--- title: "ScalaHosting vs Kinsta: which is better in 2026?" url: "https://hostidea.com/compare/kinsta-vs-scalahosting" canonical: "https://hostidea.com/compare/kinsta-vs-scalahosting" 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." --- # ScalaHosting vs Kinsta ScalaHosting and Kinsta compared on measured uptime, response time, pricing and features from our own tests. ScalaHosting 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 [8.1 out of 10](https://hostidea.com/methodology#scoring) [ScalaHosting](https://hostidea.com/reviews/scalahosting)Wins overall Dallas and Sofia host with its own SPanel, an anytime prorated refund and a credit table that reaches 100 percent [7.9 out of 10](https://hostidea.com/methodology#scoring) [Kinsta](https://hostidea.com/reviews/kinsta) Managed WordPress hosting from $30 a month with flat renewals, 30 data centers, edge caching and 14-day backups ScalaHosting wins 2 of the six sub-scores and comes out ahead overall (8.1 vs 7.9). ## How do the scores compare? ScalaHosting leads on 2 sub-scores, Kinsta on 2. Higher is better. | | [ScalaHosting](https://hostidea.com/reviews/scalahosting) | [Kinsta](https://hostidea.com/reviews/kinsta) | | --- | --- | --- | | Performance | 8.0 | 8.0 | | Uptime | 8.5 | 8.5 | | Support | 8.5 | 8.0 | | Features | 8.0 | 8.5 | | Value | 7.5 | 6.0 | | Ease of use | 7.5 | 8.5 | ## Which one is faster and more reliable? | | [ScalaHosting](https://hostidea.com/reviews/scalahosting) | [Kinsta](https://hostidea.com/reviews/kinsta) | | --- | --- | --- | | Overall score | 8.1 | 7.9 | | Uptime (published)Kripesh Adwani 365 d vs HostingStep 366 d; methods differ | 99.99% | 100.00% | | Response time (published)WPBeginner vs HostingStep; methods differ | 526 ms | 525 ms | ## Which one costs less? On renewal, ScalaHosting is cheaper ($11.95/mo vs $30.00/mo). Intro prices need the listed term. Prices verified Oct 13, 2026 (ScalaHosting) and Oct 14, 2026 (Kinsta). USD. | | [ScalaHosting](https://hostidea.com/reviews/scalahosting) | [Kinsta](https://hostidea.com/reviews/kinsta) | | --- | --- | --- | | Cheapest plan | Mini | Single 20GB | | Intro price | $2.95/mo | $30.00/mo | | Renewal price | $11.95/mo | $30.00/mo | | Required term | 36 months | 12 months | | Websites | 1 | 1 | | Storage | 10 GB | 10 GB | | Money back | 30 days, then prorated at any time | 30 days | ## What does each include? | | [ScalaHosting](https://hostidea.com/reviews/scalahosting) | [Kinsta](https://hostidea.com/reviews/kinsta) | | --- | --- | --- | | Free domain | Start, Advanced and Entry Cloud; not on Mini | No | | Free SSL | Yes | Wildcard certificates through Cloudflare on every plan | | Automated backups | Daily, 7 restore points kept for the last 7 days | Not stated | | Free migration | Website and email migration | Unlimited migrations by Kinsta's team | | Control panel | SPanel (free, with SShield security and spam protection) or cPanel | Not stated | | CDN | CDN integration | Not stated | | WP-CLI and SSH | Yes | Not stated | | Malware protection | Real-time, on every plan | Not stated | | Staging | Not listed on the plan cards | Free one-click staging environments on every plan | | Uptime guarantee | 99.9%; credits from 10% at 99.8% up to 100% below 99%, claimed through billing | 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 | | Money-back guarantee | Full refund within 30 days; prorated refund of unused time at any time after that; new clients only; web, reseller and VPS hosting | Not stated | | Choice of data center | Dallas, New York, Seattle or Sofia on ScalaHosting's own infrastructure; partner cloud and AWS regions for cloud plans | Not stated | | Phone support | Yes | No | | Windows hosting | No | No | | Backups | Not stated | 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 CDN | Not stated | Cloudflare CDN with edge caching, 260+ points of presence per the pricing page; 125 GB of CDN bandwidth a month on the entry plans | | Caching | Not stated | Server-level caching and edge caching through Cloudflare | | Email | Not stated | No | | Resource limits | Not stated | 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 | | Data center choice | Not stated | 30 locations chosen per site at creation | | Security | Not stated | Fully managed WAF with DDoS protection, bot protection, free malware removal, SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 | | Developer tools | Not stated | SSH, WP-CLI, Git, DevKinsta local environment, Kinsta API, built-in APM | ## Company facts | | [ScalaHosting](https://hostidea.com/reviews/scalahosting) | [Kinsta](https://hostidea.com/reviews/kinsta) | | --- | --- | --- | | Control panel | SPanel (ScalaHosting's own) or cPanel | MyKinsta (Kinsta's own dashboard); no cPanel | | Data centers | 5 | 1 | | Support channels | chat, ticket, phone, knowledge-base | chat, ticket, knowledge-base | | Founded | 2007 | 2013 | Visit ScalaHosting (affiliate link: /go/scalahosting)Visit Kinsta (affiliate link: /go/kinsta)