WPEngine vs Staq
Value, Power, Transparency
See why Ex-WPEngine customers love Staq. Staq delivers more value for money, more resources and raw power and better transparency.
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COMPARE Why choose Staq over WPEngine? Escape the forever addon costs of WPEngine and see how we offer a stronger value proposition that makes it the #1 alternative to WPEngine. |
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| Headquarters | Dallas, Texas | Adelaide, Australia |
| Business Model | WPEngine pushes you to pay per server | Staq charges per site |
| Data Resources | Shared billing for account | Isolated per site |
| Environment type | Shared hosting | Isolated per site |
| PHP Workers | Not disclosed. Rumoured to be 3-5 PHP Workers | 10 PHP Workers. Scalable to more. |
| Scalable Hosting |  |
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| WooCommerce | Yes, but more expensive | Yes, same price |
| Debug Application Performance | |
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| Staging | |
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| WordPress Env. Spin Up | 10 Minutes (Average) | 60 Seconds |
| Plugin Manager for manual updates | |
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| Automated Plugin Updates | Paid add-on | |
| Update plugins globally in one click | |
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| Regression Testing | Yes, visual testing only. | Yes. Examines error logs |
| Websites Table | |
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| Client PDF Reports | |
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| Automated Backups | Daily | Database (twice/day). Everything else, daily |
| DNS | |
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| CDN | |
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| Site Monitoring | Paid add-on | |
| Firewall | Limited free option. Additional paid add-on | |
| Global Edge Security | Paid add-on | |
| Block Bots attacking forms | |
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| Plugin/Theme Vulnerability Alerts | |
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| Malware Scanner | |
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| Cache | Free – EverCache | Free – Staq Cache |
| Core Web Vitals tools | Paid add-on: Nitropack $30/site | Free – Staq Optimizer |
| Image Optimization | |
Free – Staq Optimizer with WebP conversion |
| Global CDN | Yes but slower than AWS | Free: Powered by AWS |
| Redis Object Cache | |
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| Headless | Paid add-on: $41 per site | Free. Hybrid Solution via Staq Next-Gen CDN |
| Billing System | Paid add-on via FlyWheel | |
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MAKING THE SWITCH
Big Savings Moving From WPEngine!
Previously, Ryan was spending a hefty $2,100 AUD per month with both Cloudways and WPEngine. After switching to Staq, he’s now saving a substantial $800/month, efficiently managing 78 sites.
How? Ryan pays for individual websites; not unused server space.
Our Why
- With Staq, both hosting and management tools compare together in harmony with the hosting environment and the AWS network to avoid CPU-intensive workloads.
- Staq reduces your plugin count, subscription costs, and most importantly, elevate your productivity and centralize everything in one place.
- Scale a website's resources rather than scale a server to save costs.
- Free staging sites with your production environment
- Up to 90 days free for a brand new site when it's in dev mode
Welcome to WordPress, simplified!
One platform to replace them all
Enjoy hosting, management, tools, security, performance, updates, and billing all in one easy platform.
Staq helps you
Consolidate tools.
Cut costs.
Enhance efficiency.
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REVIEWS
Why Agencies love Staq.
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When I found Staq, I knew I had found the gold. Super fast, reliable, amazing support and cutting edge tech make it the best in the world in my opinion.
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- Jono Farrington, Silicon Dales Australia
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We love everything about Staq! What we love the most is how easy it is to use. Everything is under one roof and our team's efficiency has improved. They have automated tools that we love.
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- Nathan Trelease, Creative Serum, Australia
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Before, my customer would pay for their hosting. Now, with WPStaq, I can create a subscription plan for them, I can then manage it and make money off from the hosting service myself.
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- Michael Anastasiou, Adelaide SEO Marketing, Australia
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Your system runs so smoothly. It's clear where everything is. Appreciate you going over and above with your service. Has helped cement the fact that you care about your customers. Goes a long way!
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- Ryan Hudson, Hello Hudson, Australia
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Staq has saved my ass and business. After a hacking scare with my old host, I now have peace of mind knowing that my client sites are protected with Staq. No more shared hosting for me!
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- Lachlan McMutrie, Yeah Marketing, Australia
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We're so grateful for coming across Staq. I feel like our lives as a creative design studio is much easier. Mainly because we can focus on what we like doing and instead of focusing on trying to juggle all these pieces.
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- Terri Williams, Studio Sondar, Australia
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