Web Hosting India, from an Indian Company Since 2016 — ₹99/month
HostKarle is a small hosting company in Alipurduar, West Bengal. We sell DirectAdmin web hosting priced in rupees, paid by UPI or card, with an invoice every time. Basic is ₹99 a month on a yearly plan (₹1,188 a year), and it renews at exactly that price.
Three plans, priced in rupees
The price on the card is the price you pay today and the price you pay at renewal. Yearly billing is shown; switch to monthly to try us for a month, or to three years for the lowest rate.
- 1 website
- 70 GB pure SSD storage
- Unlimited bandwidth
- 2 MySQL databases · 10 subdomains
- 10 business email accounts
- Free SSL · DirectAdmin · backup tools
- Free India CDN · cached in Mumbai, up to 6× faster
- 10 websites
- 150 GB pure SSD storage
- Unlimited bandwidth
- 20 MySQL databases · 100 subdomains
- 20 business email accounts
- Free SSL · DirectAdmin · backup tools
- Free India CDN · cached in Mumbai, up to 6× faster
- Unlimited websites
- 300 GB pure SSD storage
- Unlimited bandwidth
- Unlimited databases and subdomains
- Unlimited business email accounts
- Free SSL · DirectAdmin · backup tools
- Free India CDN · cached in Mumbai, up to 6× faster
All prices in Indian rupees, no GST or extra fees. Pay by UPI, debit or credit card, net banking or wallet. The full breakdown of each plan is on the shared hosting page, and the cheapest ways to pay are on cheap web hosting in India.
Who you are buying from
Most of the big names you see when you search for hosting in India are global brands with an Indian price page. HostKarle is the other kind: a small company that started in Alipurduar, in the north of West Bengal, in 2016, and has sold hosting to Indian customers ever since. The team, the payments and the support are all in India.
That shapes how we sell. Every price is in rupees, because our customers earn in rupees. Checkout runs on Razorpay and Cashfree, so UPI, RuPay and net banking work the way they do everywhere else you shop. You get an invoice with every payment, which matters if you run a business or bill a client. And when you need help, you open a ticket and a person answers it, not a chatbot in another time zone.
Our customers are mostly small businesses, schools and coaching centres, freelancers, students and web designers. Most of them are in Kerala and West Bengal, so those two states have their own pages: web hosting in Kerala and web hosting in Kolkata and West Bengal. The plans are the same everywhere in India.
HostKarle at a glance
- Based in Alipurduar, West Bengal
- Hosting Indian websites since 2016
- Prices in rupees, invoice on every payment
- UPI, cards, net banking and wallets
- DirectAdmin control panel on every plan
- Technical help by ticket, 10 AM to 10 PM IST. Sales and billing: +91 94343 44325
HostKarle vs other web hosting companies in India
Four hosts Indian buyers compare us with, on the four points that change what you pay and how you work. Every competitor figure comes from that company's own website; prices checked 18 Sep 2026. Check theirs again before you decide.
| HostKarle | YouStable | RoyalClouds | HostLelo | Hostinger India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1-site plan, 1 year | ₹1,188 | ₹1,428 (₹2,124 for 3 years) | about ₹2,277 | ₹2,388 | ₹1,188 first year |
| Renewal price | Same, ₹1,188 | Same | Not checked | Not checked | About ₹3,468 (+190%) |
| Control panel | DirectAdmin | DirectAdmin (New York) or cPanel | cPanel | cPanel | hPanel (their own) |
| India CDN (Mumbai cache) | Free, included | Not on this plan | Not on this plan | Not on this plan | Not on this plan |
| Pay by UPI | Yes | Yes | No | No (cards only) | Yes |
Prices checked 18 Sep 2026 on each company's own pricing page, for the cheapest plan that hosts one website, excluding GST. "Not checked" means we could not confirm the renewal price on their site. Money-back terms and support hours are left out on purpose; read each host's own policy, and ours on the refund policy page.
Where they are ahead of us
- Indian servers. Hostinger India and YouStable run servers in India. If you need your site hosted inside India, they can offer that and we cannot.
- Support hours. All four advertise 24/7 support. Ours runs 10 AM to 10 PM IST by ticket, with slower replies after hours.
- Longer money-back window. All four advertise a 30-day money-back guarantee, which is longer than ours.
- Size. Hostinger and YouStable are much larger, with more products and, at YouStable, a choice of cPanel.
Where HostKarle is ahead
- Price over three years. ₹1,188 every year. On Hostinger's renewal price, the same one site costs more than twice as much from year two.
- No long lock-in for the low price. YouStable's lowest monthly rate needs three years paid up front; our ₹99 needs one.
- UPI and rupees. RoyalClouds and HostLelo do not take UPI. We take every UPI app, plus RuPay and net banking, with an invoice.
- An Indian company you can phone. Based in West Bengal since 2016, reachable on WhatsApp at +91 94343 44325.
Eight questions to ask any Indian host
These work on any host, including us.
What will I pay in year two?
The first-year offer is the least useful number on a hosting page. Ask for the renewal price in writing and add up three years before you compare.
Which control panel?
cPanel, DirectAdmin or the host's own panel. Your own panel is hard to leave. We use DirectAdmin, which is standard and portable.
Can I pay the Indian way?
UPI, RuPay, net banking, and an invoice for your accounts. Some hosts charge in dollars or take only cards. See how paying by UPI works here.
Where are the servers?
If visitors in India or data kept in India matter most to you, ask before you buy. Hostinger India and YouStable have Indian servers.
What are the real limits?
Count sites, mailboxes and databases, not just storage. A "1 site" plan with one mailbox is not enough for most businesses.
Is the domain priced fairly?
A cheap first-year .in that renews at double is common. Our domain prices show registration and renewal side by side.
Who answers when it breaks?
Ask how you reach support and when. Ours is ticket, WhatsApp and phone, with a real person replying.
Will you move my site?
A free migration saves a weekend. We copy files, database and email from your old host at no cost.
Frequently asked questions
Something not covered here? Open a ticket for technical help. For sales and billing, message us on WhatsApp at +91 94343 44325.
Is HostKarle an Indian company?
Yes. HostKarle is run from Alipurduar in West Bengal and has hosted Indian websites since 2016. Prices are in rupees, payments go through Indian gateways (Razorpay and Cashfree), every payment comes with an invoice, and the people who answer your ticket are in India. More about us on the about page.
Which is the best web hosting in India?
There is no single best host; there is the best fit for your site. Compare the price you pay at renewal, not the first-year offer; the control panel; whether you can pay by UPI and get an invoice; how many sites and mailboxes the plan allows; and whether the servers are in India. HostKarle is strongest on renewal price, rupee billing and DirectAdmin. Hosts with Indian servers and round-the-clock support are stronger on those two points.
How much does web hosting cost in India?
For one website, the hosts in our comparison table charge ₹1,188 to ₹2,388 for the first year, and some charge far more at renewal. HostKarle Basic is ₹1,188 a year (₹99 a month) and renews at ₹1,188. Professional, for ten sites, is ₹1,788 a year, and Unlimited is ₹3,588 a year. No GST or other fees are added at checkout.
Can I pay by UPI and get an invoice?
Yes. Checkout runs through Razorpay and Cashfree, so you can pay with Google Pay, PhonePe, Paytm, BHIM or any UPI app, as well as Visa, Mastercard and RuPay cards, net banking and wallets. Everything is charged in rupees and every payment comes with an invoice. Step by step on the pay with UPI page.
Why DirectAdmin and not cPanel?
DirectAdmin does the same job as cPanel: files, databases, email, domains, SSL and PHP versions from one web panel. Its licence costs far less, and cPanel's rising licence fees are a big reason other hosts raise renewal prices. Using DirectAdmin is how we keep Basic at ₹99 a month, year after year. The full comparison is on DirectAdmin hosting in India.
Can I register a .in domain with my hosting?
Yes. Register a .in, .co.in, .com or other extension in the same checkout as your hosting. A .in costs ₹889 a year and a .com ₹1,349 a year. If your domain is already registered elsewhere, point its nameservers to ns1.fastnsdns.com and ns2.fastnsdns.com and it will work with your plan. All extensions on the domains page.
Can you move my site from another Indian host?
Yes, for free. Send us the login for your old host's control panel and we copy the site, database and email across. Your old site stays up until you change the nameservers, so visitors see no gap. It works the same whether you are coming from Hostinger, YouStable, GoDaddy, BigRock or a local reseller.
Host your website with an Indian company.
From ₹99 a month on a yearly plan, the same price at renewal, paid by UPI. Questions first? Ask us on WhatsApp.
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