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Many Management Panels Just Don't Meet The Needs Of WordPress Professionals

  • There are lots of apps that say they support WordPress. But most of them simply do the bare minimum and don't optimize WordPress for best performance and security.
  • Only apps that focus primarily on WordPress seem to get it right. But even those seem to miss some of the most obvious things. Like disabling a site. Or offering a UI for PHP options.
  • And none of them, including the ones that come closest to getting it right, is a pure WordPress open source plugin! Are they even using WordPress to drive the APP you're going to use? If not, then you have to ask the obvious question - why not?

General

Native WordPress Plugin

WPCloudDeploy

SpinupWP

GridPane

Cloudways

RunCloud

WordOps

Plugin Developers Handling Support

WPCloudDeploy

SpinupWP

Gridpane

Cloudways

RunCloud

WordOps

Graphical User Interface

WPCloudDeploy

SpinupWP

Gridpane

Cloudways

RunCloud

WordOps

Admin Features

Custom Fields for Servers & Sites

WPCloudDeploy

SpinupWP

GridPane

Cloudways

RunCloud

WordOps

Flexible Searching, Sorting And Filtering

WPCloudDeploy

SpinupWP

Gridpane

Cloudways

RunCloud

WordOps

Comand Line Tools (CLI)

WPCloudDeploy

SpinupWP

Gridpane

Cloudways

RunCloud

WordOps

Unique Features

Cold "standby" server (Server sync)

WPCloudDeploy

SpinupWP

Gridpane

Cloudways

RunCloud

WordOps

Micro-CRM

WPCloudDeploy

SpinupWP

GridPane

Cloudways

RunCloud

WordOps

Proprietary Tech Stack

WPCLoudDeploy

SpinupWP

Gridpane

Cloudways

RunCloud

WordOps

WooCommerce Integration

WPCloudDeploy

SpinupWP

GridPane

Cloudways

RunCloud

WordOps

Open Source

WPCloudDeploy

SpinupWP

GridPane

Cloudways

RunCloud

WordOps

Customizable

(Can you add new features by using extensions or customizing source code?)

WPCloudDeploy

SpinupWP

GridPane

Cloudways

RunCloud

WordOps

Backup & Restore

Backup to AWS S3

WPCloudDeploy

SpinupWP

Gridpane

Cloudways

RunCloud

WordOps

AWS S3 Compatible Backup Targets

WPCloudDeploy

SpinupWP

Gridpane

Cloudways

RunCloud

WordOps

Other External Backup Options

WPCloudDeploy

SpinupWP

Gridpane

Cloudways

RunCloud

WordOps

WordPress Features

All services include page & Object caching, Linux Crons, WP-CLI, Free SSL w/ Let's Encrypt, Site Cloning and Staging, Change Domain, Database Tools (PHPMyAdmin) and more.

Theme & Plugin Updates

WPCloudDeploy

SpinupWP

GridPane

Cloudways

RunCloud

WordOps

Bulk Operations

(Perform operations on multiple servers and sites simultaneously)

WPCloudDeploy

SpinupWP

GridPane

Cloudways

RunCloud

WordOps

Server Features

Root Access

WPCloudDeploy

SpinupWP

Gridpane

Cloudways

RunCloud

WordOps

Standard Firewall (Block Ports)

WPCloudDeploy

SpinupWP

Gridpane

Cloudways

RunCloud

WordOps

ModSecurity

WPCloudDeploy

SpinupWP

Gridpane

Cloudways

RunCloud

WordOps

NGINX Firewall (Block Known Bad Requests)

(AKA Perishable Press's 6G/7G Firewall)

WPCloudDeploy

SpinupWP

Gridpane

Cloudways

RunCloud

WordOps

Monit

(Monitor services and restart when conditions are met or exceeded)

WPCloudDeploy

SpinupWP

Gridpane

Cloudways

RunCloud

WordOps

Netdata Integration

WPCloudDeploy

SpinupWP

Gridpane

Cloudways

RunCloud

WordOps

Integrated Server Providers

All services (with the exception of Cloudways) can use servers from any provider.  However, each service only has direct integration with a limited set of providers.

Providers

WPCloudDeploy

10 Integrated Providers

SpinupWP

4 Integrated Providers

Gridpane

5 Integrated Providers

Cloudways

5 Integrated Providers

RunCloud

WordOps

"Bring Your Own Server"

(Use your own server instead of one at an integrated provider.)

WPCloudDeploy

SpinupWP

Gridpane

Cloudways

RunCloud

WordOps

Notes

WordOps  is a pure command line tool - there is no UI or dashboard.

Data as of March 2020; Portions of WPCD Updated October 2020 for WPCD 4.0