WordPress Hosting · Comparison
Hostinger vs. Kinsta
Hostinger and Kinsta compared across Company facts, Pricing, Performance & infrastructure, WordPress management, Support & security and Platform & integrations — every fact sourced and re-verified from each vendor's public material.
Hostinger
Low-cost managed WordPress and shared hosting with an in-house hPanel control panel.
Kinsta
Premium managed WordPress hosting on Google Cloud's Premium Tier, focused on speed and developer tooling.
Company facts
Headquarters
Kaunas, Lithuania Headquartered in Kaunas, Lithuania
West Hollywood, CA Remote-first company; West Hollywood, CA is the registered US address
Employees
900 Around 900 employees (company-stated)
225 ~220-230 employees (distributed across 6 continents)
Pricing
Starting Monthly Price (USD)
$10.99 Premium plan; intro $2.99/mo on a 48-month term
$35 Single 20GB plan; $30/mo when billed annually ($350/yr)
Entry Plan WordPress Sites
3 sites Up to 3 websites on the Premium plan
1 sites 1 WordPress install on the Single 20GB entry plan
Entry Plan Storage (GB)
20 GB 20 GB SSD on the Premium plan
10 GB 10 GB disk; entry plan meters bandwidth (20 GB server bandwidth), not visits
Free Trial Length (Days)
0 days No free trial; 30-day money-back guarantee instead
0 days No standard free trial; new accounts get a first-month-free promo and a 30-day money-back guarantee
Money-Back Guarantee (Days)
30 days 30-day money-back guarantee
30 days 30-day money-back guarantee (first-time customers; excludes one-time fees, overages, dedicated-server fees)
Performance & infrastructure
Underlying Cloud
own datacenters Custom-built servers in Hostinger's own Tier-3 datacenters
Google Cloud Google Cloud Platform, Premium Tier network
Datacenter Locations
12 12 datacenter locations across 4 continents
27 27 Google Cloud data center locations available for site placement
Free CDN
Free CDN included from the Business plan up, not on entry Premium
Cloudflare-powered CDN + edge caching, free on all plans (125 GB CDN bandwidth on entry plan)
Web Server
LiteSpeed LiteSpeed web server with LiteSpeed Cache (LSCache)
NGINX NGINX-based stack
Built-in Object Cache
Object Cache (LSMCD) available from the Business plan up, not on entry Premium
Redis object cache is a paid add-on ($100/mo per site)
Latest PHP Version
8.5 PHP selectable up to 8.5 (8.3 default)
8.5 PHP 8.5 generally available (selectable in MyKinsta); 7.4 through 8.5 supported
Free SSL Certificate
Free unlimited lifetime SSL (auto-provisioned and renewed)
Free Cloudflare/Let's Encrypt SSL, auto-provisioned and renewed; wildcard supported
WordPress management
Automatic WordPress Updates
Automatic WordPress core updates managed by the host
Kinsta does not auto-update WordPress core; automatic plugin/theme updates are a paid add-on ($3/site/mo)
Staging Environments
Built-in WordPress staging available from the Business plan up, not on entry Premium
One free standard staging environment on all plans, with push-to-live (selective file/DB push); premium staging is a paid add-on
Automatic Daily Backups
Entry Premium plan has weekly auto backups; daily backups start at the Business plan
Automatic daily backups with one-click restore; 6-hour/hourly backups are paid add-ons
Backup Retention (Days)
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14 days 14 days of daily backups on the entry plan; higher tiers retain 30 days
Free Site Migration
Free unlimited automated WordPress migrations
Unlimited free expert-handled migrations on all plans
SSH & WP-CLI Access
SSH access with WP-CLI pre-installed on Premium and above
SSH access on all plans; WP-CLI v2 pre-installed on every server. Git supported.
WordPress Multisite Support
WordPress Multisite officially supported on managed WordPress plans
Officially supported, but not on the entry plan: requires Single 40GB / Single 65k or higher
Support & security
Uptime SLA (%)
99.9% 99.9% uptime guarantee
99.9% 99.9% SLA-backed uptime guarantee (up to 99.99% on custom plans)
24/7 Support
24/7 live chat support on all plans (priority support on Cloud)
24/7/365 human expert support via live chat on all plans
Malware Removal / Hack Fix
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Free hack-fix / malware removal under the Security Pledge (excludes nulled plugins/themes)
WAF / DDoS Protection
In-house WAF + Cloudflare-nameserver DDoS protection on all plans
Cloudflare-based managed WAF + L3/4/7 DDoS protection, free on all plans
Platform & integrations
Control Panel
custom hPanel, Hostinger's in-house control panel
custom MyKinsta custom dashboard (no cPanel)
White-Label / Agency Features
Hostinger Pro: unified multi-site dashboard with unbranded (white-label) client dashboards and per-site client access
White-label WP admin, agency partner program, MyKinsta multi-client/team management
Email Hosting Included
Free email mailboxes included (2 per website on Premium, free for 1 year)
No email hosting; Kinsta recommends Google Workspace / Microsoft 365 and helps add MX records
The verdict
Hostinger Best for multi-site value on a tight budget
Far cheaper entry ($10.99 vs $35/mo) covering 3 sites and 20 GB versus Kinsta's single 10 GB install. Adds managed WordPress core updates, entry-plan multisite, and bundled email mailboxes, all of which Kinsta lacks at this tier. Trade-off: no entry-plan CDN, staging, or daily backups.
Full profile Kinsta Best for managed performance and recovery out of the box
Runs on Google Cloud across 27 datacenters (vs 12) with a free Cloudflare CDN, free staging, daily backups with restore, and free malware removal on the entry plan, all absent from Hostinger's entry tier. You pay more ($35 vs $10.99) for one site, and core auto-updates and email aren't included.
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