InMotion Hosting vs Kinsta Managed Hosting for WordPress

Discover how InMotion’s Managed Hosting for WordPress stands out from Kinsta.

Based on information available 04-09-2024. For corrections or suggestions, please email matrix@inmotionhosting.com

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Kinsta vs InMotion Hosting – Managed Hosting for WordPress

Here are the biggest differences between Managed Hosting for WordPress with InMotion Hosting and Kinsta.

• InMotion Hosting uses NVMe servers—performance-driven hardware that outperforms Kinsta’s traditional SSDs.
• Our powerful custom server stack, UltraStack, is built with intelligent caching software like Redis, NGINX, and PHP-FPM. These are tools that Kinsta charges premium prices to include with their Managed WordPress plans.
• InMotion Hosting gives you more autonomy with Root Access and File and Database management. Kinsta does not.
• Customers at InMotion Hosting have more options to centralize their online services. We provide email services and domain registration in one place. In contrast, Kinsta provides neither, requiring you to seek third-party services.
• InMotion Hosting’s Managed Hosting for WordPress includes a free dedicated IP, unlike Kinsta.
• InMotion Hosting offers more support channels in their higher-tiered Managed WordPress plans. Access live chat and phone support at InMotion Hosting. Kinsta only provides a live chat system for its customers.
• InMotion Hosting wholly owns its servers and networking infrastructure, allowing us to offer more resources at lower prices. Kinsta’s infrastructure, in contrast, is hosted with Google – meaning all bandwidth overages and fees are passed onto you, the customer.
• We offer a 90-day money-back guarantee on our annual plans, while Kinsta only offers a 30-day money-back guarantee.

Keep reading to learn more about InMotion’s Managed Hosting for WordPress features and how they compare to Kinsta. Or, try out our services risk-free with our money-back guarantee.

Website Security & Reliability

Protect your website against a wide range of attacks with free DDoS and malware protection that keeps your website safe and your clients happy. Each production server is a fully-isolated container with no chance of cross-infection from other customers. Discover more about our DDoS protected web hosting.

Discover the reliability of a cloud VPS for your WordPress website. All WordPress production servers are triple failover redundant for a maximum uptime of 99.99%, ready to spin up at any time.

ModSecurity

ModSecurity is a web application firewall (WAF) that protects your website from cyber threats.

The ModSecurity engine deploys in your web server to detect potential threats. The engine then scans HTTP communications and applies user-configured rules to handle them. Communications may drop, pass, or redirect based on the configured rules set.

Not only does ModSecurity strengthen server security, but it also gives you flexibility and control over

• Real-time security monitoring
• Passive security assessments
• Logging and filtering HTTP traffic

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Platform InMotion: A Custom All-in-One Dashboard

Platform InMotion is a revolutionary tool custom-built for managing WordPress sites. It’s an all-in-one control panel that lets you create, manage, and deploy websites to high-performance VPS optimized for WordPress. Platform InMotion comes with all the necessary tools to manage multiple WordPress websites.

• WordPress Pre-Installed
• Up to 3 Playground Environments
• Site Health Monitoring
• Managed Server Updates
• Multi-User Management
• Live-State Snapshots

InMotion Hosting offers more tools and control than Kinsta for managed WordPress. Customers get management access to website files and databases, plus easy domain registration with a growing library of TLDs.

File & Database Manager

Having management access to website files and databases offers unparalleled control and flexibility. Users can customize configurations, optimize performance, and troubleshoot issues directly. Thus, allowing for tailored solutions to fit your specific needs.

InMotion Hosting’s Managed Hosting for WordPress offers more control than Kinsta. For users who need granular control and autonomy over their online presence, InMotion Hosting is the superior choice.

Domain Registration

Registering domains through a central dashboard streamlines managing hosting and domain needs in one platform. This provides you the advantage of eliminating multiple providers for your hosting needs.

Additionally, with access to a growing TLD library, you have more options to find the perfect domain name that aligns with your brand.

Kinsta does not offer the ability to register domains without a third-party registrar. InMotion Hosting offers a complete solution, with many domain options, to merge your online services.

More Tools & Add-ons

PageSpeed Pros

InMotion Hosting offers customers a speed optimization service called PageSpeed Pros. Our team of WordPress experts audits your top pages to identify opportunities to improve your core web vitals. We ensure you get the best site performance by helping you leverage our UltraStack VPS technologies to optimize your page speed.

See how we increased site performance for Amacor Printz by 153%, with page speeds clocking in at 3.1 seconds on mobile and 0.7 seconds on desktop.

The PageSpeed Pros service is complimentary to customers on our top-tier plans. We perform the audits, and you can choose to take the wheel or let us optimize for you while you focus on your business. This makes InMotion Hosting a better choice than Kinsta for those who want a fast website hassle-free.

Email Management

InMotion Hosting offers an email service option to simplify management tasks. It is also easy to customize your email address with your domain name, improving your branding.

In contrast, Kinsta lacks an integrated email service option. Kinsta users must seek third-party solutions and manage their email separately. For those wanting a more convenient option, InMotion Hosting encompasses both website and email needs.

Free Dedicated IP

A dedicated IP assigns a unique address to your websites and your hosting account. Dedicated IP addresses can enhance the reputation and security of your website. Additionally, a dedicated IP can strengthen the reliability and security of email delivery.

Unlike Kinsta, InMotion Hosting includes a free dedicated IP for Managed WordPress plans.

Blueprints

A Blueprint is a reusable template of your favorite theme and plugin combinations. Platform i offers pre-made Blueprints to help you quickly deploy websites for common use cases. Kinsta, on the other hand, does not.

When you deploy a Blueprint, Platform InMotion creates a new WordPress install using the theme and plugins from that Blueprint. Thus, automating theme and plugin installations.

Agency Program

InMotion Hosting provides a special Agency Program for groups that need hosting for WordPress. If you qualify, you get access to a dashboard where you can manage everything, including your team and clients from one place. Plus, qualified Agencies receive $1,000 in free hosting credits with extra discounts for:

• Top-tier hosting plans
• Consultation time with our Web Performance Experts
• Extra server purchases

This program provides Agencies with everything they need for hosting for WordPress in one convenient package, with plenty of savings and support.

Excellent WordPress Support and Guarantee

Money-Back Guarantee

All Managed WordPress plans come with a 30 to 90-day money-back guarantee. Meanwhile, Kinsta’s money-back guarantee ends strictly after 30 days.

Our industry-leading money-back guarantee reflects our commitment to customer satisfaction. We promise reliable hosting, skilled help, and excellent service for everything we offer.

Expert Human Support

All our products include live, 24/7 expert human customer support. We keep an eye on your website and data while working on improving them so that you can rest easy.

Our web hosting experts have years of experience. Additionally, all support team members undergo a rigorous internal training program. Training covers technical subjects such as WP-CLI, Linux, NGINX, and more. After 280+ hours of training, our support team is ready to give you top-notch customer service.

Top-tier Managed WordPress plans with InMotion Hosting include phone, chat, and ticketed support. Unfortunately, Kinsta limits their support to their chat system.

Global Presence

With its global reach, InMotion Hosting can offer superior web hosting services to clients overseas. Customers who have an international presence or target a global audience can benefit from more localized data centers. As a result, these data centers can reduce latency and improve website performance for international users.

Further, GDPR compliance enhances your data privacy and can assist your websites to meet these requirements too.

International Data Center

Both InMotion Hosting and Kinsta offer Managed WordPress out of international data centers. However, unlike Kinsta, InMotion Hosting owns its server locations. This puts us in a unique position to better accommodate our customers.

Owning our server locations gives us complete control to implement tighter security and monitoring to enhance the protection of your data. We can directly optimize our servers to meet our customers’ needs for performance and scalability. Moreover, if a customer goes over their bandwidth, we can accommodate them.

Kinsta server infrastructure resides with Google Cloud, which can limit your ability to scale, optimize, or customize your web hosting as business needs change over time.

Employee-Owned

As a 100% employee-owned and operated company, InMotion Hosting prioritizes your needs above all else. We base our decisions on what is best for you, without any influence from external stakeholders or focusing only on the bottom line.

Being employee-owned allows us to mold our business around your needs, ensuring reliable services.

Switch to InMotion Hosting

At InMotion Hosting, we offer WordPress web hosting services that are reliable, fast, and cared for by a team of highly skilled technical experts. Your visitors will have a smooth experience with 99.9% website uptime. Plus, our 24/7 support team is always ready to assist you whenever you need help.

Our 90-day money-back guarantee reflects our confidence in our services. If you’re unsatisfied with your services at Kinsta, it’s time to switch to InMotion Hosting.

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