Compare Pantheon and Upsun 
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At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (62.5% of reviews)
Small-Business (69.2% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$41 per month (prepaid annually)
Free Trial Per Month
Pantheon
Star Rating
(723)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (62.5% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$41 per month (prepaid annually)
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Star Rating
(167)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (69.2% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free Trial Per Month
Free Trial is available
Learn more about UpsunPantheon vs Upsun
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found Pantheon easier to use, set up, and administer. However, reviewers preferred doing business with Upsun overall.
- Pantheon and Upsun both meet the requirements of our reviewers at a comparable rate.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, Pantheon and Upsun provide similar levels of assistance.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Upsun over Pantheon.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Pantheon
BASIC PLAN
$41
per month (prepaid annually)
Hosting for local businesses, small blogs, and static sites.
Start with our Basic Plan and scale up in plan easily as your site needs grow.
- 25k Monthly Visits
- 125k Monthly Pages Served
- 20GB SSD Storage
Upsun
Try Upsun with a free trial
Free Trial
Per Month
Try Upsun with a free trial and ongoing credits that cover your first project. After that, you only pay for the resources you provision.
- 15-day free trial
- Monthly credit covering 1 project fee + 1 user license
- Full access to all enterprise-grade features
Free Trial
Pantheon
Free Trial is available
Upsun
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.8
497
8.8
101
Ease of Use
8.8
499
8.7
101
Ease of Setup
8.7
390
8.4
81
Ease of Admin
8.7
387
8.4
80
Quality of Support
8.7
474
8.7
99
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.8
372
9.1
80
Product Direction (% positive)
8.2
480
8.8
96
Features by Category
Content
9.1
119
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.9
114
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.2
135
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
127
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.0
112
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.9
106
Not enough data
8.9
116
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
108
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.1
115
|
Verified
Not enough data
Design
8.3
83
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
83
Not enough data
8.4
81
Not enough data
8.9
93
Not enough data
Platform
8.9
121
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.9
108
Not enough data
8.9
109
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.0
133
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.2
137
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
96
Not enough data
8.8
140
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.9
124
|
Verified
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Web Content Management
7.0
5
Not enough data
7.0
5
Not enough data
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
9.5
103
9.1
21
9.2
92
9.3
21
9.8
104
9.3
22
Management
9.1
88
8.8
12
9.6
108
9.3
20
9.1
99
8.4
22
Support
8.5
90
9.1
20
8.8
90
9.1
19
9.3
89
9.3
17
Functionality
8.8
62
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
61
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
60
|
Verified
Not enough data
Management
8.5
65
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.1
70
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
65
|
Verified
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Continuous Integration
6.0
7
Not enough data
7.1
7
Not enough data
4.5
7
Not enough data
4.0
7
Not enough data
4.5
7
Not enough data
Performance
8.5
19
Not enough data
8.3
20
Not enough data
8.3
21
Not enough data
8.3
20
Not enough data
7.6
18
Not enough data
Security
8.9
19
Not enough data
7.7
19
Not enough data
7.7
16
Not enough data
8.0
17
Not enough data
Free Resources
5.9
16
Not enough data
6.0
17
Not enough data
8.1
18
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
Pantheon and Upsun are categorized as WebOps Platforms, Managed Hosting, and WordPress Hosting
Unique Categories
Pantheon is categorized as Continuous Integration and Web Content Management
Upsun is categorized as Cloud Platform as a Service (PaaS), Continuous Delivery, and Build Automation
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Pantheon
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
15.6%
Information Technology and Services
14.9%
Internet
11.0%
Computer Software
10.6%
Higher Education
5.7%
Other
42.3%
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%
Alternatives
Discussions
Is Pantheon considering offering price tiers for nonprofit/education organizations?
3 Comments
IW
I'd highly recommend engaging with their sales department. I believe they do work with non-profits on cost, though they may not advertise it front and...Read more
Any chance of allowing a Backup (on any Environment) to be easily used to spin up a MultiDev instance? It would be SO AWESOME to click a button and resurrect a 3day old backup on a new Environment and log into it and look around. :-)
2 Comments
AA
Hi, Doug. Great question! Short answer is that it's not currently possible but we're really excited about this idea. There may be a solution if we created an...Read more
Will Pantheon integrate Terminus better with Windows?
1 Comment
JH
It doesn't seem like it. From the way their support docs about Terminus are written, it seems like the Windows version is an afterthought. Hope you find a fix.Read more
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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