Cloudways
Cloud
From$99/mo
10 people: $99 a month · $1,188 a year
- No free plan
- No yearly discount listed
- No startup credits listed
- 3 plans · priced per plan
Cloudways vs Kinsta: pricing compared
Plans, list prices and what a team of 5, 10 or 25 pays on each, from Surba's catalog of Cloud tools. Updated for 2026.
At a glance
Side by side
Cloudways starts at $99/mo (Autonomous Growth) and Kinsta at $35/mo (Single 35k). For 10 people that's $99 vs $35 a month: Kinsta is $64 a month (65%) cheaper than Cloudways on list price.
Kinsta
Cheaper for 10 people
From$35/mo
10 people: $35 a month · $420 a year
- No free plan
- Up to 17% off yearly
- No startup credits listed
- 4 plans · priced per plan
Plans
Cloudways and Kinsta plans
Every plan with a public price, in US dollars.
Cloudways
Autonomous Growth
Autoscaling WordPress hosting · 1 baseline server · 150 GB bandwidth, 20 GB disk
$99/mo
Autonomous Scale
2 baseline autoscale servers · 250 GB bandwidth · 50 GB disk
$199/mo
Autonomous Plus
3 baseline autoscale servers · 1,000 GB bandwidth · 100 GB disk
$399/mo
Autonomous overages: disk $1/GB, bandwidth $0.04/GB, extra autoscale servers $0.07-$0.12/hour; 3-day free trial; Enterprise is custom. Cloudways Flexible (pick a DigitalOcean, Vultr, Linode, AWS or Google Cloud server) is billed hourly in arrears, e.g. DigitalOcean 2 GB/1 vCPU at $0.0357/hour; the page also showed a '30% off for 3 months' promo with an unclear $11/mo display, so Flexible tiers are not listed as plans. Add-ons: Cloudflare Enterprise from $4.99/domain/mo, Rackspace email $1.50/mailbox/mo, DNS Made Easy $0.50/domain/mo.
Prices from Cloudways's pricing page, checked 26 Oct 2026.
Kinsta
Single 35k
1 WordPress site · 35K visits/mo · 10 GB storage
$35/mo
WP 2
2 WordPress installs · 70K visits or 40 GB bandwidth · 20 GB storage
$70/mo
WP 5
5 WordPress installs · 125K visits or 65 GB bandwidth · 30 GB storage
$115/mo
WP 10
10 WordPress installs · 315K visits or 125 GB bandwidth · 40 GB storage
$225/mo
Annual billing gives roughly two months free (e.g. Single 35k $350/yr, WP 2 $700/yr, WP 10 $2,250/yr). Single-site plans run $35-$375/mo by visits or bandwidth; multisite WP 20 $340/mo, WP 40 $450/mo; Agency from $340/mo. Enterprise from $500/mo: contact sales. Application, database and static hosting are sold under Sevalla.
Prices from Kinsta's pricing page, checked 26 Oct 2026.
Team cost
What each costs your team
Entry paid plans, per month and per year at list price.
| Team | Cloudways (Autonomous Growth) | Kinsta (Single 35k) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 people | $99/mo$1,188/yr a year | $35/mo$420/yr a year | Kinsta $64 less a month |
| 10 people | $99/mo$1,188/yr a year | $35/mo$420/yr a year | Kinsta $64 less a month |
| 25 people | $99/mo$1,188/yr a year | $35/mo$420/yr a year | Kinsta $64 less a month |
Cloudways is priced per plan. Kinsta is priced per plan. Per-user prices are multiplied by the team; per-plan prices aren't. Before tax; yearly discounts not applied.
FAQ
Cloudways vs Kinsta: questions
Which is cheaper, Cloudways or Kinsta?
Cloudways starts at $99/mo (Autonomous Growth) and Kinsta at $35/mo (Single 35k). For 10 people that's $99 vs $35 a month: Kinsta is $64 a month (65%) cheaper than Cloudways on list price. Compare features too: the cheaper plan isn't always the closer match.
Do Cloudways and Kinsta have free plans?
Cloudways has no free plan in Surba's catalog. Kinsta has no free plan in Surba's catalog.
Are Cloudways and Kinsta cheaper if you pay yearly?
Kinsta lists up to 17% off yearly billing. Surba's catalog lists no yearly discount for Cloudways.
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