Cloudways
Entry plan
Flat price, whole team$14.00
× 12 months$168.00
Per year
$1.40 per person / mo
$168
Cloudways vs Flywheel
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Cloudways
74%
match · $168/yr
Flywheel
49%
match · $300/yr
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What you'd pay
Entry plan for 10 people, billed yearly where offered. Prices checked Oct 2026.
Smaller bill
Flywheel
Entry plan
Flat price, whole team$25.00
× 12 months$300.00
Per year
$2.50 per person / mo
$300
Cloudways
From $14
G2 4.7 · 1,133 reviewsBusinesses and agencies with some technical skill that run several WordPress sites and want to pay for server capacity instead of per site or per visit.
vs
Flywheel
From $25
G2 4.3 · 41 reviewsDesigners, freelancers and agencies that build WordPress sites for clients and want simple workflow and handoff tools.
Side by side
| Cloudways | Flywheel | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | From $14/month (1GB DigitalOcean server) | $25/month billed yearly, or $30/month |
| G2 Rating | 4.7 (1,133 reviews) | 4.3 (41 reviews) |
| Best For | Businesses and agencies with some technical skill that run several WordPress sites and want to pay for server capacity instead of per site or per visit. | Designers, freelancers and agencies that build WordPress sites for clients and want simple workflow and handoff tools. |
Pros and cons
Cloudways
Pros
- No visit caps or per-site fees
- Low cost per site when hosting several sites
- Free staging and free first-site migration
- 3-day trial without a credit card
Cons
- You must size and monitor the server yourself
- CDN, off-site backup storage and deeper support cost extra
- No bundled email hosting
- More technical dashboard than other managed hosts
Flywheel
Pros
- Designer-friendly dashboard and handoff tools
- Nightly backups kept 30 days
- 60-day money-back guarantee
- Lower entry price than WP Engine or Kinsta billed yearly
Cons
- Owned by WP Engine, with near-identical limits to WP Engine Essential
- Overage charges on visits and storage
- No email hosting
- No uptime SLA or SSO on standard plans
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