Amazee.io vs WordPress VIP (2026): which should you pick?

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 WordPress VIP if

• Fits if you run a large WordPress property with traffic and compliance needs
• Works for newsrooms that want WordPress with editorial workflows

Look elsewhere if

• Skip it if you want to see a price, as every package is quoted by sales
• Tight if you need failover or APM monitoring, which Standard leaves out
• Skip it if you run a small site, since it is built for enterprise scale
• Watch out: contracts are annual with renewal terms agreed at signature

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.

WordPress VIP

• No prices are published; every package is quoted by the sales team after a form or demo request.
• Contracts are annual, with renewal terms agreed upfront, and pricing is fixed at signature for the term.
• Failover, APM monitoring and GitHub Codespaces appear on Enhanced and Signature but not on Standard.
• It is built for enterprise scale; the vendor's own pricing page frames plans around traffic, site counts and support needs.

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.

WordPress VIP

Managed enterprise hosting

Hosting on a managed platform with a 99.95% uptime SLA on Standard and 99.99% on Enhanced and Signature, with no overage charges for traffic spikes.

Security and governance

The vendor lists enterprise security, compliance and governance controls, aimed at government and other regulated publishers.

Parse.ly analytics

Parse.ly content analytics can be used inside the WordPress editor, and the vendor says it is integrated natively.

Real-time collaboration

Concurrent editing is capped by package: up to 10 users on Standard and up to 300 on Enhanced and Signature.

Network sites and applications

Standard allows up to 10 network sites and 10 applications, Enhanced 100 sites, and Signature 1,000 sites, with unlimited applications on both higher tiers.

Tiered support

Urgent-ticket response SLAs are 60 minutes (Standard), 30 minutes (Enhanced) and 15 minutes (Signature), which also adds technical account management.

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.

WordPress VIP

Pricing could not be confirmed. See wpvip.com.