Kinsta
Entry plan
Flat price, whole team$30.00
× 12 months$360.00
Per year
$3.00 per person / mo
$360
Kinsta vs Cloudways
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Kinsta
62%
match · $360/yr
Cloudways
74%
match · $168/yr
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What you'd pay
Entry plan for 10 people, billed yearly where offered. Prices checked Oct 2026.
Cloudways
Entry plan
Flat price, whole team$14.00
× 12 months$168.00
Per year
$1.40 per person / mo
$168
Kinsta
From $35
G2 4.8 · 1,638 reviewsBusinesses whose WordPress site brings in revenue or leads and that want predictable pricing, daily backups, staging and expert support without managing servers.
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Cloudways
From $14
G2 4.7 · 1,133 reviewsBusinesses and agencies with some technical skill that run several WordPress sites and want to pay for server capacity instead of per site or per visit.
Side by side
| Kinsta | Cloudways | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | $35/month, or $30/month billed yearly | From $14/month (1GB DigitalOcean server) |
| G2 Rating | 4.8 (1,638 reviews) | 4.7 (1,133 reviews) |
| Best For | Businesses whose WordPress site brings in revenue or leads and that want predictable pricing, daily backups, staging and expert support without managing servers. | Businesses and agencies with some technical skill that run several WordPress sites and want to pay for server capacity instead of per site or per visit. |
Pros and cons
Kinsta
Pros
- No intro pricing: the price you pay on day one is the renewal price
- Monthly billing available, with two months free on yearly billing
- Daily backups, staging, CDN, firewall and malware removal included
- Free unlimited migrations handled by Kinsta's team
Cons
- Much more expensive than shared hosting for small sites
- Visit, bandwidth and storage limits with overage fees
- No email hosting
- 14-day backup retention on entry plans
Cloudways
Pros
- No visit caps or per-site fees
- Low cost per site when hosting several sites
- Free staging and free first-site migration
- 3-day trial without a credit card
Cons
- You must size and monitor the server yourself
- CDN, off-site backup storage and deeper support cost extra
- No bundled email hosting
- More technical dashboard than other managed hosts
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