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Kinsta and WP Engine Plan Limits: What Each Price Step Buys
The visit, site and storage limits behind each listed plan from Kinsta and WP Engine, and the traffic levels where the lower-priced provider changes.
A managed WordPress plan is a bundle of limits: monthly visits, number of sites and storage. The price moves when you pass one of them. This page lists the limits behind each price from the two providers and shows where the lower-priced one changes.
Read this first
The two providers are shown on different billing bases. Kinsta is its regular monthly price times 12. WP Engine is its annual price, and its plans page says first-year pricing is for new customers and renewal pricing can change. Annual prices for Kinsta and monthly prices for WP Engine were not recorded.
One site: cost as traffic grows
Kinsta: 12 monthly payments on single-site plans. WP Engine and Pressable: annual price of the smallest listed plan that covers the visits. USD, before tax. Hover a step for the exact figure.
The chart also shows Pressable for reference. Its plans are covered in Pressable plan prices.
| Monthly visits | Kinsta plan | Kinsta, 12 monthly payments | WP Engine plan | WP Engine, annual price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Up to 25,000 | Single 35k | $420 | 1 site | $336 |
| 25,001 to 35,000 | Single 35k | $420 | Up to 3 sites | $624 |
| 35,001 to 65,000 | Single 65k | $600 | Up to 3 sites | $624 |
| 65,001 to 70,000 | WP 2 | $840 | Up to 3 sites | $624 |
| 70,001 to 75,000 | Single 125k | $1,080 | Up to 3 sites | $624 |
| 75,001 to 100,000 | Single 125k | $1,080 | Up to 10 sites | $1,248 |
| 100,001 to 125,000 | Single 125k | $1,080 | Up to 30 sites | $3,168 |
| 125,001 to 315,000 | Single 315k | $2,040 | Up to 30 sites | $3,168 |
On the listed prices, WP Engine is lower up to 25,000 visits and again between 65,001 and 75,000. Kinsta is lower in the other ranges. The reason is the shape of the plans. Kinsta sells single-site plans in six traffic steps. In one narrow range, 65,001 to 70,000 visits, its two-site plan WP 2 costs less than the next single-site plan. WP Engine's larger plans add visits and sites together, so a single busy site pays for site slots it does not use.
Several sites: the picture reverses
| Sites and monthly visits | Kinsta plan | Kinsta, 12 monthly payments | WP Engine plan | WP Engine, annual price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 sites, 60,000 visits | WP 2 | $840 | Up to 3 sites | $624 |
| 3 sites, 70,000 visits | WP 5 | $1,380 | Up to 3 sites | $624 |
| 10 sites, 100,000 visits | WP 10 | $2,700 | Up to 10 sites | $1,248 |
| 20 sites, 400,000 visits | WP 20 | $4,080 | Up to 30 sites | $3,168 |
For several sites with modest traffic, WP Engine's listed plans include more sites at each price. Kinsta's multi-site plans carry higher visit limits at each step: WP 10 covers 315,000 visits where WP Engine's 10-site plan covers 100,000.
What counts as a visit
Kinsta's pricing FAQ counts each unique IP address that reaches a site within 24 hours as one visit, and adds up visits across every site on the plan. It also offers billing by bandwidth instead of visits at the same plan prices.
WP Engine's plans page lists a visit limit per plan. How it counts a visit is not summarized here yet.
Above the limit
- Kinsta: the site stays online. Kinsta sends notices at 80% and 100% of usage and charges overage fees for the amount over the limit. Plan changes are prorated.
- WP Engine: the plans page says overages may apply at checkout.
The fee amounts are not listed on this page yet.
Storage at each step
| Provider | Plan | Storage |
|---|---|---|
| Kinsta | Single 35k to Single 315k | 10 GB |
| Kinsta | Single 500k, Single 750k | 15 GB |
| Kinsta | WP 2 / WP 5 / WP 10 / WP 20 / WP 40 | 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 / 60 GB |
| WP Engine | 1 site / 3 sites / 10 sites / 30 sites | 10 / 15 / 20 / 50 GB |
Kinsta lists extra disk space as an add-on at $20 per 20 GB per month.