Cloudways versus Kinsta

Price

• Cloudways From $14/mo
  • Micro: $14.00 monthly
  • Small: $28.00 monthly
  • Medium: $54.00 monthly
  • Large: $99.00 monthly
• Kinsta From $35/mo
  • Single 20GB: $35.00 monthly
  • Single 20GB: $350.00 annual
  • Launch: $35.00 monthly
  • Launch: $350.00 annual
  • Single 35k: $35.00 monthly

Both list prices on the same basis. Compare what each plan includes; the lower amount alone does not make the better choice.

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Websites

Cloudways No limit on the number of applications on one server

Kinsta Each plan includes a set number of WordPress installs; Single 35k supports 1 site and WP2 supports 2.Single 20GB: 1 WordPress install; extra sites USD 30 a month eachLaunch: 1 WordPress install; extra sites USD 30 a month each

Storage

Cloudways Micro: 25 GB NVMe storage, 1 GB RAM, 1 vCPUSmall: 50 GB NVMe storage, 2 GB RAM, 1 vCPUMedium: 80 GB NVMe storage, 4 GB RAM, 2 vCPULarge: 160 GB NVMe storage, 8 GB RAM, 4 vCPU

Kinsta Disk space add-on: USD 20 a month per 20 GB, shared between all sites in the account.Single 20GB: 10 GB storageLaunch: 15 GB storage

Traffic or visits

Cloudways Micro: 1 TB transfer bandwidth; unlimited visitsSmall: 2 TB transfer bandwidth; unlimited visitsMedium: 4 TB transfer bandwidth; unlimited visitsLarge: 5 TB transfer bandwidth; unlimited visits

Kinsta A visit is each unique IP address within 24 hours, totalled across your sites for the month.Single 20GB: 20 GB server bandwidth and 125 GB CDN bandwidth a monthLaunch: 15 GB server bandwidth, an estimated 75,000 visits and 125 GB CDN bandwidth a monthSingle 35k: 35,000 visits a month

Introductory rate

Cloudways 3-day free trial of Flexible without a credit card

Kinsta First month free on select plans for new customers

Commitment

Cloudways Charged by the hour and invoiced in arrears in the first week of each month; plan changes show on the invoice immediately, and AWS and Google Cloud prices vary by region.

Kinsta 30-day money-back guarantee after any free period; plans can be changed at any time with prorated billing.

Backups

Cloudways Offsite backup storage costs $0.033/GB per server.

Kinsta Automatic backups every 24 hours; Every 6 hours: USD 20 per site a month; Every hour: USD 100 per site a month; External backups to AWS or Google Cloud Storage, weekly or monthly: USD 2 per site a month plus USD 1 per GB of bandwidthSingle 20GB: 14 days backup retentionLaunch: 14 days backup retention

Restores

Cloudways One-click restore from automated or on-demand backups

Kinsta Automatic, manual and system-generated backups restore from MyKinsta to the environment you choose, and each restore first saves the current state. External add-on backups cannot be restored there directly.

Migration

Cloudways Cloudways engineers migrate your first website free from any host.

Kinsta Unlimited free migrations handled by Kinsta’s team

Staging

Cloudways Staging is listed.

Kinsta Staging environments are part of the managed platform.

Support

Cloudways 24/7/365 live chat and ticket support on every plan; paid Advanced and Premium support add-ons give quicker responses.

Kinsta 24/7 human support in 8 languages

Overage charges

Cloudways DigitalOcean: USD 0.02 per extra GB, AWS: USD 0.12 per GB, Google Cloud: USD 0.10 to 0.17 per GB by region

Kinsta Disk space: USD 2 per GB a month, prorated dailySingle 20GB: Server bandwidth: USD 0.50 per GB above the planSingle 35k: Visits: USD 0.50 per 1,000 visits

Limits to check

• Cloudways The number of sites is limited by server capacity: you can launch as many applications as the server can support.
• Kinsta Sites stay online above the visit, storage or CDN limits, and overage fees are charged on the actual overage.

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Next steps

• Ask Cloudways about renewal rate; our sources do not establish it yet.
• Ask Kinsta about renewal rate; our sources do not establish it yet.

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