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Kinsta vs WP Engine: which is more reliable? (2026)

Kinsta is more reliable than WP Engine, scoring 48.0 vs 30.5 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Kinsta reported 13 incidents and WP Engine reported 20, with effective uptime of 98.63% and 95.37% respectively. Kinsta resolves incidents faster on average (12h 37m).

Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score

Kinsta

48.0/100

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WP Engine

30.5/100

Operational

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MetricKinstaWP Engine
Reliability score48.030.5
Rank (web hosts)#7#11
Uptime (90 days)98.63%95.37%
Incidents (90 days)1320
Partial / major outages65
Avg time to resolve12h 37m21h 1m
Outages we detected00
Transparency score100/100100/100

Where Kinsta and WP Engine differ

  • WP Engine reported 54% more incidents than Kinsta over the last 90 days (20 vs 13).
  • Kinsta had 6 partial or major outages, compared with 5 for WP Engine.
  • Kinsta fixes problems faster: 12h 37m on average, against 21h 1m for WP Engine.
  • Kinsta's longest outage on record lasted 1d 4h (Feb 5, 2026); WP Engine's lasted 3d (Oct 15, 2026).

90-day uptime

Kinsta

Aug 5, 2026 – Aug 6, 2026: no incidentsAug 7, 2026: 86.57% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Aug 8, 2026 – Aug 10, 2026: no incidentsAug 11, 2026: 90.65% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Aug 12, 2026: 85.00% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Aug 13, 2026: 85.00% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Aug 14, 2026: 94.34% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Aug 15, 2026: no incidentsAug 16, 2026: 92.74% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Aug 17, 2026: 94.09% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Aug 18, 2026: 94.47% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Aug 19, 2026 – Aug 25, 2026: no incidentsAug 26, 2026: 95.58% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Aug 27, 2026: 88.29% uptime, 2 incidents (Partial outage)Aug 28, 2026 – Oct 7, 2026: no incidentsOct 8, 2026: 84.67% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Oct 9, 2026 – Oct 19, 2026: no incidentsOct 20, 2026: 90.33% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 21, 2026 – Oct 25, 2026: no incidentsOct 26, 2026: 96.41% uptime, 2 incidents (Partial outage)Oct 27, 2026 – Oct 28, 2026: no incidentsOct 29, 2026: 99.16% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 30, 2026 – Nov 2, 2026: no incidents
90 days ago98.637% average daily uptimeToday

WP Engine

Aug 5, 2026 – Aug 16, 2026: no incidentsAug 17, 2026: 94.85% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Aug 18, 2026: 91.31% uptime, 3 incidents (Degraded performance)Aug 19, 2026 – Aug 20, 2026: no incidentsAug 21, 2026: 93.79% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Aug 22, 2026 – Aug 31, 2026: no incidentsSep 1, 2026: 96.48% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 2, 2026 – Sep 14, 2026: no incidentsSep 15, 2026: 93.68% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 16, 2026: 98.95% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 17, 2026: 96.07% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Sep 18, 2026 – Sep 20, 2026: no incidentsSep 21, 2026: 92.42% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Sep 22, 2026: 95.61% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 23, 2026: 85.00% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 24, 2026: 85.00% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 25, 2026: 91.51% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 26, 2026: 97.89% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 27, 2026: 85.00% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 28, 2026: 85.00% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 29, 2026: 87.10% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Sep 30, 2026 – Oct 6, 2026: no incidentsOct 7, 2026: 95.28% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 8, 2026: 85.00% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Oct 9, 2026: 85.00% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 10, 2026: 89.71% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 11, 2026 – Oct 12, 2026: no incidentsOct 13, 2026: 97.20% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 14, 2026: 90.79% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 15, 2026: 72.39% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Oct 16, 2026: 50.00% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Oct 17, 2026: 50.00% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Oct 18, 2026: 77.60% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Oct 19, 2026: 87.91% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Oct 20, 2026: 63.64% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Oct 21, 2026: 74.08% uptime, 3 incidents (Partial outage)Oct 22, 2026: 95.76% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Oct 23, 2026 – Nov 2, 2026: no incidents
90 days ago95.379% average daily uptimeToday

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