--- title: "Kinsta vs Liquid Web: which is better in 2026?" url: "https://hostidea.com/compare/kinsta-vs-liquidweb" canonical: "https://hostidea.com/compare/kinsta-vs-liquidweb" 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 Liquid Web Kinsta and Liquid Web 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) [Liquid Web](https://hostidea.com/reviews/liquidweb) Lansing's managed host since 1997: WordPress plans from $9 with Cloudflare edge CDN and a 100% network SLA, no refunds 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, Liquid Web on 1. Higher is better. | | [Kinsta](https://hostidea.com/reviews/kinsta) | [Liquid Web](https://hostidea.com/reviews/liquidweb) | | --- | --- | --- | | Performance | 8.0 | 7.5 | | Uptime | 8.5 | 8.0 | | Support | 8.0 | 8.0 | | 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) | [Liquid Web](https://hostidea.com/reviews/liquidweb) | | --- | --- | --- | | Overall score | 7.9 | 7.7 | | Uptime (published)HostingStep 366 d vs HostingStep 365 d; methods differ | 100.00% | 99.99% | | Response time (published)HostingStep vs HostingStep; methods differ | 525 ms | 496 ms | ## Which one costs less? On renewal, Liquid Web is cheaper ($9.00/mo vs $30.00/mo). Intro prices need the listed term. Prices verified Oct 14, 2026 (Kinsta) and Oct 14, 2026 (Liquid Web). USD. | | [Kinsta](https://hostidea.com/reviews/kinsta) | [Liquid Web](https://hostidea.com/reviews/liquidweb) | | --- | --- | --- | | Cheapest plan | Single 20GB | Essentials WordPress | | Intro price | $30.00/mo | $9.00/mo | | Renewal price | $30.00/mo | $9.00/mo | | Required term | 12 months | 1 months | | Websites | 1 | 1 | | Storage | 10 GB | 15 GB | | Money back | 30 days | 0 days | ## What does each include? | | [Kinsta](https://hostidea.com/reviews/kinsta) | [Liquid Web](https://hostidea.com/reviews/liquidweb) | | --- | --- | --- | | Free domain | No | No | | Free SSL | Wildcard certificates through Cloudflare on every plan | Free SSL certificates on the WordPress plans | | 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 | Daily backups kept 7, 14 or 30 days by tier; Acronis backup storage on managed VPS | | Free migration | Unlimited migrations by Kinsta's team | A self-serve migration tool and migration by a person on every WordPress 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 | Edge CDN powered by Cloudflare on every WordPress plan; CDN overage is usage-billed | | Caching | Server-level caching and edge caching through Cloudflare | Object Cache Pro on every WordPress plan | | Staging | Free one-click staging environments on every plan | Staging sites with visual comparison on Pro and Elite; not on Essentials | | 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 | WordPress plans are sized by visitors (50,000 a month on the entry tiers), shared storage and bandwidth; managed VPS plans state vCPU, RAM, SSD and bandwidth | | Data center choice | 30 locations chosen per site at creation | Lansing, Phoenix, Ashburn and Amsterdam, selected on the purchase screen where a plan offers it | | 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 | 100% network uptime in the SLA with credits up to the monthly charge, claimed within days of an outage; the managed VPS page states 99.9% server uptime | | Security | Fully managed WAF with DDoS protection, bot protection, free malware removal, SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 | DDoS protection, WAF, Kadence Security Pro and daily malware scans on every plan; Patchstack virtual patching on Elite | | 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 | On VPS and dedicated servers | | Managed VPS | Not stated | Fully managed from $72 a month for 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 80 GB SSD and 3 TB; cPanel, InterWorx or Plesk; Windows available | ## Company facts | | [Kinsta](https://hostidea.com/reviews/kinsta) | [Liquid Web](https://hostidea.com/reviews/liquidweb) | | --- | --- | --- | | Control panel | MyKinsta (Kinsta's own dashboard); no cPanel | Liquid Web's own platform for WordPress plans; cPanel, InterWorx or Plesk on VPS | | Data centers | 1 | 4 | | Support channels | chat, ticket, knowledge-base | chat, phone, ticket, knowledge-base | | Founded | 2013 | 1997 | Visit Kinsta (affiliate link: /go/kinsta)Visit Liquid Web (affiliate link: /go/liquidweb)