Flywheel vs. WordPress VIP

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Flywheel
Score 10.0 out of 10
N/A
Flywheel 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.
$15
per month
WordPress VIP
Score 7.6 out of 10
Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
Wordpress VIP, from a team at Automattic, is enterprise WordPress hosting with customer or digital experience features for enterprises.N/A
Pricing
FlywheelWordPress VIP
Editions & Modules
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
Custom
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
FlywheelWordPress VIP
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsDiscount available for annual pricing equal to about 2 months free.
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Community Pulse
FlywheelWordPress VIP
Features
FlywheelWordPress VIP
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Flywheel
-
Ratings
WordPress VIP
7.3
2 Ratings
12% below category average
Role-based user permissions00 Ratings7.32 Ratings
Platform & Infrastructure
Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Product A and Product B
Flywheel
-
Ratings
WordPress VIP
7.3
2 Ratings
6% below category average
API00 Ratings9.12 Ratings
Internationalization / multi-language00 Ratings5.52 Ratings
Web Content Creation
Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Product A and Product B
Flywheel
-
Ratings
WordPress VIP
8.2
2 Ratings
5% above category average
WYSIWYG editor00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Code quality / cleanliness00 Ratings7.32 Ratings
Admin section00 Ratings8.22 Ratings
Page templates00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
Mobile optimization / responsive design00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Publishing workflow00 Ratings7.32 Ratings
Web Content Management
Comparison of Web Content Management features of Product A and Product B
Flywheel
-
Ratings
WordPress VIP
8.0
2 Ratings
7% above category average
Content taxonomy00 Ratings7.31 Ratings
SEO support00 Ratings7.31 Ratings
Bulk management00 Ratings7.32 Ratings
Availability / breadth of extensions00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Community / comment management00 Ratings9.12 Ratings
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FlywheelWordPress VIP
Small Businesses
SiteGround
SiteGround
Score 8.6 out of 10
ManageWP
ManageWP
Score 10.0 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
WP Engine
WP Engine
Score 7.3 out of 10
RWS Tridion Sites
RWS Tridion Sites
Score 9.0 out of 10
Enterprises
Pantheon
Pantheon
Score 8.6 out of 10
RWS Tridion Sites
RWS Tridion Sites
Score 9.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
FlywheelWordPress VIP
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(3 ratings)
7.8
(22 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(2 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.1
(21 ratings)
User Testimonials
FlywheelWordPress VIP
Likelihood to Recommend
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.
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Automattic
WordPress VIP really changed the game when it comes to WordPress CMS and Content Management. A one-stop shop for all our client's business needs. We are focusing on Content Management instead of technicalities. The big advantage is the security features covering all recent vulnerabilities that any WordPress developer/user wastes lots of precious time fixing/updating. Performance-wise, WordPress VIP is definitely up there. We’ve been doing lots of optimization work over the last few years. Every client wants to score 100. With WordPress VIP we decreased the time spent on optimization significantly and now feel confident with taking more performance optimisation work than we did before. Lastly, maybe the most important for every business is the support quality. WordPress VIP runs a superb support team with phenomenal knowledge and expertise. Quick to respond and solves issues here and now. It is definitely recommended.
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Pros
WP Engine
  • Customer Service
  • User Interface
  • User Experience
  • Creative Support
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Automattic
  • Keeps us informed of upcoming releases/patches associated with the Wordpress Platform.
  • Introduces us to products/companies/Wordpress plugins as necessary when new business needs arise.
  • Amy and Allie are excellent at managing the relationship; speaking with them on our monthly calls is a pleasure.
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Cons
WP Engine
  • Flywheel is more expensive than many hosting companies
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Automattic
  • Too many different dashboard formats
  • Everything should have the same look and feel.
  • The admin portal looks different than the user content portal
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Likelihood to Renew
WP Engine
No answers on this topic
Automattic
It's true enterprise ready hosting framework providing unparalleled hosting infrastructure for WordPress. Where an organisation has high load needs, but with stability and scale VIP delivers. It provides complete peace of mind that the hosting, security and scalability are taken care of and organisations can focus on developing out their website strategies
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Usability
WP Engine
No answers on this topic
Automattic
There is documentation for everything you might need.
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Support Rating
WP Engine
No answers on this topic
Automattic
The people who work for WordPress VIP clearly are passionate about representing the organisation. Therefore when support is required, they do go above and beyond what you may expect in terms of overall support. They take security very seriously, and due to the nature of VIP, it's rarely a concern for the end-user, if at all.
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Alternatives Considered
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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Automattic
Our team manages 4 different brands' websites and before WordPress VIP we were using multiple different hosts including DreamHost and AWS. These were convoluted and didn't offer the enterprise features for our organization that WP VIP was capable of. We also considered Pantheon, but they were not Wordpress-centric enough for the direction we were going.
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Return on Investment
WP Engine
  • Fast/easy to create new sites with blueprints
  • Easy to work locally with Local
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Automattic
  • Working as a WordPress VIP gold partner has helped our business grow from 12 staff to 28 staff in 2 years. They have brought many projects to the table that are always the right ones for us and they really understand our goals as a business.
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