Unlike WP Engine, Pantheon is built to meet the demands of enterprise-grade projects, providing a reliable and efficient solution for your digital presence. Don't settle for less – choose Pantheon.
Pantheon vs. WP Engine
Pantheon is the clear choice for WordPress, offering built-in scalability, reliable architecture, dedicated secured environments, and always-on support.
When it comes to your company's digital presence, there's no room for compromise. Choose Pantheon - the only integrated platform for teams to build, scale, and secure exceptional WordPress websites.
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| Feature | Pantheon | WP Engine |
|---|---|---|
| Scalability | Container-based infrastructure ensures effortless scaling; all sites load-balanced by default. | Single-VM shared hosting architecture has hard limits, while special load-balanced multi-server setup is slow and costly to scale. |
| Development Workflow | Mandated version control; dedicated Dev, Test, and Live with best-practice workflow to manage releases; Multidev allows simultaneous development on multiple tracks. | Staging environment lacks structured workflow and “cowboy coding” can still happen directly on Production. No Multidev equivalent; version control is optional and rarely used. |
| Automated Updates | Autopilot uses visual regression to validate updates toWordPress core, plugins, and themes in a Multidev environment before auto-deploying. | WP Engine's auto-update tool, Smart Plugin Manager, updates plugins and themes directly in live environments, requiring restoration from a backup if something breaks. |
| Hosting Environment | All sites and environments are isolated and dedicated, eliminating "noisy neighbor" problems and enhancing security. | Most sites run on shared hosting, making them vulnerable to security risks and performance issues caused by other sites on the same server. |
| Enterprise Readiness | Designed to meet the needs of any WordPress website, from a single site to complex, mission-critical sites needing multi-year contracts, strict SLAs, and professional dev tools. | Built for simpler, smaller-scale projects and transactional customers with just one website, they are not focused on the needs of enterprise customers. |
| Support | Streamlined support focused on rapid conflict resolution, with direct access to experts. | Complex support infrastructure spanning multiple data centers and configurations, complicating issue resolution and delaying support responses. |
You need more than just WordPress hosting
While WP Engine helps hundreds of thousands of customers quickly and effectively “just use WordPress,” Pantheon serves those who want to use WordPress as a platform, leveraging best practices in web development, enterprise architecture, and modern operational workflows to deliver breakthrough digital value to their organizations.
No Cowboy Coding
Horizontal Scalability
Agile Development
Built for Large Portfolios
No Noisy Neighbors
Superior Support
Don't just take our word for it
Hear from the brands seeing success with WordPress on Pantheon
Samantha Spano, VP OF MARKETING (Former WPEngine customer)
EMPLOY
"Consolidating on Pantheon with 3 Media Web brought in about $20,000 a year in hosting savings. We also knew Pantheon was best of breed, so it was a real win. Having all of the hosting monitoring in one centralized location, pushing right into our Slack channels, provided real-time notifications in the event of any downtime."
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Brittany Rapheal, SENIOR WEB DEVELOPER
DECISELY
"Multidev has been a game-changer. Prior to Multidev, when we were on WPEngine, I had to make an update and pray that it wouldn't take down all 150 of our sites that are connected. Because I was literally pushing everything directly to our live sites. And that's terrifying."
Sebastian Pertosi, HEAD OF MARKETING
XWP FOR OFX
"[With Pantheon,] we could take so many things we used to worry about off our plates. We didn’t have to worry about servers or managing a CDN, because they offered it all bundled up all in one. The product that they offer in regards to the platform has been absolutely fantastic."
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Experience the Pantheon difference
The Pantheon platform is tailored for WordPress, providing seamless scalability, professional development workflows, and top-tier security.