Kinsta vs GreenGeeks
Kinsta and GreenGeeks 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
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Kinsta wins 5 of the six sub-scores and comes out ahead overall (7.9 vs 7.3).
How do the scores compare?
Kinsta leads on 5 sub-scores, GreenGeeks on 1. Higher is better.
| Kinsta | GreenGeeks | |
|---|---|---|
| Performance | 8.0 (better) | 7.5 |
| Uptime | 8.5 (better) | 7.0 |
| Support | 8.0 (better) | 7.5 |
| Features | 8.5 (better) | 7.5 |
| Value | 6.0 | 6.5 (better) |
| Ease of use | 8.5 (better) | 8.0 |
Which one is faster and more reliable?
| Kinsta | GreenGeeks | |
|---|---|---|
| Overall score | 7.9 (better) | 7.3 |
| Uptime (published)HostingStep 366 d vs Kripesh Adwani 361 d; methods differ | 100.00% (better) | 99.81% |
| Response time (published)HostingStep vs HostingStep; methods differ | 525 ms | 411 ms (better) |
Which one costs less?
On renewal, GreenGeeks is cheaper ($13.95/mo vs $30.00/mo). Intro prices need the listed term.
| Kinsta | GreenGeeks | |
|---|---|---|
| Cheapest plan | Single 20GB | Lite |
| Intro price | $30.00/mo | $2.95/mo (better) |
| Renewal price | $30.00/mo | $13.95/mo (better) |
| Required term | 12 months | 12 months |
| Websites | 1 | 1 |
| Storage | 10 GB | 25 GB |
| Money back | 30 days | 30 days |
What does each include?
| Kinsta | GreenGeeks | |
|---|---|---|
| Free domain | No | Registration or transfer for the first year, per the plan page FAQ |
| Free SSL | Wildcard certificates through Cloudflare on every plan | Let's Encrypt, deployed and renewed automatically |
| 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 | A courtesy transfer within 30 days of sign-up, per the terms; charged after that |
| 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 | Free CDN integration is listed; HostingStep says no CDN was integrated on its test account |
| Caching | Server-level caching and edge caching through Cloudflare | LiteSpeed web server with LiteSpeed caching and HTTP/3 |
| Staging | Free one-click staging environments on every plan | No |
| 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 | No |
| Data center choice | 30 locations chosen per site at creation | Chicago, Montreal, Amsterdam or Singapore |
| 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% in the terms, limited to GreenGeeks' servers and primary connection, with no credit schedule |
| Security | Fully managed WAF with DDoS protection, bot protection, free malware removal, SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 | Advanced security suite and free hacked-site cleanup with restrictions, per the plan page |
| Developer tools | SSH, WP-CLI, Git, DevKinsta local environment, Kinsta API, built-in APM | Not stated |
| Phone support | No | 24/7 by phone, chat and ticket |
| Windows hosting | No | No |
| SSH and SFTP | Not stated | Free on every plan, with the latest PHP and MySQL |
| Green hosting | Not stated | Energy use matched three times over with renewable energy credits through the Bonneville Environmental Foundation; EPA Green Power Partner since 2009 |
Company facts
| Kinsta | GreenGeeks | |
|---|---|---|
| Control panel | MyKinsta (Kinsta's own dashboard); no cPanel | cPanel |
| Data centers | 1 | 4 (better) |
| Support channels | chat, ticket, knowledge-base | chat, phone, ticket, knowledge-base |
| Founded | 2013 | 2008 |