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 "schema_version": "1.0",
 "id": "kinsta",
 "name": "Kinsta",
 "research_status": "researched",
 "vendor_domain": "kinsta.com",
 "category": "IT & Productivity",
 "task": "Hosting & websites",
 "summary": "Managed WordPress hosting on Google Cloud, with free migrations and 24/7 support. Overage bills per 1,000 extra visits; Kinsta gives no partner-only discount codes.",
 "best_for": "business-critical WordPress sites where speed, uptime and expert support directly affect revenue",
 "skip_if": "you run a small, low-traffic site on a tight budget — entry-level shared hosting or a caching plugin gets you most of the way for a fraction of the price",
 "honest_knock": "You're paying a premium for managed speed, Google Cloud infrastructure and expert support — worth it if performance and hands-off management matter, wasteful on a low-traffic hobby site a $5 shared host would carry fine.",
 "pricing": {
  "status": "public",
  "entry_price": "$35",
  "entry_price_terms": "a month, or $30 a month billed annually ($350/yr)",
  "from_price_usd_month": 35.0,
  "plans": null,
  "plans_source": null,
  "notes": "(re-verified 2026-10-03 on their own plans page, USD, tax excluded) Managed WordPress hosting from $35/mo for a single site, or $30/mo billed annually at $350 a year, with the first month free on top — Kinsta advertises annual as two months off. That entry plan carries one WordPress install, 10GB storage, 20GB server bandwidth, 125GB CDN bandwidth and 14 days of backup retention, and you choose whether it is metered on bandwidth or on visits, which is a real change from the visit-only plans older reviews describe. The multi-site ladder runs WP 2 at $70/mo or $59 billed annually ($700 a year), WP 5 at $115 or $96 ($1,150), WP 10 at $225 or $188 ($2,250), WP 20 at $340 or $284 ($3,400) and WP 40 at $450 or $375 ($4,500). Agency plans start at that same $340/mo, or $284 billed annually. Above them sits an Enterprise line our earlier readings missed entirely: it starts at $500/mo, or $417 billed annually, with $5,000 payable on signup. Several things that look like plan features are priced separately — dedicated servers from $300/mo, PHP performance at $10 per 500MB a month, external backups to AWS or Google Cloud at $2 per site a month plus $1 per GB, and more frequent backups at $20 a site for six-hourly or $100 for hourly. It is a premium tier — cheaper shared hosts exist. There is no exclusive discount code to look for: Kinsta confirmed to us on 28 Jul 2026 that it gives no partner-only or affiliate-only discounts. Read on 3 October 2026 every figure above was unchanged, and the page also carries a visit-metered business ladder beside the install-counted one: Launch at $35/mo or $30 billed annually (1 install, 75,000 estimated visits, 15GB storage), Launch Plus $59 or $50 (1 install, 125,000), Build $69 or $58 (2 installs, 200,000), Expand $99 or $83 (5, 350,000), Scale $169 or $141 (10, 650,000) and Lead $299 or $250 (20 installs, 1,500,000 visits). Kinsta's overage documentation puts visit overage at $0.50 per 1,000 visits and bandwidth overage at $0.50 per GB.",
  "verified_at": "2026-10-03",
  "source_url": null
 },
 "free_plan": false,
 "free_plan_evidence": null,
 "cost_traps": [
  {
   "id": "usage_metered",
   "label": "Usage-metered",
   "evidence": "That entry plan carries one WordPress install, 10GB storage, 20GB server bandwidth, 125GB CDN bandwidth and 14 days of backup retention, and you choose whether it is metered on bandwidth or on visits, which is a real change from the visit-only plans older reviews describe.",
   "verified_at": "2026-10-03",
   "source_url": null
  },
  {
   "id": "addons_extra",
   "label": "Key features are paid add-ons",
   "evidence": "Several things that look like plan features are priced separately — dedicated servers from $300/mo, PHP performance at $10 per 500MB a month, external backups to AWS or Google Cloud at $2 per site a month plus $1 per GB, and more frequent backups at $20 a site for six-hourly or $100 for hourly.",
   "verified_at": "2026-10-03",
   "source_url": null
  }
 ],
 "compare_with": {
  "name": "SiteGround or Cloudways",
  "why": "cheaper managed-WordPress hosts"
 },
 "links": {
  "record": "https://aibuildermarketplace.com/api/v1/products/kinsta.json",
  "review": "https://aibuildermarketplace.com/b2b/kinsta-review/",
  "marketplace": "https://aibuildermarketplace.com/marketplace/kinsta/",
  "vendor_site": "https://kinsta.com"
 },
 "purchase": {
  "seller": "the vendor",
  "how": "AIBuilder Marketplace does not sell this software. Sign up, start a trial or buy on the vendor's site.",
  "handoff_url": "https://kinsta.com/?kaid=EKSCJEFWBYJO",
  "affiliate": true,
  "disclosure": "Where purchase.affiliate is true, purchase.handoff_url is an affiliate link: AIBuilder Marketplace may earn a commission at no extra cost to the buyer. Commission never changes what a record says, and products are not ranked by commission. Where it is false the link is the vendor's plain site."
 },
 "provenance": {
  "research": "hand-researched dossier, read on the vendor's own pages",
  "researched_since": "2026-07",
  "method": "https://aibuildermarketplace.com/how-we-review/",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0. Credit 'AIBuilder Marketplace' with a link to https://aibuildermarketplace.com/atlas/.",
  "note": "A rebuild is not a new measurement: pricing.verified_at is the date that matters."
 },
 "cost": {
  "status": "not_yet",
  "engine": "https://aibuildermarketplace.com/agents/#cost",
  "rules": null,
  "growth": null
 },
 "unknowns": [
  "Plan-by-plan prices are not structured in this record yet; pricing.notes has the full text.",
  "Contract terms (cancellation, data export, data location, minimum seats) are not researched as separate fields; pricing.notes mentions them only where the vendor's pricing page does.",
  "No computable price rules yet: cost at a given team size cannot be calculated for this product.",
  "Not tested hands-on by us: what the product does comes from the vendor's pages and our reading of them."
 ],
 "task_evidence": null,
 "open_questions": [
  {
   "question_id": "kinsta:cancellation_terms",
   "key": "cancellation_terms",
   "question": "Can a customer cancel at any time, and what happens to an annual plan that is cancelled mid-term?",
   "status": "open"
  },
  {
   "question_id": "kinsta:data_export",
   "key": "data_export",
   "question": "Which data can a customer export, in which formats, on which plans?",
   "status": "open"
  },
  {
   "question_id": "kinsta:data_location",
   "key": "data_location",
   "question": "Where is customer data stored, and can a customer choose the region?",
   "status": "open"
  },
  {
   "question_id": "kinsta:minimum_seats",
   "key": "minimum_seats",
   "question": "Is there a minimum number of seats or users on any plan?",
   "status": "open"
  }
 ],
 "vendor_answers": [],
 "agent_channels": {
  "vendor_mcp": null,
  "agent_checkout": {
   "status": "not_found",
   "detail": "No explicit support for purchases by AI agents on the vendor's own pages.",
   "checked_at": "2026-10-07",
   "method": "homepage, /pricing and the pricing page we cite, read as plain HTML (no JavaScript) and searched for explicit support of purchases by AI agents: Agentic Commerce Protocol, Instant Checkout, Agent Payments Protocol, buy in ChatGPT, agentic checkout"
  }
 }
}