Ploi vs SpinupWP (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Ploi and SpinupWP share a 2.2 GPA, and only Ploi has a free plan.
Checked Nov 12, 2026 · graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA
They get the same grade on all five counts.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Ploi
Server and site management panel for PHP and Laravel apps
SpinupWP
WordPress server management for servers you rent yourself
Which one is for you
Pick Ploi if
- Fits if you run Laravel or PHP apps on your own servers
- Works for freelancers who need one free server and site
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you stay free: 1 server, 1 site and 5 deployments a month
- Watch out: servers are billed separately
- Not for you if you need 24/7 support, as the FAQ says there isn't any
- Watch out: euro prices are converted to dollars at a rate that can move
Pick SpinupWP if
- Fits if you rent servers for WordPress and don't want to set up Nginx by hand
- Works for agencies running many servers, since extra servers get cheaper
Look elsewhere if
- Not for you if you want a free plan, as there's a 7-day trial only
- Watch out: servers are billed by your provider
- Watch out: support is 2am to 6pm Eastern, Monday to Friday, with no malware cleanup or custom server configs
- Tight if you want more than 1 snapshot a day, as that's Advanced
- Watch out: migrations from $300 a site
How we grade them
| 2.2GPAPloiFair | 2.2GPASpinupWPFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CBasic is $10 a month for 5 servers, Pro $16 and Unlimited $36, with server costs paid to your provider. Prices are set in euros and converted. | C$12 a month for 1 server and 1 user on Essentials, $19 on Advanced, around the category middle ($11), with server rental extra. Extra servers are $8 each on Essentials. |
| Free plan and trial | CFree for 1 server, 1 site and 5 deployments a month, plus a 5-day Pro trial with no card. 5 deployments is a cap you'll hit. | CA 7-day trial with no card, then you pick a plan to keep the dashboard. |
| Features | CProvisioning, Laravel-aware sites, queues, cron jobs, load balancing, an API and an MCP server. It does the server-panel job fully, but that's a smaller job than hosting. | CTuned server setup, snapshots, staging, Git deploys, an API and a CLI. A WordPress-only job done fully, and monitoring is a $1 a site add-on. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record. You connect a provider and set up servers and sites. | CNo store rating on record. You connect a provider and build servers before sites. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb only, with a mobile app listed, plus DigitalOcean, Hetzner, Vultr and AWS EC2. | BWeb only, with Vultr, Akamai/Linode, DigitalOcean, Hetzner, Amazon S3, Backblaze B2 and Cloudflare DNS. |
| Best for | managing PHP and Laravel servers | WordPress servers you rent yourself |
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: Ploi and SpinupWP. How we grade
Price against what you get
Ploi starts at $10 a month and scores 2.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. SpinupWP starts at $12 a month and scores 2.3.
They score the same, and Ploi starts $2 a month lower. Of the other web hosts on the chart, 3 score higher than Ploi for less, and 3 score higher than SpinupWP 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
- SpinupWP also covers page speed.
At a glance
| Ploi | SpinupWP | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free trial |
| Starts at | $10 per month (Basic, up to 5 servers) | $12 per month (Essentials, 1 server) |
| Free plan | 1 server, 1 site and 5 deployments per month. | None |
| Free trial | 5-day trial of the Pro plan, no credit card required; it then drops to the free plan. | 7-day free trial, no credit card required. |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Ploi | SpinupWP |
| Price read from | ploi.io | spinupwp.com |
| Checked | Nov 12, 2026 | Nov 12, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Ploi
- Ploi does not include server fees; you pay your server provider separately.
- The pricing page prices in euros and shows dollar figures converted at an exchange rate that can vary.
- There is no 24/7 support, according to the pricing page FAQ.
- Team management, backups, monitoring and other features are listed by plan in a comparison table; the free plan stops at 1 server and 5 deployments a month.
SpinupWP
- The server itself is billed separately by your provider; SpinupWP charges only for the panel.
- Extra servers cost $8 each a month on Essentials and $10 on Advanced for servers 2 to 3, falling to $1 beyond 60.
- After the trial ends you must pick a plan to keep access to the dashboard.
- Support hours are 2am to 6pm Eastern Time, Monday to Friday, and the vendor says it will not do malware cleanup or customize server configs.
Key features
Ploi
- Server installation
- Servers are provisioned with NGINX, PHP and Redis/Valkey by default, on providers including DigitalOcean, Hetzner, Vultr and AWS EC2.
- Laravel-aware site management
- The panel detects Laravel apps, and also lists WordPress support, deployments, queues, cron jobs and multiple PHP versions.
- Load balancing and status pages
- Traffic can be spread over several servers, and custom status pages keep customers informed.
- Teams and access
- Servers can be shared with co-workers, and the pricing table lists team management, domain aliases and tenants.
- API and MCP server
- An API and an MCP server let AI assistants such as Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor manage servers.
- Mobile app
- The features menu lists an app for managing sites and servers on the go.
SpinupWP
- WordPress-tuned server setup
- Servers are configured with full page caching, Redis object caching, security hardening and a correctly set up WordPress cron.
- Scheduled backups
- Site snapshots can be sent to Backblaze B2, Wasabi, Amazon S3, DigitalOcean Spaces, Google Cloud Storage or Akamai/Linode Object Storage.
- Staging sites
- Sites can be cloned to the same or another server and refreshed from live, on both plans.
- Developer tools
- Git deploys with git push, a REST API and a command line tool are listed, along with Composer, Roots Bedrock and multiple PHP versions.
- Site monitoring
- Site monitoring is a paid add-on on the Advanced plan, at $1 a month per monitored site.
- Migration service
- A paid migration service starts at $300 per site, with the vendor setting up the site for you to test before the domain is pointed.
Plans
Ploi
Free$0
Up to 1 server and 1 site, with 5 deployments a month.
Basic$10
per month, billed monthly
Up to 5 servers, unlimited sites and deployments, and 60 API requests a minute.
Pro$16
per month, billed monthly
Up to 10 servers, unlimited sites and deployments, and 120 API requests a minute.
Unlimited$36
per month, billed monthly
Unlimited servers and sites, and 240 API requests a minute.
SpinupWP
Essentials$12
per month for 1 server and 1 user
Unlimited sites, 1 daily backup snapshot per site, unlimited staging sites and standard email support.
Advanced$19
per month for 1 server and 1 user
Adds up to 4 daily, 4 weekly and 4 monthly snapshots, priority support, external MySQL and extra users at $2 a month each.
Ways to pay less
Ploi
- Annual discount
10% off with yearly billing
The pricing page says yearly pricing saves 10%: Basic is $108 a year, Pro $172.80 and Unlimited $388.80 in dollars as displayed.
- Education
Student discount
The FAQ says Ploi offers student discounts and points to a requirements page.
SpinupWP
No public discounts listed.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Ploi or SpinupWP?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Ploi is cheaper to start with: $10 a month, against $12 a month for SpinupWP. Ploi starts at $10 per month (Basic, up to 5 servers), and SpinupWP starts at $12 per month (Essentials, 1 server).
Which has a free plan, Ploi or SpinupWP?
As of Nov 12, 2026, only Ploi has a free plan. SpinupWP 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.