ManageWP's core is free — but the features you actually need day-to-day (backups, uptime monitoring, and more) are paid add-ons billed per site. WP Blazer includes them in one flat plan.
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If you manage more than a handful of sites, per-site add-on pricing compounds fast. WP Blazer bundles backups, malware scanning, uptime monitoring and bulk updates into one flat plan — and your price doesn't change when you add site #20.
| WP Blazer | ManageWP | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Flat plan — price doesn't grow per site | Free core; key features are premium add-ons priced per site ([VERIFY: current ManageWP add-on pricing]) |
| Bulk plugin/theme updates & installs | ✓ Included | ✓ (in free core) |
| Auto-update rules per plugin, per site | ✓ Included | Partial ([VERIFY: safe updates scope]) |
| Scheduled off-server backups (S3, Dropbox, Drive) | ✓ Included | Paid per-site add-on ([VERIFY]) |
| Built-in malware scanner + blacklist check | ✓ Included | Via integrations ([VERIFY: security add-on scope]) |
| 24/7 uptime monitoring & email alerts | ✓ Included | Paid per-site add-on ([VERIFY]) |
| 1-click admin login | ✓ Included | ✓ |
| SEO tools & social signals | ✓ Included | – ([VERIFY]) |
| Site cloning (backup + restore) | ✓ Included | Paid backup add-on required ([VERIFY]) |
| Hosted for you (no dashboard to self-maintain) | ✓ Included | ✓ (hosted) |
Backups here, monitoring there, per site, per month — a 25-site portfolio can quietly cost more than a flat plan. With WP Blazer the bill is the same whether you added a site this month or not.
Backups to S3/Dropbox/Drive, malware scanning with blacklist checks, 24/7 uptime monitoring and bulk updates are all in the box — nothing to bolt on.
ManageWP has been part of GoDaddy since 2016. WP Blazer is independently run and shaped directly by user feedback.
1. Connect your sites to WP Blazer (a few minutes each). 2. Take a full backup of everything — files + database, stored off-server. 3. Turn on your update rules, backup schedules, scans and monitoring. Done — and cloning any site later is just backup + restore.
Connect a site, run a bulk update, take a backup and scan for malware — free, before you decide anything.
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