Kinsta is built on powerful cloud infrastructure and high-performance servers designed to deliver speed, stability, and security at scale. Our globally distributed platform is engineered for performance-first hosting, helping your site load fast and remain reliable no matter where your audience is located.
This performance-first approach has also earned us recognition in G2’s 2026 Software Awards for WordPress hosting, backed by thousands of reviews from real users.
All of our support engineers are developers, they create WordPress themes, plugins and contribute back to the core. 24/7 support is available for all of our customers 365 days a year.
Based on independent tests from Review Signal, Kinsta was among the highest-performing WordPress hosts. For the fifth year in a row, we earned the Top Tier WordPress Hosting Performance award.
Data centers
You have the option to choose from 27 data centers for your site. Each of your sites can have a different data center as we utilize multi-regional deployments.
- Johannesburg, South Africa (af-johannesburg-1)
- Batam, Indonesia (ap-batam-1)
- Melbourne, Australia (ap-melbourne-1)
- Mumbai, India (ap-mumbai-1)
- Osaka, Japan (ap-osaka-1)
- Seoul, South Korea (ap-seoul-1)
- Singapore,Singapore (ap-singapore-1)
- Sydney, Australia (ap-sydney-1)
- Tokyo, Japan (ap-tokyo-1)
- Montreal, Canada (ca-montreal-1)
- Toronto, Canada (ca-toronto-1)
- Amsterdam, Netherlands (eu-amsterdam-1)
- Frankfurt, Germany (eu-frankfurt-1)
- Madrid, Spain (eu-madrid-1)
- Milan, Italy (eu-milan-1)
- Paris, France (eu-paris-1)
- Stockholm, Sweden (eu-stockholm-1)
- Zurich, Switzerland (eu-zurich-1)
- Jerusalem, Israel (il-jerusalem-1)
- Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (me-riyadh-1)
- Santiago, Chile (sa-santiago-1)
- Sao Paulo, Brazil (sa-saopaulo-1)
- London, United Kingdom (uk-london-1)
- Ashburn, VA (us-ashburn-1)
- Chicago, IL (us-chicago-1)
- Phoenix, AZ (us-phoenix-1)
- San Jose, CA (us-sanjose-1)
Platform
Our hosting platform doesn’t fall into any traditional hosting category. Kinsta is built on next-generation hosting architecture designed for performance, security, and scalability, which is fundamentally different from shared, VPS, or traditional dedicated hosting.
Kinsta utilizes LXD managed hosts and orchestrated LXC software containers for each site. What this means is that every site is housed in its own isolated container, which has all of the software resources required to run it (Linux, Nginx, PHP, MySQL). The resources are 100% private and are not shared between anyone else or even your own sites.
All sites on Kinsta are protected by our Cloudflare integration, which includes an enterprise-level firewall with application-specific rulesets, automatic wildcard SSL certificates, and DDoS protection. Unlike other hosts that charge extra for WAF and DDoS protection, our Cloudflare integration is completely free for all Kinsta customers.
Features
All of our plans come with the following:
- Free Kinsta CDN, automatic Cloudflare wildcard SSLs, free premium DNS powered by Amazon Route53, staging environments, automatic daily backups and the option to create manual backup points anytime.
- Full page caching at the server-level to deliver content almost instantaneously to visitors. We also pair that with our Kinsta MU plugin, developed in-house, to provide even more granular control over caching.
- PHP 7.4, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5.
- Free hack fixes. If a client’s website is hacked we’ll fix it with immediate priority.
- Server-level rules and optimizations for WooCommerce and Easy Digital Download sites to ensure a smoother checkout experience for customers.
- A custom-designed dashboard with lots of data that helps you further improve your site. Schedule a demo today!
- MyKinsta analytics reports for data analysis and performance insights.
- Multi-user access with fine-grained permissions. Add any number of users to your team. Give them access to all your sites, just billing or add them as developers or administrators to a subset of your sites.
- Free Kinsta APM tool for debugging performance issues on your site.
- SSH access, Git, and WP-CLI.
- Full integration (clone to local environment, and push changes to Kinsta) with DevKinsta, our local development tool.
- All of our plans include unlimited free migrations completed by our expert support team.
Read more about our hosting architecture.
How we stack up
For even more details on how we are different than WP Engine, SiteGround, and other hosting providers please take a look at these pages:
30-day money-back guarantee
We stand behind the quality of our service. We are proud to offer a 30-day money-back guarantee with no long-term contracts.
Logos and media
The official Kinsta logos can be found here: https://kinsta.com/press/.
FAQ
Who founded Kinsta?
Kinsta was founded in 2013 by four friends: Mark Gavalda (currently Chairman of Kinsta’s Board of Directors), Anita Dunai, Peter Sziraki (currently Senior Migrations Engineer), and Tom Zsomborgi (currently Chief Business Officer).
How many data centers does Kinsta have?
Kinsta customers can choose from 27 data centers from around the world, allowing them to choose the closest data center to their website visitors.
What type of hosting is Kinsta?
Kinsta is a managed hosting for WordPress platform designed for high performance, security, and scalability.
Who are Kinsta’s main competitors?
While our main competitors are WP Engine, SiteGround, and Flywheel, you can find out more about why we are different and how Kinsta compares to other hosting providers.
Brian has a huge passion for WordPress, has been using it for over a decade, and even develops a couple of premium plugins. Brian enjoys blogging, movies, and hiking. Connect with Brian on Twitter.
