Amazee.io vs Pantheon (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Pantheon grades higher than Amazee.io: 2.0 against 1.4 out of 4.0.
Checked Nov 12, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Nov 12, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
Pantheon grades higher on the free plan and features. They get the same grade on value for money, ease of use and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Amazee.io
Managed open source Kubernetes hosting for Drupal and other apps
Pantheon
Managed WordPress, Drupal and Next.js hosting for teams
Which one is for you
Pick Amazee.io if
- Fits if your team ships Drupal sites and wants Kubernetes run for you
- Makes sense if you need hosting in your own AWS or Google Cloud account
Look elsewhere if
- Pricey if you run one site, at $199 a month and up with sales involved
- Skip it if you want to buy online, because every plan goes through Contact Sales
- Tight if traffic is high, as 300,000 hits is about 30,000 Drupal page views
- Watch out: Standard Success Plan support covers the first 2 projects only
Pick Pantheon if
- Fits if you run several WordPress or Drupal sites and want staging by default
- Works for teams that need an uptime SLA and SSO
Look elsewhere if
- Pricey if you want one live site: Gold plus a Basic site is $500 + $42 a month
- Skip it if you want a free site that goes live, since sandboxes can't use a domain
- Watch out: Basic's visitor allowance is 25k a month, or 35k on annual billing
- Watch out: Multidev, automated updates and 24/7 support need Gold, and SSO and an SLA need Platinum or Diamond
How we grade them
| 1.4GPAAmazee.ioWeak | 2.0GPAPantheonFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | DCloud Basic is $199 a month and up, many times the $10.99 middle for web hosting, with $30 for each extra project. Dedicated Cloud pricing isn't published. | D$42 a month for one live site on annual billing, and the Gold workspace is another $500, so $542 for the useful parts. The category middle is $11. |
| Free plan and trial | FNothing is free: no free plan and no trial are listed. | CThe Silver workspace is $0 with 2 sandbox sites, but they can't use a domain, and you need a site plan to go live. |
| Features | CPush-to-deploy environments, an open-source platform, your own cloud or theirs, a CDN and WAF option and 24/7 chat on success plans. Traffic is metered in hits and support is limited on lower plans. | BDev, staging and production environments, Git CI/CD, CLI, Multidev, CDN and WAF. The listing names no core gap, though Multidev and 24/7 support need Gold. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record. It is built for teams with development workflows. | CNo store rating on record. There are workspaces, site plans and a Git pipeline to set up. |
| Platforms and integrations | CWeb only, with a short list: Drupal, AWS Marketplace and Lagoon. | CWeb only, with no integrations or API listed in the record. |
| Best for | managed Kubernetes hosting for Drupal teams | WordPress and Drupal for teams |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Amazee.io and Pantheon. How we grade
Price against what you get
Amazee.io starts at $199 a month and scores 2.0 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Pantheon starts at $42 a month and scores 2.3.
Pantheon scores higher and starts $157 a month lower. Of the other web hosts on the chart, 59 score higher than Amazee.io for less, and 12 score higher than Pantheon for less.
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
Where they differ
- Amazee.io is open source and self-hostable, according to its own site.
- Pantheon also covers managed WordPress and page speed.
At a glance
| Amazee.io | Pantheon | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Paid | Free plan |
| Starts at | $199 per month and up (Cloud Basic), sold through sales | $42 per month, billed annually ($55 billed monthly), for one live site |
| Free plan | None | Silver workspace: $0 with two sandbox sites; a site plan is needed before going live or connecting a domain. |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | amazee.io | Pantheon |
| Price read from | amazee.io | pantheon.io |
| Checked | Nov 13, 2026 | Nov 12, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Amazee.io
- No plan can be bought online; the pricing page directs every plan to Contact Sales.
- Included traffic is 300,000 hits a month on Cloud plans, and a Drupal page view typically generates about 10 hits.
- Standard Success Plan support is included for the first 2 projects only; higher tiers are priced through sales.
- Dedicated Cloud pricing depends on cluster size and is not published.
Pantheon
- Cost is workspace plus one site plan per live site: Gold with a Basic site is $500 + $42 a month on annual billing.
- Sandbox sites on the free Silver workspace cannot go live or connect a domain without a site plan.
- Annual billing raises the visitor allowance by 40%, for example 35k instead of 25k on Basic.
- Multidev, automated updates and 24/7 support need Gold; SSO, multi-zone failover and an SLA need Platinum or Diamond.
Key features
Amazee.io
- Push-to-deploy environments
- A code push builds production and development environments on managed Kubernetes. The vendor says it hosts all frameworks and technologies.
- Open source platform
- The application delivery platform is open source (Lagoon). Payment covers hosting plus managed services such as migration help and training.
- Own cloud or theirs
- The Cloud plans run in amazee.io's infrastructure, while Dedicated Cloud runs in the customer's own account, with on-premise also mentioned.
- CDN and WAF option
- A managed CDN and web application firewall is sold as an add-on, and DDoS protection is listed with the Cloud plans.
- Success plans and 24/7 chat
- Every Success Plan lists 24/7 chat and an emergency phone line, with acknowledgement targets from 1 hour (Standard) down to 15 minutes (Elite).
- Usage-based hits
- Beyond included hits, the vendor charges per hit across all production environments, where a hit is any request such as a page, script or image.
Pantheon
- Dev, staging and production
- Every plan includes separate development, staging and production environments with built-in version control and backups.
- WordPress and Drupal
- Sites run WordPress or Drupal, and the platform pages also describe Next.js hosting and a serverless CMS option.
- Git-based pipeline and CLI
- A Git-based CI/CD pipeline and a command line interface come with the free Silver workspace.
- Multidev environments
- On-demand environments for testing changes in parallel are part of the Gold workspace and above.
- Autopilot updates
- The Gold workspace adds automated updates and visual regression testing for plugin and core updates.
- Global CDN and WAF
- The platform lists a global CDN with a web application firewall, and Platinum adds an advanced CDN with WAF.
Plans
Amazee.io
Cloud Basic$199
per month and up, plus $30 per extra project
Sold through sales. 99.9% uptime guarantee with 300,000 hits, 5 GB storage, 1 production and 2 development environments.
Cloud Professional$399
per month and up, plus $100 per extra project
Sold through sales. 99.95% uptime guarantee with the same 300,000 hits, 5 GB storage and 3 environments as Basic.
Dedicated CloudCustom
Managed platform in your own AWS, Google Cloud or other infrastructure, with unlimited hits and storage and an Enhanced Success Plan.
Pantheon
Silver workspace$0
per month, plus a site plan to go live
Two sandbox sites, Git-based CI/CD, a command line interface and basic chat support. Sandbox sites cannot use a domain.
Gold workspace$500
per month, billed annually ($600 billed monthly)
Everything in Silver plus on-demand environments (Multidev), automated updates, visual regression testing and 24/7 support.
Basic site plan$42
per month, billed annually ($55 billed monthly)
For small, low-traffic sites: 35k monthly visitors on annual billing (25k monthly), 1 app container and 5 custom domains.
Performance Small site plan$160
per month, billed annually ($200 billed monthly)
35k visitors on annual billing (25k monthly), 1 app container and 10 custom domains. Medium is $275 ($350 monthly).
Performance Large site plan$550
per month, billed annually ($700 billed monthly)
210k visitors on annual billing (150k monthly) and 3 app containers. XL is $917 ($1,150 monthly) for 420k visitors.
Platinum and DiamondCustom
Sold through sales for up to 100M visitors: multi-zone failover, SSO, an uptime SLA for elite sites and an advanced CDN with WAF.
Ways to pay less
Amazee.io
No public discounts listed.
Pantheon
- Annual discount
Annual billing lowers the monthly rate
Site plans are cheaper per month when billed annually, for example Basic at $42 instead of $55, and annual billing also adds about 40% more visitors.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Amazee.io or Pantheon?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Pantheon is cheaper to start with: $42 a month, against $199 a month for Amazee.io. Amazee.io starts at $199 per month and up (Cloud Basic), sold through sales, and Pantheon starts at $42 per month, billed annually ($55 billed monthly), for one live site.
Which has a free plan, Amazee.io or Pantheon?
As of Nov 13, 2026, only Pantheon has a free plan. Amazee.io does not.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.