WP Engine vs KapsuleHost
WP Engine is the best known name in managed WordPress, and they publish Startup at USD$35/mo. Managed WP Start is US$12/mo in your own currency and it does the same things: updates handled for you, a practice copy of your site, nightly backups kept thirty nights, and malware removed before it spreads.
Managed WordPress
WP Engine
Essential
Entry price
USD$35/mo
As published 2026-09-02
3-year cost: US$1,260
KapsuleHost
Managed WordPress Start
Match for WP Engine
Entry price
US$12/mo
Renewal: US$12/mo (locked, clause 7.5)
3-year cost: US$432
See the year by year cost
The cost math
What you actually pay, year by year.
Ours is read live from our catalogue, in your own currency. Theirs is what they publish, in theirs. Each figure stands exactly as its own company prints it.
WP Engine, as published
WP Engine's own published rates, read 2026-09-02, in the currency they publish in.
WP Engine 3-year cost
US$1,260
KapsuleHost, live
In your own currency, read from our catalogue as this page loaded.
KapsuleHost 3-year cost
US$432
The WP Engine figures are their own published prices, read on 2026-09-02, in the currency they publish in. Check their current rate before you sign up. Our figures come from our catalogue in your own currency as this page loaded, and clause 7.5 of our Terms guarantees your renewal price is the price you signed up at.
Scorecard
Five things you get by moving from WP Engine.
Every one of these is on your plan from the day you arrive, and clause 7.5 of our Terms holds the price you signed up at for as long as your subscription runs.
Managed WordPress from US$12/mo
Managed WP Start is US$12/mo in your own currency and holds that price at every renewal. WP Engine publish Startup at USD$35/mo. Both figures are on this page, each in the currency it is charged in.
The same managed list, for a lot less
Updates handled for you, a practice copy of your site, nightly backups kept thirty nights, malware removed before it spreads and a broken deploy put back on its own. All of it is on Managed WP Start at US$12/mo.
A real engineer answers, every time
Kora replies the moment you ask, and your ticket goes straight to one of our own engineers. You are talking to somebody who can change the thing you are asking about.
One price, with the tax shown
You are billed in your own currency, with any sales tax itemised on the invoice, so the number on the plan card is the number you can plan around.
We move you here for free
The tools bring your site, your database, your mailboxes and your DNS across on every plan, at any size, and Kora runs them with you while you watch. For a bigger or more delicate move, one of our engineers does the whole thing for a published price.
Spec sheet
What comes with your plan.
This is what the plan price buys, line by line. A free SSL certificate, nightly backups kept thirty nights, mailboxes on your own domain and a free migration come with every plan on the list.
Moving over
We move you here from WP Engine, free.
Moving from WP Engine is free. We work from your backup or your practice copy, build the site here, run your checks, and switch your DNS outside business hours. A portfolio of sites comes over together. Kora will run it with you, and for a complicated or sensitive move a person can do the whole thing for a published price.
Q + A
What buyers ask us about WP Engine.
These are the questions buyers send us while they are deciding between WP Engine and us, answered the way one of our own engineers would answer them on the phone.
Is it really the same list of inclusions?
On Managed WP Start against their Startup plan, yes, on everything either of us publishes. Their Premium and Enterprise plans go further, onto dedicated hardware and a negotiated contract, which is a tier we have still to build.
How can you charge so much less?
We launched this product in 2026 and priced it to win the work. WP Engine is a listed American company carrying a sales force and a partner channel. We charge what it costs us plus a fair margin.
What about billing my agency clients?
We give you white label branding, your own DNS and revenue share on every client you bring. WP Engine add split billing and a named account manager for their biggest partners, so if your agency needs that, look at our reseller programme and judge it on its own.
Can I work on a practice copy the way I do now?
Yes. Make a copy, work on it, push it live, or pull the live site back down onto it, all from KPanel. If a deploy breaks the site, it goes back on its own.
Ready?
Start on Managed WordPress Start.
US$12/mo, held at that price for as long as your subscription runs. A free SSL certificate, nightly backups kept thirty nights and mailboxes on your own domain come with it, and we move you here from WP Engine for free.