Kinsta

Kinsta is managed WordPress hosting on Google Cloud, aimed at sites where an hour of downtime costs something. Backups, staging, a content delivery network and edge caching come with every plan rather than as add-ons, and the support is the part customers actually cite. For a creator it is the choice once a blog or a course site is earning and the cheap shared host has started to wobble under traffic. Plans are set by monthly visits and storage, and going over is billed rather than blocked.

Single site with 20 GB is $35 a month with the first month free, then $59, $115 and $225 for larger allowances, with roughly two months off for paying annually. Plans are set by monthly visits and storage. The first month at zero is a promotion rather than a trial, and the standing price is printed beside it.

Blogs, course sites and shops that have started earning, where an hour of downtime costs more than the difference in hosting.