Compare Flywheel and Upsun 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (95.0% of reviews)
Small-Business (69.2% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$15 per month
$12.00
Flywheel
Star Rating
(41)4.3 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (95.0% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$15 per month
Browse all 4 pricing plansUpsun
Star Rating
(167)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (69.2% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$12.00
Free Trial is available
Browse all 3 pricing plansFlywheel vs Upsun
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found Flywheel easier to use, set up, and administer. Reviewers also preferred doing business with Flywheel overall.
- Reviewers felt that Flywheel meets the needs of their business better than Upsun.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Flywheel is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Upsun over Flywheel.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Flywheel
Tiny
$15
per month
1 WordPress install
- 5,000 Monthly Visits
- 5GB Disk
- 250GB Bandwidth
Upsun
Development
$12.00
Development only, no production environments
- Environments generated on the fly from your Git branches
- Support for microservices with multiple apps per project
- Data services built in: MySql, Redis, Solr, ElasticSearch, Postgres, Kafka, InfluxDB, RabbitMQ, and more.
Free Trial
Flywheel
No trial information availableUpsun
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.0
28
8.8
101
Ease of Use
9.3
28
8.7
101
Ease of Setup
9.3
17
8.4
81
Ease of Admin
9.2
16
8.4
80
Quality of Support
8.8
28
8.7
99
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.3
16
9.1
80
Product Direction (% positive)
8.3
27
8.8
96
Features by Category
Functionality
Not enough data
9.2
18
Not enough data
9.0
18
Not enough data
8.9
18
Management
Not enough data
9.1
17
Not enough data
7.0
15
Not enough data
8.8
18
Agentic AI - Continuous Delivery
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Functionality
9.2
6
9.1
21
7.9
7
9.3
21
7.6
7
9.3
22
Management
8.8
7
8.8
12
9.3
7
9.3
20
8.3
6
8.4
22
Support
7.2
6
9.1
20
4.7
5
9.1
19
7.8
6
9.3
17
Performance
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Security
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Free Resources
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Development
Not enough data
9.3
55
Not enough data
8.7
48
Not enough data
8.8
48
Not enough data
8.9
49
Not enough data
7.8
44
Database
Not enough data
8.6
52
Not enough data
7.1
40
Not enough data
6.9
35
Not enough data
8.1
53
Not enough data
8.4
51
Infrastructure
Not enough data
8.5
39
Not enough data
8.6
28
Not enough data
9.2
43
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Flywheel and Upsun are categorized as WebOps Platforms
Unique Categories
Flywheel has no unique categories
Upsun is categorized as Cloud Platform as a Service (PaaS), WordPress Hosting, Build Automation, Continuous Delivery, and Managed Hosting
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Flywheel
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Upsun
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Marketing and Advertising
28.9%
Internet
10.5%
Information Technology and Services
7.9%
Graphic Design
7.9%
Design
7.9%
Other
36.8%
Information Technology and Services
21.8%
Computer Software
21.1%
Internet
12.8%
Marketing and Advertising
5.3%
Education Management
2.3%
Other
36.8%
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Discussions
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What is the best way to deploy a python plus Mysql with a react as front end app on platform sh.
1 Comment
CY
Hi Aakash, you'll find some documentation on setting up Worker processes and Crons on Platform.sh here:...Read more
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