Cloudways vs Kinsta
Cloudways costs about a third as much and lets you put many sites on one server, but you choose the server size and keep an eye on it. Kinsta costs more and covers one site per entry plan, with WordPress management included.
What each one costs
Cheapest plan we have on file for each, USD per month. The 3-year total uses the intro price for the required term, then the renewal price.
How they compare on our estimates
Editorial estimates on a 1 to 5 scale, not test results. How we estimate
Side by side
Cloudways sets up and patches a cloud server for you, then you put as many sites on it as it can carry. Kinsta manages WordPress itself and sells plans per site and per visit. Both take the server work off your hands; they price it very differently.
Entry price
$11 a month for Flexible - DigitalOcean 1GB, the same when it renews.
$35 a month for Single 35k, the same when it renews.
Management
Managed server (managed cloud).
Fully managed (managed wordpress).
Data centres
North America, Europe, Asia, Oceania, South America and Middle East.
North America, Europe, Asia, Oceania, South America, Middle East and Africa.
Extras
No cPanel, no email.
No cPanel, no email.
Which one is for you
Pick Cloudways if
- You run several sites and want them on one server: the entry server allows unlimited sites
- Your budget is closer to $11 to $15 a month than $35
- You want to choose the cloud underneath: DigitalOcean, Vultr, AWS, Google Cloud or Linode
Pick Kinsta if
- You want the host to manage WordPress itself, not only the server
- You have one important site and prefer a fixed plan by visits: 35,000 a month on the entry plan
- You want data centres in all seven regions we track
Where their data centres are
By region. A faded logo means no data centre there in our data.
- North AmericaCloudways: yesKinsta: yes
- EuropeCloudways: yesKinsta: yes
- AsiaCloudways: yesKinsta: yes
- OceaniaCloudways: yesKinsta: yes
- South AmericaCloudways: yesKinsta: yes
- Middle EastCloudways: yesKinsta: yes
- AfricaCloudways: noKinsta: yes
True of both
- Neither includes email
- Cloudways' entry price could not be confirmed on its own page: sources show both $11 and $14 a month
- Kinsta charges $30 a month for each extra site
Your priorities change the answer.
Set how much price, support, speed and ease matter to you and see the scores move.
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Is Cloudways or Kinsta cheaper?
On the cheapest plans we have on file, Cloudways costs about $396 over three years and Kinsta about $1,260, counting the intro term and the renewal price. Plans differ in what they include, so compare the plan details too.
What do Cloudways and Kinsta renew at?
Cloudways's entry plan renews at $11 a month (no change from $11). Kinsta's renews at $35 a month (no change from $35).
Which has more data centre regions?
Cloudways has data centres in 6 of the 7 regions we track (North America, Europe, Asia, Oceania, South America and Middle East); Kinsta in 7 (North America, Europe, Asia, Oceania, South America, Middle East and Africa).
Do Cloudways and Kinsta include email?
Cloudways does not include email, and Kinsta does not include email, according to our data.