A Flywheel customer of 10 years says its support is stellar, caching the fastest they've seen, and daily downloadable backups come included.
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A score out of 100. Negative and mixed reviews take points off, and so does having only a few reviews, so a handful of glowing reviews can’t beat a product many people like.
42% Positive8%50% Negative
Easy dashboard with backups and staging included, though it has fewer features than WP Engine.
What customers love, and what they don’tWhat customers noticed
Customer reviews (23)
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Loves Flywheel's console compared to WP Engine's and says its support is always outstanding, with sites on the Sydney server.
A Flywheel customer of almost a decade, after leaving Bluehost, says it cleans your site for free if hacked.
Hosting four WordPress sites here delivers great uptime, helpful support, automated backups, and an easy dashboard alongside the free Local dev tool, lacking only SSH and staging SSL.
Flywheel support is amazing, solving hung sites in 30 minutes or less, though it lacks some features and staging tools versus WP Engine.
Hosting is pretty good and the support makes it even better, but it is very pricey; they would recommend it to people with no idea how servers work and a budget, while preferring their own VPS.
Common questions about Flywheel
What do customers say about Flywheel?
Most customers, including several long-term customers, praise its support and easy dashboard for WordPress sites, with backups and staging included. Downsides are fewer features than WP Engine, and one report of slower speeds after the acquisition. It suits agencies and freelancers managing client sites.
Is Flywheel worth it?
Of the 12 reviews with a clear verdict, 42% are positive, 8% mixed and 50% negative. The praise mentioned most is helpful support. The most common complaint is poor support.
What do people like about Flywheel?
The praise reviewers mention most: helpful support (3 reviews), easy to use (1 review) and fast (1 review). For example: A Flywheel customer of almost a decade, after leaving Bluehost, says it cleans your site for free if hacked.
What are the most common complaints about Flywheel?
The complaints reviewers mention most: poor support (3 reviews), resource limits (3 reviews) and slow (3 reviews). For example: Once lightning fast years ago, the platform has become annoyingly slow alongside longer live chat support wait times.
What does the signal score of 51 mean?
It's how well reviewed Flywheel is, out of 100. Negative and mixed reviews take points off, and so does having only a few reviews: a service needs plenty of them, compared with the most-reviewed services here, to reach the high 80s and 90s. It's worked out from reviews only, needs at least 5 of them, and updates as new ones come in.
What are the specs of Flywheel?
Category: Managed WordPress.
Where do these Flywheel reviews come from?
23 are quotes from Reddit, each linked to the original. Customer reviews are checked for spam before they appear. Every review, written here or quoted, is read as positive, mixed or negative.