Kinsta vs Hosting.com
Kinsta and Hosting.com compared on measured uptime, response time, pricing and features from our own tests. Kinsta scores higher overall.
By Jennifer T. · Updated
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Verdict
KinstaWins overall
Managed WordPress hosting from $30 a month with flat renewals, 30 data centers, edge caching and 14-day backups
The former A2 Hosting under World Host Group: stated cores and RAM, 30-day backups, staging from Pro, phone support
Kinsta wins 3 of the six sub-scores and comes out ahead overall (7.9 vs 7.7).
How do the scores compare?
Kinsta leads on 3 sub-scores, Hosting.com on 2. Higher is better.
| Kinsta | Hosting.com | |
|---|---|---|
| Performance | 8.0 | 8.5 (better) |
| Uptime | 8.5 (better) | 8.0 |
| Support | 8.0 (better) | 6.0 |
| Features | 8.5 | 8.5 |
| Value | 6.0 | 7.0 (better) |
| Ease of use | 8.5 (better) | 7.5 |
Which one is faster and more reliable?
| Kinsta | Hosting.com | |
|---|---|---|
| Overall score | 7.9 (better) | 7.7 |
| Uptime (published)HostingStep 366 d vs Kripesh Adwani 365 d; methods differ | 100.00% (better) | 99.99% |
| Response time (published)HostingStep vs HostingStep; methods differ | 525 ms | 500 ms (better) |
Which one costs less?
On renewal, Hosting.com is cheaper ($13.99/mo vs $30.00/mo). Intro prices need the listed term.
| Kinsta | Hosting.com | |
|---|---|---|
| Cheapest plan | Single 20GB | Starter |
| Intro price | $30.00/mo | $1.99/mo (better) |
| Renewal price | $30.00/mo | $13.99/mo (better) |
| Required term | 12 months (better) | 48 months |
| Websites | 1 | 5 |
| Storage | 10 GB | 15 GB |
| Money back | 30 days | 30 days |
What does each include?
| Kinsta | Hosting.com | |
|---|---|---|
| Free domain | No | First year |
| Free SSL | Wildcard certificates through Cloudflare on every plan | Standard on Starter and Pro; premium certificate on Max |
| Backups | Daily automatic backups kept 14 days on the entry plans (20 or 30 days higher up), plus manual, downloadable and hourly add-on backups | Not stated |
| Free migration | Unlimited migrations by Kinsta's team | Not stated |
| Free CDN | Cloudflare CDN with edge caching, 260+ points of presence per the pricing page; 125 GB of CDN bandwidth a month on the entry plans | Not stated |
| Caching | Server-level caching and edge caching through Cloudflare | Not stated |
| Staging | Free one-click staging environments on every plan | 3 sites on Starter, 20 on Pro, 200 on Max |
| No | Not stated | |
| Resource limits | Each site runs in its own container; plans are sized by server bandwidth or visits, storage and CDN bandwidth, with PHP worker counts in the compare table | Not stated |
| Data center choice | 30 locations chosen per site at creation | Not stated |
| Uptime guarantee | 99.9% per month in the SLA updated 25 September 2025, with credits as a percentage of the monthly value once downtime passes 43 minutes; up to 99.99% on custom plans | 99.9% per month; 5% of the service fee credited per hour of unscheduled downtime, up to the full month, on request |
| Security | Fully managed WAF with DDoS protection, bot protection, free malware removal, SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 | Not stated |
| Developer tools | SSH, WP-CLI, Git, DevKinsta local environment, Kinsta API, built-in APM | Not stated |
| Phone support | No | +1 (734) 222-4678, 24/7/365 |
| Windows hosting | No | No |
| Daily backups | Not stated | Stored off-server, restore to any point in the last 30 days |
| Free managed migration | Not stated | Yes |
| Web application firewall and malware removal | Not stated | Yes |
| Caching and hardware | Not stated | LiteSpeed caching, tuned MySQL, AMD EPYC CPUs, NVMe storage |
| AI website builder for WordPress | Not stated | Yes |
| OpenAPI and MCP server | Not stated | On every plan; Claude skills pack and Node.js from Pro |
| Service level agreement | Not stated | Max plan only |
Company facts
| Kinsta | Hosting.com | |
|---|---|---|
| Control panel | MyKinsta (Kinsta's own dashboard); no cPanel | cPanel with the hosting.com panel on top |
| Data centers | 1 | 5 (better) |
| Support channels | chat, ticket, knowledge-base | chat, ticket, phone, email, knowledge-base |
| Founded | 2013 | 2003 |