Flywheel vs Pressable
We give Flywheel a 2.0 GPA and Pressable a 2.2, out of 4.0. Pressable grades higher on value for money. They get the same grade on the free plan, features, ease of use and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Flywheel
Managed WordPress hosting for designers, freelancers and agencies
Pressable
Managed WordPress hosting from Automattic, built on its WP Cloud
How we grade them
| 2.0GPAFlywheelFair | 2.2GPAPressableFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CGraded against the other managed WordPress hosts. Starter is $300 a year for one site, so two years cost $600, about $25 a month, the middle of that group. Extra sites are $20 a month, and visits over 25,000 are $1 per 1,000. | BGraded against the other managed WordPress hosts. Signature 1 is $250 a year for one site, so two years cost $500, about $20.83 a month, the second cheapest of that group. Monthly is $25, and visits over 30,000 are $1.20 per 1,000. |
| Free plan and trial | FNo free plan and no trial. There's a 60-day money-back guarantee, longer than most, but it isn't a trial, and Agency plans aren't covered by it. | FNo free plan and no free trial, and the listing says so plainly. New plans get a 30-day money-back guarantee, which isn't a trial. |
| Features | BNightly backups kept 30 days, staging, FlyCache with a Fastly CDN, free malware cleanup, Blueprints and billing transfer. Managed plugin updates are an $8 add-on and there's no email, but the managed WordPress job is covered. | BA staging and a sandbox site per install, hourly database and daily site backups, Jetpack Security, 5 PHP workers per site, edge caching and a CDN, and a plugin update scheduler. Email is extra, but the managed WordPress job is covered. |
| Ease of use | CNo app store rating to go on. Free migrations help, and building in Local first is handy, but it's still a WordPress host with plans and limits to learn. | CNo app store rating to go on. Staging and sandboxes make changes safer, but it's still WordPress hosting with plans and limits to learn. |
| Platforms and integrations | BA web dashboard plus the free Local app on your computer, which builds sites offline and pushes them to Flywheel. Fastly, Genesis and Google Analytics are named too, but no API is on record. | BA web dashboard with no app on record, plus a documented API and the Pressable MCP server on every plan, with Jetpack and WP-CLI. |
| Best for | designers building WordPress sites for clients | agencies hosting many WordPress sites |
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: Flywheel and Pressable. How we grade
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. Pressable starts at $20.83 a month and scores 2.7.
They score the same, and Pressable starts $4.17 a month lower. Of the other web hosts on the chart, none scores higher than Flywheel for less, and none scores higher than Pressable 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
- Flywheel starts at $25 per month for 1 site, billed annually ($30 billed monthly). Pressable starts at $20.83 per month for 1 site, billed annually ($25 billed monthly).
At a glance
| Flywheel | Pressable | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Paid | Paid |
| Starts at | $25 per month for 1 site, billed annually ($30 billed monthly) | $20.83 per month for 1 site, billed annually ($25 billed monthly) |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | WP Engine | Pressable |
| Price read from | getflywheel.com | pressable.com |
| Checked | Oct 17, 2026 | Oct 17, 2026 |
Who each one suits
Flywheel
- Designers and freelancers who build WordPress sites for clients
- Agencies that hand billing for each site over to the client
- Single WordPress sites that want backups and staging handled for them
Pressable
- Agencies hosting many client WordPress sites under one account
- WooCommerce stores that want hosting from the company that makes WooCommerce
- Developers who manage hosting through an API or AI tools
Worth knowing
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.
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.
Key features
Flywheel
- Nightly backups and staging
- Every site is backed up each night and the copies are kept for 30 days, with one-click restores. Staging sites let changes be tested before they go live.
- Caching and CDN
- FlyCache handles caching at the server with exclusions for common plugins, and a CDN run by Fastly is included on every plan.
- Security and malware cleanup
- Malware and hacking attempts are scanned for and blocked at the server, hacked sites are cleaned free, and plugin security alerts flag vulnerable plugins.
- Tools for client work
- Blueprints save a theme and plugin set for reuse, Organizations share sites with a team, and billing for a site can be handed to the client.
- Local development app
- Local, a free app from the same company, builds WordPress sites on your own computer and pushes them to Flywheel when they are ready.
- Paid add-ons
- Managed Plugin Updates ($8 a month per site) uses AI visual regression checks, Performance Insights sends monthly reports, and White Label lets agencies resell hosting.
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.
Plans
Flywheel
Starter$25
per month for up to 25,000 visits, billed annually ($30 monthly)
1 site, 10 GB storage and 50 GB bandwidth. Billed at $300 a year. Extra visits cost $1 per 1,000 a month.
Freelance$96
per month for up to 100,000 visits, billed annually ($115 monthly)
Up to 10 sites, 20 GB storage and 200 GB bandwidth. Billed at $1,150 a year.
Agency$242
per month for up to 400,000 visits, billed annually ($290 monthly)
Up to 30 sites, 50 GB storage and 500 GB bandwidth. Billed at $2,900 a year. Not covered by the 60-day money-back guarantee.
CustomCustom
Built with sales for more than 30 sites or high-traffic projects, with dedicated clusters and an account manager.
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.
Ways to pay less
Flywheel
- Annual discount
Two months free with yearly billing
Paying yearly includes two months free: Starter is $300 a year instead of $30 a month, and an extra site is $200 a year instead of $20 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.
