# Flywheel

Flywheel is a managed WordPress host built for web designers, freelancers and agencies, now run as a WP Engine brand.


Source: https://www.findhost.app/flywheel/
Last checked against the provider: 2026-08-01

## Record

### Links

- home: https://getflywheel.com
- pricing: https://getflywheel.com/pricing/

### Identity

- founded: 2012
- headcount: unknown
- favorite: unknown
- ownership: subsidiary
- parent: wpengine
- status: active

### Classification

- category: vanity-hosting
- whoManagesOs: managed
- infraContract: unknown
- runsOn: unknown
- cdnFrom: unknown
- useCases: cms
- audience: solo, agency
- wikidata: unknown

### Tech stack

- runtimes: php
- software: wordpress
- specialisation: wordpress
- sshAccess: jailed
- managedDatabases: unknown
- gpuCapacity: unknown
- persistentStorage: unknown
- backupsIncluded: included

### Deployment

- deployMethods: unknown

### Pricing

- pricingModel: fixed-tier
- priceFrom: md
- entryPrice: {"amount":25,"currency":"USD","period":"month"}
- priceTo: xl
- currencies: USD
- billingPeriods: monthly, yearly
- billingTiming: advance
- exitWithin: a-quarter
- renewalMultiple: unknown
- freeTier: unknown
- contractMinimum: unknown

### Regions and law

- regions: unknown
- hqCountry: US
- gdprDpa: unknown

### Other features

- energyClaim: unknown
- certifications: unknown
- greenWebId: unknown
- domainRegistration: unknown
- dnsHosting: unknown
- emailHosting: unknown
- cdnIncluded: unknown
- testDomain: unknown
- collaboration: unknown
- staging: unknown

### Support

- supportChannels: unknown
- supportHours: unknown
- supportTiering: unknown

### Automation

- mcpServer: unknown
- cliTool: unknown
- apiAvailable: unknown
- iacSupport: unknown

### Sources

- entryPrice: https://getflywheel.com/pricing/ (read 2026-08-01)
- priceFrom: https://getflywheel.com/pricing/ (read 2026-07-31)
- priceTo: https://getflywheel.com/pricing/ (read 2026-08-02)
- currencies: https://getflywheel.com/pricing/ (read 2026-08-02)
- billingPeriods: https://getflywheel.com/pricing/ (read 2026-08-02)
- billingTiming: https://wpengine.com/legal/terms-of-service/ (read 2026-08-02)
- exitWithin: https://wpengine.com/legal/terms-of-service/ (read 2026-08-02)
- pricingModel: https://getflywheel.com/pricing/ (read 2026-07-31)
- backupsIncluded: https://getflywheel.com/pricing/ (read 2026-07-31)

## Notes

Flywheel is a managed WordPress host built for web designers, freelancers and agencies. Started in Omaha, Nebraska, it was acquired by [WP Engine](/wpengine/) in 2019 and runs as a WP Engine brand, keeping its own dashboard, plans and workflow. Sites run on Google Cloud behind a Fastly CDN, from data centres in North America, the UK, the EU and Australia.

The product is shaped around client work: billing transfer to the client, collaborator roles, reusable site blueprints, demo sites and the free Local app for building WordPress offline. Plans are fixed tiers bundling staging, nightly backups with a retention window and SSL. As on most managed WordPress hosts, a list of plugins is disallowed — mostly caching, backup and security plugins that clash with the platform's own stack — and shell access runs through a restricted gateway rather than a full shell.

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