Pressable vs Flywheel
A comparison of Pressable and Flywheel built from values read directly from each provider's own documentation, with the source recorded against every figure.
The short answer
- Pick Pressable if
- A single WordPress site that needs Automattic's own infrastructure and Jetpack Security included rather than bolted on, with hourly backups and a visit allowance rather than a CPU quota.
- Pick Flywheel if
- Freelancers and agencies running client sites, where the workflow tools and a Fastly CDN matter more than raw resource ceilings. Bandwidth is stated rather than described as unlimited, so the plan is legible.
6 sourced criteria separate them:
- Entry paid plan
- Pressable: $20.83/month for Signature 1, billed $250 a year. Monthly billing is offered at a higher rate; the yearly plan advertises two months free.
- Flywheel: $25/month for Starter, billed $300 a year with two months free. Monthly billing is offered at a higher rate.
- Pricing model
- Pressable: Per-plan annual subscription metered by monthly visits and storage, sold by number of WordPress installs. No usage-based compute billing.
- Flywheel: Annual plans metered on three axes at once — sites, monthly visits and bandwidth — rather than on compute. Two months free for paying yearly.
- Storage (entry plan)
- Pressable: 20 GB on Signature 1, the cheapest plan; 35 GB on Signature 3
- Flywheel: 10 GB on Starter, the cheapest plan; 20 GB on Freelance
- Sites or apps included
- Pressable: 1 WordPress install on Signature 1, the cheapest plan
- Flywheel: 1 site on Starter, the cheapest plan; up to 10 on Freelance
- Monthly visits cap
- Pressable: Up to 30,000 monthly visits on Signature 1; 75,000 on Signature 3, rising to 2 million on the largest Signature plan
- Flywheel: 25,000 monthly visits on Starter; 100,000 on Freelance
- Backup retention
- Pressable: Hourly and daily backups. Pressable does not state a retention period on the pricing page.
- Flywheel: Nightly backups. Flywheel does not state a retention period on the pricing page.
Pick the criteria you care about. The chart counts how many of them lean toward each provider — the same read as scanning the bars below, just totalled for the ones you chose.
Pressable 0
Flywheel 0
At a glance.
| Criterion | Pressable | Flywheel |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | ||
| Entry paid plan | $20.83/month for Signature 1, billed $250 a year. Monthly billing is offered at a higher rate; the yearly plan advertises two months free. | $25/month for Starter, billed $300 a year with two months free. Monthly billing is offered at a higher rate. |
| Pricing model | Per-plan annual subscription metered by monthly visits and storage, sold by number of WordPress installs. No usage-based compute billing. | Annual plans metered on three axes at once — sites, monthly visits and bandwidth — rather than on compute. Two months free for paying yearly. |
| Limits | ||
| Storage (entry plan) | 20 GB on Signature 1, the cheapest plan; 35 GB on Signature 3 | 10 GB on Starter, the cheapest plan; 20 GB on Freelance |
| Sites or apps included | 1 WordPress install on Signature 1, the cheapest plan | 1 site on Starter, the cheapest plan; up to 10 on Freelance |
| Monthly visits cap | Up to 30,000 monthly visits on Signature 1; 75,000 on Signature 3, rising to 2 million on the largest Signature plan | 25,000 monthly visits on Starter; 100,000 on Freelance |
| Data | ||
| Backup retention | Hourly and daily backups. Pressable does not state a retention period on the pricing page. | Nightly backups. Flywheel does not state a retention period on the pricing page. |
Where they differ.
Entry paid plan
- Pressable
- $20.83/month for Signature 1, billed $250 a year. Monthly billing is offered at a higher rate; the yearly plan advertises two months free.
- Flywheel
- $25/month for Starter, billed $300 a year with two months free. Monthly billing is offered at a higher rate.
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- Managed WordPress Plans & Pricing — Pressable ↗
“Signature 1 $20.83/mo Billed $250 USD per year 1 WordPress Install Up to 30K Visits 20GB Storage”
Read 2026-09-06 · official pricing
- WordPress Hosting Pricing and Plans — Flywheel ↗
“Starter [...] $25/MO Billed at $300/year. Includes 2 months free! [...] 1 site 25,000 monthly visits 10GB storage 50GB bandwidth”
Read 2026-09-06 · official pricing
Pricing model
- Pressable
- Per-plan annual subscription metered by monthly visits and storage, sold by number of WordPress installs. No usage-based compute billing.
- Flywheel
- Annual plans metered on three axes at once — sites, monthly visits and bandwidth — rather than on compute. Two months free for paying yearly.
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- Managed WordPress Plans & Pricing — Pressable ↗
“Signature 1 $20.83/mo Billed $250 USD per year 1 WordPress Install Up to 30K Visits 20GB Storage [...] Signature 3 $50.00/mo Billed $600 USD per year [...] Up to 75K Visits 35GB Storage”
Read 2026-09-06 · official pricing
- WordPress Hosting Pricing and Plans — Flywheel ↗
“Starter [...] 1 site 25,000 monthly visits 10GB storage 50GB bandwidth [...] Freelance [...] Up to 10 sites 100,000 monthly visits 20GB storage 200GB bandwidth”
Read 2026-09-06 · official pricing
Storage (entry plan)
20 GB on Signature 1, the cheapest plan; 35 GB on Signature 3
10 GB on Starter, the cheapest plan; 20 GB on Freelance
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- Managed WordPress Plans & Pricing — Pressable ↗
“Signature 1 [...] 20GB Storage [...] Signature 3 [...] 35GB Storage”
Read 2026-09-06 · official pricing
- WordPress Hosting Pricing and Plans — Flywheel ↗
“Starter [...] 10GB storage [...] Freelance [...] 20GB storage”
Read 2026-09-06 · official pricing
Sites or apps included
1 WordPress install on Signature 1, the cheapest plan
1 site on Starter, the cheapest plan; up to 10 on Freelance
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- Managed WordPress Plans & Pricing — Pressable ↗
“Signature 1 [...] 1 WordPress Install”
Read 2026-09-06 · official pricing
- WordPress Hosting Pricing and Plans — Flywheel ↗
“Starter [...] 1 site [...] Freelance [...] Up to 10 sites”
Read 2026-09-06 · official pricing
Monthly visits cap
Up to 30,000 monthly visits on Signature 1; 75,000 on Signature 3, rising to 2 million on the largest Signature plan
25,000 monthly visits on Starter; 100,000 on Freelance
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- Managed WordPress Plans & Pricing — Pressable ↗
“Signature 1 [...] Up to 30K Visits [...] Signature 3 [...] Up to 75K Visits [...] Up to 2M Visits”
Read 2026-09-06 · official pricing
- WordPress Hosting Pricing and Plans — Flywheel ↗
“Starter [...] 25,000 monthly visits [...] Freelance [...] 100,000 monthly visits”
Read 2026-09-06 · official pricing
Backup retention
- Pressable
- Hourly and daily backups. Pressable does not state a retention period on the pricing page.
- Flywheel
- Nightly backups. Flywheel does not state a retention period on the pricing page.
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- Managed WordPress Plans & Pricing — Pressable ↗
“Hourly & Daily Backups”
Read 2026-09-06 · official pricing
- WordPress Hosting Pricing and Plans — Flywheel ↗
“Nightly backups”
Read 2026-09-06 · official pricing
Which should you choose?
Choose Pressable if…
A single WordPress site that needs Automattic's own infrastructure and Jetpack Security included rather than bolted on, with hourly backups and a visit allowance rather than a CPU quota.
Editorial · Palash Bagchi · approved
Choose Flywheel if…
Freelancers and agencies running client sites, where the workflow tools and a Fastly CDN matter more than raw resource ceilings. Bandwidth is stated rather than described as unlimited, so the plan is legible.
Editorial · Palash Bagchi · approved
Consider something else if…
- Pressable: You want more than one install cheaply — the entry plan is one site, and the next tier triples the price. Billing is annual, so there is no low-commitment month to try it.
- Flywheel: The entry plan is one site at 25,000 visits and 50 GB of bandwidth. A single busy site outgrows the bandwidth line before the visit line, which is not the axis most managed hosts fail on.
Documented by only one.
These criteria are published by one provider and not the other. An absence here means we have not found a source, not that the feature is missing.
Questions this comparison answers.
Entry paid plan: Pressable or Flywheel?
Pressable: $20.83/month for Signature 1, billed $250 a year. Monthly billing is offered at a higher rate; the yearly plan advertises two months free.
Flywheel: $25/month for Starter, billed $300 a year with two months free. Monthly billing is offered at a higher rate.
Storage (entry plan): Pressable or Flywheel?
Pressable: 20 GB on Signature 1, the cheapest plan; 35 GB on Signature 3
Flywheel: 10 GB on Starter, the cheapest plan; 20 GB on Freelance
Should I choose Pressable or Flywheel?
Pick Pressable if A single WordPress site that needs Automattic's own infrastructure and Jetpack Security included rather than bolted on, with hourly backups and a visit allowance rather than a CPU quota.
Pick Flywheel if Freelancers and agencies running client sites, where the workflow tools and a Fastly CDN matter more than raw resource ceilings. Bandwidth is stated rather than described as unlimited, so the plan is legible.