WP Engine
Entry plan
Flat price, whole team$28.00
× 12 months$336.00
Per year
$2.80 per person / mo
$336
WP Engine vs Cloudways
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WP Engine
57%
match · $336/yr
Cloudways
74%
match · $168/yr
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What you'd pay
Entry plan for 10 people, billed yearly where offered. Prices checked Oct 2026.
Cloudways
Entry plan
Flat price, whole team$14.00
× 12 months$168.00
Per year
$1.40 per person / mo
$168
WP Engine
From $28
G2 4.6 · 362 reviewsMarketing teams, publishers and businesses running several WordPress sites that want an established managed platform with long backup retention.
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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.
Side by side
| WP Engine | Cloudways | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | $28/month billed yearly (first year), or $35/month | From $14/month (1GB DigitalOcean server) |
| G2 Rating | 4.6 (362 reviews) | 4.7 (1,133 reviews) |
| Best For | Marketing teams, publishers and businesses running several WordPress sites that want an established managed platform with long backup retention. | 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. |
Pros and cons
WP Engine
Pros
- Long backup retention (30 to 60 days)
- Staging plus separate dev environments
- Good per-site value on multi-site Essential tiers
- Large set of its own WordPress tools (ACF, WP Migrate, Genesis Blocks)
Cons
- Essential runs on a shared environment
- Uptime SLA and phone support start on Business at $400/month
- Annual price is first-year pricing and renewal pricing is subject to change
- Some tools are paid add-ons on Essential
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
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