Prices and features cross-checked 2026-06. Both products evolve — if something's stale, flag it.
Hostinger sells cheap hosting. Neweb sells outcomes.
Hostinger has built a large global customer base by offering some of the lowest prices in web hosting. Their shared hosting plans are genuinely cheap, their servers are reliable, and their hPanel control panel is cleaner than the legacy cPanel alternative. For a developer who needs affordable hosting to deploy a custom WordPress site or a web application, Hostinger is a reasonable choice.
The website builder is an add-on to the hosting business, not the core product. It is functional but lacks the depth that Indian small businesses need: no Google Business automation, no multilingual publishing, no UPI integration, no WhatsApp, no GST tools, no industry-specific templates. Hostinger gives you a server and a basic builder. Neweb gives you a managed presence that improves each week. The two products are solving different problems.
The real Hostinger pricing story
Hostinger's advertised price of $2.99 per month is an introductory offer that requires purchasing a 12 to 48-month plan upfront. On renewal, the price increases to $7 to $12 per month (approximately ₹580 to ₹1,000) depending on the plan. The website builder features available at entry price are limited — more features require upgrading to Business or Cloud plans, which cost significantly more. The free domain is included for the first year only; renewal is separate.
Neweb's price of ₹249 per month is transparent and consistent. There is no introductory period, no renewal price jump, and no upsell required to access core features. The free domain renewal is included every year, not just the first. When a business owner calculates the two-year or three-year total cost, Neweb's straightforward pricing often compares favourably even against Hostinger's introductory rate, and the feature set is incomparably richer.
I thought Hostinger was cheap until I realised my renewal was three times the price I signed up at. Neweb costs the same every month and actually does more.
What Hostinger does that Neweb does not
Hostinger's hosting infrastructure is highly flexible. On their higher-tier plans and especially on VPS and cloud hosting, you get root server access, custom software installation, and the ability to run virtually any web application. For developers building custom web projects, this level of control is valuable and something Neweb's managed platform does not offer.
Hostinger also has a broader set of hosting services — email hosting, VPS, cloud hosting, WordPress-specific hosting — that make it a one-stop shop for businesses with complex technical needs. If your business needs multiple servers, staging environments, or advanced database configurations, Hostinger's technical depth exceeds what Neweb's managed website platform provides. These are developer needs, not small business owner needs, which is why most Indian SMBs switching from Hostinger to Neweb describe it as a simplification, not a downgrade.
What Neweb does that Hostinger does not
Neweb automates Google Business Profile setup and weekly syncing. Hostinger has no GBP integration. Neweb runs automated weekly SEO tunes. Hostinger's SEO tools are limited to basic meta tag support. Neweb publishes in 14 Indian languages with proper hreflang indexing. Hostinger has no Indian language publishing. Neweb ships UPI QR codes, WhatsApp enquiry buttons, and GST invoice generation. Hostinger has none of these.
Neweb's templates are industry-specific for Indian business categories — restaurants, clinics, jewellers, coaching centres — with the right page sections pre-built. Hostinger's website builder has generic templates that require significant customisation to look appropriate for an Indian service business. Neweb's LiteSpeed hosting delivers Core Web Vitals of 90+ on every site. Hostinger's shared hosting performance is variable and depends on the hosting tier and server load.
Migrating from Hostinger to Neweb
If you have a WordPress site on Hostinger, migration to Neweb follows the same path as any WordPress migration: export your content as XML, import into Neweb, redirect DNS. If you use Hostinger's own website builder, the content is typically simple enough to rebuild on Neweb templates in 2 to 4 hours. Hostinger allows domain management through their control panel; you can either transfer the domain to Neweb or point DNS to Neweb while keeping the domain at Hostinger.
The most common experience reported by businesses that migrate from Hostinger to Neweb is that they expected to lose features and instead gained them. The Google Business setup, the multilingual publishing, the UPI QR codes, the WhatsApp integration — all of these were missing from their Hostinger setup and are present by default on Neweb. The migration also typically improves Core Web Vitals scores because Neweb's managed LiteSpeed infrastructure outperforms shared hosting for this type of site.
Indian context: what Hostinger wasn't built for
Hostinger is a Lithuanian company that has grown globally through competitive hosting pricing. India is one of many markets it serves — it has a local domain (.hostinger.in) and accepts Indian payment methods, but the product is not built for Indian business needs specifically. Hindi and regional language websites need manual workarounds. UPI payment acceptance requires a custom integration that Hostinger does not facilitate. Google Business automation does not exist. GST invoicing, GSTIN validation, and the operational needs of an Indian business are not in the product roadmap.
Indian small businesses choosing Hostinger are typically looking at the price point and accepting the feature limitations as the cost of cheapness. With Neweb at ₹249 per month — a comparable price — there is no trade-off to make. You get Indian-first features, Indian-hours support, and an automated presence manager rather than a cheap hosting account with a basic website builder attached.
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Neweb pricing
Starter at ₹249, Growth at ₹1299. Free domain and Google Business on every plan.
Full feature list
Everything Neweb does — website, SEO, GBP, multilingual, newsletter, analytics.
Neweb vs BigRock
BigRock is India's trusted domain registrar. Its website builder is basic. Neweb is built for presence.
Switching from Hostinger?
Same price, no renewal shock, and features your Hostinger plan never had — GBP automation, 14 Indian languages, UPI native.