
Rupee billing, GST invoice
You pay in INR by UPI, card or net banking and get a GST invoice you can claim input credit on. No forex markup, no international card fees.
Engineers you can reach
24/7 support by engineers with console access, in your time zone, including phone. Not a ticket queue that answers overnight.
DDoS scrubbing included
Every plan sits behind our scrubbing edge; there is no protection tier to buy.
Free migration
We move your sites, databases and data from the current provider and you verify before DNS switches.
Data stays in India
The hardware is in India and the company is registered in Noida. Relevant for compliance, invoices and who you can call.
How to decide between the two.
Fifteen minutes, no cost.
Measure the latency
Ask us for a test IP in Noida and ping it from your office or your users’ city. Do the same against your current server.
Price the whole bill
Add their renewal price, currency conversion, international card fees, DDoS or backup add-ons and GST treatment to the headline figure.
Move for free
Send us the current server details; we migrate, you test on a temporary address, then DNS changes.
One network. Owned edge, scrubbed transit.
Traffic enters through redundant edges with DDoS scrubbing in the path, crosses a 10 Gbps core, and lands on our hardware in our Tier IV datacenter in Noida. Every plan gets the same path.
Frequently asked.
Straight answers.