Kinsta Agency Hosting vs Cloudways

A detailed comparison to help you choose between Kinsta Agency Hosting and Cloudways.

Kinsta Agency Hosting

Kinsta Agency Hosting

Managed WordPress at scale for agencies — 10 to 150 sites

Cloudways

Cloudways

Managed cloud on DigitalOcean, AWS, GCP, Vultr, or Linode

Overview
Rating3.6 (106 reviews)4.7 (76 reviews)
Pricing modelpaidpaid
Best forWordPress agencies managing 10+ client sites who need enterprise-grade performance from a single dashboardAgency developers managing multiple client WordPress sites who want managed quality without Kinsta prices
Pricing transparency
Intro price$115.00/mo$14.00/mo
Renewal price$115.00/mo$14.00/mo
Renewal hike+0%+0%
Renewal transparencygoodgood
Money-back days30 days3 days
Uptime guarantee99.9%99.9%
Hosting amenities
cPanel included
WordPress 1-click
Staging environment
Daily backups
Free SSL
Free domain
Free migration
Phone support
Live chat
LiteSpeed server
Green hosting
Data-center locations
Regions
United StatesUnited KingdomGermanyBelgiumNetherlandsFinland+5
United StatesUnited KingdomGermanyNetherlandsSingaporeAustralia+1
Tags
Tags
free sslfree migrationdaily backupsstaging environment24 7 supportwordpress optimised
free sslfree migrationdaily backupsstaging environment24 7 supportwordpress optimisedwoocommerce optimised
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Kinsta Agency Hosting

Pros

  • + Google Cloud C2 for every client site
  • + MyKinsta agency dashboard with client reporting
  • + Site cloning for faster client onboarding

Cons

  • - Expensive — starts at $115/month for 10 sites
  • - No email hosting for clients
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Cloudways

Pros

  • + Choose your underlying cloud provider — DigitalOcean or AWS
  • + Best price-to-managed-value for agencies
  • + One-click staging environments

Cons

  • - Markup on top of underlying cloud cost
  • - No free domain or bundled email
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