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Managed hosting · 4 alternatives · Flywheel iScore 55 (#4/5)

Every managed hosting provider this site tracks, ordered by iScore — the same peers Flywheel's own score is measured against. The line under each name is where its sourced facts differ from Flywheel's; where a full comparison exists, the row links to it.

Ranked by iScore
  1. WP EngineEntry paid plan: Starting at $28.00/month for the Managed Hosting Platform, quoted in USD; $336.00 if bill…61#1/5
  2. CloudwaysKind of free offer: Free trial vs No free offer60#2/5
  3. KinstaEntry paid plan: $35/month for the entry single-site plan (first month $0, then $35/month); $30/month if p…58#3/5
  4. PressableEntry paid plan: $20.83/month for Signature 1, billed $250 a year. Monthly billing is offered at a higher…52#5/5

Where Flywheel stands against these 4

Flywheel's own sourced figures, placed among the alternatives above that document the same thing in the same unit. A rank here is one criterion, not a verdict; the iScore above weighs all of them.

Free tier
No. None of the 4 alternatives that document it has one either.
Entry paid plan
$25/month for Starter, billed $300 a year with two months free3rd cheapest of the 5 that document it. Cheapest: Cloudways — $11/month for the cheapest Cloudways Flexible server, as the pricing page's FAQ states.
Storage (entry plan)
10 GB on Starter, the cheapest plan; 20 GB on FreelanceJoint 3rd highest of the 5 that document it. Highest: Cloudways — 25 GB NVMe on the 1 GB Micro server, the smallest DigitalOcean Basic size on the Premium (NVMe) option the…
Sites or apps included
1 site on Starter, the cheapest plan; up to 10 on FreelanceJoint highest of the 4 that document it. Level with: Kinsta — 1 WordPress install on the Single 20GB plan (cheapest paid WordPress hosting plan).
Monthly visits cap
25,000 monthly visits on Starter; 100,000 on FreelanceJoint 2nd highest of the 3 that document it. Highest: Pressable — Up to 30,000 monthly visits on Signature 1; 75,000 on Signature 3, rising to 2 million on the largest…
Included bandwidth
50 GB a month on Starter; 200 GB on Freelance3rd highest of the 4 that document it. Highest: Cloudways — 1 TB of transfer a month on the 1 GB DigitalOcean Micro server, rising to 5 TB on the 8 GB Large server.
Regions
Five data centers: US (Iowa), Canada (Montreal), United Kingdom (London), Europe (Belgium) and Australia…2nd highest of the 3 that document it. Highest: Kinsta — 30 data centers.

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