Prices checked 8 September 2026.
Who owns your website if you stop paying?
Builtin India, at ₹3,999 a month, states this on its own subscriptions page: "Builtin retains full ownership of the website design, source code, hosting servers, and the registered domain. The subscription operates on a 'Website-as-a-Service' (WaaS) model where you pay a monthly fee to use the website. If the subscription ends, the website goes offline, and all assets remain with Builtin."
That is not a trick and it is not hidden. It is published, it is clear, and it may well be a perfectly reasonable trade for you. It is worth reading twice because it describes a rental rather than a purchase, and because the terms around it are otherwise generous (zero setup fee, no lock-in, cancel any time), which makes it easy to skip past. Read it, then decide whether it is the deal you want.
The honest side-by-side.
| InkySites | Builtin India | |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly price | ₹1,499 flat, GST included. | ₹3,999 for up to five pages, ₹4,999 with a blog, ₹5,499 for a store. |
| Setup fee | None. | None. Zero setup fee is stated on every plan. |
| Lock-in or exit fee | None. Pay monthly or yearly, and leave whenever you like. | None. Their page states no lock-in periods or termination fees, and that you can cancel or pause any time. |
| Starts from your existing site | Yes. We redesign what you have, free, before you pay anything. | Builtin India prices by page count. Its subscriptions page publishes no offer to take over your existing site. |
| Free preview before you pay | Yes. A finished redesign in 48 hours, no card, no call. | Not published on the subscriptions page. |
| How you ask for a change | You ask, on WhatsApp or in your dashboard. Most changes are live within the hour. All within 48. | "Simply send your updates to our email or WhatsApp support channel. Our team will implement and deploy the changes within 24 hours." |
| Who owns your design and source code | You do. Your site is plain static files, and the complete code is yours whenever you ask. | Builtin, in their own words, along with the hosting servers. |
| What happens if you stop paying | InkySites stops hosting it, but nothing of yours is held back: your domain was always registered to you, and the complete source code is handed over. | Your website goes offline and all assets remain with Builtin, including the registered domain. |
Prices and terms read from builtin.co.in/subscriptions on 8 September 2026, and how it takes changes on 25 September 2026, all quoted in their own words; it is the Indian provider in our competitor brief that publishes both a price and its ownership terms, so it is the worked example here rather than a survey of the whole market. InkySites's changes are unlimited within reason: small-to-medium tweaks rather than a monthly rebuild. The same comparison for the international services.
Who each one is right for.
Choose Builtin India, or another Website-as-a-Service provider, if
You think of your website the way you think of an office you rent: something you use while you pay for it, with no interest in owning the fittings. That is a real and sensible way to buy, Builtin India's terms are clear about it, and its higher tiers buy you more pages, a blog or an online store than InkySites's single flat plan is shaped for. If you need an online store in particular, InkySites is not the right answer.
Choose InkySites if
You want the domain in your own name from the first day, the source code in your hands whenever you ask for it, and your site ready to pick up and host anywhere the day you leave, because the domain is in your name and the pages are plain static files. ₹1,499 a month, GST included, no setup fee, and we redesign your existing site for free before you decide anything.
Questions people ask.
What does a website subscription cost in India?
The published rupee prices we found in September 2026 run from ₹1,499 to ₹5,499 a month. Builtin India is ₹3,999 for up to five custom pages, ₹4,999 for six pages with a blog, and ₹5,499 for an online store, all with no setup fee. InkySites is ₹1,499 a month with GST included, and $29 a month if you are billed outside India. What separates them at any price is whether the changes are unlimited within reason and what you own when you stop paying.
Who owns my website in India if I stop paying?
That depends entirely on who built it, and it's the question worth asking before you sign anything. Builtin India answers it plainly in its own terms: it retains full ownership of your website's design, source code, hosting servers and the registered domain, it describes the arrangement as Website-as-a-Service where you pay a monthly fee to use your website, and it states that if the subscription ends your website goes offline and all assets remain with Builtin. With InkySites your domain is registered to you and never leaves your hands, your site is plain static files with no CMS, and the complete source code comes back to you whenever you ask.
Is GST included in the ₹1,499 price?
Yes. ₹1,499 a month is what you pay, GST included, billed by Riverbco, an Indian private limited company, with a proper GST invoice each month. Prefer one invoice a year? Pay ₹14,990 yearly instead and get two months free. There's no setup fee and no minimum term either way.
See your site redesigned. Then decide.
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It is free, needs no card, and there is nothing to cancel.