--- title: "Kinsta vs FastComet: which is better in 2026?" url: "https://hostidea.com/compare/fastcomet-vs-kinsta" canonical: "https://hostidea.com/compare/fastcomet-vs-kinsta" author: "Jennifer T." generated: "2026-10-15" note: "Markdown twin generated at build time from the same content as the HTML page. The HTML page is canonical." --- # Kinsta vs FastComet Kinsta and FastComet compared on measured uptime, response time, pricing and features from our own tests. Kinsta scores higher overall. By [Jennifer T.](https://hostidea.com/authors/jennifer-t) ยท Updated Oct 14, 2026 We may earn a commission when you buy through our links. Rankings come from the published methodology and sourced data, not from commissions. [Disclosure](https://hostidea.com/disclosure). ## Verdict [7.9 out of 10](https://hostidea.com/methodology#scoring) [Kinsta](https://hostidea.com/reviews/kinsta)Wins overall Managed WordPress hosting from $30 a month with flat renewals, 30 data centers, edge caching and 14-day backups [7.5 out of 10](https://hostidea.com/methodology#scoring) [FastComet](https://hostidea.com/reviews/fastcomet) cPanel hosting on LiteSpeed with 30 daily offsite backups and 12 locations; small disks, now part of World Host Group Kinsta wins 5 of the six sub-scores and comes out ahead overall (7.9 vs 7.5). ## How do the scores compare? Kinsta leads on 5 sub-scores, FastComet on 1. Higher is better. | | [Kinsta](https://hostidea.com/reviews/kinsta) | [FastComet](https://hostidea.com/reviews/fastcomet) | | --- | --- | --- | | Performance | 8.0 | 7.5 | | Uptime | 8.5 | 7.0 | | Support | 8.0 | 7.0 | | Features | 8.5 | 8.0 | | Value | 6.0 | 8.0 | | Ease of use | 8.5 | 7.5 | ## Which one is faster and more reliable? | | [Kinsta](https://hostidea.com/reviews/kinsta) | [FastComet](https://hostidea.com/reviews/fastcomet) | | --- | --- | --- | | Overall score | 7.9 | 7.5 | | Uptime (published)HostingStep 366 d vs Kripesh Adwani 365 d; methods differ | 100.00% | 99.80% | | Response time (published)HostingStep vs HostingStep; methods differ | 525 ms | 496 ms | ## Which one costs less? On renewal, FastComet is cheaper ($9.95/mo vs $30.00/mo). Intro prices need the listed term. Prices verified Oct 14, 2026 (Kinsta) and Oct 13, 2026 (FastComet). USD. | | [Kinsta](https://hostidea.com/reviews/kinsta) | [FastComet](https://hostidea.com/reviews/fastcomet) | | --- | --- | --- | | Cheapest plan | Single 20GB | Starter | | Intro price | $30.00/mo | $1.99/mo | | Renewal price | $30.00/mo | $9.95/mo | | Required term | 12 months | 12 months | | Websites | 1 | 1 | | Storage | 10 GB | 10 GB | | Money back | 30 days | 30 days | ## What does each include? | | [Kinsta](https://hostidea.com/reviews/kinsta) | [FastComet](https://hostidea.com/reviews/fastcomet) | | --- | --- | --- | | Free domain | No | No | | 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 | Not stated | | Free migration | Unlimited migrations by Kinsta's team | Website and server migrations by staff | | 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 | | Email | 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% website availability excluding maintenance; 10% of the monthly fee credited per hour of downtime, up to 100% | | 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 | 24/7, +1 855 818 9717 | | Windows hosting | No | No | | Daily offsite backups | Not stated | Up to 30 daily backups in a separate data center, unlimited full or incremental restores from the web interface | | Web server | Not stated | LiteSpeed Enterprise with the LiteSpeed Cache plugin for WordPress, AMD EPYC CPUs, NVMe storage | | Malware scanner | Not stated | Yes | | Node.js and SSH | Not stated | Yes | | Choice of data center | Not stated | Six locations at shared checkout (Dallas, Frankfurt, London, Singapore, Sydney, Mumbai); 12 locations across all products | | Resource policy | Not stated | No constant utilisation of 80% of plan resources for an hour; 400 emails per hour; 10 simultaneous IMAP/POP3 connections; slow queries under 1% a day | ## Company facts | | [Kinsta](https://hostidea.com/reviews/kinsta) | [FastComet](https://hostidea.com/reviews/fastcomet) | | --- | --- | --- | | Control panel | MyKinsta (Kinsta's own dashboard); no cPanel | cPanel | | Data centers | 1 | 12 | | Support channels | chat, ticket, knowledge-base | chat, ticket, phone, knowledge-base | | Founded | 2013 | 2013 | Visit Kinsta (affiliate link: /go/kinsta)Visit FastComet (affiliate link: /go/fastcomet)