WP Engine Blows the Competitors Out of the Water
May 20, 2022

WP Engine Blows the Competitors Out of the Water

Thomas Petty | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review

Overall Satisfaction with WP Engine

I've tried on most of the website hosting companies, and several years ago, I moved ALL my clients to WP Engine. By far, they are the best company to host a WordPress website, and I won't use anyone else. I know my stuff when it comes to WordPress, but every once in a while, I get stumped. Their tech support is always easy to reach and takes care of it every time. They're tightly integrated with Cloudflare, which helps to make my clients' sites safe from hackers and speeds them up at the same time.
  • Tech Support
  • Caching and Speed
  • Plugin Management
  • They recently switched from using the .htaccess file to using Web Rules in the console. The Web Rules give me a lot of power, but this has made me do quite a bit of extra work to make sure that the .htaccess security rules are properly implemented in the Web Rules, which isn't for the faint of heart. This also crippled the functionality of the security plug-in that I use.
  • Security
  • Caching and Speed
  • Technical Support
  • Combining Cloudflare with the WP Engine platform as well as their anti-hacker tools as well as my own has meant that none of my clients have ever been hacked. This is critical for my clients.
There's absolutely no comparison between the other companies and WP Engine. WP Engine is far superior in all ways. Every time I do a security audit on a potential client's website, I can tell right away that it's on an overloaded server at one of the competitors. The first thing I recommend is to switch hosting companies to WP Engine.

Do you think WP Engine delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with WP Engine's feature set?

Yes

Did WP Engine live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of WP Engine go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy WP Engine again?

Yes

As I already stated, I've tried on most of the other hosting companies that try to be everything to everyone. WP Engine does one thing: WordPress, and they do it exceptionally well. One of my clients is a multi-national, multi-billion dollar corporation, and all of their websites are on WP Engine. Many of my other clients are small one-person businesses, so the platform is appropriate for all sizes.