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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    A2 Hosting

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AA2 Hosting in Ann Arbor provides business website hosting, featuring free site migration, unlimited SSD, isolated dedicated servers, and related features.N/A

    Flywheel

    Score4.7 out of 10
    N/AFlywheel is a managed Wordpress hosting specialist supported by WP Engine, boasting creative and design agency tools, plugins, and white label services for designers who choose Flywheel as their hosting provider.

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    A2 HostingFlywheel
    Editions & Modules
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    Tiny
    $15.00
    per month 1 site
    Starter
    $30.00
    per month 1 site
    Freelance
    $115.00
    per month up to 10 sites
    Agency
    $290.00
    per month up to 30 sites
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    A2 HostingFlywheel
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Discount available for annual pricing equal to about 2 months free.
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    Small Businesses
    AccuWebHosting.Com
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    Cloudways
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    Medium-sized Companies
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    WP Engine
    Score7.4 out of 10
    Enterprises
    AccuWebHosting.Com
    Score9.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    A2 HostingFlywheel
    Likelihood to Recommend
    1.0
    (2 ratings)
    10.0
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    Likelihood to Renew
    1.0
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    Usability
    1.0
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    Availability
    1.0
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    Performance
    1.0
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    Support Rating
    1.0
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    Implementation Rating
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    Product Scalability
    1.0
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    User Testimonials
    A2 HostingFlywheel
    Likelihood to Recommend
    A2 Hosting
    Never would I recommend this company to anyone. [In my experience] they are total nightmares to deal with and depend on. You can't depend on them at all. Plus, [I feel that] they lie and manipulate the search queries based on lies (they do NOT have radio hosting yet they have ads saying that they do).
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    WP Engine
    Flywheel is particularly well-suited for hands-on WordPress managed hosting. It's also perfect for developers who build site's locally on Local and then want an effortless way to import them into their managed hosting environment. Flywheel particularly excels in scenarios where a customer needs managed. WordPress hosting that handles daily backups and offers test and live environments for a reasonable price.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    A2 Hosting
    • the hosting hardware they provide is decent when you consider the price
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    WP Engine
    • Customer Service
    • User Interface
    • User Experience
    • Creative Support
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    A2 Hosting
    • [In my experience] customer service is awful.
    • [From what I've seen] they don't care about clients.
    • [In my situation their] first reaction is always to blame it on the unmanaged factor.
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    WP Engine
    • Flywheel is more expensive than many hosting companies
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    A2 Hosting
    Never would I use this service. I canceled 7 accounts I believe so far. [In my opinion] it's a waste.
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    WP Engine
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    A2 Hosting
    [In my opinion] it barely works.
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    WP Engine
    No answers on this topic
    Reliability and Availability
    A2 Hosting
    they are only technically available but having someone say hello, i'm here to help, immediately is not real responsive if they actually never address the issue being reported. we don't contact support for the bland greeting, we are actually trying to solve a business process interruption
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    WP Engine
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    Performance
    A2 Hosting
    They are only good if you never update your website and i mean never. Otherwise their main performance diffrentiator is turbo web hosting, their highest shared hosting plan. When caching is working it performs well reducing load times by half, but as soon as you add a new page to the site, the updates don't show up until you clear the cache manually from multiple locations (wordpress a2optimized plugin, cpanel etc..). As they make updates to the turbo hosting A2optimized plugin, they do not test them properly and do not handle customer feedback about them, instead they are in denial and try to immediately convince the customer there is no issue at all! the old developer joke when they don't want to fix feedback: it works on my machine!
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    WP Engine
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    Support Rating
    A2 Hosting
    In my opinion they are unresponsive, rude, incompetent, and untrustworthy to boot.
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    WP Engine
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    Implementation Rating
    A2 Hosting
    [In my experience] it was a mess from the start and created problems ever since day one.
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    WP Engine
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    Alternatives Considered
    A2 Hosting
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    WP Engine
    Compared to WP Engine and Pantheon, Flywheel offers the most affordable and easy-to-use managed hosting platform for WordPress websites. I actually prefer Flywheel's UI a bit more to WP Engine's. Media Temple simply doesn't offer an affordable hosting option that particularly caters to WordPress websites. Flywheel has become my favorite among managed hosting platforms that are targeted on servicing WordPress developers.
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    Scalability
    A2 Hosting
    I believe they do not care about addressing failures when they occur. Starting out with a working service counts for nothing if you can't maintain it, fix issues when reported, and actually take the extra step to prevent them from happening again. You have to care about quality and customer service, and A2 couldn't care less
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    WP Engine
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    A2 Hosting
    • [In my experience] they have upheaved my entire business many times by not having working servers.
    • [I feel like] they have inconvenienced us many hours with tech calls over stupid things.
    • [In my opinion] they have wasted so much time and man hours.
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    WP Engine
    • Fast/easy to create new sites with blueprints
    • Easy to work locally with Local
    Incentivized
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