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Kinsta vs Nexcess: which is more reliable? (2026)
Nexcess is more reliable than Kinsta, scoring 55.4 vs 48.0 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Kinsta reported 13 incidents and Nexcess reported 19, with effective uptime of 98.63% and 99.19% respectively. Nexcess resolves incidents faster on average (11h 39m).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Kinsta | Nexcess |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 48.0 | 55.4 |
| Rank (web hosts) | #7 | #6 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 98.63% | 99.19% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 13 | 19 |
| Partial / major outages | 6 | 1 |
| Avg time to resolve | 12h 37m | 11h 39m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Kinsta and Nexcess differ
- Nexcess reported 46% more incidents than Kinsta over the last 90 days (19 vs 13).
- Kinsta had 6 partial or major outages, compared with 1 for Nexcess.
- Nexcess fixes problems faster: 11h 39m on average, against 12h 37m for Kinsta.
- Kinsta's longest outage on record lasted 1d 4h (Feb 5, 2026); Nexcess's lasted 3d (Jul 18, 2026).
90-day uptime
Kinsta
Nexcess
- 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 center
Affected: Ashburn, Virginia, US data centers
Recent Nexcess incidents
- InformationalOct 27, 2026 · ongoing
- InformationalOct 22, 2026 · ongoing
PHP Security Vulnerability Assessment (CVE-2026-109618 & CVE-2026-109619)
- Degraded performanceSep 26, 2026 · resolved in 4h 34m
Service disruption on subset of cloudhosts in the us-midwest-2 region
Affected: us-midwest-2
- InformationalSep 22, 2026 · resolved in 2d 23h
Security Advisory: Critical WordPress Vulnerability - "Click2Shell"
- Degraded performanceSep 16, 2026 · resolved in 17h 59m
Affected: Tickets, Chats
- InformationalSep 12, 2026 · resolved in 5h 44m
Service interruption on subset of Cloudhosts at US-Midwest-2 Region
Affected: us-midwest-2
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