Flywheel Starter, $ 25.00/mo. on Linux Shared

Starter has been updated on July 26, 2026 (added June 17, 2020)

🔌 Hosted domains :	1
🆓 free domains :	0
📌 Dedicated IPs :	0
💳 Payment Methods :	Credit / Debit / Prepaid CardsPayPal
🔨 Control Panel :	[In-house]
🔧 Category :	BackupCDNWordpressFully Managed
✍️ Support Options :	EmailHelp DeskLive ChatAvailable 24/7
🌏 Server Locations :	Australia Belgium Canada United Kingdom United States
⚑ Targeting :	US
💰 Money-back guarantee :	60 days
🚀 Uptime :	99.9 %

See also initial Starter plan location on their website!

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*📜 Plan description

📄 Editorial Review

Flywheel is an American managed WordPress hosting company founded in 2012 in Omaha, Nebraska, by Dusty Davidson, Tony Noecker, and Rick Knudtson. Its founders came from web development and agency backgrounds, and the platform was built specifically around the daily requirements of designers, developers, freelancers, and creative agencies.

Flywheel developed quickly during its independent period. By its fifth anniversary in 2017, the company had approximately 100 employees and more than 70,000 users. Its Omaha workforce had reached around 150 employees by October 2018, when the company prepared to move into a much larger headquarters at Millwork Commons.

WP Engine acquired Flywheel in June 2019. The purchase price remained private, while the combined organization immediately exceeded 120,000 customers worldwide. Flywheel continues to operate as a recognizable managed WordPress hosting brand, although its legal framework, enterprise services, eCommerce hosting, corporate offices, and several operational resources are integrated with WP Engine.

Flywheel remains closely associated with Omaha and falls within the 51–200 employee range on LinkedIn. The precise size of the independent Flywheel team is difficult to separate from WP Engine because the Omaha operation has functioned as part of the parent company since the acquisition. WP Engine had more than 200 employees in the Omaha area when its 66,000-square-foot office opened, with sufficient capacity for approximately 400 people.

The company concentrates entirely on managed WordPress hosting. Its environment is not intended for Joomla, Drupal, custom non-WordPress applications, Windows hosting, generic Linux hosting, unmanaged virtual servers, or customers requiring root-level system administration.

The standard hosting range includes Starter for one WordPress website, Freelance for portfolios of up to ten websites, and Agency for portfolios of up to thirty websites. Larger agencies, high-traffic publishers, online stores, and mission-critical projects can use individually configured Custom services.

Standard plans include free website migrations, SSL certificates, FlyCache, content delivery, nightly backups, staging environments, website cloning, SFTP access, SSH Gateway, collaborator accounts, billing transfers, plugin vulnerability notifications, and specialist WordPress assistance.

The hosting environment uses isolated container resources on Google Cloud Platform. Resources can be increased when a website experiences a traffic surge without moving the customer to a conventional unmanaged server. The technical stack combines NGINX, chrooted PHP-FPM, MySQL, server-level caching, and global content delivery.

FlyCache combines complete-page caching with a CDN powered by Fastly. Static assets and cached pages are delivered through a global edge network, reducing dependence on separate WordPress caching plugins and improving response times for geographically distributed visitors.

Security is integrated directly into the managed platform. The service includes encryption in transit and at rest, SSL certificates, malware detection and cleanup, intelligent IP blocking, plugin vulnerability warnings, controlled system updates, user roles, SSH access, and two-factor authentication. Nightly backups are retained for 30 days on separate infrastructure and can be restored through the hosting dashboard.

Flywheel handles major and minor WordPress core updates. Managed Plugin Updates can be purchased separately for customers requiring automated plugin maintenance, visual regression testing, and additional technical supervision.

WooCommerce hosting is supplied through WP Engine’s eCommerce platform. These packages add Instant Store Search powered by ElasticPress, WooCommerce templates, automated plugin maintenance, premium themes, daily backups, staging, SSL certificates, SSH access, and automated migration tools.

High-traffic websites and enterprise projects can also move to WP Engine’s enterprise infrastructure. Custom arrangements may include dedicated or compute-optimized resources, advanced caching, enhanced network services, personalized onboarding, technical health assessments, technical account management, customer-success assistance, and recurring service reviews.

The Agency Partner Program is designed for companies managing websites for multiple clients. It includes referral opportunities, agency directory visibility, white-label resources, training materials, networking opportunities, and development resources. Agencies may transfer hosting invoices directly to customers or continue managing billing internally. This creates a practical managed-reseller workflow without using a traditional cPanel reseller structure.

Flywheel also integrates with Local, the free desktop WordPress development application formerly known as Local by Flywheel. Developers can create and test websites locally before connecting them to a Flywheel or WP Engine hosting account.

Email mailboxes are not included with the hosting plans, so customers need a separate business email provider. Flywheel is also not a domain registrar and does not supply authoritative nameservers. Domains remain with an external registrar or DNS provider and are connected to the platform using the necessary A and CNAME records.

The website has a modern, responsive design suitable for desktop and mobile devices. Its interface, documentation, and support resources are primarily available in English, while standard hosting prices are displayed in US dollars. Final charges can vary according to server location, taxes, optional services, and account configuration.