Switching from managed WordPress hosting?

Sintr vs managed WordPress hosting

Managed hosts such as Kinsta and WP Engine run your full WordPress site for every visitor, with caching, backups and support. That is the right choice for shops and member sites. For brochure sites, blogs and marketing sites, it means paying for, and patching, a server that visitors never needed.

Side by side

What you get, and how you pay.

Topicmanaged WordPress hostingSintr
What visitors reachWordPress itself: PHP, database and login pageStatic files only: no PHP, database or login page
WordPressRuns around the clockRuns only while someone edits, then stops by itself
How you payBy sites and visits (Kinsta charges overage fees for visits, storage and CDN; WP Engine sizes plans by visits)By number of sites. No visit limits, no overage charges
Clients and teamsTeam access to the hosting accountA login per client, limited to their own sites; clients can use their own sign-in provider
AI toolsVaries; mostly not part of the hosting planLive MCP server: create, edit, publish and roll back from Claude, Cursor or any MCP client
FormsAny WordPress form plugin, running liveBuilt in, with an inbox, email or webhook per submission; no monthly quota
Git and deploymentGit and SSH access on most plansStarter theme pulled from git; every publish can be pushed to a git repository
HostingData centres to choose fromEU (Google Cloud, Finland), prices in euros

Prices. Kinsta: $35 a month for 1 site ($30 billed yearly), $30 for each extra site. WP Engine: from $28 a month billed yearly in the first year, $20 for each extra site. Sintr: €12 a month for 1 site (Solo), €29 a month for 3 sites (Starter), €179 a month for 25 sites (Agency). Every feature is in every plan, and a year costs ten months.

Competitor details were read from their own pages on 3 October 2026: Kinsta pricing, WP Engine plans. Plans change; check their page before you decide. Something out of date? Tell us and we will fix it.

Fair is fair

When managed WordPress hosting is the better choice.

  • You run WooCommerce, memberships, live comments or anything else that needs PHP while a visitor is on the page.
  • You need WordPress multisite.
Switching

Moving to Sintr.

  • Start a free trial14 days, no card needed.
  • Bring your WordPressConnect the WordPress you already have by its address and publish it from Sintr, or start a fresh WordPress on Sintr and move your content with WordPress’s own export and import tools.
  • Check the preview, then point your domainEvery site gets a private preview address first. When it looks right, add your domain; HTTPS is set up for you.

Try it on one of your own sites.

Priced by sites, never by visits. Every feature in every plan.

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