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1 | This sheet contains affiliate links to help compensate for my time in gathering the data, and keeping it updated. I don't play favorites, and no one paid for a better placement. All data is 100% objective. | ||||||||||
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3 | KEY | Full support, included w/ all plans | |||||||||
4 | Partial support or upgrade required | ||||||||||
5 | No support | https://wpsmackdown.com/out/flywheel-pricing/ | https://wpsmackdown.com/out/siteground-wp-hosting-pricing/ | https://wpsmackdown.com/out/wp-engine-plans/ | https://wpsmackdown.com/out/godaddy-wp-hosting/ | https://thisistap.com/#pricing | https://pagely.com/plans-pricing/ | https://wpsmackdown.com/out/kinsta-pricing/ | |||
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7 | 1 MONTH FREE - $15/mo. | 60% OFF - $3.95/mo. | 2 MONTHS FREE - $35/mo. | DEAL: $1/mo. | $5/mo. per site | Starts at $499/mo. | Starts at $30/mo. | ||||
8 | GENERAL INFO | ||||||||||
9 | Founded | October 2012 | 2004 | March 2010 | 1997 | October 2014 | 2006 | December 2013 | |||
10 | Hosting Options | WordPress only | Any website Managed WordPress option | WordPress only | Any website Managed WordPress option | WordPress only | WordPress only | WordPress only | |||
11 | Headquarters | Omaha, NE, USA | Washington, DC, USA | Austin, TX, USA | Scottsdale, AZ, USA | Southampton, UK | Phoenix, AZ, USA | Budapest, Hungary | |||
12 | FEATURES OVERVIEW | monthly, entry-level plans | |||||||||
13 | # of Sites | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 1 | |||
14 | Visits | 5,000 | 10,000 | 25,000 | 25,000 | 5,000 | no limit | 20,000 | |||
15 | Bandwidth | 250 GB | no limit | 50 GB | no limit | no limit | 200 GB | no limit | |||
16 | Disk Space | 5 GB | 10 GB | 10 GB | 10 GB | 10 GB | 50 GB | 5 GB | |||
17 | CDN | YES | YES | YES | NO | NO | YES | YES | |||
18 | Free SSL | YES | YES | YES | NO | YES | NO | YES | |||
19 | Staging Site | YES | YES | YES | YES | NO | YES | YES | |||
20 | Automated Backups | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | |||
21 | Security | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | |||
22 | Performance/Caching | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | |||
23 | Site Migrations | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | |||
24 | Multisite Support | YES | YES | YES | NO | NO | YES | YES | |||
25 | PLANS | ↓ Jump to plans ↓ | ↓ Jump to plans ↓ | ↓ Jump to plans ↓ | ↓ Jump to plans ↓ | ↓ Jump to plans ↓ | ↓ Jump to plans ↓ | ↓ Jump to plans ↓ | |||
26 | CDN | ||||||||||
27 | CDN Available | YES | YES | YES | NO | NO | YES | YES | |||
28 | CDN Included | available as upgrade | YES | available as upgrade | -- | -- | YES | YES | |||
29 | CDN Platform | MaxCDN | Cloudflare | MaxCDN | -- | -- | Custom | KeyCDN | |||
30 | CDN Locations | 50+ | 74 | 50+ | -- | -- | 4 | 35 | |||
31 | CDN over HTTPS | YES | ? | YES | -- | -- | YES | YES | |||
32 | Custom CDN Sub-domain | YES | ? | YES | -- | -- | YES | YES | |||
33 | SECURITY & SSL | ||||||||||
34 | Free SSL | YES | YES | YES | NO | YES | NO | YES | |||
35 | Automatic Core Updates | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | |||
36 | Automatic Plugin Updates | NO | ? | NO | NO | NO | YES | NO | |||
37 | Threat Scanning | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | |||
38 | Scan Frequency | Daily | 24/7 | 24/7 | ? | 24/7 | Daily | 24/7 | |||
39 | Security Partner | Sucuri | Sucuri | Sucuri | SiteLock | ? | Maldet | New Relic | |||
40 | Free Hack Repair | YES | NO | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | |||
41 | BACKUP & RESTORE | ||||||||||
42 | Automated Backups | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | |||
43 | Backup Frequency | Daily | Daily | Daily | Daily | Daily | Daily | Daily | |||
44 | On-Demand Backups | YES | ? | YES | NO | NO | ? | YES | |||
45 | Backup Retention | 30 days | 1 day or 30 days | 30 days | 30 days | 3 days | 14 days | 14 days | |||
46 | Backup Location | Amazon S3 | ? | Amazon S3 | ? | Amazon S3 | Amazon S3 | Google Cloud Platform | |||
47 | Backup Notes | YES | ? | YES | NO | NO | ? | YES | |||
48 | Download .zip | YES | ? | YES | NO | YES | YES | YES | |||
49 | One-Click Restore | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | NO | YES | |||
50 | STAGING | ||||||||||
51 | Staging Sites | YES | YES | YES | YES | NO | YES | YES | |||
52 | Staging Options | Everything Files only Database only Wipe database clean | ? | Everything Files only | Everything | -- | There is no UI. Read More → | Everything | |||
53 | Backup Staging Site | NO | NO | YES | NO | -- | NO | YES | |||
54 | SERVER DETAILS | ||||||||||
55 | PHP 7 Available | YES | YES | YES | NO | YES | YES | YES | |||
56 | PHP Versions Supported | 5.6, 7.1, 7.2 | 5.6, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3 | 5.6, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2 | 5.6, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2 | 7.0 | 7.0, 5.6 | 7.3, 7.2, 7.1, 7.0, 5.6 | |||
57 | HTTP/2 Available | YES | YES | YES | NO | YES | YES | YES | |||
58 | Server Technology | Varnish + NGINX + PHP-FPM | Apache + Varnish + NGINX + Custom WordPress plugin | EverCache® (proprietary) | ? | Google Cloud Platform + NGINX | Amazon Web Services + NGINX + Redis | Google Cloud Platform + NGINX | |||
59 | Datacenter Locations | New York City, NY, USA San Francisco, CA, USA Toronto, Canada London, UK Frankfurt, Germany Amsterdam, NL Singapore, Asia | Chicago, IL, USA London, UK Milan, Italy Amsterdam, NL Singapore, Asia | New Jersey, USA London, UK Belgium | North America Europe | New York, USA London, UK | Northern Virginia, USA Oregon, USA Ohio, USA -----additional fee----- Northern California, USA Montreal, Canada Sao Paolo, Brazil Ireland Frankfurt, Germany Tokyo, Japan Singapore, Asia Sydney, Australia | 18 locations available | |||
60 | Choose Location on Signup | YES | YES | YES | YES | NO | YES | YES | |||
61 | Cloud Storage Provider | Google Cloud Platform | SingleHop & SoftLayer | Linode | GoDaddy | Amazon | |||||
62 | FILES & DATABASE | ||||||||||
63 | File Access | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | |||
64 | FTP/SFTP | SFTP | FTP or SFTP | SFTP | SFTP | SFTP | SFTP | SFTP | |||
65 | Multiple FTP/SFTP Users | YES | YES | YES | NO | ? | YES | YES | |||
66 | Database Access | YES | YES | YES | YES | NO | YES | YES | |||
67 | Database Type | MySQL | MySQL or PostgreSQL | MySQL | MySQL | ? | MySQL, MariaDB, or Aurora | MariaDB | |||
68 | Database Manager | Custom | phpMyAdmin | phpMyAdmin or phpPgAdmin | phpMyAdmin | n/a | phpMyAdmin | phpMyAdmin | |||
69 | ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT | ||||||||||
70 | Control Panel | Custom | cPanel | Custom | Custom | Custom | Custom | Custom | |||
71 | Multiple Users | YES | ? | YES | YES | NO | YES | YES | |||
72 | Billing Transfer | YES | ? | YES | NO | NO | NO | NO | |||
73 | Site Stats | Visits Storage/CDN Usage | ? | Site Level Visits, Bandwidth, Storage Account Level Total Installs Billable Visits Monthly Report (HTML) | Site Performance | NO | Bandwidth, Storage & CDN Usage on Site AND Account Level | A ton of stats (learn more) | |||
74 | Usage Alerts | NO | ? | NO | NO | NO | NO | NO | |||
75 | Password Protection | YES | YES | YES | NO | NO | ? | ? | |||
76 | Site Cloning | YES | ? | YES | NO | NO | YES | YES | |||
77 | Manually Flush Cache | YES | ? | YES | YES | NO | YES | YES | |||
78 | PLUGINS | ||||||||||
79 | Use Any Plugin | NO | YES | NO | NO | YES | NO | NO | |||
80 | Disallowed Plugins | View List | none | View List | View List | none | View List | View List | |||
81 | MU Plugins Installed | Flywheel (system) Limit Login Attempts Disable Core Updates Nginx Compatibility | SG Optimizer (system) | WP Engine (system) Force Strong Passwords Stop Long Comments | GoDaddy (system) | none | Pagely (system) | Kinsta Clear Cache Plugin | |||
82 | more details | ||||||||||
83 | WooCommerce Support | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | |||
84 | BuddyPress Support | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | |||
85 | bbPress Support | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | |||
86 | SUPPORT | ||||||||||
87 | Email / Ticket | YES | YES | NO | NO | YES | YES | YES | |||
88 | Chat | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | |||
89 | Phone | YES | YES | YES | YES | NO | NO | NO | |||
90 | General Support Hours | M-F, 9-5, CDT | 24/7 | 24/7 | 24/7 | 24/7 | 24/7 | 24/7 | |||
91 | Emergency Support Hours | 24/7 | 24/7 | 24/7 | 24/7 | 24/7 | 24/7 | 24/7 | |||
92 | Documentation | Docs | Docs | Docs | Docs | Docs | Docs | Docs | |||
93 | Video Documentation | Videos | Videos | some video tutorials | some video tutorials | n/a | n/a | n/a | |||
94 | DEVELOPER FEATURES | and other technical info | |||||||||
95 | WP-CLI | NO | YES | NO | NO | NO | YES | YES | |||
96 | SSH Access | NO | YES | YES | YES | NO | YES | YES | |||
97 | Git Version Control | YES | YES | YES | NO | NO | YES | YES | |||
98 | Dedicated IP Address | ? | ? | NO | NO | NO | YES | NO | |||
99 | Redirects | YES | ? | YES | NO | NO | YES | YES | |||
100 | Disabled PHP Functions | View List | ? | View List | ? | none | ? | ? | |||