Kinsta vs WP Engine
On money they are close: about $1,176 over three years at WP Engine on annual billing, $1,260 at Kinsta billed monthly, or about $1,050 on Kinsta's annual plan with its free first month. Kinsta covers more regions and allows more visits on the entry plan. WP Engine is cheaper to add sites to and offers phone support.
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
Kinsta and WP Engine both run WordPress for you: updates, caching, backups and security are their job. Their entry plans land on the same $35 monthly list price, so the choice comes down to the first-year deal, how many visits the plan allows and where the data centres are.
Entry price
$35 a month for Single 35k, the same when it renews.
$28 a month for Essential on a 12-month term, then $35.
Management
Fully managed (managed wordpress).
Fully managed (managed wordpress).
Data centres
North America, Europe, Asia, Oceania, South America, Middle East and Africa.
North America, Europe, Asia and Oceania.
Extras
No cPanel, no email.
No cPanel, no email.
Which one is for you
Pick Kinsta if
- You want the larger visit allowance on the entry plan: 35,000 a month against 25,000
- Your visitors are in South America, the Middle East or Africa, where Kinsta has data centres and WP Engine, in our data, does not
- You would rather pay monthly with no first-year price that expires
Pick WP Engine if
- You are happy to pay a year up front: $336 for the first year, or $28 a month
- You expect to add sites: an extra site costs $20 a month at WP Engine and $30 at Kinsta
- You want phone support, which WP Engine lists and Kinsta does not
Where their data centres are
By region. A faded logo means no data centre there in our data.
- North AmericaKinsta: yesWP Engine: yes
- EuropeKinsta: yesWP Engine: yes
- AsiaKinsta: yesWP Engine: yes
- OceaniaKinsta: yesWP Engine: yes
- South AmericaKinsta: yesWP Engine: no
- Middle EastKinsta: yesWP Engine: no
- AfricaKinsta: yesWP Engine: no
True of both
- Neither includes email, so budget for a separate mail service
- Neither offers cPanel; both use their own dashboards
- WP Engine's $28 is a first-year coupon for new customers; the renewal is $35 a month
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 Kinsta or WP Engine cheaper?
On the cheapest plans we have on file, WP Engine costs about $1,176 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 Kinsta and WP Engine renew at?
Kinsta's entry plan renews at $35 a month (no change from $35). WP Engine's renews at $35 a month (up from $28).
Which has more data centre regions?
Kinsta has data centres in 7 of the 7 regions we track (North America, Europe, Asia, Oceania, South America, Middle East and Africa); WP Engine in 4 (North America, Europe, Asia and Oceania).
Do Kinsta and WP Engine include email?
Kinsta does not include email, and WP Engine does not include email, according to our data.