Kinsta vs WPX
We give Kinsta a 2.2 GPA and WPX a 1.8, out of 4.0. Kinsta grades higher on the free plan, features and platforms. WPX grades higher on value for money. They get the same grade on ease of use.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Kinsta
Managed WordPress hosting priced by sites, visits or bandwidth
How we grade them
| 2.2GPAKinstaFair | 1.8GPAWPXWeak | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CGraded against the other managed WordPress hosts, not cheap 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. | BGraded against the other managed WordPress hosts. Starter's 2-year term is $341.81 upfront, so two years cost about $14.24 a month, the cheapest of that group, though not by enough for an A. Monthly is $17.99. |
| Free plan and trial | 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. | FNo free plan and no trial on record. Prepaying earns free months, but that's a discount, not a way to try it. |
| Features | 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. | CIts own XDN CDN, daily malware scans with free cleanup, a firewall, daily backups, and migrations and speed work done by staff. The gaps: Starter has no email and runs on half a CPU core and 3 GB of RAM, and staging isn't on record. |
| Ease of use | CNo app store rating to go on. Kinsta's team moves your sites over for free, which helps, but there are plans, limits and add-ons to get your head around. | CNo app store rating to go on. Staff handle migrations and speed work, which takes a lot off your plate, but you still run a WordPress site. |
| Platforms and integrations | 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. | CA web dashboard only, with WordPress and WooCommerce as the named integrations. No API is on record. |
| Best for | managed WordPress with an API and monitoring | managed WordPress with fixes done for you |
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: Kinsta and WPX. How we grade
Price against what you get
Kinsta starts at $30 a month and scores 2.7 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. WPX starts at $11.99 a month and scores 2.0.
Kinsta scores higher, and starts $18.01 a month higher: the question is whether the extra is worth that to you. Of the other web hosts on the chart, none scores higher than Kinsta for less, and 6 score higher than WPX 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 starts at $30 per month for 1 site, billed annually ($35 billed monthly). WPX starts at $11.99 per month for 1 site, prepaid for 5 years ($17.99 billed monthly).
At a glance
| Kinsta | WPX | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Paid |
| Starts at | $30 per month for 1 site, billed annually ($35 billed monthly) | $11.99 per month for 1 site, prepaid for 5 years ($17.99 billed monthly) |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | First month free on Launch, Single and WP 2 plans for new customers, then a 30-day money-back guarantee | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Kinsta Inc. | K Media Tech, LLC |
| Price read from | kinsta.com | wpx.net |
| Checked | Oct 17, 2026 | Oct 17, 2026 |
Who each one suits
Kinsta
- Business sites that have outgrown shared hosting
- Agencies and teams that need staging, user roles and an API
- WooCommerce shops that want a host managing WordPress for them
WPX
- WordPress site owners who want migrations and fixes done for them
- Small businesses that want email and hosting from one provider
- Buyers willing to prepay several years for a lower monthly rate
Worth knowing
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.
WPX
- Email at your domain needs the Business plan or higher; Starter has none.
- The lowest rates need years paid upfront: Starter is $11.99 a month only on a 5-year prepayment of $719.60.
- It hosts WordPress and WooCommerce only; agency and WooCommerce plans are sold on separate price lists.
- Starter runs on half a CPU core and 3 GB of RAM; more sites or resources need Business or Professional.
Key features
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.
WPX
- WPX XDN
- WPX runs its own content delivery network, the XDN, included free on every plan, with hybrid DDoS protection in front of its servers.
- Malware scans and cleanups
- Sites are scanned for malware every day and cleaned free, with a web application firewall, brute-force protection and two-factor login.
- Manual migrations
- Unlimited site migrations are done by WPX staff rather than a tool, usually within 24 hours, including debugging and malware cleanup.
- Speed optimization by staff
- An optimization team works on customer sites to make them load faster, at no extra charge.
- Business email
- Business and higher plans include email with webmail, unlimited mailboxes, email migration and AI-powered spam protection.
- Fixed For You guarantee
- Every plan carries WPX's Fixed For You guarantee, with live chat support around the clock and daily backups.
Plans
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.
WPX
Starter, monthly$17.99
per month for 1 site, billed monthly
1 website, 10 GB storage, 100 GB bandwidth, unlimited visitors and 9 PHP workers.
Starter, 1 year$14.99
per month for 1 site, prepaid yearly ($179.90)
The same Starter plan with 2 months free for paying a year ahead.
Starter, 3 years$12.49
per month for 1 site, prepaid for 3 years ($449.75)
The same Starter plan with 11 months free. A 2-year term is $14.24 a month ($341.81).
Starter, 5 years$11.99
per month for 1 site, prepaid for 5 years ($719.60)
The same Starter plan with 20 months free, the lowest rate. A 4-year term is $12.37 a month ($593.67).
Business, 5 years$19.99
per month for up to 5 sites, prepaid for 5 years ($1,199.60)
20 GB, 200 GB bandwidth, business email with unlimited mailboxes and AI-based spam protection. $29.99 billed monthly.
Professional, 5 years$39.99
per month for up to 15 sites, prepaid for 5 years ($2,399.60)
40 GB, 400 GB bandwidth and 15 GB RAM for freelancers and small agencies. $59.99 billed monthly.
Ways to pay less
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.
WPX
- Annual discount
Free months for prepaying 1 to 5 years
Prepaying adds free months: 2 for 1 year, 5 for 2 years, 11 for 3 years, 15 for 4 years and 20 for 5 years.
