BigScoots vs Pressable (2026): which should you pick?

Pick BigScoots if

• Fits if you run a WordPress site and want the host to handle migrations and upkeep
• Works for sites with steady traffic that fits a visitor tier

Look elsewhere if

• Pricey if you run one small site, at $29.17 a month for 1 site
• Tight if your traffic grows, because plans are capped by monthly visitors
• Skip it if you want to try first, as there is no free plan or trial listed
• Watch out: Essential 75 uses a CDN, and Boost starts at Essential 125
• Watch out: monthly billing is higher on every plan, with annual shown as two months free

Pick Pressable if

• Fits if you host lots of client WordPress sites under one account
• Works for developers who manage hosting through an API or an AI tool

Look elsewhere if

• Not for you if you want email included, as it's a paid add-on
• Skip it if you want to try before you pay, as there's no free trial, only a 30-day refund
• Pricey if traffic climbs, at $1.20 per 1,000 visits and $1 per GB over the plan
• Skip it if you host anything other than WordPress
• Pricey if you need dedicated capacity, as Premium starts at $350 a month through sales

BigScoots

• Plans are capped by monthly visitors, so traffic growth can push a site into a pricier tier.
• Essential 75 uses a CDN rather than Boost; Boost by BigScoots starts with Essential 125.
• Annual billing is shown as two months free; the monthly price is higher on every plan.
• Shared hosting, VPS and dedicated servers have their own pricing, not covered by these plans.

Pressable

• Visits and storage beyond the plan are billed at $1.20 per 1,000 visits and $1 per GB.
• Email at your domain is a paid add-on (Professional Email), not part of the hosting plan.
• It hosts WordPress only, and the Premium plans start at $350 a month through sales.
• New plans carry a 30-day money-back guarantee; there is no free trial.

BigScoots

Free migrations

The vendor says its team performs zero-downtime site migrations at no charge on every managed WordPress plan.

Boost by BigScoots

A performance and edge delivery layer built on a custom Cloudflare Enterprise setup, included from the Essential 125 plan upward.

Staging, backups and SSL

One-click staging, automatic and manual backups with retention, and an SSL certificate for each site.

Monitoring and security

Sites are checked every 60 seconds, with a DDoS and web application firewall service and an uptime SLA.

Email included

Unlimited email accounts with 10 GB of storage appear in the plan comparison.

Other hosting types

Cloud VPS, dedicated servers, shared hosting and optimization, security and website maintenance services are sold separately.

Pressable

Staging and sandbox sites

Each WordPress install comes with a staging copy and a sandbox site for testing, and DupliKits saves a configured site as a template to clone.

Hourly and daily backups

Databases are backed up every hour and full sites every day, on servers spread across data centers with automatic failover.

Jetpack Security included

Every Signature plan includes a Jetpack Security license, alongside malware monitoring and threat response from Pressable.

Dedicated PHP workers

Each site gets 5 dedicated PHP workers with 512 MB of memory each, plus burst capacity, edge caching and a global CDN.

API and MCP server

A documented API and the Pressable MCP server, included on every plan, let AI tools create sites, clear caches, read logs and manage collaborators.

Plugin update scheduler

Plugin updates run on a schedule you set, and collaborators can be given access to chosen sites with their own permissions.

BigScoots

• Essential 75$29.17

  per month, billed annually ($35 billed monthly)

  1 WordPress site, 75k monthly visitors, 10 GB storage, 150 GB bandwidth and a Cloudflare-powered CDN.

• Essential 125$50

  per month, billed annually ($60 billed monthly)

  1 site, 125k monthly visitors, 15 GB storage, 500 GB bandwidth, with 1 Boost by BigScoots license.

• Essential 200$70.83

  per month, billed annually ($85 billed monthly)

  2 sites, 200k monthly visitors, 30 GB storage, 750 GB bandwidth, with 1 Boost license.

• Core 500$166.67

  per month, billed annually ($200 billed monthly)

  5 sites, 500k monthly visitors, 100 GB storage, 1.5 TB bandwidth and 2 Boost licenses.

• Core 1000$291.67

  per month, billed annually ($350 billed monthly)

  10 sites, 1M monthly visitors, 150 GB storage, 2 TB bandwidth and 5 Boost licenses.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Unlimited sites and millions of visitors, quoted through a consultation. Essential 300 ($100 a month annually) also exists.

Pressable

• Signature 1$20.83

  per month for 1 site, billed annually ($25 billed monthly)

  Up to 30,000 visits a month and 20 GB storage, with one staging and one sandbox site. Billed at $250 a year.

• Signature 2$37.50

  per month for 3 sites, billed annually ($45 billed monthly)

  Up to 50,000 visits a month and 30 GB storage. Billed at $450 a year.

• Signature 3$50

  per month for 5 sites, billed annually ($60 billed monthly)

  Up to 75,000 visits a month and 35 GB storage. Billed at $600 a year.

• Signature 4$75

  per month for 10 sites, billed annually ($90 billed monthly)

  Up to 150,000 visits a month and 50 GB storage. Billed at $900 a year.

• Signature 5$129.17

  per month for 20 sites, billed annually ($155 billed monthly)

  Up to 400,000 visits and 80 GB. Signatures 6 to 8 go up to 100 sites and 2 million visits at $562.50 a month, billed annually.

• Premium$350

  per month and up

  Sold through sales for sites that need dedicated capacity, starting at 10 vCPUs per site, with a Jetpack Complete license and overage protection.

BigScoots

• Annual discount

  Two months free on annual billing

  The pricing page shows annual plans at a lower monthly rate, for example $350 a year for Essential 75 versus $35 a month.

Pressable

• Annual discount

  Two months free with yearly billing

  Paying yearly is shown as two months free: Signature 1 costs $250 a year against $25 a month billed monthly, a $50 saving.