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Managed hosting · 4 alternatives · Kinsta iScore 58 (#3/5)

Every managed hosting provider this site tracks, ordered by iScore — the same peers Kinsta's own score is measured against. The line under each name is where its sourced facts differ from Kinsta's; where a full comparison exists, the row links to it.

Ranked by iScore
  1. WP EngineEntry paid plan: Starting at $28.00/month for the Managed Hosting Platform, quoted in USD; $336.00 if bill…61#1/5
  2. CloudwaysKind of free offer: Free trial vs No free offer60#2/5
  3. FlywheelEntry paid plan: $25/month for Starter, billed $300 a year with two months free. Monthly billing is offere…55#4/5
  4. PressableEntry paid plan: $20.83/month for Signature 1, billed $250 a year. Monthly billing is offered at a higher…52#5/5

Where Kinsta stands against these 4

Kinsta's own sourced figures, placed among the alternatives above that document the same thing in the same unit. A rank here is one criterion, not a verdict; the iScore above weighs all of them.

Free tier
No. None of the 4 alternatives that document it has one either.
Entry paid plan
$35/month for the entry single-site plan (first month $0, then $35/month); $30/month if paid annually5th cheapest of the 5 that document it. Cheapest: Cloudways — $11/month for the cheapest Cloudways Flexible server, as the pricing page's FAQ states.
Storage (entry plan)
10GB storage on the Single 20GB plan (cheapest paid WordPress hosting plan)Joint 3rd highest of the 5 that document it. Highest: Cloudways — 25 GB NVMe on the 1 GB Micro server, the smallest DigitalOcean Basic size on the Premium (NVMe) option the…
Sites or apps included
1 WordPress install on the Single 20GB plan (cheapest paid WordPress hosting plan)Joint highest of the 4 that document it. Level with: Flywheel — 1 site on Starter, the cheapest plan; up to 10 on Freelance.
Included bandwidth
20GB server bandwidth a month on the Single 20GB plan, plus 125GB of CDN bandwidth4th highest of the 4 that document it. Highest: Cloudways — 1 TB of transfer a month on the 1 GB DigitalOcean Micro server, rising to 5 TB on the 8 GB Large server.
Max request duration
300 seconds (default PHP max_execution_time)Joint highest of the 3 that document it. Level with: Cloudways — 300 seconds by default (the server's Execution Limit, which applies across the stack).
Regions
30 data centersHighest of the 3 that document it. Next: Flywheel — Five data centers: US (Iowa), Canada (Montreal), United Kingdom (London), Europe (Belgium) and Australia…

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