About Flywheel
Flywheel has been around the managed WordPress hosting industry for quite some time now. They are known by many designers and agencies for giving affordable yet powerful services and tools to bring websites to the next level. In the company’s own words, Flywheel is thoughtfully built for busy creatives.
Features
Just what services and tools does Flywheel offer? Keep on reading to find out.
Flywheel is dedicated to providing services that are specifically tailored to WordPress sites. Thus, if you’re using WordPress to host your site, Flywheel will optimize all aspects to make sure your site’s performance and security are in their best.
Auto-healing technology
If you haven’t heard of it before, auto-healing or self-healing technology enables your site to fix itself in any event of failure. This ensures a more stable site with improved uptime and performance. You also get less site crashes with this technology.
Content delivery network (CDN)
If you haven’t heard of it before, auto-healing or self-healing technology enables your site to fix itself in any event of failure. This ensures a more stable site with improved uptime and performance. You also get less site crashes with this technology.
Flycache
Flywheel’s own caching technology is compatible and optimized with WordPress themes and plugins.
Google Cloud Platform
Experience site load times quick as lightning with Google Cloud Platform. Some of the large companies taking advantage of this platform include Spotify, eBay, Coca Cola, Sony Music, and even Apple.
Staging Sites
One-click staging sites are a thing with Flywheel. Move themes and plugins as you go. No need to manually copy themes and plugins from a test server. Moreover, you get to test WordPress updates as they are released. In some cases, updates don’t go as well as intended. With the staging site, you can verify the version first before applying it.
Demo Sites
Flywheel allows you to create your site absolutely free of charge. Once the site is ready to go live, you can either make the payment or transfer ownership to a client. The demo site is production-ready. Thus, you will get exactly what you see on the demo site when it goes live.
WordPress updates managements
WordPress regularly releases updates to keep your site up-to-date. Flywheel gets on top of these updates to ensure your site is eternally secure from any threats. If you don’t know it yet, it is crucial to download and install WordPress updates as soon as they are released. Flywheel will take care of it for you.
Auto backups
Backup is key! Flywheel conducts nightly backups of all your sites and keeps them on a server for a month. If ever you need to revert back to an old version, you can do so with just one click!
Seamless workflow
With a highly intuitive dashboard that’s quite easy to navigate, you can expect a more streamlined workflow. The dashboard shows you all the features you will need so you won’t have to waste time looking for it on Flywheel. You also get to collaborate with your clients or teams when creating the site.
Topnotch security
In a rare event that your site gets hacked, Flywheel will take care of it. No added expenses to you just like how it should be. But for the most part, Flywheel is equipped to protect your WordPress site from malicious malware and hackers.
‘Round the clock support
Flywheel’s team of experts is ready to answer any of your queries and concerns anywhere you are, no matter what time of the day. In the rare event of service failures, Flywheel has in-app support that makes it convenient for you to submit tickets. They also created tons of resources and guides to help you navigate WordPress better. Moreover, Flywheel makes sure you’re talking to real experts and not robots who don’t provide answers and solutions.
Plans
Now, let’s take a look at the plans Flywheel offers – the services included as well as the prices. Hopefully, you will find a plan that’s suitable for you. All Flywheels plans are billed per year. You even get 2 months for free if you sign up!
Tiny
Flywheel’s Tiny plan is ideal for small and simple installs. You have a provision for 1 WordPress site, 5,000 monthly visits, 5 GB of disk space, and 20 GB bandwidth. All of this only for $15 a month.
Starter
The Starter plan is Flywheel’s most popular single-site plan. For $25 a month, you get hosted for 1 WordPress site. You also get 25,000 monthly visits, 10 GB of disk space, and 50 GB of bandwidth. For just $25 a month, you get such an excellent plan.
Freelance
If you are currently growing your client list, the Freelance Plan is the perfect plan. At $96 per month, you get hosted for up to 10 sites. You also get 100,000 monthly visits, 20 GB of disk space, and 200 GB bandwidth.
Agency
Want to bring your business to the next level? Avail of Flywheel’s Agency Plan. With this plan, get hosted for up to 30 sites. You will get 400,000 monthly visits, 50 GB of disk space, and a whopping 50 GB of bandwidth.
If you think that none of the plans above suit you or your business’ needs, you can create a custom-built plan. Whatever features and services you need, Flywheel can create the perfect plan for you.
