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At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (62.4% of reviews)
Small-Business (96.6% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$41 per month (prepaid annually)
$3.00
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 plansWPMU DEV
Star Rating
(858)4.9 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (96.6% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$3.00
Browse all 5 pricing plansPantheon vs WPMU DEV
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found WPMU DEV easier to use, set up, and administer. Reviewers also preferred doing business with WPMU DEV overall.
- Reviewers felt that WPMU DEV meets the needs of their business better than Pantheon.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that WPMU DEV is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of WPMU DEV 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
WPMU DEV
Basic
$3.00
1 site license.
- All WPMU DEV pro plugins
- 5GB CDN
- 5GB backup storage
Free Trial
Pantheon
Free Trial is available
WPMU DEV
No trial information availableRatings
Meets Requirements
8.8
498
9.4
667
Ease of Use
8.8
500
9.3
672
Ease of Setup
8.7
391
9.3
537
Ease of Admin
8.7
387
9.4
525
Quality of Support
8.7
475
9.8
661
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.8
372
9.6
517
Product Direction (% positive)
8.2
481
9.3
617
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
Security
Not enough data
9.2
382
Not enough data
9.4
403
Not enough data
9.2
290
Site Management
Not enough data
8.7
300
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
9.4
397
Site Design
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.7
246
Performance Reports
Not enough data
9.0
352
Not enough data
8.8
267
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
Customization
Not enough data
9.5
42
Not enough data
9.2
40
Not enough data
9.3
41
Not enough data
8.9
46
Support
Not enough data
9.4
44
Not enough data
9.5
46
Not enough data
8.5
37
Not enough data
9.3
32
Not enough data
9.4
40
Not enough data
8.8
35
Performance
8.5
19
9.5
70
8.3
20
9.6
71
8.3
21
9.8
70
8.3
20
8.9
65
7.6
18
9.0
56
Security
8.9
19
9.6
67
7.7
19
9.5
64
7.7
16
9.4
59
8.0
17
9.1
55
Free Resources
5.9
16
7.4
52
6.0
17
8.7
55
8.1
18
9.6
62
Security - Domain Registrar
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
9.3
5
Not enough data
9.7
5
Convenience and automation - Domain Registrar
Not enough data
8.3
5
Not enough data
9.3
5
Not enough data
9.3
5
Support and service - Domain Registrar
Not enough data
9.3
5
Not enough data
9.3
5
Not enough data
10.0
5
Advanced management and features - Domain Registrar
Not enough data
8.7
5
Not enough data
6.7
5
Not enough data
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Pantheon and WPMU DEV are categorized as Managed Hosting and WordPress Hosting
Unique Categories
WPMU DEV is categorized as Reseller Hosting, WordPress Management Tools, Domain Registrars, and Managed DNS Solutions
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Pantheon
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
WPMU DEV
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
20.4%
Design
10.0%
Information Technology and Services
9.4%
Computer Software
5.9%
Internet
4.9%
Other
49.4%
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
Can we get some sort of VPS or dev server for the sites we are currently working on?
4 Comments
MH
Spinning up a dev server on WPMU DEV is like 2 clicks.Read more
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