WP Cloud is the infrastructure that powers WordPress.com — available to everyone. Lightning-fast, secure, scalable, and purpose-built for WordPress.

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What Makes WP Cloud Special?

Auto-scaling with no Server Maintenance

No need to buy, provision, or patch servers.
No vendor lock-in. No guesswork

Built-in Protection and Faster Sites, Globally

SSL, backups, DDoS protection — all included.
Edge caching, CDN, and auto-scaling make sure your site is fast everywhere.

WordPress-Optimized Infrastructure

Your site runs on the same infra as WordPress.com, Jetpack, and WooCommerce

WP Cloud vs Traditional Hosting

Performance

Auto-scaled, SSD, tuned

Shared CPUs, generic

Server Support

One Server Only

Multi-Server Management

Uptime

✓ 99.99% + Global Failover

✓ 95–99% avg

Built-in CDN

✓ Yes

✗ Add-on or missing

DDoS Protection

✓ Included

✗ Extra cost

WordPress Optimizations

✓ Native

✗ Manual tuning required

API-Based Provisioning

✓ Yes

✗ Rare or complex

SSH Access

✓ Yes

✗ Not always available

Server Maintenance

None required

✗ User-managed

Monitoring & Logs

✓ Advanced metrics and Real-time logs

✓ Server logs (NGINX, PHP, WP)

Price Transparency

Pay what infra costs

✗ Hidden upsells

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Why WP Cloud + EasyEngine Dashboard?

You get the speed of enterprise infrastructure with the control of your own dashboard.

✓ Bring your own WP Cloud key
✓ Auto/ Manual backups, manage teams, access logs
✓ Built-in developer access (SSH, phpMyAdmin, WP-CLI)

EasyEngine CLI vs WP Cloud Hosting via EE Dashboard

Here’s a detailed comparison table between EasyEngine CLI and WP Cloud (via EasyEngine Dashboard) to help you understand where each fits for your needs

Hosting Type

Self-hosted (user provisions and manages servers)

Managed serverless (infrastructure powered by WordPress.com)

Interface

Command-line tool (Linux terminal)

Visual dashboard (browser-based)

Server Management

Full control over server (root access)

No server management required (serverless)

Provisioning

Manual or automated via CLI

1-click deployment from dashboard

Supported Site Types

WordPress, PHP, HTML

WordPress only

PHP Version Control

Yes (8.1 to 8.4)

Yes (selected at site creation)

NGINX Web Server

Yes (preconfigured with caching and optimizations)

Built-in (auto-configured with CDN, DDoS protection)

Mailhog / Dev Tools

Yes (per site dev-only email capture, SSH, WP CLI, etc.)

Time-based SSH access, WP CLI available

CI/CD with GitHub

Manual setup possible via Git

Built-in: Connect GitHub repos for automated deployments

Multi-site Support

Yes

Yes

Caching Options

Redis, FastCGI, OpCache

Edge caching, CDN, DDoS protection (managed stack)

Activity Logs

No (manual server tracking required)

Yes – Permanent logs of all user actions per site

User Management

Single-user (no role management)

Multi-user with Org, Admin, Manager, Member roles

Security Monitoring

Manual setup

Built-in protections, brute force prevention

Usage Limits

Based on server capacity

Based on plan (site limits, PHP process limits, etc.)

Pricing

Free & open source (MIT License)

Paid hosting, pay directly to WP Cloud (BYO Key, no markup by EE Dashboard)

Support Model

Community-driven via GitHub and forums

Hosting support via WP Cloud; dashboard support via EasyEngine helpdesk

Ideal For

Advanced developers, self-hosts, full control seekers

Agencies, freelancers, or anyone wanting fast, secure, low-maintenance WordPress hosting

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