WP Engine alternatives
At one WordPress site, WP Engine costs $35 a month. 3 web hosts cost less, from $9.99 (Bluehost). The closest match, SiteGround, covers 82% of what WP Engine does. Each one shows how much of it it covers, capability by capability, next to the price.
What WP Engine does
Core: WordPress management, Staging sites, 24/7 expert support (partly).
Important: Many sites per plan (partly), Automated site backups (partly), CDN & page caching (partly), Firewall & malware protection (partly), SSH, Git & WP-CLI (partly), Store-ready performance (partly), Agency & reseller tools (partly), Compliance & certifications (partly).
Also has: VPS & cloud upgrades (partly), Free site migrations (partly), Application performance tracing (partly).
Alternatives to WP Engine at one WordPress site, best match first
- SiteGround: $17.99/mo Renewal rate; no month-to-month billing shown (StartUp at its $17.99/mo regular renewal rate on a 12-month term). It covers 82% of WP Engine; missing or partial: WordPress management (partly), Staging sites (partly), Compliance & certifications. Free plan: none. Last price hike: Jun 2020.
- Bluehost: $9.99/mo 36-month term renewal rate; no monthly price shown (Starter). It covers 79% of WP Engine; missing or partial: WordPress management (partly), Staging sites (partly), Compliance & certifications, Free site migrations. Free plan: none.
- Hostinger: $10.99/mo Renewal rate; no monthly price published (Premium plan, renewal rate on its 48-month term ($10.99/mo)). It covers 79% of WP Engine; missing or partial: WordPress management (partly), Staging sites (partly), Compliance & certifications, Free site migrations. Free plan: none. Last price hike: Aug 2026.
Other kinds of products that cover part of WP Engine
- WordPress.com (Website builders): covers 71% of WP Engine; missing or partial: WordPress management (partly), Staging sites (partly), Many sites per plan, Compliance & certifications, Application performance tracing
- GoDaddy (Domains, DNS & SSL): covers 68% of WP Engine; missing or partial: WordPress management (partly), Staging sites (partly), CDN & page caching, Compliance & certifications, Free site migrations
- Plesk (Server control panels): covers 66% of WP Engine; missing or partial: WordPress management (partly), Staging sites, Store-ready performance, Compliance & certifications, VPS & cloud upgrades
- Netlify (Hosting): covers 55% of WP Engine; missing or partial: WordPress management, Staging sites (partly), Automated site backups, Store-ready performance, Compliance & certifications
- cPanel (Server control panels): covers 52% of WP Engine; missing or partial: WordPress management (partly), Staging sites, Many sites per plan, CDN & page caching, Store-ready performance
- Namecheap (Domains, DNS & SSL): covers 45% of WP Engine; missing or partial: WordPress management (partly), Staging sites, CDN & page caching, Firewall & malware protection, SSH, Git & WP-CLI
Prices at every size
- WP Engine: one WordPress site $35/mo, 10 WordPress sites $130/mo, a WooCommerce store with 100k visits a month $130/mo (Monthly $35/mo; annual $28/mo is promotional)
- SiteGround: one WordPress site $17.99/mo, 10 WordPress sites $29.99/mo, a WooCommerce store with 100k visits a month $29.99/mo (Renewal rate; no month-to-month billing shown)
- Bluehost: one WordPress site $9.99/mo, 10 WordPress sites $13.99/mo, a WooCommerce store with 100k visits a month $13.99/mo (36-month term renewal rate; no monthly price shown)
- Hostinger: one WordPress site $10.99/mo, 10 WordPress sites $16.99/mo, a WooCommerce store with 100k visits a month $10.99/mo (Renewal rate; no monthly price published)
Prices are USD per month at the regular rate a plan renews at, on month-to-month billing where offered (otherwise the shortest term sold, divided by its months), for WordPress sites on your own domain. Introductory promos, setup fees, domains and taxes are not included.
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