WP Engine alternatives
What WP Engine costs today: $30/mo. site ↗pricing ↗
Below are the 3 other hosting tools we track daily, cheapest entry first — each one written up from what our record actually holds, with a link to its own site and pricing page. Where we have written a full comparison, the name links to it.
The alternatives, tool by tool
Cloudwayssite ↗pricing ↗
Paid plans start at $11/mo (Micro (Standard)); no free plan is published. The ladder we hold runs 8 paid tiers, topping out at $99/mo (Large (Premium)).
SiteGroundsite ↗pricing ↗
Paid plans start at $17.99/mo (StartUp); no free plan is published. The ladder we hold runs 3 paid tiers, topping out at $44.99/mo (GoGeek). It bills by country — entry £13.99/mo to a UK reader, from our same-day reads.
Kinstasite ↗pricing ↗
Paid plans start at $35/mo (Single 20GB); no free plan is published. The ladder we hold runs 10 paid tiers, topping out at $450/mo (WP 40).
Side by side
| Tool | Paid from | Free plan | Currency | Read | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cloudways | $11/mo | — | USD | 2026-08-27 | page |
| SiteGround | $17.99/mo | — | USD | 2026-08-29 | page |
| Kinsta | $35/mo | — | USD | 2026-08-27 | page |