# Kinsta®

> Kinsta is a privately held managed hosting company focused on WordPress. Its subscription platform combines isolated cloud infrastructure, a Cloudflare-powered edge network, automatic backups, free migrations, performance monitoring, staging tools, an API, and round-the-clock specialist support. The company sells to everyone from solo site owners to digital agencies, ecommerce operators, publishers, and enterprise teams that would rather buy a managed operating layer than staff one themselves.

- **Founded:** 2013
- **Headquarters:** West Hollywood, United States
- **Founders:** Mark Gavalda (Co-founder, Chairman and former CEO), Anita Dunai (Co-founder), Peter Molnar (Co-founder), Tom Zsomborgi (Co-founder)
- **Team size:** 201-500 employees on LinkedIn; supplied company data lists approximately 280.
- **Products:** Managed Hosting for WordPress, MyKinsta, Kinsta APM, DevKinsta, Kinsta API
- **Notable:** Grew from four bootstrapped founders in 2013 to a distributed company with more than 200 employees., Reported more than 230,000 customers across 128 countries in 2026., Added more than 65,000 sites in 2025 and reported customer growth above 60% year over year.

## Products & services

- **Managed Hosting for WordPress** — Containerized WordPress hosting with global data-center choice, CDN and edge caching, security, backups, staging, migrations, monitoring, and expert support.
- **MyKinsta** — A proprietary control panel for site creation, domains, backups, analytics, access, caching, users, billing, and multi-site operations.
- **Kinsta APM** — Included application-performance monitoring for tracing slow PHP processes, MySQL queries, and external HTTP calls.
- **DevKinsta** — A free local WordPress development environment with database, email, debugging, and deployment workflows.
- **Kinsta API** — A REST API for automating site creation, cloning, access, analytics, DNS, WP-CLI, and other operational workflows.
- **Agency Partner Program** — A tiered program offering agencies training, co-marketing, referrals, recurring affiliate commissions, and partner support.

## Achievements

- Grew from four bootstrapped founders in 2013 to a distributed company with more than 200 employees.
- Reported more than 230,000 customers across 128 countries in 2026.
- Added more than 65,000 sites in 2025 and reported customer growth above 60% year over year.
- Ranked first across web hosting in G2's 2026 Best Software Awards, according to Kinsta's announcement.
- Offers a Cloudflare-powered edge network spanning more than 300 locations and a choice of 30 hosting data centers.
- Published 23 changelogs, 76 Kinsta Talks episodes, and more than 200 new or updated content pieces during 2025.
- Won third place for Best IT Infrastructure & Cloud Solution at Ecommerce Berlin Expo in 2025.
- Built a partner ecosystem used by more than 300 agencies.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — Published new guidance and tooling for enterprise WordPress teams managing safer changes with staging, selective push, layered backups, and role-based access.
- **2026-06** — Added a WordPress file manager inside MyKinsta.
- **2026-05** — Released customizable bot-protection controls and expanded API support for WordPress Admin auto-login users.
- **2026-04** — Expanded the Agency Partner Program with tiered benefits, lead referrals, co-marketing, and dedicated partner support.
- **2026-03** — Announced more than 60% year-over-year customer growth, 230,000+ customers, and recognition in G2's 2026 Best Software Awards.
- **2026-02** — Moved application, database, and static-site hosting management from MyKinsta to the separate Sevalla platform.
- **2026-01** — Named longtime executive Jon Penland CEO and appointed Matt Reid as chief marketing officer; founder Mark Gavalda became chairman and remained on the board.

## Links

- Website: https://kinsta.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kinsta
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/kinsta
- GitHub: https://github.com/kinsta
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@kinsta
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kinsta/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kinstapt

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Last updated: 2026-08-15