What the evidence answers

A reading of reviewed official documentation for Flywheel and Pressable. It is not a hands-on test, a ranking or a recommendation of one product.

Price

  • Flywheel From $300/yr
    • Starter: $300.00 annual ($25/mo equivalent)
    • Freelance: $1,150.00 annual
    • Agency: $2,900.00 annual
  • Pressable From $25/mo
    • Signature 1: $250.00 annual
    • Signature 1: $25.00 monthly
    • Signature 3: $600.00 annual ($50/mo equivalent)
    • Signature 3: $60.00 monthly
    • Signature 5: $1,550.00 annual
    • Signature 5: $155.00 monthly

Both list prices on the same basis. Compare what each plan includes; the lower amount alone does not make the better choice.

Documented for both

Websites
Flywheel An additional site costs USD 20 a month or USD 200 a year.Starter: 1 siteFreelance: Up to 10 sitesAgency: Up to 30 sites
Pressable Tiers with 1, 3, 5, 10, 20, 50, 80 or 100 WordPress installs, each with the same number of staging and sandbox sitesSignature 1: 1 WordPress installSignature 3: 5 WordPress installsSignature 5: 20 WordPress installsSignature 8: 100 WordPress installs
Storage
Flywheel Starter: 10 GB storageFreelance: 20 GB storageAgency: 50 GB storage
Pressable 5 dedicated PHP workers (5 vCPUs) per site on Signature plansSignature 1: 20 GB storageSignature 3: 35 GB storageSignature 5: 80 GB storageSignature 8: 325 GB storage
Traffic or visits
Flywheel A visit is a unique IP address in a 24-hour period, after removing known bots.Starter: 25,000 monthly visits and 50 GB bandwidthFreelance: 100,000 monthly visits and 200 GB bandwidthAgency: 400,000 monthly visits and 500 GB bandwidth
Pressable A visit is counted once per visitor per UTC day.Signature 1: Up to 30K visits a monthSignature 3: Up to 75K visits a monthSignature 5: Up to 400K visits a monthSignature 8: Up to 2M visits a month
Commitment
Flywheel 60-day money-back guarantee on new plansAgency: Excluded from the 60-day money-back guarantee
Pressable Monthly or yearly billing (the yearly option is labelled "2 Months Free"), with a 30-day money-back guarantee.
Backups
Flywheel Backups are taken every night and kept for 30 days.
Pressable Filesystem backed up daily at 00:00 UTC and database hourly, only when changes are detected
Restores
Flywheel Nightly backups can be run and restored.
Pressable Self-service restore from the Backups & Restores tab, including a cross-site restore of one site's backup onto another
Migration
Flywheel Flywheel’s team migrates every one of your sites free.
Pressable Unlimited WordPress site migrations
Staging
Flywheel Staging sites are listed among the workflow tools in the plan comparison.
Pressable Staging and sandbox sites equal to the number of WordPress installs
Support
Flywheel 24/7/365 chat support
Pressable 24/7 expert support, about 4 minutes average first response
Overage charges
Flywheel USD 1 per 1,000 extra monthly visitors; USD 1 per GB over the storage limit
Pressable Visits: USD 1.20 per 1,000; Storage: USD 1.00 per GB; Pre-bought visits: USD 8 per 10,000; Pre-bought storage: USD 0.50 per GB a month, up to 200 GB

Limits to check

  • Flywheel Sites are not throttled or shut off; visits and storage above the plan are charged as overages.
  • Pressable Visits and storage above the plan are charged automatically as overages.

Not verified yet

No reviewed evidence for either product on introductory rate and renewal rate.

Not verified means our reviewed sources do not establish it. It does not mean a product lacks the capability or that it costs nothing.

Next steps

  • Ask Flywheel about introductory rate and renewal rate; our sources do not establish them yet.
  • Ask Pressable about introductory rate and renewal rate; our sources do not establish them yet.
Documented scope and limits; unverified dimensions remain unknown.
RequirementFlywheelPressable
Pricing
Who it is for
Managed WordPress hosting with workflow tools for building sites for yourself and for clients.

Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Flywheel managed WordPress hosting plans, comparison and FAQ

Managed WordPress hosting built on Automattic’s WP Cloud.

Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Pressable Signature plans and pricing, yearly billing view

Coverage limits
Sites are not throttled or shut off; visits and storage above the plan are charged as overages.

Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Flywheel managed WordPress hosting plans, comparison and FAQ

Visits and storage above the plan are charged automatically as overages.

An alert appears at 80% and above 100% of the limit.

Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Pressable knowledge base: how visits and storage overages work

Websites
An additional site costs USD 20 a month or USD 200 a year.

Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Flywheel managed WordPress hosting plans, comparison and FAQ

  • Starter 1 site
  • Freelance Up to 10 sites
  • Agency Up to 30 sites
Tiers with 1, 3, 5, 10, 20, 50, 80 or 100 WordPress installs, each with the same number of staging and sandbox sites

Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Pressable Signature plans and pricing, yearly billing view

  • Signature 1 1 WordPress install
  • Signature 3 5 WordPress installs
  • Signature 5 20 WordPress installs
  • Signature 8 100 WordPress installs
Storage
  • Starter 10 GB storage
  • Freelance 20 GB storage
  • Agency 50 GB storage
5 dedicated PHP workers (5 vCPUs) per site on Signature plans

Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Pressable Signature plans and pricing, yearly billing view

  • Signature 1 20 GB storage
  • Signature 3 35 GB storage
  • Signature 5 80 GB storage
  • Signature 8 325 GB storage
Traffic or visits
A visit is a unique IP address in a 24-hour period, after removing known bots.

Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Flywheel managed WordPress hosting plans, comparison and FAQ

  • Starter 25,000 monthly visits and 50 GB bandwidth
  • Freelance 100,000 monthly visits and 200 GB bandwidth
  • Agency 400,000 monthly visits and 500 GB bandwidth
A visit is counted once per visitor per UTC day.

Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Pressable knowledge base: how visits and storage overages work

  • Signature 1 Up to 30K visits a month
  • Signature 3 Up to 75K visits a month
  • Signature 5 Up to 400K visits a month
  • Signature 8 Up to 2M visits a month
Commitment
60-day money-back guarantee on new plans

Not for upgrades or renewals.

Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Flywheel managed WordPress hosting plans, comparison and FAQ

  • Agency Excluded from the 60-day money-back guarantee
Monthly or yearly billing (the yearly option is labelled "2 Months Free"), with a 30-day money-back guarantee.

Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Pressable Signature plans and pricing, yearly billing view

Backups
Backups are taken every night and kept for 30 days.

Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Flywheel managed WordPress hosting plans, comparison and FAQ

Filesystem backed up daily at 00:00 UTC and database hourly, only when changes are detected

Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Pressable knowledge base: accessing backups

Restores
Nightly backups can be run and restored.

The restore method and any fee are not stated.

Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Flywheel: official product and plan documentation

Self-service restore from the Backups & Restores tab, including a cross-site restore of one site's backup onto another

Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Pressable knowledge base: accessing backups

Migration
Flywheel’s team migrates every one of your sites free.

Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Flywheel managed WordPress hosting plans, comparison and FAQ

Unlimited WordPress site migrations

Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Pressable: official product and plan documentation

Staging
Staging sites are listed among the workflow tools in the plan comparison.

The page text does not show which plans include them.

Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Flywheel managed WordPress hosting plans, comparison and FAQ

Staging and sandbox sites equal to the number of WordPress installs

Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Pressable Signature plans and pricing, yearly billing view

Support
24/7/365 chat support

Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Flywheel managed WordPress hosting plans, comparison and FAQ

24/7 expert support, about 4 minutes average first response

Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Pressable Signature plans and pricing, yearly billing view

Overage charges
USD 1 per 1,000 extra monthly visitors; USD 1 per GB over the storage limit

FAQ examples: 30,000 visits on Starter gives a USD 5 overage; 60 GB on Agency gives USD 10. The visit rate carries an asterisk that the page does not explain.

Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Flywheel managed WordPress hosting plans, comparison and FAQ

Visits: USD 1.20 per 1,000; Storage: USD 1.00 per GB; Pre-bought visits: USD 8 per 10,000; Pre-bought storage: USD 0.50 per GB a month, up to 200 GB

Charged automatically; monthly plans are measured billing date to billing date, annual plans by calendar month.

Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Pressable knowledge base: how visits and storage overages work

Coverage note

Billed monthly in USD.

2 requirements without reviewed evidence here

Not verified means the reviewed sources do not establish it; it does not mean a product lacks it or that it costs nothing.

  • Introductory rate Flywheel: not verified · Pressable: not verified
  • Renewal rate Flywheel: not verified · Pressable: not verified

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