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Flywheel is a web hosting company that offers WordPress hosting solutions popular among web developers, creative agencies, and web designers. The platform’s reliable services and fast speed ensures that any site created on Flywheel will run smoothly. It also provides straightforward tools that allow users to create websites from scratch, using only one-click staging features and free demo sites. It features a well-designed, easy-to-understand interface accessible via an intuitive dashboard.
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Deployment | Cloud / SaaS / Web-Based |
Support | 24/7 (Live rep), Chat, Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Phone Support |
Training | Documentation |
Languages | English |
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I've used Flywheel for almost 3 years now and I am very happy with the services they have provided over this time. Their support is amazing & very friendly. They clearly care about you and your success as a smaller business. I've hardly ever had any issues with the hosting side of things, and the very small issues I have had were fixed/sorted quickly by the Flywheel team. Really happy with Flywheel - highly recommended.
Their "app" is great and very use friendly, but there are a few small improvements I think could be made - though they are always making QOL improvements/changes every 1-2 months it seems which is awesome. My 2 main suggestions are: - A way to view "site stats" for sites easier on a bulk plan. Instead of having to select the sites individually, then visits the "stats" tab, it would be nice if there was a stats summary on the sites list. - A way to add a "client" as a "collaborator" to a site, with more limited features and access, and hidden "bulk plan" stats. Maybe even a way to offer a "white label" collaborator dashboard (for managing sites, backups, stats, etc).
The ability to offer high quality, super-fast, and reliable WordPress hosting to our clients.
100% uptime and quality of support. Flywheel has made my job 1000 times easier.
Not a fan of the database management tools.
So much of my time was taken up with basic server maintenance and updates, not to mention tech support calls when the previous server we had went down (which was often) Now I have more time to focus in my clients.
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.
Customer service is top notch, our sites are very responsive and load quickly. Easy to manage multiple sites.
Nothing to dislike. I've been happy with everything so far after 4 years.
Increased rankings from fast site delivery, easy to host multiple sites, great affiliate program.
Great customer service, they cash custom build any solution.
Need to know what you're doing it expect to work with customer service only during working hours.
Managed WordPress hosting.
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 the fact that I can create a demo site and just transfer it to my clients. It has definitely streamlined my process and made my life a little easier.
I've just started using it recently. So far, I have no complaints. The customer service is awesome and they answered all of my questions even though I found the answer on the site in plain view shortly after my call.
I have been creating my demo sites on a separate hosting package that I purchased with Godaddy and the process takes a little bit of time to transfer and even more of a hassle when its time to start over with a new client. I love that I can duplicate and drag and drop everything from my template down to the plugins.