Flywheel review

Flywheel is managed hosting for WordPress sites, including WooCommerce stores. It is built for freelancers, agencies, and creative teams that want hosting plus tools for managing client sites, rather than a bare server to configure themselves.

Flywheel says it will migrate WordPress sites for free and provides 24/7 support from WordPress experts. Its dashboard lets users manage sites, collaborate, and update DNS. The feature list also includes nightly backups and restores, plus billing transfer so a site’s bill can be moved to a client.

Plans are limited by site count, monthly visits, storage, and bandwidth. Starter covers one site and 25,000 monthly visits; higher tiers raise those allowances. Custom pricing is available for 30 or more sites or other custom needs. The key buying question is whether those included caps match the traffic and storage needs of the sites you plan to move.

Flywheel puts common WordPress hosting jobs in one service: hosting, migrations, backups, site management, and support. Free migrations can lower the work involved in moving an existing WordPress site, while nightly backups and restores cover a basic recovery need. The dashboard also supports collaboration and DNS updates, and billing transfer gives freelancers and agencies a way to hand a site’s bill to its client.

The plan ladder is easy to map to a portfolio. According to the pricing page, Starter is $25 per month for one site, 25,000 monthly visits, 10GB of storage, and 50GB of bandwidth. Freelance is listed at $96 monthly for up to 10 sites, 100,000 visits, 20GB, and 200GB. Agency is $242 monthly for up to 30 sites, 400,000 visits, 50GB, and 500GB. Annual billing is listed with two months free; the page shows annual totals of $300, $1,150, and $2,900 for those plans.

The included limits can make the headline price misleading for a growing client roster. Starter stops at one site and 25,000 monthly visits; Freelance caps at 10 sites and 100,000 visits; Agency covers up to 30 sites and 400,000 visits. Flywheel lists overages at $1 per 1,000 visits above the plan limit and $1 per extra GB of storage. Additional sites cost $20 per month each or $200 per year.

Some useful extras add recurring costs: Performance Insights is $25 per month for the first site, then $2 per additional site, and Managed Plugin Updates is $8 per site per month, with bulk pricing for 30 or more sites. For 30-plus sites or custom needs, the price is not published.

There is also a continuity question for some customers. In one Reddit thread, an Australian agency developer said WP Engine had told them to migrate from Flywheel to WP Engine. That is a customer report, not evidence of a global change, but agencies should confirm regional hosting plans before moving a large portfolio.

Flywheel starts at $25/month for one site, with 25,000 monthly visits, 10GB of storage and 50GB of bandwidth. Freelance jumps to $96/month for up to 10 sites and 100,000 visits. Agency is $242/month for up to 30 sites and 400,000 visits. That is a $71 jump from Starter to Freelance, then another $146 to Agency. Custom pricing applies above 30 sites or for custom needs.

The pricing page says annual billing includes two months free. Its listed annual totals are $300 for Starter, $1,150 for Freelance and $2,900 for Agency. Check the billing terms before switching, especially if you expect to add sites: extra sites cost $20/month each or $200/year. Other costs include Performance Insights at $25/month for the first site and $2 for each additional site, and Managed Plugin Updates at $8/month per site. Overages are $1 per 1,000 visits above your cap and $1 per extra GB of storage.

Flywheel says it will migrate WordPress sites for free, but the published information does not spell out migration timing, exclusions or what happens to DNS during a move. Its dashboard supports DNS updates, and the service includes a site-billing transfer for clients. Confirm the migration scope and billing handoff before moving several client sites.

For a move away, the published material does not document an export process, cancellation terms or what data you can take with you. Those details are worth checking directly rather than assuming the free inbound migration means leaving is equally simple. The published published material also contains no Reddit posts, so we cannot responsibly attribute reasons for leaving Flywheel to Reddit users. Visit caps, overage charges and per-site add-ons are the clearest documented costs to weigh before switching.