Kinsta, a leading managed hosting provider for WordPress, today announced it has been recognized by G2’s 2026 Best Software Awards, earning the #1 ranking in the Best Web Hosting Software Products category, jumping from #8 last year to first place out of 1,461 products in the category. Kinsta was also named in the top 100 of G2’s Best Global Software Companies list, which recognizes the top-performing vendors out of more than 116,000 listed.
G2, the largest and most trusted software marketplace, reaches over 100 million buyers annually. Its annual Best Software Awards rank the world’s best software companies and products based on authentic, timely reviews from real users.
The recognition marks a milestone: a WordPress-focused hosting provider outranking cloud hosting providers, CDNs, managed DNS solutions, and domain registrars to claim the top spot across the entire web hosting category.
“These awards are meaningful because they come directly from the developers, marketers, business owners and teams of all sizes who depend on us every day to keep their sites running and drive their businesses,” said Jon Penland, CEO of Kinsta. “Being named the top web hosting provider shows we’re delivering on our promises with consistent execution and support. That trust is something we’ve earned and it drives us to keep investing in our platform, people and customer experience.”
The awards recognize Kinsta’s unique hosting business, which focuses on industry-leading functionality, speed, flexibility, reliability and human-based customer service. Kinsta works with more than 230,000 customers worldwide and added over 65,000 new sites last year alone. An analysis of 1,000 recent customer testimonials from G2 and other review marketplaces found that the most frequently cited reasons for choosing Kinsta are the speed and responsiveness of its expert support team, measurable improvements in site performance and the reliability that lets teams focus on their business rather than their infrastructure.
“As buyers increasingly shift to AI-driven research to discover software solutions, being recommended in the ‘answer moment’ must be earned with credible proof,” said Godard Abel, co-founder and CEO at G2. “Our Best Software Awards are grounded in trusted data from authentic customer reviews. They not only give buyers an objective, reliable guide to the products that help teams do their best work, but they’re also the proof AI search platforms rely on when sourcing answers. Congratulations to this year’s winners, including Kinsta. Earning a spot on these lists signals real customer impact.”
