--- title: "Kinsta vs Hosting.com: which is better in 2026?" url: "https://hostidea.com/compare/hosting-com-vs-kinsta" canonical: "https://hostidea.com/compare/hosting-com-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 Hosting.com Kinsta and Hosting.com 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 [7.7 out of 10](https://hostidea.com/methodology#scoring) [Hosting.com](https://hostidea.com/reviews/hosting-com) The former A2 Hosting under World Host Group: stated cores and RAM, 30-day backups, staging from Pro, phone support Kinsta wins 3 of the six sub-scores and comes out ahead overall (7.9 vs 7.7). ## How do the scores compare? Kinsta leads on 3 sub-scores, Hosting.com on 2. Higher is better. | | [Kinsta](https://hostidea.com/reviews/kinsta) | [Hosting.com](https://hostidea.com/reviews/hosting-com) | | --- | --- | --- | | Performance | 8.0 | 8.5 | | Uptime | 8.5 | 8.0 | | Support | 8.0 | 6.0 | | Features | 8.5 | 8.5 | | Value | 6.0 | 7.0 | | Ease of use | 8.5 | 7.5 | ## Which one is faster and more reliable? | | [Kinsta](https://hostidea.com/reviews/kinsta) | [Hosting.com](https://hostidea.com/reviews/hosting-com) | | --- | --- | --- | | Overall score | 7.9 | 7.7 | | Uptime (published)HostingStep 366 d vs Kripesh Adwani 365 d; methods differ | 100.00% | 99.99% | | Response time (published)HostingStep vs HostingStep; methods differ | 525 ms | 500 ms | ## Which one costs less? On renewal, Hosting.com is cheaper ($13.99/mo vs $30.00/mo). Intro prices need the listed term. Prices verified Oct 14, 2026 (Kinsta) and Oct 13, 2026 (Hosting.com). USD. | | [Kinsta](https://hostidea.com/reviews/kinsta) | [Hosting.com](https://hostidea.com/reviews/hosting-com) | | --- | --- | --- | | Cheapest plan | Single 20GB | Starter | | Intro price | $30.00/mo | $1.99/mo | | Renewal price | $30.00/mo | $13.99/mo | | Required term | 12 months | 48 months | | Websites | 1 | 5 | | Storage | 10 GB | 15 GB | | Money back | 30 days | 30 days | ## What does each include? | | [Kinsta](https://hostidea.com/reviews/kinsta) | [Hosting.com](https://hostidea.com/reviews/hosting-com) | | --- | --- | --- | | Free domain | No | First year | | Free SSL | Wildcard certificates through Cloudflare on every plan | Standard on Starter and Pro; premium certificate on Max | | 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 | Not stated | | 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 | 3 sites on Starter, 20 on Pro, 200 on Max | | 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% per month; 5% of the service fee credited per hour of unscheduled downtime, up to the full month, on request | | 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 | +1 (734) 222-4678, 24/7/365 | | Windows hosting | No | No | | Daily backups | Not stated | Stored off-server, restore to any point in the last 30 days | | Free managed migration | Not stated | Yes | | Web application firewall and malware removal | Not stated | Yes | | Caching and hardware | Not stated | LiteSpeed caching, tuned MySQL, AMD EPYC CPUs, NVMe storage | | AI website builder for WordPress | Not stated | Yes | | OpenAPI and MCP server | Not stated | On every plan; Claude skills pack and Node.js from Pro | | Service level agreement | Not stated | Max plan only | ## Company facts | | [Kinsta](https://hostidea.com/reviews/kinsta) | [Hosting.com](https://hostidea.com/reviews/hosting-com) | | --- | --- | --- | | Control panel | MyKinsta (Kinsta's own dashboard); no cPanel | cPanel with the hosting.com panel on top | | Data centers | 1 | 5 | | Support channels | chat, ticket, knowledge-base | chat, ticket, phone, email, knowledge-base | | Founded | 2013 | 2003 | Visit Kinsta (affiliate link: /go/kinsta)Visit Hosting.com (affiliate link: /go/hosting-com)