Convesio vs Pantheon (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Pantheon grades higher than Convesio: 2.0 against 1.8 out of 4.0.
Checked Nov 12, 2026 · graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA
Convesio grades higher on platforms. Pantheon grades higher on the free plan and features. They get the same grade on value for money and ease of use.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Convesio
Managed WordPress hosting on dedicated CPUs, billed per month
Pantheon
Managed WordPress, Drupal and Next.js hosting for teams
Which one is for you
Pick Convesio if
- Fits if you run a WooCommerce shop that needs dedicated CPUs
- Works for agencies hosting ten or more client sites
Look elsewhere if
- Pricey if you run one small site, at $50 a month to start
- Not for you if you need custom PHP configuration or non-WordPress apps
- Tight if you grow: extra disk is $20 per 10 GB and extra bandwidth $20 per 100 GB
- Watch out: Express plans get chat and email support, and Slack support starts at Agency
- Watch out: the 100-core bursting add-on is $400 a month
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
| 1.8GPAConvesioWeak | 2.0GPAPantheonFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | D$50 a month for one site on Express Level 1, against a category middle of $11 and a dearest tenth from $30. Agency starts at $150 for up to 10 sites, $10 to $15 a site. | 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 | DA 7-day trial on Ultra plans, and Express says no charge until the site is deployed. No free plan. | 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 | CDedicated CPUs, CDN, daily backups, staging and migrations. The gaps: no custom PHP configuration on Express and Ultra and no non-WordPress apps. | 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. Migration is handled for you, but there are plans, CPUs and add-ons to choose. | CNo store rating on record. There are workspaces, site plans and a Git pipeline to set up. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb only, with Cloudflare, New Relic, WooCommerce and its own payment add-on. | CWeb only, with no integrations or API listed in the record. |
| Best for | WordPress on dedicated CPUs | 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: Convesio and Pantheon. How we grade
Price against what you get
Convesio starts at $50 a month and scores 2.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Pantheon starts at $42 a month and scores 2.3.
They score the same, and Pantheon starts $8 a month lower. Of the other web hosts on the chart, 12 score higher than Convesio 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
- Pantheon also covers page speed.
At a glance
| Convesio | Pantheon | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free plan |
| Starts at | $50 per month (Express Level 1, 2 dedicated CPUs) | $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 | 7-day free trial on the Ultra plans; the Express plans say no charge until the site is deployed. | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Convesio | Pantheon |
| Price read from | convesio.com | pantheon.io |
| Checked | Nov 12, 2026 | Nov 12, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Convesio
- There is no free plan, and the cheapest plan starts at $50 a month for one site.
- Extra disk costs $20 per 10 GB and extra bandwidth $20 per 100 GB, according to the add-ons list.
- The comparison table says custom PHP configuration is not supported on Express and Ultra, and non-WordPress apps are not supported there either.
- Slack support is not included on Express plans, which get chat and email support.
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
Convesio
- Dedicated CPUs per plan
- Plans are sized by dedicated CPUs and RAM, with the page listing 2 CPUs at $50 a month and 40 or more at $2,000 a month.
- Included CDN, SSL and backups
- Every plan lists a built-in CDN, free SSL, DDoS protection, daily security scans and daily backups; database backups are hourly on Express and Ultra.
- Staging and migrations
- Express plans include one free staging site per live site, and the page says migrations are handled for you on all plans.
- CPU bursting
- Express plans list bursting available up to 100 CPUs. A 100-core bursting add-on is priced at $400 a month, and Ultra lists bursting as included.
- Agency hosting
- Agency plans host ten or more WordPress installs with per-site CPUs and PHP workers, and the page puts the cost at $10 to $15 per site.
- Commerce add-ons
- Convesio also sells ConvesioConvert for marketing automation and ConvesioPay for payment processing alongside the hosting.
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
Convesio
Express Level 1$50
per month
2 dedicated CPUs, 1+ GB RAM, 25 GB storage, 100 GB bandwidth, unlimited visitors, CDN, Memcache and 1 free staging site per live site.
Express Level 2$100
per month
4 dedicated CPUs, 2+ GB RAM, 25 GB storage and 100 GB bandwidth, with the same included features as Level 1. Higher Express levels run to $250 for 10 CPUs.
Agency Express 10$150
per month for up to 10 WordPress installs
Hosts up to 10 WordPress sites with 2 CPUs, 2 PHP workers and 100 GB bandwidth per site, plus 24/7 priority Slack support. The page lists cost per site as $10 to $15.
HIPAA Hosting$300
per month and up
For healthcare providers: auto-scaling, Cloudflare Enterprise, an encrypted database, unlimited PHP workers and 2+ dedicated CPUs.
Ultra Level 5$600
per month
12 dedicated CPUs, 6+ GB RAM, 500 GB bandwidth, Cloudflare Enterprise, bursting up to 100 CPUs and 24/7 priority Slack support. Higher Ultra levels run to $2,000 for 40+ CPUs.
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
Convesio
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, Convesio or Pantheon?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Pantheon is cheaper to start with: $42 a month, against $50 a month for Convesio. Convesio starts at $50 per month (Express Level 1, 2 dedicated CPUs), and Pantheon starts at $42 per month, billed annually ($55 billed monthly), for one live site.
Which has a free plan, Convesio or Pantheon?
As of Nov 12, 2026, only Pantheon has a free plan. Convesio does not, though it has a free trial.
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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.