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Compare Kinsta and Pantheon 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (92.6% of reviews)
Small-Business (62.5% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Free Trial
$41 per month (prepaid annually)
Kinsta
Star Rating
(1,112)4.8 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (92.6% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Free Trial
Browse all 3 pricing plansPantheon
Star Rating
(705)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (62.5% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$41 per month (prepaid annually)
Browse all 3 pricing plansSummary
AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- Users report that Pantheon excels in its Developer Tools with a score of 9.5, making it a favorite for developers who appreciate its robust features for application deployment. In contrast, Kinsta, while still strong, has a slightly lower score of 8.3 in Development Tools, which some users feel limits their flexibility.
- Reviewers mention that Kinsta shines in Quality of Support, achieving a remarkable score of 9.7. Users on G2 frequently highlight the responsiveness and expertise of Kinsta's support team, whereas Pantheon, with a score of 8.6, has received feedback indicating that their support can be slower at times.
- G2 users note that Kinsta's Site Management capabilities are superior, scoring 9.4 compared to Pantheon’s 7.7. Users appreciate Kinsta's intuitive interface and ease of managing multiple sites, which enhances their overall experience.
- Reviewers say that Kinsta's Backup features are highly rated at 9.4, with users praising the automatic daily backups and easy restoration process. Pantheon, while offering backup options, scores lower at 8.5, leading some users to express a desire for more robust backup solutions.
- Users report that Kinsta's SSL Certificates are a standout feature, scoring 9.5, with many users appreciating the seamless integration and automatic provisioning. Pantheon, with a score of 8.3, has received feedback that its SSL setup can be more cumbersome for users.
- Reviewers mention that Pantheon offers a strong Content Authoring experience with a score of 9.3, which users find beneficial for collaborative projects. However, Kinsta's overall content management features are perceived as less comprehensive, leading to a lower score in this area.
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Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Kinsta
Single-site plans
Free Trial
Best if you have 1 site
- $300+ worth of premium features
- CDN and edge caching
- Enterprise-level security with Cloudflare
Pantheon
BASIC PLAN
$41
per month (prepaid annually)
Hosting for local businesses, small blogs, and static sites.
Start with our Basic Plan and scale up in plan easily as your site needs grow.
- 25k Monthly Visits
- 125k Monthly Pages Served
- 20GB SSD Storage
Free Trial
Kinsta
No trial information availablePantheon
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.5
950
8.8
480
Ease of Use
9.4
969
8.7
481
Ease of Setup
9.4
851
8.7
373
Ease of Admin
9.4
709
8.7
373
Quality of Support
9.7
950
8.6
457
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.5
706
8.8
358
Product Direction (% positive)
9.3
925
8.2
462
Features by Category
Content
Not enough data
9.2
111
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.9
106
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.2
127
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
119
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.0
104
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.0
98
Not enough data
9.0
108
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
100
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.1
108
|
Verified
Design
Not enough data
8.4
76
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
76
Not enough data
8.4
74
Not enough data
8.8
86
Platform
Not enough data
8.9
114
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.9
101
Not enough data
9.0
102
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.1
126
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.2
130
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.9
89
Not enough data
8.8
133
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.9
117
|
Verified
Agentic AI - Web Content Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Functionality
Not enough data
9.4
90
Not enough data
9.3
79
Not enough data
9.8
91
Management
Not enough data
9.2
75
Not enough data
9.6
95
Not enough data
9.1
86
Support
Not enough data
8.4
77
Not enough data
8.7
77
Not enough data
9.2
76
Functionality
Not enough data
8.8
53
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
52
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
51
|
Verified
Management
Not enough data
8.5
56
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.1
61
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
56
|
Verified
Agentic AI - Continuous Integration
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Performance
8.8
596
8.6
12
9.4
602
7.7
13
9.6
616
8.0
14
9.4
601
8.2
13
9.3
582
7.3
11
Security
9.5
609
8.2
12
9.3
592
7.2
12
9.1
570
7.2
9
9.0
554
7.2
10
Free Resources
Feature Not Available
6.5
9
Feature Not Available
6.8
10
9.5
599
8.0
11
Development
8.8
23
Not enough data
7.8
24
Not enough data
7.9
23
Not enough data
9.2
23
Not enough data
9.2
25
Not enough data
Database
8.7
24
Not enough data
8.3
25
Not enough data
8.4
25
Not enough data
9.6
25
Not enough data
9.6
26
Not enough data
Infrastructure
9.3
24
Not enough data
8.7
22
Not enough data
9.7
25
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Kinsta and Pantheon are categorized as Managed Hosting and WordPress Hosting
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Kinsta
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Pantheon
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Marketing and Advertising
10.9%
Computer Software
7.1%
Information Technology and Services
5.6%
Retail
5.1%
Health, Wellness and Fitness
3.4%
Other
67.9%
Marketing and Advertising
15.7%
Information Technology and Services
14.8%
Internet
11.3%
Computer Software
10.8%
Non-Profit Organization Management
5.7%
Other
41.7%
Most Helpful Reviews
Kinsta
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Marina C.
Verified User in Computer Software
I love Kinsta. It's the second website I migrated to Kinsta and on both occasions, the team has been amazing. The customer support is second to none and the additional tools like redirects, find and replace, etc are amazing. We are now using the...
Most Helpful Critical Review
YoYo F.
Verified User in Marketing and Advertising
Price is expensive and they keep increasing the price when others have decreased their prices.
Pantheon
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Jordan B.
Verified User in Marketing and Advertising
Pantheon makes it really easy to spin up, administer, update, and deploy changes to multiple Drupal websites. The dev-test-live workflow they've created is kind of like magic, since code changes and databases can be transferred from one environment to...
Most Helpful Critical Review
Verified User in Retail
If you are using woocommerce do NOT use pantheon. We launched and our site went down with 200 concurrent users. The fix? Oh yeah we have a known issue distributing your site along our architecture, try and fix it this way. Also want support? Pay $500 per...
Marina C.
Verified User in Computer Software
I love Kinsta. It's the second website I migrated to Kinsta and on both occasions, the team has been amazing. The customer support is second to none and the additional tools like redirects, find and replace, etc are amazing. We are now using the...
Jordan B.
Verified User in Marketing and Advertising
Pantheon makes it really easy to spin up, administer, update, and deploy changes to multiple Drupal websites. The dev-test-live workflow they've created is kind of like magic, since code changes and databases can be transferred from one environment to...
YoYo F.
Verified User in Marketing and Advertising
Price is expensive and they keep increasing the price when others have decreased their prices.
Verified User in Retail
If you are using woocommerce do NOT use pantheon. We launched and our site went down with 200 concurrent users. The fix? Oh yeah we have a known issue distributing your site along our architecture, try and fix it this way. Also want support? Pay $500 per...
Alternatives
Discussions
Is Kinsta any good?
4 comments
LR
They are good. Their tech support is simply amazing.Read more
Are there any feature rollouts upcoming?
1 comment
FP
Thank you, Tim, for your suggestions! 🙌
We take note and consider every comment or observation regarding new or already existing features, and we're...Read more
Is Pantheon considering offering price tiers for nonprofit/education organizations?
3 comments
NC
As Ian said, it doesn't hurt to ask, but nothing has been announced publicly ( https://pantheon.io/industry-solutions/nonprofit ).
One way to save some...Read more
Any chance of allowing a Backup (on any Environment) to be easily used to spin up a MultiDev instance? It would be SO AWESOME to click a button and resurrect a 3day old backup on a new Environment and log into it and look around. :-)
2 comments
DG
Doug.
Spin up the Multidev as you normally would, and then you can import your backup database to the environment via the database connection info pantheon...Read more
Can I host multiple URLs on one plan?
1 comment
Official Response from Pantheon
Each plan hosts one domain and any subdomains. Read more
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