Flywheel vs. Pressable

Last verified 35 days ago · 29 sources · Updated automatically

Flywheel and Pressable compared across Company facts, Pricing, Performance & infrastructure, WordPress management, Support & security and Platform & integrations — every fact sourced and re-verified from each vendor's public material.

Flywheel

Managed WordPress hosting built for designers and creative agencies; now part of WP Engine.

HQ Austin, TX

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Pressable

Managed WordPress hosting from Automattic, with Jetpack and a global CDN included.

HQ San Antonio, TX

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Attribute

Flywheel

Pressable

Company facts

Headquarters

Austin, TX Flywheel is a WP Engine product; WP Engine is headquartered in Austin, TX

San Antonio, TX Automattic-owned; distributed/remote-first team

Employees

1.1k Headcount of parent company WP Engine (~1,100 globally)

125 LinkedIn shows 51-200 employees (midpoint)

Pricing

Starting Monthly Price (USD)

$25 Starter plan billed monthly; $300/yr (2 months free) if annual

$25 Signature 1 plan, billed monthly

Entry Plan WordPress Sites

1 sites 1 WordPress site on the Starter plan

1 sites 1 WordPress install on Signature 1

Entry Plan Monthly Visits

25k 25,000 monthly visits on the Starter plan

30k 30,000 monthly visits on Signature 1

Entry Plan Storage (GB)

10 GB 10 GB disk on the Starter plan

20 GB 20 GB storage on Signature 1

Free Trial Length (Days)

0 days No free trial; free demo sites and a 60-day money-back guarantee instead

0 days

Money-Back Guarantee (Days)

60 days 60-day money-back guarantee (excludes Agency and Custom plans)

30 days 30-day money-back guarantee on all plans

Performance & infrastructure

Underlying Cloud

Google Cloud Runs on the Google Cloud Platform

own datacenters Runs on Automattic's WP Cloud platform

Datacenter Locations

5 5 data center regions worldwide

4 4 origin regions: Los Angeles, Dallas, Ashburn (VA), Amsterdam

Free CDN

Free global CDN powered by Fastly on all plans

Pressable Edge Cache included on every plan

Web Server

NGINX NGINX serving static files and reverse-proxying PHP-FPM

NGINX NGINX with PHP-FPM

Built-in Object Cache

Page caching only (FlyCache); no persistent object cache

Persistent object cache (Memcache) enabled by default

Latest PHP Version

8.2 PHP 8.2 (default for new sites); 7.4 also selectable

8.4 PHP up to 8.4, selectable per site

Free SSL Certificate

Free Let's Encrypt SSL (Simple SSL) with any plan

Free Let's Encrypt SSL on every site

WordPress management

Automatic WordPress Updates

Automatic major and minor WordPress core updates

Automatic managed WordPress core updates

Staging Environments

One-click staging sites included on all plans

One-click staging on all plans

Automatic Daily Backups

Automatic nightly backups with one-click restore

Daily file backups, hourly DB backups, one-click restore

Backup Retention (Days)

30 days 30 days of nightly backups retained

30 days Automatic backups kept at least 30 days

Free Site Migration

Free site migrations included

Free White Glove migrations + free migration plugin, any number of sites

SSH & WP-CLI Access

SSH gateway with WP-CLI on all Cloud Platform sites

SSH/SFTP access and WP-CLI on all plans

WordPress Multisite Support

Multisite requires Freelance, Agency, or Custom plan; not on the entry Starter plan

Multisite supported (path-based all plans; domain-based on 5+ site plans)

Support & security

Uptime SLA (%)

99.9% 99.9% uptime

100% 100% network uptime guarantee (SLA with credits)

24/7 Support

24/7/365 chat support on all plans

24/7 WordPress support on all plans

Malware Removal / Hack Fix

Free malware cleanup / hack fix if your site is infected on-platform

Free malware cleaning & hack recovery assistance

WAF / DDoS Protection

Fastly-based WAF and DDoS protection at the edge, included on all plans

WAF + DDoS protection included via Jetpack Security on all plans

Platform & integrations

Control Panel

custom Custom Flywheel dashboard (replaces cPanel)

custom MyPressable Control Panel

White-Label / Agency Features

Billing transfer to clients, collaborators, and multi-site management for agencies

White-label, collaborator permissions, agency/reseller hosting

Email Hosting Included

No email hosting; Flywheel recommends a dedicated provider like Google Workspace

Professional email hosting powered by Titan

The verdict

Flywheel

Best for a longer risk-free trial window

At the same $25 entry price, Flywheel backs purchases with a 60-day money-back guarantee, double Pressable's 30 days. It runs on Google Cloud across 5 datacenter regions (vs Pressable's 4) with a Fastly-powered free CDN. Trade-off: its Starter plan caps at 25k visits and 10 GB and omits multisite, an object cache, and email hosting.

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Pressable

Best for more headroom and built-in extras at $25

For the same $25 start, Pressable gives more entry headroom: 30k visits and 20 GB (vs Flywheel's 25k/10 GB), plus a persistent object cache, PHP 8.4, multisite on the entry plan, a 100% uptime SLA, and included Titan email hosting. Flywheel offers none of those at entry. Its money-back window is shorter at 30 days.

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Sources · 29 verified references

wpengine.com pressable.com linkedin.com getflywheel.com

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