Hostinger VPS in India: run n8n, AI agents and big apps on your own server

What is it?A VPS (virtual private server) is your own slice of a powerful physical server. The slice has fixed CPU cores, RAM and storage that nobody else can use, its own operating system, and full root access, so you can install anything that runs on Linux.

Think of shared hosting as a hostel bed, a VPS as your own flat in a building, and a dedicated server as the whole building.

Still on the fence? Read our Hostinger review for the shared plans, or the Hostinger price in India guide.

Every plan includes AMD EPYC CPUs, NVMe storage, a 1 Gbps port, free weekly backups, a managed firewall, Wanguard DDoS filtering, the AI web terminal, a public API and a free domain for one year.

In US dollars (hostinger.com, same day, before tax): KVM 1 $6.49 a month, renews $11.99, KVM 2 $8.79 a month, renews $14.99, KVM 4 $12.99 a month, renews $28.99, KVM 8 $25.99 a month, renews $49.99.

Not sure? Start one size smaller. You can upgrade from the dashboard without reinstalling, but you cannot shrink a plan mid-term.

Plan	Pay today, 24 months (with GST)	With DIGITALPRITAM10	Then renews at
KVM 1	₹16,964	₹15,267	₹999/mo
KVM 2	₹22,061	₹19,855	₹1,199/mo
KVM 4	₹31,124	₹28,011	₹2,399/mo
KVM 8	₹62,276	₹56,048	₹4,399/mo

We checked the KVM 2 line in the cart: ₹16,826.40 after the code, plus ₹3,028.75 GST, total ₹19,855.15, with a free domain. Other rows use the same 10% and 18% GST.

From our own cart test, 23 Oct 2026: KVM 2 with the India location and code DIGITALPRITAM10 came to ₹19,855.15 for 24 months including ₹3,028.75 GST, a saving of ₹2,206 on the same cart without the code. The India location showed 8 ms latency from Pune; Malaysia showed 60 ms, the UK 125 ms and the US 201 ms.

Hostinger gives the most RAM per rupee among hosts with an India location and the simplest panel. Contabo gives more raw RAM but has no AI helper and slower support. DigitalOcean and Lightsail cost more but bill by the hour, which suits short tests. See also Hostinger vs Cloudways if you want a managed server instead.

1. Open the VPS page through our link

   Go to Hostinger VPS and pick a plan.

2. Keep the 24-month term

   The sale price shown is for 24 months.

3. Skip or add daily backups

   Weekly backups are free.

4. Choose India as the location

   For Indian visitors pick India.

5. Choose what to install

   Pick a plain OS (Ubuntu), a control panel (CloudPanel, CyberPanel) or an app template (n8n, OpenClaw, Coolify).

6. Apply code DIGITALPRITAM10

   Click Have a coupon code? and enter DIGITALPRITAM10. It took a further 10% off the plan in our test.

7. Set a root password and add an SSH key

   After payment the setup asks for a root password.

8. Point your domain and add SSL

   Create an A record for your domain or subdomain (for example n8n.yourdomain.in) to the VPS IP.

Prefer doing it by hand on plain Ubuntu? This is the whole install:

# n8n with Docker on a plain Ubuntu VPS (skip if you used the n8n template)
docker volume create n8n_data
docker run -d --name n8n --restart unless-stopped -p 5678:5678 \
  -e N8N_HOST=n8n.yourdomain.in -e N8N_PROTOCOL=https \
  -e WEBHOOK_URL=https://n8n.yourdomain.in/ -e GENERIC_TIMEZONE=Asia/Kolkata \
  -v n8n_data:/home/node/.n8n docker.n8n.io/n8nio/n8n

Put n8n behind a reverse proxy with SSL (Traefik, Caddy or Nginx) before you add credentials. Self-hosted n8n has no execution limits; your only limit is the server size. Docs: n8n hosting guide.

# 1. Update the server
apt update && apt upgrade -y

# 2. Create your own user and give it sudo
adduser pritam && usermod -aG sudo pritam

# 3. Copy your SSH key, then turn off root and password logins
#    in /etc/ssh/sshd_config set:
#    PermitRootLogin no
#    PasswordAuthentication no
systemctl restart ssh

# 4. Install security updates automatically
apt install unattended-upgrades -y && dpkg-reconfigure -plow unattended-upgrades

# 5. Block brute-force attempts
apt install fail2ban -y