Kinsta vs AccuWeb Hosting
Kinsta and AccuWeb 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
7.9 out of 10
KinstaWins overall
Managed WordPress hosting from $30 a month with flat renewals, 30 data centers, edge caching and 14-day backups
7.6 out of 10
New Jersey host since 2003: guaranteed RAM and CPU on shared plans, eight locations, a $2.79 plan that renews at $2.79
Kinsta wins 5 of the six sub-scores and comes out ahead overall (7.9 vs 7.6).
How do the scores compare?
Kinsta leads on 5 sub-scores, AccuWeb Hosting on 1. Higher is better.
| Kinsta | AccuWeb Hosting | |
|---|---|---|
| Performance | 8.0 (better) | 7.5 |
| Uptime | 8.5 (better) | 7.0 |
| Support | 8.0 (better) | 7.5 |
| Features | 8.5 (better) | 8.0 |
| Value | 6.0 | 8.0 (better) |
| Ease of use | 8.5 (better) | 7.5 |
Which one is faster and more reliable?
| Kinsta | AccuWeb Hosting | |
|---|---|---|
| Overall score | 7.9 (better) | 7.6 |
| Uptime (published)HostingStep 366 d vs TechRadar 7 d; methods differ | 100.00% | 100.00% (better) |
| Response time (published)HostingStep vs TechRadar; methods differ | 525 ms | 285 ms (better) |
Which one costs less?
On renewal, AccuWeb Hosting is cheaper ($2.79/mo vs $30.00/mo). Intro prices need the listed term.
| Kinsta | AccuWeb Hosting | |
|---|---|---|
| Cheapest plan | Single 20GB | Bootstrap++ |
| Intro price | $30.00/mo | $2.79/mo (better) |
| Renewal price | $30.00/mo | $2.79/mo (better) |
| Required term | 12 months (better) | 36 months |
| Websites | 1 | 100 |
| Storage | 10 GB | 25 GB |
| Money back | 30 days | 30 days |
What does each include?
| Kinsta | AccuWeb Hosting | |
|---|---|---|
| Free domain | No | First year on an annual or longer term; the plan cards list .us, .com, .org, .co.uk, .in and .net, the comparison table .com, .net, .biz, .us and .org |
| Free SSL | Wildcard certificates through Cloudflare on every plan | Let's Encrypt on every plan; a premium SSL for the first year on Enterprise Pro++ annual terms |
| 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 | Free daily backups; any day's copy restored on request |
| Free migration | Unlimited migrations by Kinsta's team | Listed on every plan |
| 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 | Premium++ and Enterprise Pro++, enabled on request for the main domain |
| Caching | Server-level caching and edge caching through Cloudflare | LiteSpeed web server with built-in caching |
| Staging | Free one-click staging environments on every plan | No |
| No | 150, 500 or 1,000 accounts with spam filtering; mailbox size 3, 5 or 10 GB | |
| 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 | Eight locations in the order form: Denver, Dallas, London, Frankfurt, Johannesburg, Mumbai, Singapore, Sydney |
| 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 percent a month in the terms, with credits of one, two or five days of service depending on the shortfall |
| 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 | US and UK numbers, 24 hours Monday to Saturday per the contact page; chat and tickets around the clock |
| Windows hosting | No | Not stated |
| Guaranteed resources | Not stated | Dedicated RAM and vCPU printed per plan (1 GB and 1 vCPU up to 2 GB and 2 vCPU) with IOPS and inode limits |
| PHP versions | Not stated | PHP 8.1 to 8.4, switchable in cPanel |
| Dedicated IP | Not stated | With the premium SSL on Enterprise Pro++ annual terms, except Johannesburg |
Company facts
| Kinsta | AccuWeb Hosting | |
|---|---|---|
| Control panel | MyKinsta (Kinsta's own dashboard); no cPanel | cPanel |
| Data centers | 1 | 8 (better) |
| Support channels | chat, ticket, knowledge-base | chat, ticket, phone, knowledge-base |
| Founded | 2013 | 2003 |