PROS
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> Great uptime
> Great speeds
> All plans include hack fix guarante
> Free Migration!
> User-friendly interface
> Great Support
CONS
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> Not suitable for beginners
> More expensive
Kinsta was founded in 2013. They’ve been around the world for a while and they have always provided a reliable services that focuses on providing the world's best WordPress hosting service around. They offer a number of different plans for websites of all sizes. They keep our website safe from malware and hackers.
Lets take a look how far they are really good ? their perfommance their plans and their security.
The average page loading time was 1.32 seconds while their server response time was 829ms. Their page loading time was pretty consistent so you won't worry about the issue of your website loading slowly all of a sudden. They are able to provide such a great speed in the great time since their platform is provided by Google cloud. If you’re looking for a reliable and fast host and don’t have any budget restrictions, Kinsta is definitely worth looking into.
Kinsta offers 4 different plans with different prices for their hosting plans. Their Starter and Pro are standalone plans (able to operate independently) while their Business and Enterprise tiers are divided into 4 separate pricing plans.
All the plans use the same speed-optimized infrastructure, high-security network with DDoS protection, firewalls, and SSL certificates, and Google Cloud platform with 24 global data centers.
Since Kinsta is more security conscious they take much more protective measures to secure your site. So you need not install additional security plugins!
If you sign up for Kinsta, you’ll also get free migration, full daily backups, server firewalls, and a 'free guaranteed hack fix'. Suppose your site gets hacked, then Kinsta’s engineering team will run around the time to clean your site and get it back to its original condition.
It’s worth mentioning that each Kinsta plan comes with a staging area so you can easily create a staged version of your site and test out any updates and tweaks before pushing them to your live site. This is especially useful for developers and agencies working on their client sites.
You can also add any number of users to your hosting account as team members. You can then give them access to all the sites you manage through Kinsta or you can give them access to specific features such as billing, administrators, developer features.
NOTE: You cannot buy domain names from Kinsta nor will they provide you with email addresses. For that, you’ll need to go to a different provider
The Starter plan comes with 1 WordPress install and is suitable for websites with up to '25000' monthly visits. You’ll get 10GB of SSD space and free SSL and CDN. This plan doesn’t allow for multisite WordPress installations and backups to be retained for 14 days. This plan is not recommended for eCommerce sites and you can’t clone a site. The price for this plan is $30/month.
This plan is a good choice if you have a bigger budget for your site, have previous WordPress experience, or if you’re looking to upgrade from your current shared hosting plan .
This plan allows you to install 2 WordPress websites and is suitable for 50000 monthly visits. You’ll get 20GB of SSD storage space, free SSL, and free CDN. You can run a multi-site WordPress website with this plan and backups are retained for 14 days. Similar to the Starter plan, this plan is not recommended for an online store but you can clone your sites and staging environments. The price for this plan is $60/month.
This plan is a good choice if you have a couple of websites and want a reliable and fast hosting company.
The Business plan offers 4 separate plans which offer pretty much the same features across the board. Site cloning is available on all Business plans and they are recommended if you want to host an online store or a membership site. The difference between the plans is in the amount of storage space, the number of monthly visits, and the number of websites you can host.
Business 1 : This plan allows you to install 5 WordPress websites, including WordPress multi-sites. You’ll get 30GB SSD storage space and the plan is suitable for websites with up to 100000 monthly visits. This plan comes with 14-day backup retention and the price is $100/month.
Business 2: This plan allows for 10 WordPress websites and supports up to 250000 monthly visits. The plan comes with 40GB SSD storage space and 14-day backup retention. The price for this plan is $200/month.
Business 3 : This plan allows you to install 20 WordPress websites and supports up to 400000 monthly visits. You’ll get 50GB SSD storage and 20-day backup retention. The price for this plan is $300/month.
Business 4 : The last Business plan allows you to install 40 WordPress websites and supports 600000 monthly visits. You’ll get 60GB SSD storage space and 20-day backup retention. The price for this plan is $400/month.
Business plans are a good choice for WordPress developers who want to provide their clients with reliable hosting. It’s worth it if you offer website management or maintenance for them as you can easily manage all the websites from one interface and create staging areas to test new features.
The Business plan offers 4 separate plans which offer pretty much the same features across the board. Site cloning is available on all Business plans and they are recommended if you want to host an online store or a membership site. The difference between the plans is in the amount of storage space, the number of monthly visits, and the number of websites you can host.
The Enterprise plans have the same features across the board. They are suitable for eCommerce stores and membership sites as well as sites with high volume traffic. All of the plans on the Enterprise level come with a 30-day backup retention policy and site cloning as well as multisite installations.
Enterprise 1: This plan allows you to install 60 WordPress websites and supports up to 1000000 monthly visitors. You’ll get 100GB of SSD storage space. The price for this plan is $600/month.
Enterprise 2 : In this plan, you can install 80 WordPress websites and have up to 1500000 monthly visitors. The plan comes with 150GB SSD storage space and the price is $900/month.
Enterprise 3 : This plan allows for 120 WordPress installs and supports up to 2000000 monthly visitors. The plan includes 200GB SSD storage space and costs $1200/month.
Enterprise 4 : This Enterprise plan allows you to install 150 WordPress websites and can handle up to 3000000 monthly visitors. You’ll get 250GB SSD storage space and the price is $1500/month.
If you need more features and resources than what is available on the Enterprise plan you can contact Kinsta’s sales department for a custom quote. They have higher plans as well as dedicated VMs geared towards agencies and enterprise sites of all sizes
PAYMENTS: You can pay according to your convenience month to month or you can choose yearly payments. It is worthy to mention that the price for your hosting plan is the same at the time of the renewal as it is during the initial sign-up. You can get 2 months free if you choose yearly payments.
Kinsta had no downtime for the past month and overall, I’ve had less than 5 minutes of downtime throughout the duration of the hosting test.
They delivered >99.99% uptime which is pretty impressive and more than what other similar companies in the managed WordPress hosting arena are able to deliver.
Overall, if you’re looking for a reliable hosting company, Kinsta definitely stands at your feet.
