Flywheel alternative

The Flywheel alternative for agencies

Every site is $5 a month, with no visit caps and Automated Safe Updates included. Twenty client sites cost $100/mo on Wordify. On Flywheel they need the Agency plan: $290/mo, or $242/mo if you pay the year up front.

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“I’ve moved all my sites off Siteground and Flywheel to Wordify and am very happy!”
Chris Shull, Heyday Web Media, Atlanta
Client sites
Flywheel
Agency$290
Or paid a year up front$242/mo
Automatic updates with rollback
Managed Plugin Updates, $8/site list price
+$160
Per month$290
with updates $450
Wordify
20 sites at $5$100
Billed monthly, by the dayNo prepay
Automated Safe Updates
Plugins, themes and core
Included
Per month$100
Five free Dev Sites · no visit caps

You save $190/mo against Flywheel’s monthly price, or $142/mo against paying annually.

Flywheel list prices in USD, read from their pricing page in September 2026; the cheapest plan mix for each site count. Wordify prices from our pricing page. Storage differences are covered below.

Pricing that follows your sites

Site eleven costs $5, not $20

Flywheel sells plans for 1, 10 and 30 sites, and every site in between is $20 a month. On Wordify every site is $5, billed by the day, so the bill grows with your client list instead of in jumps.

Flywheel, monthly billing Wordify What you keep
20 sites $290 $100 Save $190/mo
1 site10203040 Site 11: +$20 Agency plan, $290 $190/mo less $490 $200
Monthly cost by number of client sites. Hover or tap the chart for any count from 1 to 40.
Flywheel$20per extra site, until the next plan up is cheaper
Wordify$5per site, from the first to the fortieth, billed by the day
VisitsUncountedNo visit caps. Storage and bandwidth pool across your sites
Included on every plan

Updates that check their own work

Automated Safe Updates takes a verified restore point, applies the update, loads the site to compare what comes back, and rolls back automatically if it fails. Plugins, themes and core, with security fixes applied as soon as they’re available.

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Flywheel Managed Plugin Updates
  • $8 per site per month
  • Plugins only; themes aren’t updated
  • Weekly by default, daily optional
  • New sites aren’t enrolled automatically
Wordify Automated Safe Updates
  • Included on every plan
  • Plugins, themes and WordPress core
  • Security fixes as soon as they’re available; the rest in your update window
  • On for new sites from day one

Both check the site after updating and roll back if something broke. How Automated Safe Updates works →

A site's Staging page in the Wordify Console, with options to sync from production and push to production
Client work

Staging on every site, and five free Dev Sites

Every site gets a staging copy to test changes, then push to production when you’re happy. Flywheel has staging too.

For new builds, Wordify Dev Sites are password-protected previews your client can sign off on, then promote to production. Agency plans include five, and more are $2 a month each. Flywheel’s demo sites are free for 14 days.

How staging works →

Support

WordPress engineers, on the clock

2m 12sAverage human response, trailing six months to May 2026.
1 hrSupport SLA, or your money back. 24/7.
99.3%Customer satisfaction, trailing six months.
Within the hourHow long most free migrations take, with zero downtime.
Side by side

Wordify and Flywheel, feature by feature

Wordify Flywheel
20-site agency bill $100/mo $290/mo monthly, or $2,900 a year up front
Pricing model $5 per site, add or remove any time Plans for 1, 10 or 30 sites; extra sites $20/mo each
Visit caps None 25k, 100k or 400k visits a month, overage per 1,000 over
Storage (20 sites) 20 GB pooled, then $0.50/GB 50 GB on Agency, then $1/GB
Automated updates with rollback Included: plugins, themes and core Managed Plugin Updates, $8 per site per month, plugins only
When automatic updates run Security fixes as soon as they’re available; the rest in your update window Weekly by default, daily optional (with the add-on)
Staging Yes Yes
Client preview sites 5 free Dev Sites, then $2/mo each Demo sites, free for 14 days
Daily backups Kept 7 days (14 on Pro) Nightly, kept 30 days
Free migrations Every site, most within the hour Every site, within 3 business days
Support 24/7, 1-hour response SLA 24/7 chat; phone on Agency and Custom plans
CDN and SSL Yes Yes
WAF and malware scanning Yes Yes
AI Connector (manage sites in plain English) Yes No
Contract None, billed by the day Monthly or annual; annual renews unless cancelled 30 days before
Money-back guarantee 100%, first month 60 days on smaller plans; Agency and Custom excluded
At every size

The monthly bill, from 5 to 40 sites

Sites Flywheel plan Flywheel monthly Flywheel annual Wordify You save
5 Starter + 4 extra sites $110 $92/mo $50 55%
10 Freelance $115 $96/mo $50 57%
20 Agency $290 $242/mo $100 66%
30 Agency $290 $242/mo $150 48%
40 Agency + 10 extra sites $490 $408/mo $200 59%

Savings against Flywheel’s monthly price. Flywheel’s annual price is for paying the year up front, shown per month. Extra Flywheel sites are $20/mo each. Managed Plugin Updates ($8/site, with bulk pricing on request from 30 sites) is extra on top. Wordify’s 10-site plan is the smallest agency plan, so 5 sites cost $50.

Sources, read September 2026: Flywheel pricing (plans, extra sites, overages, refund policy) · Flywheel Managed Plugin Updates FAQ · Flywheel backups · Flywheel migration requests · Wordify pricing

Free migration

We move your sites for you

1

Tell us which sites to move

Send us SFTP details or a backup for each site. No migrator plugin to install, and nothing to export by hand.

2

We migrate and test each one

Every site is copied and checked before anything changes, and DNS moves only when you say so. Most sites are done within the hour, with zero downtime.

3

Go live, then cancel Flywheel

Keep Flywheel running until you’re happy. If you pay annually, move before your renewal date. Don’t love Wordify in the first month? You get 100% of your money back.

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Agencies that switched to Wordify

Real reviews from the WordPress professionals, agencies and developers who host with us.

We've migrated nearly 200 sites to Wordify and you can feel the difference immediately when they go live. The platform stands out for its ease of use, fast support, and genuine commitment to continuous improvement.
Martin Fisher Martin Fisher Results You Can Measure
I've been using Wordify for a few years now. They're not very well known in the managed WordPress hosting industry, but I can only give positive feedback. The infrastructure is solid, they offer almost all the features you need, and the support is excellent.
Nick Suykerbuyk Nick Suykerbuyk
These guys are freaking great. Price is fair, service is reliable, support is amazing, and migrations are smooooooth. I am very happy with everything, and would strongly recommend to anyone who wants reliable web hosting (especially if you run a web agency).
Nick Gulic Nick Gulic Creative Click, Sydney

When Flywheel is the better pick

Flywheel does some things well. If any of these matter most to you, it may suit you better:

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Questions, answered

Money-back guarantee in your first month

Bring your sites over. We’ll do the moving.

Switching from Flywheel? We’ll put a $50 credit in your account. It stacks with your free done-for-you migration and the money-back first month, and it has no expiry, so you can move a few sites now and the rest at renewal.

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