Documentation-based comparison
Flywheel versus Pressable
Compare documented scope and conditions. Unknowns remain unknown; different billing units do not establish a cost winner.
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.
| Requirement | Flywheel | Pressable |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | From $300/yr | From $25/mo |
| 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
| 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
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| Storage |
| 5 dedicated PHP workers (5 vCPUs) per site on Signature plans Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Pressable Signature plans and pricing, yearly billing view
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| 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
| A visit is counted once per visitor per UTC day. Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Pressable knowledge base: how visits and storage overages work
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| 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
| 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