Flywheel versus Kinsta

Price

• Flywheel From $300/yr
  • Starter: $300.00 annual ($25/mo equivalent)
  • Freelance: $1,150.00 annual
  • Agency: $2,900.00 annual
• 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.

Documented for both

Websites

Flywheel An additional site costs USD 20 a month or USD 200 a year.Starter: 1 siteFreelance: Up to 10 sitesAgency: Up to 30 sites

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

Flywheel Starter: 10 GB storageFreelance: 20 GB storageAgency: 50 GB storage

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

Flywheel A visit is a unique IP address in a 24-hour period, after removing known bots.Starter: 25,000 monthly visits and 50 GB bandwidthFreelance: 100,000 monthly visits and 200 GB bandwidthAgency: 400,000 monthly visits and 500 GB bandwidth

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

Commitment

Flywheel 60-day money-back guarantee on new plansAgency: Excluded from the 60-day money-back guarantee

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

Backups

Flywheel Backups are taken every night and kept for 30 days.

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

Flywheel Nightly backups can be run and restored.

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

Flywheel Flywheel’s team migrates every one of your sites free.

Kinsta Unlimited free migrations handled by Kinsta’s team

Staging

Flywheel Staging sites are listed among the workflow tools in the plan comparison.

Kinsta Staging environments are part of the managed platform.

Support

Flywheel 24/7/365 chat support

Kinsta 24/7 human support in 8 languages

Overage charges

Flywheel USD 1 per 1,000 extra monthly visitors; USD 1 per GB over the storage limit

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

• Flywheel Sites are not throttled or shut off; visits and storage above the plan are charged as overages.
• Kinsta Sites stay online above the visit, storage or CDN limits, and overage fees are charged on the actual overage.

Not verified yet

No reviewed evidence for either product on renewal rate.

Documented for one product only, shown in the table below: Kinsta: introductory rate.

Not verified means our reviewed sources do not establish it. It does not mean a product lacks the capability or that it costs nothing.

Next steps

• Ask Flywheel about renewal rate and introductory rate; our sources do not establish them yet.
• Ask Kinsta about renewal rate; our sources do not establish it yet.

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