![]() That’s an annual hosting expense of $11,628/yr. That setup could easily host 150-250 very active sites without batting an eye. Below I compare hosting sites with Dedicated and/or VPS cloud servers vs a WP Engine solution:Ī REALLY magnificent Dedicated Linux Server w/WHM+Cpanel, off-site backup solution using Amazon S3, RAID10, 2TB of drivespace, unlimited bandwidth, and 64GB RAM would probably run around $969/mo. I personally like transparency in pricing, but that’s just me… Another point of minor annoyance: WP Engine sales team forces you into a “customized sales call” to determine how much they can squeeze you for. remember you’ll also need dev sites/subdomains. This is because most web agencies are going to want to plan for at least 200+ installs - e.g. NB: The pricing listed (Premium and Enterprise) is just an approximation based on a need for 200-400 installs. Ok, so if you’re a web agency worth your salt, you’re probably going to elect for WPEngine’s Premium (150 installs, $1350/mo+), or Enterprise package (150+ installs, $2500/mo+). – Matt Woodward Business / Financial Reasons I have gone from singing their praises to everyone I meet to telling everyone to avoid them. …But over the past 8 months things have really started to go downhill with WP Engine in a serious way. I encourage you to read a great article from fellow tech junkie Matthew Woodward entitled “ Why Your Business Must Avoid WPEngine At All Costs” which itemizes the issues above (plus quite a few more), as well as his frustrating experiencing dealing with their support over the course of several months. “Sorry, client, you can’t store these high-res images on your account why not? Well, in this digital era where ‘storage is cheap’ we unfortunately use a solution that charges through the nose for it!”īut don’t just take my word for it. Disk space is a joke – Once again, unless you opt for one of their best packages (Premium+), you’re going to get hosed on storage space.If you surpass it, you’re billed huge “ overage fees“! So you basically need to elect for one of their Premium+ (“custom price”) packages to make it even worth it (pricing described below). I don’t know about you, but we have clients where ONE site gets more traffic than that. ![]()
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