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Kinsta vs Liquid Web: which is more reliable? (2026)
Kinsta is more reliable than Liquid Web, scoring 48.0 vs 31.8 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Kinsta reported 13 incidents and Liquid Web reported 20, with effective uptime of 98.63% and 94.03% respectively. Kinsta resolves incidents faster on average (12h 37m).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Kinsta | Liquid Web |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 48.0 | 31.8 |
| Rank (web hosts) | #7 | #10 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 98.63% | 94.03% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 13 | 20 |
| Partial / major outages | 6 | 4 |
| Avg time to resolve | 12h 37m | 1d |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Kinsta and Liquid Web differ
- Liquid Web reported 54% more incidents than Kinsta over the last 90 days (20 vs 13).
- Kinsta had 6 partial or major outages, compared with 4 for Liquid Web.
- Kinsta fixes problems faster: 12h 37m on average, against 1d for Liquid Web (2.0× quicker).
- Kinsta's longest outage on record lasted 1d 4h (Feb 5, 2026); Liquid Web's lasted 3d (Jul 20, 2026).
90-day uptime
Kinsta
Liquid Web
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
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
Recent Liquid Web incidents
- InformationalOct 27, 2026 · ongoing
- Partial outageOct 26, 2026 · resolved in 19h 4m
Errors with Object Storage and Block Storageofficial update ↗
Affected: Object Storage
- Partial outageOct 21, 2026 · ongoing
PHP Security Vulnerability Assessment (CVE-2026-109618 & CVE-2026-109619)official update ↗
Affected: Cloud Dedicated, Cloud VPS Hosting, CPanel, InterWorx, Plesk
- InformationalOct 21, 2026 · resolved in 5d 2h
- InformationalOct 20, 2026 · resolved in 21h 33m
Patch Deployment for CVE-2026-74580 Impacting Parent Servers
- Degraded performanceOct 14, 2026 · resolved in 3h 17m
Premium business email Webmail Access Issues
Affected: Business Email
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