Checked 25 Oct 2026 — verify current pricing
The Hetzner alternative built for India — local nodes, local payments, licensed Windows.
Hetzner’s pricing is the industry benchmark — in Europe. If you’re serving Indian users, paying in INR, or running Windows, here’s the alternative that was built for you.
4 reasons people switch.
Spec by spec.
| HostCraft | Hetzner | |
|---|---|---|
| India datacenter | ✓ BOM + DEL | ✗ |
| Windows RDP | ✓ Included | ✗ |
| Indian payments | ✓ UPI/bKash/USDT | ✗ EUR card |
| Latency from India | 5–40ms | 40–80ms+ |
| Linux price/perf | Good, dedicated | Excellent — they win |
| Hourly billing | ✗ | ✓ |
You can — it’s a good product. You’ll pay EUR by card, serve India at 40-80ms, and have no Windows option. If those don’t matter to you, they’re a fine choice.
Close on entry ($2.59), higher per-GB on bigger tiers. You’re paying for India presence, Windows licensing and local payments.
Yes — standard Linux migration: deploy here, rsync data, update DNS.
No — monthly prepaid wallet. Their hourly billing is genuinely nice for ephemeral workloads.