With Kinsta, you can only host your sites on Google Cloud. Cloudways lets you choose from 3 of the world’s top server providers and 30+ data centers, for total performance control.
“The entry prices are low, but you get much better performance and control than on shared hosting.”
Every website owner deserves to choose how and where their sites are hosted. Nobody knows your business better than you. The more control you have over your sites, the harder they’ll work for you.
“I wish they didn’t artificially limit PHP workers. I run a membership site and worry that I’ll have to migrate once we really start to grow.”
“They allow you no control of your server”
“I contacted customer support several times and was basically told to figure it out myself.”
“They are forcing all sites that use Cloudflare to continue to use their service AND requiring every single site hosted with them to make an IP change to Cloudflare.”
“I wasn’t overly impressed and didn’t like the inability to have granular control of my server.”
“They have arbitrary limitations on things like PHP workers and are absolutely unwilling to budge if you need extra headroom for your server.”
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Host other popular PHP-based apps such as Drupal, Magento, Laravel, and Joomla.
Cloudways offers 3 different providers: Digital Ocean, AWS, and Google Cloud.
Why pay for every single website? Launch as many as you want — all under the same account.
Our PHP 7.4 servers running on PHP-FPM (Fast Process Management) will optimize your website for fast, reliable load times.
Kinsta only offers Google Cloud Platform (still a great choice). But maybe one of our other cloud providers fit your budget more or give you higher performance. With Cloudways, you’ve got hosting options.
Kinsta provides up to 4 PHP workers per site. Cloudways dynamically adds PHP workers based on your server limits and your PHP settings, which you can customize for extended performance.
With Cloudways, you get free hourly backups while Kinsta charges $100/mo, per site. And if you need off-site backups, Kinsta starts at $2/mo for each site + $1 per GB. Cloudways gives you off-site backups at $0.033/GB per server, no matter how many sites you’re hosting.
Kinsta only provides support via their messaging system. Cloudways gives you free, 24/7/365 support, including access to Live Chat. For mission-critical sites, you can get priority support via phone, email, and Slack.
Kinsta puts a limit to your monthly visitors on each plan. If you want more visitors, you’re forced to upgrade. Your Cloudways plan is uncapped. Get as many visitors as you can and only upgrade if you exhaust your server resources.
Results based on loader.io, comparing hosting plans at three levels.
Results based on loader.io, comparing similar sites and hosting plans for speed optimizations.
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| Plan | BUSINESS 1 | 4GB DIGITAL OCEAN |
| Average | 5,000 ms | 3,439 ms |
| Min | 50 ms | 1,039 ms |
| Max | 50,000 ms | 9,296 ms |
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| Entry Level | $300 | As low as $100 |
| Sites Included | 20, 40 or 60 WordPress installs, depending on your plan | Unlimited sites on any plan (not just WordPress) |
| Monthly visits | 400K, 600K or 1MM, depending on your plan | Unlimited visits on any plan |
| Dedicated Partnership Manager | Undisclosed | For Gold and Platinum partners |
| Agency Perks | Free site migrations + Free hosting for your agency site | Get 10% OFF for 6-12 months |
| Plan perks | 3 months free on annual plans paid upfront | Pay as you go model — never pay anything upfront |
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| Early Feature Access | Yes | Offered for Gold and Platinum partners |
| Swag Box | No | For Gold and Platinum partners |
Your 1st site migration is on us. Tell our team about your app and the traffic it gets. We’ll take care of the entire process of moving your current site.
No Bugs Guaranteed! Our migration experts work closely with you to ensure that your Cloudways site is up and running in tip-top shape.
“Cloudways makes it really easy for you to keep full control over what you are doing and paying for.”
Yes and no. Kinsta does not offer a free trial on any of its pricing plans, but they do offer a 30-day money back guarantee. Keep in mind, however, overages and one-time fees are non-refundable. All Cloudways plans, on the other hand, are 100% free to start. No credit card needed. We’ll even cover the costs of migrating your first site.
No, Kinsta only does WordPress hosting. You can’t pick your own server either, as Google is the only cloud hosting provider they offer. As you can see, Kinsta gives you very little control over the tools you use to set up your website.
Cloudways supports WordPress hosting, plus any website that’s based on a PHP Content Management System such as Drupal, Magento, Laravel, and Joomla. In addition to Google Cloud, you can choose from 4 other cloud providers: Digital Ocean, Linode, Vultr, AWS.
Cloudways even gives you twice as many global data centers (65+) to choose from. The closer they are to your customer base, the faster load times they’ll experience.
Security is our #1 priority at Cloudways, forming the very foundation of our cloud hosting experience. No matter which hosting plan you’re on, your dedicated Cloudways server comes security features such as:
