The slowest of the four by a significant margin. 3.2 second average load time is unacceptable for an e-commerce site. Support took 45 minutes to connect via chat. The migration tool failed twice and I had to do it manually. WordPress.org still recommends it, which is baffling. Eliminated after 10 days — couldn’t justify the full two weeks.

Excellent performance and the best support of the four — got a human on chat in under 2 minutes who actually understood WordPress. The free migration plugin worked flawlessly. But at $17.99/mo renewal for one site with 10GB storage, the value proposition collapses. Great host, hard to justify the cost for a small site.

The fastest load time of all four, thanks to LiteSpeed servers and built-in caching. Migration was smooth with their free tool. Support was chat-only and occasionally slow (15-minute waits), but competent. At $11.99/mo renewal with 100GB storage and 100 websites, the value is unbeatable. This is where the site stayed.

The fastest and most reliable by a hair. Google Cloud infrastructure, automatic daily backups, staging environments, and support that feels like having a personal WordPress consultant. But at $35/mo for a site earning under $500/month, it’s overkill. Save Kinsta for when the revenue justifies it.