Kinsta is a managed WordPress hosting provider built on the Google Cloud Platform and Cloudlare Enterprise, providing great global performance and reliability.
Kinsta's user interface (MyKinsta) is quite easy to use, however this closed proprietary platform comes with plenty of limitations. For example, many WordPress plugins are blacklisted on Kinsta, PHP sessions are disabled, PHP modules are not allowed, some very basic PHP functions are disabled without the ability to enable them.
Sail is a great alternative to Kinsta at a fraction of the cost. It is completely open source and transparent, giving you the flexibility and freedom to host WordPress on your own terms. Visit Sail on GitHub to learn more.
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Kinsta |
Sail CLI |
+ Premium |
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| Easy-to-use dashboard | |||
| Free SSL/HTTPS | |||
| Git push-to-deploy | |||
| Integrated page caching | |||
| Unlimited installs/domains | |||
| Unlimited visits/pageviews | |||
| Full root access to server | |||
| Custom configs for PHP, Nginx, MariaDB | |||
| Custom PHP modules support | |||
| Built-in performance profiling | |||
| Health & uptime monitoring | |||
| Image compression, WebP | |||
| Managed backups | |||
| Multisite support | Paid addon |
Kinsta pricing starts at $30/mo for 1 WordPress site, 10 GB of storage, 50 GB of bandwidth and up to 25,000 visits per month.
For a slightly lower price of $24/mo, with Sail on DigitalOcean you could run a server with a premium dual-core AMD CPU, 4 GB of RAM, 80 GB of NVMe SSD storage and 4 TB of bandwidth. Unlimited number of visits and sites/domains.
Sail Premium pricing starts at $9/mo per server (unlimited sites/domains).
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Kinsta |
Sail + DigitalOcean |
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| 1 site, 25,000 visits, 10 GB storage, 50 GB bandwidth | $30 | $5 |
| 3 sites, 100,000 visits, 30 GB storage, 200 GB bandwidth | $100 | $5 |
| 5 sites, 400,000 visits, 50 GB storage, 500 GB bandwidth | $300 | $10 |
| Additional storage, per GB | $2.00 | $0.10 |
DigitalOcean allows bandwidth pooling, which means if you provisioned two servers with 1TB of bandwidth each, your total allowed monthly bandwidth is 2TB, regardless of which server is actually consuming it. Excess data transfer is billed at $0.01 per GB.
With Kinsta you will incurr additional charges of $1 per 1,000 extra monthly visitors. CDN overages are charged at $0.10 per GB. For legacy plans, bandwidth overages are charged at $1 per GB.
Kinsta provides a 30 day money-back guarantee.
Sail Premium offers a 60-day money back guarantee. DigitalOcean provides a 60-day trial with up to $100 in credits. This is the equivalent of running a 4-core premium AMD/Intel CPUs with 8GB of RAM, 160 GB NVMe SSD and 5 TB of bandwidth for two months.
Kinsta's backup retention policy is 14 days for plans up to $300/mo. Business 3 and 4 plans have 20-day backup retention. Enterprise plans (starting at $600/mo) have a 30-day retention policy.
Sail Premium has a 60-day retention policy, regardless of the server size or disk usage.
Kinsta provides chat and ticket support. Phone support is not available.
Sail provides product support via our Slack community. Paid WordPress support options are available through vetted Sail partners starting from $49/mo.
Getting Started with Sail