InMotion Hosting vs Kinsta

InMotion Hosting is strongest for small business websites. Kinsta is strongest for managed WordPress. Here's how they stack up on price, uptime, and support.

Feature	InMotion Hosting	Kinsta
Starting price	$2.99/mo	$35/mo
Best for	Small business websites Agencies managing multiple cPanel sites WordPress site owners Businesses needing dedicated/bare-metal servers	Managed WordPress Agencies High-traffic WordPress sites Enterprise WordPress
Stated uptime SLA	99.9%	99.9%
Storage	NVME	SSD
Regions	2	37
Managed Kubernetes	No	No
Support channels	Phone, Live chat, Ticket, Docs	24/7 live chat, Ticket, Docs, MyKinsta dashboard
Compliance	PCI DSS (via SSL/security add-ons)	GDPR
Hidden costs to watch for	Renewal prices are 2-4x higher than introductory promo prices (e.g. Core plan ~$2.99/mo intro renews around $11.99/mo) Lowest intro prices require paying for 24-36 month terms upfront Free domain credit only applies for first year; domain renews at standard registrar rate Dedicated IP address, backup storage beyond the included allowance, and additional cPanel licenses on reseller plans cost extra	Overage per extra 1,000 visits above plan allowance billed per Kinsta overage schedule (not itemized on public pricing page) Premium Staging Environment add-on reported at $20/month per extra environment beyond the included free staging environment (figure from secondary source, not independently verified on a primary Kinsta page) CDN bandwidth overage reported at approximately $0.05/GB past plan allowance (figure from secondary source, not independently verified) Sevalla Application Hosting: egress bandwidth billed at $0.10/GB (ingress free); build time billed at $0.0003333/second ($0.02/minute) Sevalla Database Hosting: disk space add-ons sold in 10 GB increments at $10/month per 10 GB; external egress bandwidth billed at $0.10/GB (internal app-to-db connections free)
Last reviewed	2026-07-18	2026-07-18