Hosting.com vs Kamatera

Hosting.com is strongest for developers wanting fast Turbo/NVMe shared hosting. Kamatera is strongest for custom VM sizing. Here's how they stack up on price, uptime, and support.

Feature	Hosting.com (formerly A2 Hosting)	Kamatera
Starting price	$2.99/mo	$0.05/mo
Best for	Developers wanting fast Turbo/NVMe shared hosting Small businesses needing cPanel VPS Agencies needing reseller hosting	Custom VM sizing Global data center selection Windows Server hosting Dev/test environments
Stated uptime SLA	99.9%	99.95%
Storage	NVME	NVME
Regions	4	20
Managed Kubernetes	No	Yes
Support channels	Ticket, Live chat, Phone, Docs/Knowledge base	Ticket, Phone, Docs, Pro/Premium Managed Services (paid)
Compliance	Not published	GDPR
Hidden costs to watch for	Renewal rates are reported at 2-3x the introductory rate across shared hosting tiers Dedicated server and reseller pricing is not published; requires a sales call to obtain a quote Free domain and some promotional pricing require longer-term (12/24/36-month) prepay commitments	Bandwidth overage billed at $0.01/GB past the pooled monthly allowance (5 TB US/Canada/Europe, 1 TB Asia-Pacific) Windows Server / SQL Server / Exchange / RDS licensing adds an undisclosed per-server surcharge only shown at calculator checkout Type T (Burstable) CPU incurs a $0.041/hour/CPU overage charge once average CPU usage exceeds 10% Powered-off (but not terminated) servers may continue to accrue charges Pro Managed Services add $50/server/month; Premium Managed Services add $150/server/month
Last reviewed	2026-07-18	2026-07-18