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GoDaddy Web Hosting vs Kinsta: which is more reliable? (2026)
GoDaddy Web Hosting is more reliable than Kinsta, scoring 76.5 vs 48.0 out of 100. Over the last 90 days GoDaddy Web Hosting reported 5 incidents and Kinsta reported 13, with effective uptime of 99.49% and 98.63% respectively. GoDaddy Web Hosting resolves incidents faster on average (14m).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | GoDaddy Web Hosting | Kinsta |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 76.5 | 48.0 |
| Rank (web hosts) | #5 | #7 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.49% | 98.63% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 5 | 13 |
| Partial / major outages | 0 | 6 |
| Avg time to resolve | 14m | 12h 37m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where GoDaddy Web Hosting and Kinsta differ
- Kinsta reported 2.6× as many incidents as GoDaddy Web Hosting over the last 90 days (13 vs 5).
- Kinsta had 6 partial or major outages, compared with 0 for GoDaddy Web Hosting.
- GoDaddy Web Hosting fixes problems faster: 14m on average, against 12h 37m for Kinsta (54.9× quicker).
- GoDaddy Web Hosting's longest incident on record lasted 20h 21m (Jul 9, 2026); Kinsta's lasted 1d 4h (Feb 5, 2026).
90-day uptime
GoDaddy Web Hosting
Kinsta
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent GoDaddy Web Hosting incidents
- Degraded performanceOct 22, 2026 · ongoing
Affected: Web Hosting, Virtual Private Server (VPS), Web Hosting Plus, Managed WooCommerce Stores, UI
- MaintenanceOct 21, 2026 · resolved in 20h 38m
Affected: Web Hosting
- Degraded performanceSep 27, 2026 · resolved in 27m
Web Hosting Dashboard Degraded
Affected: Web Hosting
- Degraded performanceSep 15, 2026 · resolved in <1m
Affected: Web Hosting, Web Hosting Plus
- InformationalSep 4, 2026 · resolved in <1m
Managed WordPress Hosting and Web Hosting Degraded
Affected: Web Hosting, Web Requests (HTTP / HTTPS)
- InformationalAug 11, 2026 · resolved in <1m
Recent Kinsta incidents
- Degraded performanceOct 29, 2026 · resolved in 1h 20m
Downloadable Backup actions are stuck in processing status in the MyKinsta Dashboard.
Affected: MyKinsta
- Partial outageOct 26, 2026 · resolved in 1h 43m
MFA emails not being sent for MyKinsta
Affected: MyKinsta
- InformationalOct 23, 2026 · resolved in 4d
Information in regards to newly discovered PHP vulnerability CVE-2026-115560 (Oct 23, 2026)
- InformationalOct 21, 2026 · resolved in 13h 22m
PHP Security Vulnerability Update
Affected: MyKinsta
- Degraded performanceOct 20, 2026 · resolved in 15h 28m
Partial outage in London datacenter
Affected: London, United Kingdom data centers
- Partial outageOct 8, 2026 · resolved in 7h 21m
Service disruption at the Northern Virginia (US East 4) data centerofficial update ↗
Affected: Ashburn, Virginia, US data centers
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