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Flywheel alternatives
Flywheel compared with 5 alternatives: WP Engine, Kinsta, Pressable, Rocket.net and WPX.
Flywheel is a paid product, starting at $25 per month for 1 site, billed annually ($30 billed monthly). None of the alternatives has a free plan. One more offers a free trial.
5 tools · Listings checked up to Oct 17, 2026 · Where the facts come from
At a glance
Price against what you get
Flywheel starts at $25 a month and scores 2.7 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. None of the 5 alternatives on this chart both scores higher and starts lower.
Pressable and WPX start lower without scoring higher.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
How each one differs from Flywheel
- From $35/mo
WP Engine
Managed WordPress hosting sized by sites and monthly visits
- WP Engine starts at $35 per month for 1 site, billed monthly; $336 for a first year billed yearly. Flywheel starts at $25 per month for 1 site, billed annually ($30 billed monthly).
- Flywheel also covers malware protection.
Suits: Businesses that want WordPress kept updated and backed up for them
- Free trial · from $30/mo
Kinsta
Managed WordPress hosting priced by sites, visits or bandwidth
- Kinsta starts at $30 per month for 1 site, billed annually ($35 billed monthly). Flywheel starts at $25 per month for 1 site, billed annually ($30 billed monthly).
Suits: Business sites that have outgrown shared hosting
- From $20.83/mo
Pressable
Managed WordPress hosting from Automattic, built on its WP Cloud
- Pressable starts at $20.83 per month for 1 site, billed annually ($25 billed monthly). Flywheel starts at $25 per month for 1 site, billed annually ($30 billed monthly).
Suits: Agencies hosting many client WordPress sites under one account
- From $25/mo
Rocket.net
Managed WordPress hosting served through Cloudflare Enterprise
- Rocket.net starts at $25 per month for 1 site, billed annually ($30 monthly, first month $1). Flywheel starts at $25 per month for 1 site, billed annually ($30 billed monthly).
Suits: WordPress sites with traffic spread across many countries
- From $11.99/mo
WPX
Managed WordPress hosting with its own CDN and hands-on support
- WPX starts at $11.99 per month for 1 site, prepaid for 5 years ($17.99 billed monthly). Flywheel starts at $25 per month for 1 site, billed annually ($30 billed monthly).
Suits: WordPress site owners who want migrations and fixes done for them
Limits worth knowing in Flywheel
- Flywheel does not host email; its pricing page sends you to a separate email provider such as Google.
- Traffic over the plan's limit is billed at $1 per 1,000 visits and storage at $1 per GB, rather than the site being throttled.
- Extra sites cost $20 a month each, and the Agency and Custom plans are excluded from the 60-day money-back guarantee.
- It hosts WordPress sites only, and the page notes that prices may vary by server location.
Common questions
What are the alternatives to Flywheel?
The alternatives to Flywheel in this directory are WP Engine, Kinsta, Pressable, Rocket.net and WPX. Each one has a side-by-side comparison with Flywheel.
Is there a free alternative to Flywheel?
None of the alternatives listed here has a free plan. Kinsta offers a free trial.
When were these prices checked?
Every listing on this page was checked on Oct 17, 2026, against the pages it cites. Vendors change prices without notice, so confirm on their site before you buy.