Easy site migration, very simple to manage your site details, makes it easy to keep your site running the way you want it to
Wish they would allow you to have a test site operating for free (behind a password of course) without paying for it. If you build a side hustle site, you have to complete it within a few days.
Needed a way to host my websites more simply than shared hosting. It has saved me hours every month in management and upgrading.
What attracted me to Flywheel was the ease of use, pricing, and features. I had previously used several other hosting companies, mainly WPEngine and Flywheel I found to be more user-friendly. The bulk packages were a real draw, and although it's a different product, their Local development software was a breakthrough making local dev and deployment a breeze. It has a modern interface that's much easier to use than the competition, it's much faster to setup a site and I receive updates as the deployments are happening.
Sometimes a site will lock up for no apparent reason or won't update on code deployments. Most of the issues stem from their Local development product.
I use Flywheel for effective WordPress hosting, and Flywheel is a game-changer in how quickly I can get a site online and work seamlessly with it locally.
The dashboard for getting your sites set up makes it so easy to start and launch sites! This 100% is my favorite thing about Flywheel - it's built for the end user's ease.
Maybe the only thing would be access to some internal controls when a specific theme requires different settings. But I understand why it's limited.
Not having to setup and manage a whole bunch of plugins and settings that I don't understand. My site is now speedy right out of the box.
Fast page load times, great support and hacking prevention. Very knowledgable staff.
Cost is high but worth it. Billing is a little clunky. No email with hosting, so have to host the domain and email elsewhere and point http traffic to their IP address.
Flywheel provides blazing load times, makes my clients very happy
Many hosting companies claim that they are "dedicated" to WordPress but these guys really mean it. Although they don't host straight HTML, what they do with WordPress is fantastic. I love the pricing, I love the support and I really love their consistent customer service.
I don't like the fact that they don't host straight HTML because I offer e-learning but there is no problem with embedding plain HTML pages into root or subfolders.
I have been through at least 10 WordPress hosts over the years and have found varying levels of troubling management, troubling pricing structures (some won't let you downgrade without sacrificing your first-born) and troubling inconsistent service (some are very knowledgeable and some
For my personal sites I could use a more control over the technical aspects of my hosting, but for building sites for my clients their is no better option than Flywheel. They love the user interface, and I rest easy knowing that Flywheel's friendly support staff can answer any questions that they might have.
I wish I had more individual control over my hosting, but that is a small price to pay for awesome support and service.
I use Flywheel to migrate and host my client's websites.
Been using Flywheel for over 2 years now and absolutely love it! They make WordPress hosting extremely simple with a clean and modern designed user dashboard which is a refreshing change from using cPanel and other clunky hosting interfaces. This also helps with site management since I can easily see all my websites on a single screen, each with their own thumbnail image, giving each website a visual representation helping with organization. All my sites on Flywheel are fast and have consistent reliable speeds. This is important when managing sites for clients, since the performance of their website reflects on my business and my reputation. With over 2 years of service, I've probably had less than 3 issues and all were solved very quickly. I also love the fact that they provide security monitoring and will help fix your site if you ever get hacked. No problems yet! In addition to the simple UI and suburb hosting performance, there are several other small features that have greatly helped my productivity and efficiency when creating websites such as: one click restore, easy billing exchange for clients who want to run their own site after completion, one click add-ons like SSL/CDN/Multisite, the blueprint feature (which essentially allows you to clone sites), inviting collaborators, site staging, and other new features that seem to be released on a regular basis.
Some things I think Flywheel could improve upon is their support availability. They have amazing support and will even help with some WordPress related issues (which is nice). However, they have limited hours that you can call. I'm on their Agency plan (their highest plan) and it would be nice to get 24/7 calling or even hours that go beyond standard business hours. My second issue is that they base their pricing based on how many sites you manage, so it can be expensive if you have a lot of sites that are small and don't use much resources. Since I work with small businesses, most of my sites have little to moderate traffic and use little storage space. Would be nice if they offered discounts to users who run small sites that use little resources and bandwidth, since that's the real cost of hosting.
I'm a web designer, so I wanted to find a web hosting platform made specifically for WordPress that wasn't confusing or clunky to work with. While Flywheel is on the expensive side, It has helped save me time and money in the long-run by being able to make sites faster, spending less time dealing with problems/issues, and making the overall hosting experience more enjoyable. The performance of my WordPress sites has also increased, leading to happier more satisfied clients, helping me grow my business.
I LOVE their user interface. It's so intuitive and it doesn't give me anxiety from looking at it like I get with most hosting provider dashboards.
The price is a little high but definitely worth it.
Really fast wordpress hosting that is reliable so I never have to worry about it. No downtime so far.