WP Engine Plan Comparison for Managed WordPress
Our Essential Plans are a quick way to get started with WP Engine—they’re secure, fast, and come with the features every WordPress agency needs. But as your agency grows, your tech needs to scale with you.
Whether you need to avoid noisy neighbors or simply assure your clients you have the tech stack they need, we have a range of solutions beyond our Essential plans. They start with our Core plans and move on through Enterprise and High Availability solutions.
The best way to get what you need is to connect with your account manager and work with them to find the best solution for your needs. But if you want a breakdown of how our Essential, Core, and Enterprise plans differ, check out the table below.
Essential
Core
Enterprise
Core
Managed WordPress hosting platform that includes EverCache, automated WP and PHP updates, application security, threat mitigation, daily incremental backups & proactive patching of the entire stack. The WP Engine User Portal includes such developer tools as SFTP and Git Push, as well as 1-click automation for staging, copy, backup, restore, CDN, SSL and multisite conversion.
Environment
Single node Google Cloud Provider shared instance on multi-tenant environment.
Single node GCP or Azure single-tenant containerized environment.
Amazon Web Services (AWS) clusters.
Redundancy
Redundancy at the storage layer.
Redundancy at all layers, load balancer, storage, web & database nodes.
Performance
Resource contention may be susceptible to noisy neighbors.
Performance optimized GCP & Azure infrastructure with fully isolated resources and no noisy neighbor risk. Plans include end-to-end performance with Page Speed Boost.
Redundancy means there is a network latency tradeoff. There is latency for every network hop (filesystem (nfs) , database, etc.) that add latency on HA Clusters. Plans include end-to-end performance with Page Speed Boost.
Stability
Single node architecture. 99.95% SLA availability may be affected by noisy neighbors within the shared environment.
Strong uptime and best performance. Single node architecture. 99.99% uptime SLA. Includes 24/7 uptime Site Monitoring.
Strong uptime & resilience against datacenter zonal outages or failures with high availability configuration. 99.99% uptime SLA. Includes 24/7 uptime Site Monitoring.
Security
WP Engine managed security stack. Pen testing is not supported.
WP Engine managed security stack. Includes Bulk Site Management & Smart Plugin Manager. Pen testing is supported, but must be coordinated with Support.
WP Engine managed security stack. 3-tier architecture with separation of services; front-end web nodes, DB and storage. Bulk Site Management & Smart Plugin Manager. Pen testing supported with additional evaluation resources available.
Scalability
Scalability may be impacted by noisy neighbors in the environment. No separation of web or DB scaling.
Ability to scale web and DB independently.
Recovery method
Instance auto-failover from HW failures. Decoupled storage for fast recovery times.
Custom solutions sizing based on SE recommendation. Support may tune certain platform parameters to buyer’s needs.
Customization
Customization not supported.
Solution sizing based on SE recommendation.
Support
Award Winning Support serves the entire client spectrum. 24/7/365 live support.
Premium Support for faster response time from advanced technicians. 24/7/365 live support. *Premium Plus Support is available for the fastest response times from the most senior technicians. 24/7/365.
Onboarding
No Onboarding assistance. Free migration plugin available.
Technical Onboarding until you go-live – including a report on 50+ checks to ensure site health & success.
Account services
Premium Services not available.
Premium Services include a monthly performance scorecard. *Premium Plus Services include a dedicated Customer Success Manager (CSM) and Technical Account Manager (TAM) for campaign planning and strategic guidance including quarterly business reviews.
If you have any questions or want to start the process of upgrading your plan to a Core or Enterprise plan, connect with your Account Manager today!
*Included in certain plans or available for purchase.
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