Convesio vs Kinsta (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, we pick Kinsta: it is third in our ranking of web hosts, and it grades higher too, 2.2 against 1.8.
Checked Nov 2, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 · graded Oct 17, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA
Kinsta grades higher on value for money and features. They get the same grade on the free plan, ease of use and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Convesio
Managed WordPress hosting on dedicated CPUs, billed per month
Kinsta
Managed WordPress hosting priced by sites, visits or bandwidth
Which one is for you
Pick Convesio if
- Fits if you run a WooCommerce shop that needs dedicated CPUs
- Works for agencies hosting ten or more client sites
Look elsewhere if
- Pricey if you run one small site, at $50 a month to start
- Not for you if you need custom PHP configuration or non-WordPress apps
- Tight if you grow: extra disk is $20 per 10 GB and extra bandwidth $20 per 100 GB
- Watch out: Express plans get chat and email support, and Slack support starts at Agency
- Watch out: the 100-core bursting add-on is $400 a month
Pick Kinsta if
- Fits if your business site has outgrown shared hosting
- Works for agency teams that need staging, user roles and an API
Look elsewhere if
- Pricey if you add sites, at $30 a month for each one beyond the plan, or $20 per extra 20 GB of disk
- Tight if traffic spikes, since visits over the cap bring overage fees
- Watch out: a visit is each unique IP in 24 hours, and all sites on a plan share one monthly limit
- Skip it if you want hourly backups or Redis included, as they're paid add-ons
- Watch out: the free first month means signing up to a paid plan, and covers Launch, Single and WP 2 only
How we grade them
| 1.8GPAConvesioWeak | 2.2GPAKinstaFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | D$50 a month for one site on Express Level 1, against a category middle of $11 and a dearest tenth from $30. Agency starts at $150 for up to 10 sites, $10 to $15 a site. | CGraded against the other managed WordPress hosts, not low-priced shared hosting. Launch is $350 a year after a free first month, so two years cost $700, about $29.17 a month, toward the dear end of that group. Each extra site is $30 a month. |
| Free plan and trial | DA 7-day trial on Ultra plans, and Express says no charge until the site is deployed. No free plan. | DThe first month is free on Launch, Single and WP 2 for new customers, but you sign up to a paid plan to get it, so it works like a trial that needs payment details. After that there's a 30-day money-back guarantee. |
| Features | CDedicated CPUs, CDN, daily backups, staging and migrations. The gaps: no custom PHP configuration on Express and Ultra and no non-WordPress apps. | BDaily backups, one-click staging, a Cloudflare firewall and CDN, free malware removal, unlimited free migrations, SSO and its own APM tool for slow plugins. Hourly backups and Redis are paid add-ons, but the managed WordPress job is all there. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record. Migration is handled for you, but there are plans, CPUs and add-ons to choose. | CNo app store rating to go on. Kinsta's team moves your sites over for free, but there are plans, limits and add-ons to get your head around. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb only, with Cloudflare, New Relic, WooCommerce and its own payment add-on. | BA web dashboard with no app on record, plus a REST API for creating sites and clearing cache, and backups to Amazon S3 or Google Cloud Storage. |
| Best for | WordPress on dedicated CPUs | managed WordPress with an API and monitoring |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Convesio and Kinsta. How we grade
Price against what you get
Convesio starts at $50 a month and scores 2.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Kinsta starts at $30 a month and scores 2.7.
Kinsta scores higher and starts $20 a month lower. Of the other web hosts on the chart, 12 score higher than Convesio for less, and none scores higher than Kinsta for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Kinsta also covers malware protection.
At a glance
| Convesio | Kinsta | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free trial |
| Starts at | $50 per month (Express Level 1, 2 dedicated CPUs) | $30 per month for 1 site, billed annually ($35 billed monthly) |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | 7-day free trial on the Ultra plans; the Express plans say no charge until the site is deployed. | First month free on Launch, Single and WP 2 plans for new customers, then a 30-day money-back guarantee |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Convesio | Kinsta Inc. |
| Price read from | convesio.com | kinsta.com |
| Checked | Nov 12, 2026 | Nov 2, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Convesio
- There is no free plan, and the cheapest plan starts at $50 a month for one site.
- Extra disk costs $20 per 10 GB and extra bandwidth $20 per 100 GB, according to the add-ons list.
- The comparison table says custom PHP configuration is not supported on Express and Ultra, and non-WordPress apps are not supported there either.
- Slack support is not included on Express plans, which get chat and email support.
Kinsta
- Plans cap monthly visits, bandwidth and storage; going over keeps the site online but adds overage fees, with alerts at 80% and 100%.
- Each extra site is $30 a month and each extra 20 GB of disk is $20 a month.
- A visit is each unique IP address in a 24-hour period, and visits to all sites on a plan count toward one monthly limit.
- Redis caching, hourly backups, external backups and premium staging are paid add-ons.
Key features
Convesio
- Dedicated CPUs per plan
- Plans are sized by dedicated CPUs and RAM, with the page listing 2 CPUs at $50 a month and 40 or more at $2,000 a month.
- Included CDN, SSL and backups
- Every plan lists a built-in CDN, free SSL, DDoS protection, daily security scans and daily backups; database backups are hourly on Express and Ultra.
- Staging and migrations
- Express plans include one free staging site per live site, and the page says migrations are handled for you on all plans.
- CPU bursting
- Express plans list bursting available up to 100 CPUs. A 100-core bursting add-on is priced at $400 a month, and Ultra lists bursting as included.
- Agency hosting
- Agency plans host ten or more WordPress installs with per-site CPUs and PHP workers, and the page puts the cost at $10 to $15 per site.
- Commerce add-ons
- Convesio also sells ConvesioConvert for marketing automation and ConvesioPay for payment processing alongside the hosting.
Kinsta
- Firewall, CDN and malware removal
- Sites sit behind a Kinsta firewall and Cloudflare with enterprise DDoS protection, are served from a CDN with edge caching, and get malware cleaned up at no charge.
- Daily backups and staging
- Sites are backed up every 24 hours, kept for 14 days on entry plans, and have one-click staging. Hourly backups and premium staging are paid add-ons.
- Kinsta API
- A REST API creates sites, reads site details, clears cache and restarts PHP, so routine work can be scripted.
- Built-in APM tool
- Kinsta's own application monitoring tool traces slow plugins, queries and requests on a site.
- Unlimited migrations and users
- Kinsta's team migrates any number of WordPress sites for free, and you can add unlimited users with their own access levels, with SAML single sign-on.
- 24/7 support in 8 languages
- Support is by chat around the clock, from people rather than a bot.
Plans
Convesio
Express Level 1$50
per month
2 dedicated CPUs, 1+ GB RAM, 25 GB storage, 100 GB bandwidth, unlimited visitors, CDN, Memcache and 1 free staging site per live site.
Express Level 2$100
per month
4 dedicated CPUs, 2+ GB RAM, 25 GB storage and 100 GB bandwidth, with the same included features as Level 1. Higher Express levels run to $250 for 10 CPUs.
Agency Express 10$150
per month for up to 10 WordPress installs
Hosts up to 10 WordPress sites with 2 CPUs, 2 PHP workers and 100 GB bandwidth per site, plus 24/7 priority Slack support. The page lists cost per site as $10 to $15.
HIPAA Hosting$300
per month and up
For healthcare providers: auto-scaling, Cloudflare Enterprise, an encrypted database, unlimited PHP workers and 2+ dedicated CPUs.
Ultra Level 5$600
per month
12 dedicated CPUs, 6+ GB RAM, 500 GB bandwidth, Cloudflare Enterprise, bursting up to 100 CPUs and 24/7 priority Slack support. Higher Ultra levels run to $2,000 for 40+ CPUs.
Kinsta
Launch$30
per month for 1 site, billed annually ($35 billed monthly)
Resource-based plan with 75,000 visits, 15 GB bandwidth and 15 GB storage a month. First month free.
Single 35k$30
per month for 1 site, billed annually ($35 billed monthly)
Billed by 35,000 visits a month, with 10 GB storage; Single 20GB is the same price billed by bandwidth instead. First month free.
Launch Plus$50
per month for 1 site, billed annually ($59 billed monthly)
125,000 visits, 25 GB bandwidth and 25 GB storage a month for one busier site.
Build$58
per month for 2 sites, billed annually ($69 billed monthly)
200,000 visits, 40 GB bandwidth and 30 GB storage a month shared by two sites.
WP 2$59
per month for 2 sites, billed annually ($70 billed monthly)
Two sites billed by 70,000 visits or 40 GB bandwidth a month, with 20 GB storage. First month free.
Expand$83
per month for 5 sites, billed annually ($99 billed monthly)
350,000 visits, 65 GB bandwidth and 40 GB storage a month across five sites. Larger plans run to Lead at $250 a month for 20 sites.
Ways to pay less
Convesio
No public discounts listed.
Kinsta
- Annual discount
Two months off with annual billing
Paying yearly costs ten times the monthly price, for example $350 a year for Launch instead of $35 a month.
- Other savings
Up to $10,000 in hosting credits for agencies
Eligible agencies on Agency plans can get up to $10,000 in hosting credits, plus free hosting for the agency's own site.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Convesio or Kinsta?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Kinsta is cheaper to start with: $30 a month, against $50 a month for Convesio. Convesio starts at $50 per month (Express Level 1, 2 dedicated CPUs), and Kinsta starts at $30 per month for 1 site, billed annually ($35 billed monthly).
Which has a free plan, Convesio or Kinsta?
As of Nov 12, 2026, neither Convesio nor Kinsta has a free plan. Both have a free trial.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.