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Kinsta and WP Farm are both premium managed WordPress hosts. Kinsta gives you a fast platform and a polished dashboard. WP Farm gives you a team that runs the site for you. Here is how they compare, with prices checked October 2026.
Kinsta vs WP FarmAt a glance
Checked October 12, 2026. See the full table
Both are strong premium hosts. The difference is how much is included and how much you manage yourself.
Every Kinsta detail below comes from its own public pages, checked October 12, 2026. Prices are in US dollars.
| Feature | Kinsta | WP Farm |
|---|---|---|
| Price for 1 site | $35/mo (Single 35k), or $30/mo billed yearly. | $35/mo (Starter). |
| Plan sizes | Single-site plans up to 750,000 visits. Agency plans up to 60 sites. | Starter: 1 site, 35,000 visits a month. Up to 150 sites on Enterprise. |
| Going over your visits | $0.50 per 1,000 extra visits. Sites stay online. | No overage fees. Over your plan for 60 days, we move you up a plan. |
| Plugin and theme updates | Kinsta Automatic Updates add-on, $3 per environment a month. | Core, plugins and themes updated for you every week. |
| Redis object cache | $100 per site a month add-on. | Included on every plan. |
| Security | Managed WAF, DDoS and bot protection included. Free malware removal. | Imunify360, KernelCare and Cloudflare WAF included. Malware and hack cleanup included. |
| CDN | Included. 125GB a month on the entry plan. | Cloudflare CDN Free included. Edge page caching from $25/mo. |
| Backups | Daily, kept 14 days on most plans. | Daily, off-site on Wasabi. 30 daily and 3 monthly restore points. |
| Staging | Free 1-click staging. Premium staging $20 per environment. | Staging on every plan. |
| Migrations | Unlimited free migrations. | Free hands-on migration. |
| Support | 24/7 human support in 8 languages. | 24/7 Level 2 WordPress experts. Same speed on every plan. |
| Money-back window | 30 days. | 60-day risk-free trial, plus free help moving away. |
Plans and prices change. Check each host’s current terms before you buy. Spot something out of date? Tell us.
Like-for-like plans, side by side. Where WP Farm costs more, here is what the difference buys.
1 site
Same price and limits. WP Farm adds Redis ($100 add-on on Kinsta) and weekly updates ($3 add-on).
5 sites
WP Farm costs $25 more. Adding Redis to 5 sites on Kinsta would cost $500 a month.
10 sites
WP Farm costs $25 less, with Redis and weekly updates included.
Kinsta prices are billed monthly. Paying yearly takes about two months off the total. WP Farm prices are monthly.
Three differences customers bring up most, each backed by the table above.
Kinsta charges $100 per site each month for Redis. Every WP Farm plan includes it, which helps logged-in users, carts and search.
Kinsta’s automatic updates are a $3 add-on per environment. We update core, plugins and themes for you every week.
Kinsta keeps 14 days of backups on most plans. We keep 30 daily and 3 monthly restore points, stored off the server on Wasabi.
Every plan includes everything in the WP Farm column above, plus a free, hands-on move.
Every plan includes a free move off Kinsta.
Pick a plan
Business plans start at $140 per month.
Our team moves your site off Kinsta for you.
You keep Kinsta until we go live
If it isn’t the right fit, we’ll help you move away for free. No contracts and no setup fees.
Side-by-side checks against the hosts people ask us about most.
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Straight answers to what people ask before they switch.
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It depends on size. One site costs $35 on both, or $30 on Kinsta if you pay yearly. For 5 sites, Kinsta WP 5 is $115 and WP Farm Business 1 is $140. For 10 sites, WP Farm Business 2 is $200 and Kinsta WP 10 is $225. Redis and weekly updates are included in every WP Farm price.
There is no overage fee. If your traffic stays above your plan for 60 days, we move you up to the plan that fits and tell you before the change. Kinsta charges $0.50 per 1,000 extra visits.
Yes. Our team moves the site by hand, tests it on staging and switches DNS with zero downtime. Most sites move within a day. See how the move works.
Speed depends on caching as much as hardware. Every WP Farm plan includes server page caching and Redis, and Cloudflare CDN Basic and up adds edge page caching. Run our free speed test before and after the move to see for yourself.
Yes. Business plans cover 5 to 40 sites, and Enterprise goes to 150. Agencies can refer clients or resell our hosting. See the agency program.
Yes. Your site stays live on Kinsta until we switch DNS. Cancel once the new site is live and checked.
Try any plan for 60 days. If it isn’t the right fit, we help you move away for free.