Kinsta is a managed platform with hosting thrown in. Nexcess is managed hosting with unrivaled WordPress optimization, support, and platform features.
![An online store sells records, speakers, and record players using WordPress blocks](/static/a695ea47dfa164978834d4ec6ba16f5c/ad007/kinsta-wordpress-vs-nexcess-hero.png)
How Kinsta misses the WordPress mark
Compare Kinsta and Nexcess managed hosting
Where have all the PHP workers gone?
![Performance metrics for a website show load times for specific pages on a website using Nexcess managed WordPress](/static/6c637d6385896897fd41b0ea3a155d5c/210c6/where-php%20workers-gone.png)
![An ecommerce store selling a record stylus and paper sleeves for $80 and $25, a hand pulls out a vintage record](/static/8ed8c6eb234a1571389d2c3a318d2946/8e5c2/kinsta-wp%3Dwoo.png)
Kinsta WordPress = WooCommerce
Scalable if you have the cash
![A revenue chart shows steady rising costs with a sudden lift, a box reads monthly costs are now $4821 and up 300%](/static/6ff18dd96ce4ee690262c7b924ba2d4a/37397/scalable-if-you-have-cash.png)
Adding up Kinsta’s add-ons
![Several shapes and blocks, not quite fitting together, pile up higher and higher](/static/18994638396be082c84f58cafc6e9898/fd423/kinsta-add-ons.png)
![A WordPress support representative sits in a modern office, he smiles as he helps a customer via chat and by phone](/static/36930add78cedd4d46705537c3a8661d/bace9/human-voice.png)
Support without tickets, or a human voice
Kinsta isn’t for everyone
You are sabotaging your WooCommerce website by using Kinsta
Fun fact #1: WooCommerce REQUIRES 512MB of PHP memory. Not-so-fun fact #2: Kinsta standard plans come with 256MB of PHP memory. (Yes that is half of what WooCommerce REQUIRES to function properly.) Not-so-fun fact #3: When you become aware of this the awesome support team will recommend that you upgrade to an agency account that comes with 512MB of PHP memory. Not-so-fun fact #4: Your request to upgrade will be declined if you do not have a website that says you are an agency. Bottom line: You are not paying a premium price for premium hosting. You are paying an extortionate rate to sabotage your WooCommerce website. Don't do it.
Many promises, very poor result.
Many promises, to be the fastest and best wp hosting. I started with the business pack 1, tested, asked for help. Quick response times, that started out well, I thought. But as soon as our site was live, the troubles began, slow load times and very slow backend. So I needed some more php workers. But then you need to upgrade to a more expensive plan. 3 times more expensive!!! Crazy! If I knew this in advance I rather stayed with our other host. We never had these issues there. It saved me a whole week of work.
Totally overpriced and NOT reliable!
Totally overpriced. Instead of reliable hosting our site was down for a while. They make update so your wp doesn’t function without any notification. Support not helpful at all, only standard messages. STAY AWAY!