Hostinger Alternative: The Benefits of Choosing Kinsta

How Kinsta Compares to Hostinger in a Nutshell

This page will take a deep dive into what makes Kinsta the best managed WordPress hosting compared to Hostinger. Before this, let’s take an all-around look at the key differences.

Kinsta leverages the Google Cloud Platform, and was the first host to be exclusively powered by it. The platinum-level, premium-tier service offered by Google lets us maximize speed, security, and performance across each site on the network.

Leading software review and comparison site G2 have also placed Kinsta as the highest-rated managed WordPress host. We’re proud of the standing, and constantly strive to top the achievement through stellar service:

#1 Managed Hosting Provider by G2

Enjoy a 20% Faster Website Simply by Moving From Hostinger to Kinsta

We measured 3,200+ migrations over the course of a three-month span. On average, client sites experienced 20% faster load times just by moving to Kinsta.

How is this possible? Our customers enjoy:

• The fastest Compute-Optimized C2 VMs and Google Cloud servers
• A stack that’s been fine-tuned for WordPress over the past 8 years
• Google’s Premium Tier Network to deliver website data faster
• Free CDN powered by Cloudflare’s global network of 275+ locations
• Built-in Edge Caching that cuts the time needed to serve cached WordPress HTML by an average of more than 50%!

Migrate from Hostinger to Kinsta hassle free with our free expert migration service. With our 30-day money-back guarantee, you can test out the service and improved speeds completely risk-free. You only lose if you don’t give this a try!

Here are some other key difference between Kinsta and Hostinger:

• Kinsta is a specialized managed WordPress host, recommended by Google Cloud, using state of the art technology. There are ten plans suiting a range of budgets and use cases. In comparison, Hostinger offers four WordPress-specific plans, mostly focused on the needs of first-time site owners.
• You’re able to choose from seven different data centers with Hostinger. However, Kinsta lets you choose one of 35 regional data centers from the Google Cloud Platform.
• Kinsta offers a free Cloudflare integration. This means all sites on our infrastructure are protected by Cloudflare’s firewall with free DDoS protection at no additional cost.
• Both Kinsta and Hostinger provide a free Secure Sockets Layers (SSL) certificate on all plans. However, only Kinsta lets you import existing SSL certificates through the MyKinsta dashboard.
• Kinsta provides Secure Shell (SSH) access on all plans, whereas Hostinger doesn’t offer this on its lowest tier. What’s more, Kinsta supports “secure tunneling” into your databases.
• Developers will have a smooth experience on Kinsta. Every plan is able to utilize Git, Composer, and WP-CLI to create the perfect development environment. Site staging is provided as standard on all plans, unlike Hostinger, which doesn’t offer any staging environments.
• Kinsta offers a Content Delivery Network (CDN) – called Kinsta CDN – powered by Cloudflare on all plans. However, Hostinger only provides a CDN on higher tiers.
• Kinsta’s Google Cloud infrastructure is fast and secure, either through its global-tier network, or cutting-edge Virtual Machines (VMs). This level of performance isn’t possible on Hostinger.
• When it comes to bandwidth, Kinsta almost starts where Hostinger ends. Kinsta’s server architecture can support millions of site visits per month. Hostinger states it can handle roughly 300,000 visits per month on its highest tier.
• Kinsta’s databases are self-healing (through monitoring and resolving PHP issues), and self-optimizing. Hostinger offers no optimization of your database, or any PHP monitoring.
• Kinsta monitors your website 720 times a day to make sure it’s always up and running.
• All Kinsta plans offer automatic daily backups, along with the option to manually back up your data. Hostinger only offers weekly backups on lower-tier plans.
• Kinsta provides a plethora of tools to monitor the performance of your sites through the free Application Performance Manager (APM). Hostinger doesn’t offer this service, so you’d need to purchase a third-party solution.
• There are two levels of caching for all Kinsta sites: At the server-level and through a dedicated, in-house developed plugin. Hostinger only provides optimization for the LiteSpeed Cache WordPress plugin.
• The MyKinsta dashboard is custom-made for your account, and lets you access practically all of the features you need to manage and monitor your network. 
• Kinsta provides a local development tool to help create your site and keep resource usage to a minimum. DevKinsta lets you connect to your Kinsta account and deploy your site within seconds. Hostinger offers no such solution or functionality.
• With Kinsta, you’re able to request human-driven site migrations from all manner of other hosts.

What’s more, we also use the open source MariaDB database format, server-side custom caching, and HTTP/2 protocols for lightning-fast hosting. For sudden traffic spikes, Kinsta’s scalable infrastructure beats out practically all other hosting providers, including Hostinger.

MyKinsta: A Custom-Built Dashboard for Powerful Site Management

Hostinger uses a branded version of cPanel, the popular hosting dashboard found on many other hosts. At Kinsta, we have always wanted to provide a better solution for users, tailored to the service we provide. The MyKinsta dashboard ticks all of the boxes, and is custom-built for WordPress site management on our platform:

Here are just a few reasons why MyKinsta is a better option than cPanel, other open source platforms, or premium hosting dashboards:

• You can switch between PHP 8.0, 8.1, 8.2 to let you match or compare against deployment and production servers.
• There’s instant site restoration, with the ability to choose a previous backup from at least a two-week history.
• We offer a “one-click” CDN setup, to help serve your site across the globe, without a performance hit.
• Practically instant SSL certificate assignment, whether that’s using a free Cloudflare certificate or your own third-party solution.
• The ability to deploy one-click staging, and restore backups either to your live or staging environments.
• Access to our free APM tool, to keep tabs on your server performance.
• Slick site analytics and other metrics, direct to the dashboard with practically faultless accuracy. It covers resource usage, bandwidth, CDN usage, cache rates, and much more.
• MyKinsta includes database administration tools, such as phpMyAdmin for your entire network of sites.
• There are WordPress debugging tools available to help you pinpoint potential issues with your installation’s code.
• You can block IP addresses in a flash, direct from the dashboard.
• We provide an option to easily transfer sites between accounts.
• A choice of ten languages for non-English speakers – MyKinsta’s multilingual support is second to none.

We love getting feedback at Kinsta, even more so when we use it to improve our products and services. You’ll find regular innovations inspired by user feedback throughout the MyKinsta dashboard, and we’re always open to investigating new ways to make your experience better.

Free Performance Monitoring Tool

WordPress is a dynamic CMS, which means it’s constantly executing PHP code in the background. Depending on your theme and plugin configuration, it’s possible for your site to get bogged down with bloated and inefficient code.

That’s where APM (Application Performance Monitoring) tools can help. An APM monitors requests to your site, and tracks various metrics like external API requests, database queries, PHP execution time, and more. This information allows you to quickly debug and troubleshoot performance bottlenecks.

All Kinsta plans come with a free custom-built APM tool that can be easily accessed right in the MyKinsta dashboard. Kinsta APM provides you with key WordPress performance insights without the need for expensive third-party subscriptions to other APM services.

With Kinsta APM, you can debug the following and more:

• Slow WordPress plugins and themes.
• Long calls to external APIs and domains.
• Unoptimized MySQL database queries.

Hostinger plans do not come with a free APM tool, and there is no option to install a third-party monitoring tool like New Relic. This makes it very difficult to quickly troubleshoot performance issues on your WordPress site.

Kinsta Has a Global Presence

Hostinger offers seven data centers, but neglects to serve users in key areas such as Australasia and much of South Asia (such as India’s burgeoning market).

In comparison, Kinsta offers 35 different data centers (and counting!), powered by the stellar premium-tier Google Cloud Platform. Here is the full list of data centers you can choose from:

The expansive range of data centers means you can choose the right core location for your site. Of course, you can supplement this with our superb Kinsta CDN, powered by Cloudflare.

In addition, there are no extra charges, and the full range of data centers (and CDN coverage) is available across all Kinsta plans. You’re even able to use different data centers on multisite plans.

Optimized for WooCommerce and Easy Digital Downloads

An ecommerce site has many different needs compared to other types of websites. Because WordPress also has specific requirements, you’ll want a host that excels for both platforms.

Kinsta is of course a market-leader when it comes to WordPress hosting. However, our dedicated WooCommerce hosting is also a front-runner. Companies such as DARTDrones use Kinsta’s quality to keep income flowing through its site. The predicted ‘Shark Tank Effect’ after appearing on the program was non-existent thanks to Kinsta’s server infrastructure and technology.

We’ve already mentioned how Kinsta’s servers run on Google Cloud architecture, and that the Kinsta CDN makes sure your site loads globally. SSL certificates are free for every plan too, so you’re able to encrypt your customer’s sensitive data and keep them safe.

Even so, there are plenty of WooCommerce-specific implementations under the hood to benefit from:

• Specific caching rules in place to help stores stay online and active.
• A host of pages are excluded from caching to help the User Experience (UX).
• When certain cookies are detected (such as woocommerce_items_in_cart), caching is disabled to ensure the checkout process is smooth.

You’ll also be able to scale your WooCommerce store, given the high-traffic numbers Kinsta is able to accommodate. Our hosting will join you on your ecommerce journey, and never let you down.

Expert Support for WordPress

While we have made sure that practically everything at Kinsta is user-friendly and intuitive, we still have a dedicated support team on hand to assist you.

We deliver round-the-clock support through Intercom – a unified customer messaging solution. Each conversation is automatically logged for future reference, and our experts will be fully up to speed on your issue.

In fact, our average response time hovers around two minutes – fast enough to halt any developing issue with your sites. This will keep your downtime to a minimum, and see you back up and running in no time.

Also, time zones and locations are no barrier to offering you support. We have knowledgeable experts ready to assist regardless of where you are in the world, or the language you speak. Each support request is treated as a ‘mission-critical’ issue, no matter what plan you’ve purchased.

You’ll find easy access to support within the MyKinsta dashboard, although there’s also a stocked knowledge base containing helpful guides on how to resolve technical queries.

Finally, we also monitor the status of your site every two minutes. Once an issue is apparent, our proactive experts get on the case and immediately begin resolving the issue. We’ll be in touch to let you know all of the details, while you carry on working.

Feature Comparison Overview

If you’re looking for a direct comparison of features, check out the following list. We’ve provided a breakdown of how Kinsta and Hostinger compare on features:

Join Others Making the Switch to Kinsta

Kinsta is serious about innovation. Our technology is cutting-edge, and we want to keep it that way. We’re proud to offer best-in-class hardware, and custom software for each of our users. For a real-world look at what we do to constantly evolve our products and services, check out our feature updates and see why we’re constantly classed as number one.

We’re confident in our managed WordPress hosting. We also want you to be satisfied with every aspect of Kinsta, regardless of your goals. Because of this, we offer a no-quibble 30-day money back guarantee on all sales. If you’re convinced with Kinsta, and want to make the move away from Hostinger, take a 30-day trial – risk-free!