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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Kinsta

    Score9.6 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    Kinsta offers WordPress hosting with daily backups, Cloudflare integration, and 24/7 human-only support available in 10 languages. Boasting users among more than 120,000 businesses in over 128 countries, Kinsta helps to keep sites running smoothly wherever they're accessed and is SOC 2 audited and ISO 27001 certified to meet rigorous standards for security and data protection.

    $35

    per month single site hosting

    Netlify

    Score10 out of 10
    N/ANetlify is a platform for developers from the company of the same name in San Francisco, used to build performant and dynamic web sites, e-commerce stores and applications. By uniting an ecosystem of technologies, services and APIs into one workflow.

    $9

    per month per user

    Pricing
    KinstaNetlify
    Editions & Modules
    For single sites
    $35
    per month Single 20GB (or 35k visits)
    For multiple sites
    $70
    per month 2 WP installs and 40GB server (or 70k visits)
    For agencies
    $340
    per month
    Free
    $0
    300 credit limit / month
    Personal
    $9
    per month per user
    Pro
    $20
    per month per user
    Enterprise
    Custom Quote
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    KinstaNetlify
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsDiscount available for annual billing.—
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    User Ratings
    KinstaNetlify
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.8
    (16 ratings)
    10.0
    (10 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    KinstaNetlify
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Kinsta
    I currently haven't found any scenarios whereby Kinsta is not well suited. Kinsta is suited to a variety of WordPress websites from business brochures to eCommerce. Kinsta's support is second to none, so if you lack technical knowledge, this is a great host to be with, especially if you need Managed WordPress hosting.
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    Netlify
    Netlify is a static website host, so it obviously wouldn't work for hosting dynamic websites built in PHP, such as WordPress or Drupal. It works very well with static sites with a git codebase on something like GitHub. It has automatic deployments, which include preview websites. It works very well with this workflow. There are solutions for allowing content authoring on static websites on Netlify, but I would probably reach for something like WordPress or Drupal for that.
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    Pros
    Kinsta
    • Developer friendly; WP-CLI; SSH access
    • Amazing support - I never have to wait more than a minute or two to get a response!
    • Kinsta is also willing to troubleshoot issues that are not their own. They don't just say "It's not our problem" without helping to debug the issue.
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    Netlify
    • I can connect Github/Gitlab repos or drag and drop code folders directly to host them onto the platform, and can customize build and publish details. It handles all granular details itself, so I don't have to worry about configuring everything like I would have to do on an IaaS like AWS
    • Netlify Platform has inbuilt scalability support - meaning automatic upgrading of servers to handle traffic, without us needing to do anything at all, again, unlike IaaS, where we'd have to manually configure scaling
    • It has a built in CDN, meaning static applications can be served blazing fast over the web without worrying about traffic or latency
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    Cons
    Kinsta
    • No email solution provide resulting in having to find some other solution
    • Some clients find the price point difficult
    • Some clients find the lack of phone support difficult (although we find their online support great)
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    Netlify
    • it is not aimed at it but first party laravel support would be nice.
    • their free tier was so handy, i wish they start some similar efforts
    • incorporate more WebOps mindset
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Kinsta
    This is an extremely solid hosting product that I have yet to find clients who use it disappointed. I have had clients move from other competitors several times in search of something more reliable and scalable but not after they moved to Kinsta.
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    Netlify
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    Usability
    Kinsta
    Their dashboard is really well layed out and simple to use for most users. I also really appreciate the fact that our clients are able to collaborate with us by granting us access. Their site migration tool is straightforward and painless to use as well!
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    Netlify
    We interact with the CLI via our CI/CD pipeline. It was very straightforward to get set up, and their documentation is thorough. There are a ton of examples online of various setups. We needed to deploy a React SPA, so we required redirects, which was straightforward with Netlify.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Kinsta
    We never had any major downtimes with our service, and I believe that's because it's based in a cloud-based network so therefore our system is being shared amongst multiple points.
    Incentivized
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    Netlify
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Kinsta
    As mentioned before the performance was amazing and pages were loading quickly. They also provide other tools to help you improve further.
    Incentivized
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    Netlify
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Kinsta
    They are quick to respond, very knowledgeable and I don't have to be escalated to get my problems resolved quickly. They have an efficient chat system that allows for support requests to be handled quickly and easily picked up by another specialist if the need arises. They are always there when I need them.
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    Netlify
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Kinsta
    Not really it's a really easy to use system and straightforward!
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    Netlify
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    Alternatives Considered
    Kinsta
    GoDaddy is the one that drove me nuts. Downtime, poor performance, abysmal customer service. I switched to Kinsta because they looked like they’d do right everything GoDaddy did wrong (and they have). Hostinger is a company whose services I still use and am pleased with them. Their shared WordPress hosting is a good value and where I put experimental sites and low-traffic things that don’t justify the purchase of better hosting at this time. They also provide good email hosting and customer service has been good. My second-favorite service provider.
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    Netlify
    Netlify Platform is the first choice that we are using in this organization continuously and it's been a very promising platform to use. It also maintains the things very well. it also giving a very good updates. It is very easy to use and very easy to learn. overall it is good.
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    Scalability
    Kinsta
    We worked with clients who have major surges of visitor hits on a Buddhist website, and Kinsta was definitely up to the job. They were able to handle this and still provide excellent performance. As well, it was easy to track down other barriers for Google Ratings using their system to further improve the performance of these clients.
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    Netlify
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    Return on Investment
    Kinsta
    • Our website was up and running in less than a day
    • Despite not doing a huge advertising drive yet (we're still not ready at the moment), we've noticed a steady increase of organic visitors to the site, at least by 30%, which still isn't a lot in overall numbers at the moment, but that is expected
    • Cost is higher, so we've had to separate a budget just for Kinsta
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    Netlify
    • it's free to get started and to work on small frontend projects for testing and qa
    • very nice DNS Management
    • quick and easy to use, reduces dev efforts
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    ScreenShots

    Kinsta Screenshots

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    Netlify Screenshots

    Screenshot of where to gather feedback right from the browser with Netlify collaborative Deploy Previews. Share progress early and often with preview links created automatically for every deploy. Netlify automatically builds a new Deploy Preview as a unique permanent URL for each Pull/Merge Request. With no coding or setup, every preview enables reviewers to submit feedback complete with screenshots, videos, and annotations.Screenshot of a team overview in the Netlify platform, used to monitor a team's usage, showing the number of team members and how much build capacity and bandwidth the team is using.Screenshot of Netlify Edge Functions, which help run code at the edge, close to end users. Netlify Edge Functions use Deno and the powerful V8 JavaScript runtime to run globally distributed functions for the fastest possible response times.Screenshot of Discover, connect, and configure dev tools and APIs all within the Netlify Integrations Hub to extend the limits of web performance and team productivity.Screenshot of Netlify Graph, which eases access to API services. Graph Authentication handles token refresh and scope management so APIs stay connected over time.Screenshot of Netlify Analytics, which bring data captured directly from servers, presented simply.