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At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (62.4% of reviews)
Small-Business (72.7% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$41 per month (prepaid annually)
No pricing available
Pantheon
Star Rating
(724)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (62.4% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$41 per month (prepaid annually)
Browse all 3 pricing plansWordPress.org
Star Rating
(9,361)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (72.7% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about WordPress.orgSummary
AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- Users report that WordPress.org excels in content authoring with a score of 8.9, while Pantheon shines even brighter with a score of 9.3, indicating a more robust and user-friendly content creation experience.
- Reviewers mention that Pantheon offers superior versioning capabilities, scoring 9.2 compared to WordPress.org's 8.3, which allows for better management of content revisions and collaboration among teams.
- G2 users highlight that Pantheon provides a more comprehensive approval process for content, scoring 9.1 versus WordPress.org's 8.6, making it easier for teams to manage content workflows and approvals efficiently.
- Users on G2 emphasize that Pantheon’s website staging feature is exceptional, with a score of 9.8, which allows for seamless testing and deployment of changes, a feature that WordPress.org does not match in terms of ease and functionality.
- Reviewers say that Pantheon outperforms WordPress.org in terms of technical support, scoring 8.6 compared to 7.7, indicating that users find Pantheon’s support team more responsive and helpful when issues arise.
- Users report that Pantheon’s API and integrations score 9.0, surpassing WordPress.org's 8.4, which suggests that Pantheon offers more flexibility and options for connecting with other tools and services, enhancing overall functionality.
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
WordPress.org
No pricing availableFree Trial
Pantheon
Free Trial is available
WordPress.org
No trial information availableRatings
Meets Requirements
8.8
498
8.8
8,307
Ease of Use
8.8
500
8.3
8,353
Ease of Setup
8.7
391
8.2
4,492
Ease of Admin
8.7
387
8.5
4,442
Quality of Support
8.7
475
7.8
6,714
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.8
372
8.5
3,838
Product Direction (% positive)
8.2
481
8.0
8,173
Features by Category
Content
9.1
119
|
Verified
8.9
6854
|
Verified
8.9
114
|
Verified
8.5
6808
|
Verified
9.2
135
|
Verified
8.4
1953
8.8
127
|
Verified
8.6
6854
|
Verified
9.0
112
|
Verified
8.6
1853
8.9
106
8.5
5973
|
Verified
8.9
116
|
Verified
8.1
5757
|
Verified
8.6
108
|
Verified
8.0
6184
|
Verified
9.1
115
|
Verified
8.4
5970
|
Verified
Design
8.3
83
|
Verified
8.4
6737
|
Verified
8.4
83
8.4
6526
|
Verified
8.4
81
8.5
6803
|
Verified
8.9
93
8.5
6999
|
Verified
Platform
8.9
121
|
Verified
8.6
5870
|
Verified
8.9
108
8.4
6122
|
Verified
8.9
109
|
Verified
8.3
6172
|
Verified
9.0
133
|
Verified
8.6
6552
|
Verified
9.2
137
|
Verified
8.2
5059
|
Verified
8.8
96
8.3
4666
8.8
140
|
Verified
8.2
6175
|
Verified
8.9
124
|
Verified
8.4
5049
|
Verified
Agentic AI - Web Content Management
7.0
5
7.7
92
7.0
5
7.6
91
Functionality
9.5
103
Not enough data
9.2
92
Not enough data
9.8
104
Not enough data
Management
9.1
88
Not enough data
9.6
108
Not enough data
9.1
99
Not enough data
Support
8.5
90
Not enough data
8.8
90
Not enough data
9.3
89
Not enough data
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
Agentic AI - AWS Marketplace
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Pantheon and WordPress.org are categorized as Web Content Management
Unique Categories
Pantheon is categorized as WebOps Platforms, Continuous Integration, Managed Hosting, and WordPress Hosting
WordPress.org is categorized as AWS Marketplace
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Pantheon
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
WordPress.org
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
10.9%
Computer Software
10.6%
Non-Profit Organization Management
5.6%
Other
42.4%
Marketing and Advertising
11.7%
Information Technology and Services
6.9%
Computer Software
5.8%
Higher Education
4.4%
Internet
3.7%
Other
67.5%
Alternatives
Discussions
Is Pantheon considering offering price tiers for nonprofit/education organizations?
3 Comments
NC
As Ian said, it doesn't hurt to ask, but nothing has been announced publicly ( https://pantheon.io/industry-solutions/nonprofit ).
One way to save some...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
DG
Doug.
Spin up the Multidev as you normally would, and then you can import your backup database to the environment via the database connection info pantheon...Read more
Can I host multiple URLs on one plan?
1 Comment
Official Response from Pantheon
Each plan hosts one domain and any subdomains. Read more
Is WordPress org free to use?
6 Comments
NC
Yes Wordpress.org is free to use, but you must invest in domain and hostingRead more
How the custom CSS option works ?
4 Comments
MP
First of all - ALWAYS make a child theme so that updates don't remove any customization you might make. Than you create your own style sheet and your own...Read more
Which is the best alternative to Wordpress?
4 Comments
DL
If you're looking for ease of use then it's hard to beat WordPress unless you go with a solution like Squarespace or Wix which severely limits what you can...Read more
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