Kinsta Reviews: 4.8/5 — Highly Rated
Kinsta is a cloud-based host that offers managed WordPress plans backed by reliable server power and optimization that is hard to beat. It’s famous for easily overtaking competition in performance tests and being very easy to use while ensuring that everything–from hosting to server setup is taken care of for users.
| Capabilities |
API
CLI
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| Segment |
Small Business
Mid Market
Enterprise
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| Deployment | Cloud / SaaS / Web-Based |
| Support | 24/7 (Live rep), Chat, Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Phone Support |
| Training | Documentation |
| Languages | English |
Kinsta Pros and Cons
- Very reliable teachnical support
- Can reliably accommodate traffic spikes
- Optimized for ecommerce
- Incredibly fast platform
- No phone support
- More expensive than average
- No email hosting provided
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It's really hard to pick one thing. The hosting is fast and comes with so many additional things that my previous hosting provider didn't provide. What I really like best is the service though. Any time I use the Kinsta chat, I get an answer to my question or problem almost immediately. Here are a few of the problems that I have had as an example. Is it safe to upgrade to php 8? Can I move my data center? I even made a very stupid mistake with my redirects and they quickly figured out the problem and the solution. I guess the service is what I like best.
This might be a tough question. I really haven't come across anything that I dislike. I guess maybe sometimes the kinsta blog is a little more technical, I would like it better if they wrote more for someone without a technical background.
First Fast hosting, cutting edge updates. They are usually at the forefront of updates to php, etc.
La facilidad de uso y la rapidez en el soporte. Evita mucho trabajo al disponer de dos entornos de producción. Además, tienen una herramienta que te permite desarrollar en local, pasar de un entorno a otro, etc. y es fantástica.
El precio es elevado, aunque es un servicio por el que merece la pena pagar. Con respecto al soporte, deberían formar algo más a determinados operadores porque a veces, las soluciones que han aportado, han generado más problemas. No tengo más que buenas impresiones del servicio, por lo que no quiero añadir nada más.
La rapidez en la publicación y el entorno de staging facilitan mucho el proceso. Puedes desarrollar todo el proyecto en el entorno de staging y una vez revisado, pasarlo a producción en un solo clic. Además, tienen servicios como el de backup o limpieza de caché que te ofrecen mayor garantía.
Fast and resourceful live chat support Ease of set-up Admin interface Speed and ability to reliably accept high volume traffic
The price is a bit high. I'm happy with the amount of resources they provide for the price, but I would be really grateful if they include an extra WordPress installation or two.
We needed to host an e-learning site with a high number of users and Kinsta allows us to achieve this goal. It gives our site the required speed and uptime. The support staff is also helpful and quick to respond. The admin interface is clean and easy to use. The Kinsta DNS is also faster than our previous one, so that's a bonus.
The support is fantastic and the fact that everything is backed up gives a great sense of security should anything go wrong or if I did anything wrong.
I'm not sure that I've found anything I dislike yet! However, I wasn't sure how to find staging, but it was right in front of me.
I have a site that I created to help people with their Las Vegas vacations. The problem I had was website speed. Kinsta have certainly helped me with this.
I rarely have any issues. If I need to check anthing online chat is usually answered within 2 minutes and the support is very helful
I haven't come across anything that I dislike about Kinsta
A plugin caused my site to crash and this was quicky resolved
I did my research and these guys live up to their reputation. I needed a hosting company that would help my web site with speed and with excellent tech support in real time and these guys fit that profile. The dashboard and functionality are very user friendly too.
Nothing so far as the guys at Kinsta have helped me through any issues that I had.
I am not sure that I am solving any problems but any limited knowledge, that I have, in these areas have not been an issue as the tech support gets m through everything.
I love hosting my website. Server Very fast and reliable, the support service is unsurpassed. I've met several hosting services, but none surpasses Kinsta
I have nothing that I dislike so far. Kinsta is amazing
Website speed was the first benefit I received when migrating my website. Service is always very fast and efficient.
Excellent client support, very good uptime, excellent site speed, SSL included, automated backups.
More expensive than most options, but worth it.
We have our Wordpress sites running full speed without having problems os stability.
The fast technology, along with intuitive self-service and price, is a great value. It is a well-documented service, and I enjoy the weekly email updates. They have helped me find new solutions, plugins, and other useful information.
I have not found a negative aspect of the service.
The service allows complete control of my WordPress website without dealing with the extra infrastructure, services like CDN, DNS & SSL. The staging service is an excellent feature for developing a new website while continuing uninterrupted on your current website.
Their hosting is super fast and their online tech support is incredible. I always get instant replies and helpful information.
Sometimes I get confused as to which department I need to direct my query to.
Efficient and powerful Wordpress hosting which is reliable and lightning fast. Apart from the excellent support and help in tricky situations with plugins etc, the speed of our Wordpress sites are very impressive. Also the CDN which is included is very helpful. I also love the staging environment and how easy it is to set it all up.
Lightning fast, brilliant support, great tools. Seriously the best host I've ever used.
The only tiny issue that you have used a third party like google for mail support.
They've massively increased the speed of my site and made me feel confident with it's users.
I especially like very much two things with Kinsta: - customer service & their blog! Blog is awesome: Kinsta put much effort in blog posts, they are also translated in my language (italian). With excellent technical support (and it is technically deeping, they leave you with an answer and kindly guiding you through the troubleshooting) and their blog, I geowith a trusting bond with them. I trust Kinsta and that's what's matter to me. Tools in their panels are easy and usefuls to use.
I don't dislike anything on kinsta. Maybe what I don't like too much is the impossibility to use a domain and mail service from their panel (I'm forced to go with zoho mail). I don't like price plans very much, I have a medium shop and I have to pay 100 € every month. But it is not Kinsta's fault, value for money is very good with this server, trust me.
They helped me very kindly with query bottleneck. They were willing to assist me with site optimization and speed up. Now my website is quicker and I increased my sales with this.
Everything! The customer service has been incredible so far. The documentation is also incredible. Every time I need a simple question answered, I just do a quick search on their blog and I always find it.
I really can't think of anything I dislike.
I no longer have to worry up website downtime or slow speeds. Also, getting something taken care of is super easy because their customer service is so great. I really don't worry about hosting at all anymore.
I tried several hosting services here in Brazil. But none of them has the speed, reliability and fantastic technical support that Kinsta offers. The automatic daily backup of Kinsta, the SSL certificate super easy to configure, the availability of CDN and cache are definitely facilities that I really appreciated.
The price is a little high, but the value is justified by what is offered.
My website did not have an acceptable speed, and the other hosting services I tested did not perform as I expected. When I set up Kinsta with the Google servers based in Brazil, my site became much more responsive and faster.
Free hack fixes. If a client’s WordPress website is hacked we’ll fix it with immediate priority. Server-level rules and optimizations for WooCommerce and Easy Digital Download sites to ensure a smoother checkout experience for customers. A custom-designed dashboard with lots of data that helps you improve further your site.You can launch a free live demo version of a MyKinsta dashboard here.
Very manual labour when it comes to adding photos for each product.
Well, we're solving being website-less with Kinsta. Also, the hosting platform doesn’t fall into any of the traditional hosting categories. Our entire infrastructure is built on the Google Cloud Platform and is very different from traditional shared, VPS, or dedicated infrastructure. Furthermore, we make GCP’s compute-optimized C2 machines (Google’s fastest servers) and premium tier network available for all our customers at no additional charge.
The customer service and live chat are great, also the dashboard manager is really helpful. They make daily backup and allow you 5 manual backups, that are really helpful. I also love the staging enviroment to implement new features in the website.
Until now everything works perfect, no dislike anything.
I use formidable forms as one of the main plugins in my website to make calculations, with kinsta my forms increase the velocity and works perfect.
Performance of websites and their awesome support. Backups and security taken care of is truly a life saver. The team has been helpful when there have been issues which was due to a issue with a plugin conflict.
Nothing to say here, the experience has been very good.
Website load times and performance issues have been sorted out with Kinsta, resulting in more time for more productive activities. Our customer is also quite satisfied with the service levels. Its a win-win for us. We have worked with different service providers but the experience has not been very great. Since Kinsta is a Wordpress specialised hosting provider it makes a lot of difference. Security which is a huge concern is addressed at Kinsta, which is a welcome relief. Backups are another key area which is also taken care ensuring peace of mind. All this put together provides a balanced solution and helps us focus on customer requirements rather than on the routine activities to keep the site running safely. We look forward to continue working with Kinsta for our future requirements as well. We hope the team at Kinsta continues to innovate and keep up the good work they have been doing. Kudos to the entire team and Management.
The balance of performance with easy to use tools. You don't need to know how to run a server to operate on Kinsta and it's also optimized very well for WordPress performance. Even on other big name managed WP hosting companies I've had issues with website speed due to other sites hosted on the same server, I've never once had an issue with Kinsta. Moving clients sites over to Kinsta generally sees drastic increases in page performance. If I have a question, Kinsta support is also there to help, super knowledgeable and friendly. I love it, my clients love it, what else could you need in a hosting company?
I wish they had the capability to create monthly reports. It would really help to be able to print out the performance/usage/uptime/etc. data for each site on a per month basis. Hopefully they can build in some features to help developers that offer hosting/maintenance as a service!
It's nice that I can create multiple users under my main account, so I can take care of hosting and all that comes with it for my clients vs. having them sign up for everything individually. I can add value to my own business, while also adding value to my clients.
Great support and intuitive control panel I have more than website and some of them are hosted on different providers than Kinsta. Most of the time when I work with other host prividers I have to struggle with control panels or administrator stuff. Working with Kinsta is easier for me, everything is handy. Their support service is always ready to help me, they are very competent and professional and each time solved my problems in minutes without waiting me too long for a reply
The only thing I have to dislike about kinsta is that they don't manage the domain registration. I think is very easy for a non expert user to have an host who can manage domain registration for you. When I migrated from another host to kinsta I had some trouble with the domain tranfer and find a solution by myself
great google indexing. Kinsta seems to be more google friendly than other providers I tryed before.
Kinsta's presentation and fluidity is amazing, the service is always ready and it is the fastest in which I have worked.
In normal hostings we are used to using CPanel, that is something that is so easy to use but in Kinst that isn't exit. It is also a bit slow to create and manage subdomains.
I had been looking for a server where to work my website and projects, I always had problems with the speed and response time to my requirements. I never thought of finding an excellent quality service, which is always working and responds quickly. Kinsta has helped me a lot in my work, I am not worried about checking the server and if I have a problem that I cannot solve, the agents help me very quickly.
Clean and easy setup, amazing support team.
Due to the way how things are structured on Kinsta, you may have to sometimes check if plugins are compatible.
I host my ecommerce website on Kinsta and their backups are something that keeps me safe all the time.
First-class WordPress hosting support Fantastic support Very good price and value for money CDN and all the cool features
I love everything about Kinsta. Got nothing to negative to say.
WordPress hosting. Especially fast websites with great performance.
The overall performance of our website increased by 34% which allows us to again 107.31% more organic visitors in last 4 months. Let me make it short in points: 1. Speed and Cache 2. Support 3. DNS 4. Staging Environment 5. CDN 6. Knowledge Base and Blog Post for WordPress Optimization
For the price point, I guess Kinsta can afford to offer Verizon ROUTE DNS and Google CDN or StackPath. Since most of the visitors on our website are from North America, I personally prefer CDN service from Google, Akamai, or Verizon Edgecast. Yes, we know service providers like Akamai and Verizon are not cheap for an individual, but Kinsta can make it happen. KeyCDN is a good solution, but for the last few months, we have noticed significant performance drops on our websites with KeyCDN. Also, if you like to continue offering KeyCDN, at least allow us to have free CNAME and SSL. As for DNS Amazon Route 53 is excellent, but services like Verizon, NS1, and DNSMadeEasy might be a better option. Lastly PHP Workers, this needs to be increased or allow us to buy it as an addon.
Website management; Kinsta saves a lot of time and make it easy to maintain everything in one place.
Page loading speeds are lightening quick Easy to use panel
Has to be exactly 7 days between manual backups. Calling for help not an option
Page loading speed!
The previous platform I was using had some issues with caching - my programmer recommended Kinsta, and everything has been working great since!
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Kinsta resolved a caching issue which occurred on my previous platform.
Technical performance aside, as I view that as a necessary given — the customer service is absolutely fantastic.
Shockingly, nothing. This is the only service I use, where I cannot think of something to improve, at least for our use case.
Our main priority for web-hosting is technical performance. I feel comfortable that we're getting among the best performance possible. If a problem or question occurs, we get a quick response via chat. That is priceless.
simplicity of setup and managing updates; easy to use dashboards and navigation; easy to migrate between staging and prod environments
nothing to really not like unless you are perhaps a more technical user looking for more control
easy and low cost WP hosting; needed a simple way to host our WP front-end as a business user while allowing the technical team to focus on the more complex back end applications and integrations.
The support that Kinsta gives you is amazing.
Disliking kinsta is hard. The only thing is that they don’t support multisite on cheap hosting. But they help you with a workaroud.
TTFB is important for me because i’m running an e-commerce business
The dashboard is superb and very intuitive. CDN works well. Hosting TTFB times are insanely fast. I also find great consistency with pagespeed scores as well, indicating a very stable platform.
No emails so had to set up G Suite manually (a pain in the posterior!)
Simple management of client websites. Very simple to manage wordpress plugins and updates.
Kinsta’s customer service is great. Their 24/7 chat support has saved me so many times. The speed is also so much faster than any other host I’ve tried.
I wish they offered domain registration or the ability to manage your domain.
When I tried to call my previous hosts support, they hung up on me mid conversation. I knew I needed to find a new host and came across Kinsta. Their support team has been amazing and I’m so happy I switched.