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With Kinsta, you’re paying for traffic you’re not utilizing.
When you exceed your plan limits, Kinsta charges you overages and you risk a crash.

Optimized for Scale. Built for Performance. 1

Cloudways as the Kinsta Alternative

Cloudways vs Kinsta is a no brainer – Cloudways leads the way.

  • A third of the Cost

  • Enhanced Features

  • No Restrictions

  • 3X coverage

  • Auto Scaling

  • Instant Live Support

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Kinsta vs Cloudways

Why Choose Cloudways as the Kinsta Alternative

Better value, more power, and instant support: Cloudways leads the pack of Kinsta competitors, earning the trust of business owners like you.

Get More, Pay Less

Kinsta makes you pay more for a fraction of what Cloudways delivers. Who says you can’t have it all?

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3x Data Centers

Cloudways offers 3x the data centers compared to Kinsta, giving you global reach, faster performance, and reliable connectivity wherever your audience is located.

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G2’s Top Rated

While Kinsta barely makes it to the top 5, G2 has recognized Cloudways as the #1 managed hosting outshining Kinsta and all other alternatives to Kinsta.

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Flexible Control

While Kinsta likes to keep their users restricted with limited PHP workers, rigid pricing, and website & traffic limits – Cloudways empowers you with flexibility

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Handle Traffic Spikes

With Cloudways Autonomous™, your website can handle traffic spikes with seamless auto scaling and pay-as-you-go flexibility.

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Instant 24/7 Support

Kinsta’s support can feel like waiting in a long line. Cloudways is all about instant, hands-on help.

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People Love Us

Our customers value our service just as much as we value them. Cloudways is the people’s choice for quality hosting.

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The Kinsta alternative that is

Faster. Scalable. Cheaper. Cloudways is the Better Choice.

Cloudways offers more power, speed, and no traffic limits – at a price that Kinsta can’t match. Check out the comparison table below and make the smart move.
Price
Price per month Starting From $11 Starting From $30
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Features Features
No. of websites Unmetered on all plans Starting from 1
Monthly Visits Unmetered on all plans Starting from 25,000
Disk Storage Starting from 25 GB SSD Starting from 10 GB
Scaling Instant • 1-Click Overages at $2/1000 visitors
Bandwidth Starting from 1 TB Unmetered (but limits on visits)
Support
24/7 support
Slack Channel
Customization Support
Performance
Global Data Center Coverage 55 Unique Locations,
116 Data Centers 		37 Unique Locations,
37 Data Centers
Infrastructure GCP, AWS, DO, Vultr, Linode GCP only
Free Object Cache Pro
Security
Malware Scanning and Removal Proactive Not proactive
Free SSL
DDoS Protection
Backups & 1-Click Restore
WAF (Anti-Hack System) Add-on
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The Kinsta Alternative that has

3x Data Centers

With triple the data centers of Kinsta, Cloudways ensures fast load times and reduced latency. Kinsta’s limited data center footprint leaves users missing out on the true reach of the internet.

  • Cloudways

    116 Data Centers
    55 Unique Locations

  • Kinsta

    37 Data Centers
    37 Unique Locations
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Cloudways is G2’s #1 Cloud Web Hosting Provider2

While WPEngine fails at even making it to the top 5, Cloudways sets the standard above WPEngine and WPEngine alternatives as the top-rated cloud web hosting provider. Consider the bar officially raised.

Cloudways vs Kinsta G2
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No Website Limits

Pay as You Go

Custom PHP Website

No Visitor Caps

Kinsta Restricts, Cloudways Doesn’t

At Cloudways, we believe in empowering our users with absolute freedom – no visitor caps, no limits on websites, no forced upgrades, and a choice of cloud providers- unlike platforms like Kinsta, where you may encounter limitations and hidden fees.

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Handle Traffic Spikes with Cloudways Autonomous

While Kinsta users worry about traffic limits, Cloudways Autonomous scales your site automatically, charging only for what you use without compromising on performance. We’ll handle all the heavy lifting – you just keep growing.

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With Cloudways’ Pay-as-you-go model, you pay only for what you use – no under utilisation, no crash risks!

Cloudways Support is
Your Extended Team

Cloudways Support exceeds expectations to resolve any issue instantly – unlike Kinsta, where support can sometimes feel secondary.

Priority Support

24/7/365 priority live chat and ticketing support from Senior Engineers, with improved SLAs.

Plugin Troubleshooting

Our Support Engineers help you troubleshoot errors and conflicts with plugins and themes.

Performance/DB Optimization

On-demand optimization tweaks to help ensure your application performs well.

Server Error Investigation

We’ll collaborate with your team for deeper investigation should you experience server errors.

Proactive Monitoring

If your server or stack is down, we go beyond sending you an alert and proactively start investigating.

Customization

Customization of your stack/server, e.g. deploying additional packages, specific configurations etc.

Dedicated Account Manager

Your primary contact at Cloudways is here to help guide you, whatever you want to achieve.

Private Slack Channel

24/7/365 private Slack channel connects your team directly with our Senior Support Engineers. We partner with your team to help you grow.

Phone Support

Call our Senior Support Engineers any time for in-person support.

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The Verdict is in.
Cloudways is The Kinsta Alternative.

Cloudways isn’t just another hosting option – it’s the one people can’t stop talking about. From killer performance to support that’s always got your back, here’s what our users are buzzing about.

Alin-Lonel Banut

Verified Trust Pilot User

I’ve been a loyal Cloudways customer for over 6 years, and my experience has been nothing short of exceptional. What truly sets Cloudways apart is their outstanding customer support. The live chat team is incredibly professional, always quick to respond, and goes above and beyond to resolve any issues. Their dedication to customer care is truly impressive. If you’re looking for a hosting provider that combines top-notch performance with excellent support, I highly recommend Cloudways!

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Çağdaş Dağ

@cagdasdagg

It’s sad to see how a once-great hosting company can decline over time. Support quality and compatibility with modern systems keep dropping every day… RIP @kinsta”

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Paul D

Creative Director & Owner

You pay for what you get. Instead of paying a low introductory fee and then getting high prices a year or two later, you just pay for what you need now. It’s easy to scale up and down. Cloudways makes cloud hosting easy to start. The process of setting up your websites and server is simple and quick. The UI/UX design is great too. Very intuitive and simple. It’s also fast and reliable which is something you don’t want to mess with for websites. Also their support team has been great. They’ve been quick to respond to any issues I’ve experienced.

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David Risley

@davidrisley

So, @kinsta wants to charge $50/mo as an add-on charge just to increase the memory limit to 512MB.Some crazy BS if you ask me

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Ant EkĹźiler

@anteksiler

PhpMyAdmin access at @wpengine is always awfully slow. I can’t even list the tables.

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Emil Andersen

@EmilAndersen

Unfortunately we’ve experienced a very slow server even though we are paying around 700 USD per month. I wouldn’t recommend WP Engine to anyone that are looking for a quick server. Furthermore it’s almost impossible to get to know you server details. Even the most basic information like RAM they wont tell you. Probably because they are putting your site on a shared hosting.

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Jonathan Bailey

@Plagirismtoday

I want to give a quick shoutout to @Cloudways, the host of my site.With the events taking place this week, I’ve received nearly a month’s worth of traffic in three days. Their server is going strong, never slowed down and remains fast despite the pressure.Thank you!

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Sam

@SamBerryUK

Honestly just having the worst ever experience with @kinsta. I’m sure if you have a small B2B website they’re fine. But within a month of launching a new eCommerce site already had data corruption, downtime, and poor support. I would look else where.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Kinsta includes KeyCDN for free, but it has usage limits that may incur additional costs. Cloudways offers its integrated CDN at a low cost without such limits, making it a more cost-effective option for high-traffic sites.
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Both platforms are optimized for speed, utilizing cutting-edge caching technologies and global data centers. However, Cloudways offers more data center options across multiple providers, providing better location flexibility for optimized speeds globally.“
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Cloudways is more developer-friendly, supporting multiple frameworks and programming languages, and offering advanced features like staging environments. Kinsta is tailored for WordPress-only hosting, limiting development flexibility compared to Cloudways’ broader capabilities.
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Cloudways allows you to host unlimited websites on any plan, offering more flexibility. In contrast, Kinsta’s plans restrict the number of websites you can host, with even its higher-tier plans having limits on site numbers.
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Cloudways offers flexible, pay-as-you-go pricing, making it cost-effective for your needs. Kinsta uses a fixed, higher-tier pricing structure that limits features unless you upgrade, making Cloudways the more affordable option for growing websites.
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Cloudways provides more flexibility by allowing you to choose from five cloud providers (AWS, DigitalOcean, Google Cloud, Linode, Vultr), while Kinsta only uses Google Cloud for hosting, limiting your options to a single provider.
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1. All information regarding Kinsta has been sourced from their official website and is accurate as of September 2024.

2. The information in this section has been procured from G2 in October (2024) and may be subject to change.