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WP Engine Managed Hosting

by WP Engine · WordPress hosting

Managed WordPress hosting with Essential, Business and Enterprise tiers.

Who it fits: A WordPress-only managed platform for business sites that want daily backups, staging and chat support included and are willing to commit to annual billing at the entry level.

WP Engine sells managed hosting built for WordPress. Essential is sized by capacity steps of visits and storage and is billed annually at the entry level; Business adds isolated resources, phone support, managed migrations and a stated uptime SLA; Enterprise is sold through sales. Currency note: WP Engine's own site picks the currency from the visitor's country (GBP appeared by default when we checked) and offers USD, GBP, EUR, CAD and AUD. The prices on this page are US dollars as shown with USD selected on 1 November 2026, billed annually: Essential $28 a month ($336 paid upfront), Business $400 a month. Another currency or billing period shows different amounts.

Key facts

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Automatic daily backups
Yes

Our assessment

Editorial — Our editors' view, not vendor data.

Strengths

  • Daily automated backups, one-click staging and a global CDN are listed for the Essential tier
  • Round-the-clock chat support is listed for Essential; Business adds phone support, isolated resources, managed migrations and an uptime SLA
  • Essential is sized by monthly visits and storage in capacity steps

Limitations

  • The entry price is shown as billed annually; first-year pricing and coupons apply to new customers on Essential only
  • The renewal price is not stated; the page says renewal pricing is subject to change
  • A monthly price and the capacity steps could not be read when we checked and are not confirmed
  • Overages are charged under the Terms and invoiced monthly in arrears; the rates were not found
  • No money-back guarantee was found on the plans page or in the Terms
  • Essential runs in a shared environment; isolated resources start on the Business tier

Plans and pricing

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Plans for WP Engine Managed Hosting
PlanPriceConditions and source
Essential (first-year price, new customers)$28 /mo, billed annually (12-month commitment)
  • term commitment
  • introductory price

Billed annually ($336 upfront). Page footnote: first-year pricing is for new customers only; renewal price not stated. 25,000-400,000 visits/mo, 10-50 GB.

Verified wpengine.com(official source, opens in a new tab)
Business (entry)$400 /mo, billed annually (12-month commitment)
  • term commitment

Billed annually. Isolated resources, 99.99% uptime SLA, phone and chat support. Page footnote: renewal pricing subject to change.

Verified wpengine.com(official source, opens in a new tab)

Prices are as listed by the vendor on the date shown. Taxes, billing term and region can change the final amount — check the vendor's page before you buy.

Features and specifications

Staging environment
Yes · Included across Essential, Core, Enterprise.
Verified wpengine.com(official source, opens in a new tab)
Automatic daily backups
Yes · Plans page says "Automatic and on-demand backups: Included".
Verified wpengine.com(official source, opens in a new tab)

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Sources and verification

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from $400/mo

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