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Flywheel Pros and Cons: Top Advantages and Disadvantages

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Users appreciate the helpful customer support of Flywheel, making it easy to get started with their products. (1 mentions)
Users value the ease of use of Flywheel, finding the dashboard intuitive and support readily available. (1 mentions)
Users love how intuitive Flywheel is, making onboarding and navigation a breeze with clear, simple products. (1 mentions)
Users appreciate the navigation ease of Flywheel, finding the dashboard intuitive and the products straightforward. (1 mentions)
Users face hosting issues with limited control over wp-config and htaccess files compared to other platforms. (1 mentions)
Users note the limited customization of Flywheel, missing advanced features like control over wp-config and htaccess files. (1 mentions)

Top Pros or Advantages of Flywheel

Top Cons or Disadvantages of Flywheel

GH
Gen H.
Developer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Plugin Updates Blocked for Weeks, Forcing Risky Manual SFTP Security Fixes"
0.5/5
What do you like best about Flywheel?

It used to be their support, but that has steadily gone downhill in 2026. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Flywheel?

They now block updates for days to weeks at a time for plugins. And with security issues, you have to manually download the plugin from WP dot org and then upload via SFTP. They are now putting their sites at MORE risk. Their support has said there's nothing they can do about it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Michael P.
MP
Michael P.
Owner
Marketing and Advertising
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Once Great, Now Disappointing Web Host"
0/5
What do you like best about Flywheel?

I used to appreciate Flywheel's great company service and smart techs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Flywheel?

I'm really disappointed with Flywheel now. There used to be a time when Flywheel was a great company with good service and smart techs, but not anymore. I've hosted 27 sites with them over the past 10 years, so it's frustrating to feel so let down. Honestly, there's nothing left to improve because the company has completely failed me. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jake H.
JH
Jake H.
Founder
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Poor Support Overshadows Easy Migration"
0.5/5
What do you like best about Flywheel?

I use Flywheel for hosting my WordPress websites. It was easy to migrate four years ago. My sites are online most of the time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Flywheel?

I actually hate using Flywheel, and the customer support is terrible. I was under the impression that we switched from annual to monthly billing. Our sites were taken down, and when I reached out to Flywheel to sort everything out, they said I had to pay the full annual fee and then they would prorate me and switch me to monthly. When I asked for basic numbers, I got ghosted and support has been totally unresponsive for three days. Even though I've been a loyal customer for four years, I can't get a hold of support. No one will respond, even to basic follow-ups. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Marketing and Advertising
AM
Verified User in Marketing and Advertising
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Gret Starter Hosting Platform"
3.5/5
What do you like best about Flywheel?

Flywheel makes it easy to get started and the support is helpful. Their dashboard is easy to navigate and their products are simple and clear to understand. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Flywheel?

Some advanced hosting available on other platforms are missing such as limited control over wp-config and htaccess files, customizable redirects. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

GO
Gonzalo O.
HR Systems Analyst
Financial Services
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Durability and simple construction and installation"
4/5
What do you like best about Flywheel?

Flywheel simplifies the process of creating clean WordPress environments for testing themes & plugins. I would like to point out that the interface is quite clear and the stand presets are very useful to me. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Flywheel?

By Flywheel is unmistakably local and it gives quite a peripheral impression from the main Flywheel hosting service. To transfer the changes I make on my local site to the actual Flywheel-hosted site, I have to export and import my site, which is not efficient, particularly for large projects. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Phil H.
PH
Phil H.
Free Lance Photographer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Excellent, excellent, excellent, but..."
4/5
What do you like best about Flywheel?

Ease of use, website speed and backup. Restoring to a previous version is very easy. Customer service is very good, but has slipped recently. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Flywheel?

I've been with Flywheel for 4 years. Technically, it's the best I've ever seen. Speed, uptime, interface all excellent. But this is not the best hosting for 1 or 2 websites. This is a professional-level, agency-oriented hosting company, evolving toward agencies with 20 or more clients. Pricing recently changed from 4 choices to 2. You can have 1 website or 10, there's nothing in between. I just don't need 10 websites. Also, customer service is slipping. Used to be, I'd get a support ticket response within 15 minutes. Now, it's more than 24 hours. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nick S.
NS
Nick S.
Operator Training Communication Consultant
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Great platform and support for medium sized web presence"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Flywheel?

By far the best support I've received from a hosting company. They are very quick to answer questions, and you get to speak to a live person right away. Their management interface is super simple to navigate and includes many features you have to pay extra for with other providers. SSL, backups, etc., are all included and very easy to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Flywheel?

When our website needs to send a lot of notifications (password resets, purchase confirmations, etc.) in a single day, we've exceeded our email limit and Flywheel shut down our email. This led to hundreds of customers not receiving notifications for the time it was down, and this has happened multiple times. We've not been able to get a solid number from them on email limits, or any solution for increasing those limits. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Melanie H.
MH
Melanie H.
S
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"After hosting with 'the other guys' - we've found our 'Forever Host' with Flywheel"
5/5
What do you like best about Flywheel?

The support with Flywheel is second to none. More than once now, their support has included WordPress troubleshooting - going way beyond troubleshooting server level issues and helping us out in pinches with issues caused by themes, plugins and API outages. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Flywheel?

Honestly, nothing comes to mind. There are a few features in the backend that I wish could be done globally (removing or adding collaborators) but no big issues have come up in 5 years with Flywheel. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Marketing and Advertising
AM
Verified User in Marketing and Advertising
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"The Best Managed WordPress Hosting for Agencies"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Flywheel?

Their choice of Google Cloud Platform, Growth Suite, client reports, and billing capabilities using Stripe are exceptional features for agencies that you don't want to miss. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Flywheel?

There's not much to dislike. The minor issues may seem significant, but it's just a matter of voting for your feature and hoping it will get implemented. Staging backups are missing, and that's all to complain about for now. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Keith E.
KE
Keith E.
Web Consultant
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Good hosting solution for non-member Wordpress websites"
3.5/5
What do you like best about Flywheel?

Flywheel has a simple dashboard, and it is easy to find the main tools you need to manage your WordPress websites. You can set up free SSL, get an overview of your plugins' status, visitor stats, and backups at a glance. Support is readily available via chat or email. I recommend Flywheel as a solid solution for lower-traffic sites that don't have a membership or eCommerce shops. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Flywheel?

Their services Performance Insights is too expensive and should be offered on all plans. I don't understand why they charge extra for this. They also don't give up much information about the server setup. This normally isn't very necessary, but makes it difficult to run anything that requires any heavy resources, such as busy membership or eCommerce websites. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.