Kinsta Free Plan: What You Actually Get Before Paying
Kinsta has no free plan. You get a first month free on select plans plus a 30-day money-back guarantee. Here is what that covers and what entry costs.
By Galactic News Editorial · Published 2026-11-12T07:27:06+00:00 · Updated 2026-11-12T07:27:06+00:00
Kinsta Free Plan: What You Actually Get Before Paying
Kinsta does not offer a free plan. There is no $0 tier that stays free forever. What Kinsta does offer is a first month free on select plans, plus a 30-day money-back guarantee on all plans. That is the closest thing to trying Kinsta before paying. This guide explains exactly what you get, what it costs when the free period ends, and when Kinsta is worth the price.
Is there a Kinsta free plan?
No. Kinsta has no free plan. Every hosting plan is paid. The entry plan is $35 a month, or $30 a month billed annually. There is no free tier with limited sites or storage.
What exists instead is a first month free on select plans. Kinsta lists first month free on its Single 20GB, Single 35k, WP 2, and Launch plans. You sign up, use the plan for a month, and pay nothing for that month. After the free month, billing starts at the regular rate. A 30-day money-back guarantee covers all plans after any free period ends.
This is different from a free trial of a limited product. You get the full plan for a month. You can test the real hosting, the real dashboard, and the real support. If it does not fit, you cancel inside the guarantee window.
Kinsta pricing at a glance
Kinsta prices by plan size. You choose how many WordPress installs you run, how many visits they draw, and how much storage you use. Features are the same across plans. You pay for size, not for features.
| Plan | Monthly price | Annual price | What you get |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single 35k | $35 | $30 a month ($350 a year) | 1 install, 35,000 visits, 10 GB storage, 125 GB CDN |
| Launch | $35 | $30 a month ($350 a year) | 1 install, 75,000 visits, 15 GB storage, 125 GB CDN |
| WP 2 | $70 | $59 a month ($700 a year) | 2 installs, 70,000 visits, 20 GB storage, 250 GB CDN |
| WP 5 | $115 | $96 a month | 5 installs, 125,000 visits, 30 GB storage |
| WP 10 | $225 | $188 a month | 10 installs, 250,000 visits, 40 GB storage |
| Agency 20 | $340 | $284 a month | 20 installs, 500,000 visits, 50 GB storage |
| Enterprise | From $500 | From $417 a month | Custom resources, dedicated account manager |
Prices exclude tax and are in US dollars. Kinsta also runs a Black Friday offer for new customers: 50% off for 3 months on monthly plans, or 3 months off annual plans. The offer ends December 1, 2026.
Kinsta also lists bandwidth-based versions of the single-site plans. Single 20GB gives 20 GB of server bandwidth a month with 10 GB of storage for the same $35. You can switch between visit-based and bandwidth-based billing in the dashboard.
What every Kinsta plan includes
Every plan runs on Google Cloud Platform with a Cloudflare CDN in front. Kinsta guarantees 99.9% uptime on standard plans. Enterprise plans carry an uptime SLA of up to 99.99%.
Every plan includes free SSL certificates, a fully managed firewall with DDoS protection, bot protection, and free malware removal. Daily backups are automatic. Backup retention is 14 days on most plans and 30 days on agency and enterprise plans.
Every plan includes free one-click staging environments. Each WordPress install can have its own staging site. Staging sites do not count toward your disk usage. Migrations are free and unlimited, with no downtime.
Support is expert support on every plan, with 24/7 coverage. There are no support tiers that gate help behind a higher plan. The dashboard is MyKinsta, Kinsta's own control panel. It includes an application performance monitoring tool and a Kinsta API.
How Kinsta counts visits
A visit is one unique IP address recorded in a 24-hour period. Visits are shared across all sites on your plan. If your sites pass the allowance, Kinsta charges overage fees instead of taking the site offline. Kinsta notifies you at 80% and 100% of usage. The overage rate is $0.50 per 1,000 extra visits.
This matters for planning. A site with 35,000 monthly visits fits Single 35k. A site with traffic spikes should size up or pick the bandwidth-based plan. Check your current traffic in analytics before choosing a tier.
What costs extra on Kinsta
Add-ons are priced per site per month. Redis object caching costs $100 per site per month. Extra disk space costs $20 per 20 GB increment per month. Premium staging environments cost $20 per site per month. Hourly backups cost $100 per site per month, and six-hourly backups cost $20.
These add-ons are optional. Most small sites do not need them. Redis helps WooCommerce stores with heavy database load. Extra disk helps sites with large media libraries.
What you actually get before paying
Before you pay, you get one free month on a select plan. That month includes the full plan: the install, the visits allowance, staging, backups, SSL, and support. You also get free migration help. Kinsta's team can move your site for you at no cost.
After the free month, the 30-day money-back guarantee applies. That gives you a second safety net. Together, the free month and the guarantee let you run a real site on Kinsta for up to two months before the spend is final.
There is no free plan to fall back on. When the free month ends, you either pay or cancel. Plan for that. Pick the smallest plan that fits your traffic, and upgrade later if you grow. Upgrades and downgrades are prorated in the dashboard.
Bottom line
Kinsta has no free plan, but its first month free on select plans is a genuine test. You get full hosting, full features, and real support for a month. Entry is $35 a month for one site with 35,000 visits and 10 GB of storage. It is premium-priced hosting, and the value is in the infrastructure, the security, and the support. If your site earns money or your business depends on uptime, the free month is worth using. If you need a $0 tier, look at a cheaper shared host instead.