Kinsta
Entry plan
Flat price, whole team$30.00
× 12 months$360.00
Per year
$3.00 per person / mo
$360
Kinsta vs SiteGround
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Kinsta
52%
match · $360/yr
SiteGround
62%
match · $36/yr
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What you'd pay
Entry plan for 10 people, billed yearly where offered. Prices checked Oct 2026.
SiteGround
Entry plan
Flat price, whole team$2.99
× 12 months$35.88
Per year
$0.30 per person / mo
$36
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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SiteGround
From $2.99
G2 4.2 · 309 reviewsSmall businesses launching a first WordPress site that want email, daily backups and solid support at a low first-year price.
Side by side
| Kinsta | SiteGround | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | $35/month, or $30/month billed yearly | $2.99/month for 12 months, renews at $17.99/month |
| G2 Rating | 4.8 (1,638 reviews) | 4.2 (309 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. | Small businesses launching a first WordPress site that want email, daily backups and solid support at a low first-year price. |
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
SiteGround
Pros
- Daily off-site backups even on the cheapest plan
- Email included
- Only 12 months prepaid needed for the intro price
- Good in-house WordPress tooling
Cons
- Renewal is about six times the intro price
- No staging on StartUp
- Shared resources can slow sites during traffic spikes
- Small storage on StartUp (10GB)
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