Kinsta vs InMotion Hosting
Kinsta and InMotion Hosting 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
Employee-owned US host since 2001 with a 90-day refund, generous disks and US-based support; backups are a paid add-on
Kinsta wins 2 of the six sub-scores and comes out ahead overall (7.9 vs 7.7).
How do the scores compare?
Kinsta leads on 2 sub-scores, InMotion Hosting on 1. Higher is better.
| Kinsta | InMotion Hosting | |
|---|---|---|
| Performance | 8.0 | 8.0 |
| Uptime | 8.5 | 8.5 |
| Support | 8.0 | 8.0 |
| Features | 8.5 (better) | 6.5 |
| Value | 6.0 | 6.5 (better) |
| Ease of use | 8.5 (better) | 8.0 |
Which one is faster and more reliable?
| Kinsta | InMotion Hosting | |
|---|---|---|
| Overall score | 7.9 (better) | 7.7 |
| Uptime (published)HostingStep 366 d vs Kripesh Adwani 365 d; methods differ | 100.00% (better) | 99.97% |
Which one costs less?
On renewal, InMotion Hosting is cheaper ($14.99/mo vs $30.00/mo). Intro prices need the listed term.
| Kinsta | InMotion Hosting | |
|---|---|---|
| Cheapest plan | Single 20GB | Launch |
| Intro price | $30.00/mo | $4.99/mo (better) |
| Renewal price | $30.00/mo | $14.99/mo (better) |
| Required term | 12 months | 12 months |
| Websites | 1 | 2 |
| Storage | 10 GB | 100 GB |
| Money back | 30 days | 30 days, prorated to day 90 (better) |
What does each include?
| Kinsta | InMotion Hosting | |
|---|---|---|
| Free domain | No | Included with the plan (the page shows the domain's value) |
| Free SSL | Wildcard certificates through Cloudflare on every plan | Yes |
| 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 | No |
| Free migration | Unlimited migrations by Kinsta's team | Website migration handled by InMotion's team |
| 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 | Not stated |
| No | Free cPanel email accounts; professional email with a 1-month trial | |
| 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 | 99.99% on Power and Pro, with credits described in InMotion's own blog; no guarantee line on Launch |
| Security | Fully managed WAF with DDoS protection, bot protection, free malware removal, SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 | Malware and DDoS protection, web application firewall |
| Developer tools | SSH, WP-CLI, Git, DevKinsta local environment, Kinsta API, built-in APM | Not stated |
| Phone support | No | Power and Pro; Launch is live chat |
| Windows hosting | No | No |
| Developer stack | Not stated | Python, Node.js, Ruby and Git on every plan; SSH |
| Choice of data center | Not stated | Los Angeles, Ashburn or Amsterdam; Singapore announced |
Company facts
| Kinsta | InMotion Hosting | |
|---|---|---|
| Control panel | MyKinsta (Kinsta's own dashboard); no cPanel | cPanel with InMotion's Account Management Panel |
| Data centers | 1 | 4 (better) |
| Support channels | chat, ticket, knowledge-base | chat, ticket, phone, email, knowledge-base |
| Founded | 2013 | 2001 |