Cloudways vs Kinsta
Cloudways starts $21.00 per month cheaper at the entry tier. Kinsta lists more regions, which matters if latency to a specific city is your constraint. Kinsta is the better answer when revenue-generating WordPress sites where an hour of downtime costs more than the hosting bill.
Cloudways
$14.00/mo entry
Freelancers and small agencies hosting several client sites on one managed server.
Kinsta
$35.00/mo entry
Revenue-generating WordPress sites where an hour of downtime costs more than the hosting bill.
Specification differences
Entry-tier plans compared line by line. Rows marked with a dash are preferences rather than measurable wins, so we do not pick a side on them.
| Attribute | Cloudways | Kinsta | Better |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entry plan price / month | $14.00 | $35.00 | Cloudways |
| Entry plan vCPU | 1 | 2 | Kinsta |
| Entry plan storage | 25 GB | 10 GB | Cloudways |
| Listed regions | 25 | 37 | Kinsta |
| Management model | Managed | Managed | |
| Support | 24/7 live chat and tickets; premium support tiers cost extra. | 24/7 chat support from WordPress engineers, included on all plans. | |
| Billing | Hourly metering billed monthly, pay-as-you-go. | Fixed monthly or annual plan; overage charges apply above visit limits. | |
| Free tier | Free trial available for new accounts; no permanent free tier. | No free tier. Migrations are included instead. |
Every plan from both providers
Sorted by monthly price so you can see where the two ladders overlap.
Cloudways
DO 1GB (managed)
$14.00
per month
- Specification
- 1 vCPU / 1 GB RAM
- Storage
- 25 GB SSD
- Included transfer
- 1 TB
- Cost per vCPU
- $14
- Cost per GB RAM
- $14
- Annual
- $168
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DO 2GB (managed)
$28.00
per month
- Specification
- 1 vCPU / 2 GB RAM
- Storage
- 50 GB SSD
- Included transfer
- 2 TB
- Cost per vCPU
- $28
- Cost per GB RAM
- $14
- Annual
- $336
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Vultr HF 2GB (managed)
$30.00
per month
- Specification
- 1 vCPU / 2 GB RAM
- Storage
- 64 GB NVMe
- Included transfer
- 2 TB
- Cost per vCPU
- $30
- Cost per GB RAM
- $15
- Annual
- $360
AffiliatePricing pageKinsta
Starter
$35.00
per month
- Specification
- 25k visits/mo
- Storage
- 10 GB SSD
- Included transfer
- Metered
- Cost per vCPU
- $18
- Annual
- $420
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DO 4GB (managed)
$54.00
per month
- Specification
- 2 vCPU / 4 GB RAM
- Storage
- 80 GB SSD
- Included transfer
- 4 TB
- Cost per vCPU
- $27
- Cost per GB RAM
- $14
- Annual
- $648
AffiliatePricing pageKinsta
Pro
$70.00
per month
- Specification
- 50k visits/mo
- Storage
- 20 GB SSD
- Included transfer
- Metered
- Cost per vCPU
- $35
- Annual
- $840
AffiliatePricing pageKinsta
Business 1
$115.00
per month
- Specification
- 100k visits/mo
- Storage
- 30 GB SSD
- Included transfer
- Metered
- Cost per vCPU
- $29
- Annual
- $1380
AffiliatePricing pageKinsta
Business 2
$225.00
per month
- Specification
- 250k visits/mo
- Storage
- 40 GB SSD
- Included transfer
- Metered
- Cost per vCPU
- $56
- Annual
- $2700
AffiliatePricing page
| Provider & plan | Monthly | vCPU | RAM | Storage | Transfer | / vCPU | / GB RAM | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cloudways DO 1GB (managed)Affiliate | $14.00 | 1 | 1 GB | 25 GB | 1 TB | $14 | $14 | Open |
Cloudways DO 2GB (managed)Affiliate | $28.00 | 1 | 2 GB | 50 GB | 2 TB | $28 | $14 | Open |
Cloudways Vultr HF 2GB (managed)Affiliate | $30.00 | 1 | 2 GB | 64 GB | 2 TB | $30 | $15 | Open |
Kinsta StarterAffiliate | $35.00 | 2 | 25k visits | 10 GB | Metered | $18 | — | Open |
Cloudways DO 4GB (managed)Affiliate | $54.00 | 2 | 4 GB | 80 GB | 4 TB | $27 | $14 | Open |
Kinsta ProAffiliate | $70.00 | 2 | 50k visits | 20 GB | Metered | $35 | — | Open |
Kinsta Business 1Affiliate | $115.00 | 4 | 100k visits | 30 GB | Metered | $29 | — | Open |
Kinsta Business 2Affiliate | $225.00 | 4 | 250k visits | 40 GB | Metered | $56 | — | Open |
All figures are the providers' own published list prices in USD, on-demand monthly, recorded on 2026-08-30. Nothing here is live or negotiated pricing. Hetzner publishes in euros, so its dollar figure moves with the exchange rate. Check the provider's pricing page before you commit.
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