GoWP
Depends
Confidence: Medium
Buy if you run or resell maintenance for many WordPress sites and want humans behind the automation.
Comparison
GoWP vs ManageWP
GoWP and ManageWP both land on Depends.
ManageWP
Depends
Confidence: Medium
Buy if you manage 5+ WordPress sites for clients and want one dashboard for updates, backups, and monitoring.
| Compare | GoWP | ManageWP |
|---|---|---|
| Verdict | Depends | Depends |
| Best for | Agencies white-labeling WordPress maintenance | Freelancers managing many client sites |
| Who it's not for | Single-site owners . free plugins do this cheaper | Single-site owners . pure overkill |
| Privacy | No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.³ | Worker plugin has multiple public CVEs including stored XSS; phishing campaigns also target ManageWP credentials. |
| Support quality | Real-person support and dedicated developers cited | Forum praise exists; churn threads too |
| Public sentiment | GoWP shows up in multiple best-of comparisons and agency roundups with generally favorable placement, but direct verbatim customer reviews in these sources are sparse.⁴ | Agencies and freelancers running dozens of sites praise ease of use and pricing; some report false vulnerability alerts or leave for WP Umbrella.16 |
| Biggest gotcha | Per-site fees stack quickly; $1,099/mo dedicated tier only makes sense at real agency volume. | Worker plugin sits on every client site . missed updates expose all of them |
Pick GoWP when
- Agencies white-labeling WordPress maintenance
- Multi-site WordPress portfolios
- Teams wanting human-backed updates and edits
When GoWP is not a fit
- Single-site owners . free plugins do this cheaper
- Solo operators who won't resell maintenance to clients
- Non-WordPress stacks (Shopify, Webflow, custom)
- Budget buyers wanting fully automated, no-human pricing
Pick ManageWP when
- Freelancers managing many client sites
- Small WordPress agencies
- White-label client reporting
- Automated updates and backups at scale
When ManageWP is not a fit
- Single-site owners . pure overkill
- Hobbyists with two or three blogs
- Non-WordPress stacks
- Self-hosting purists who distrust cloud dashboards
Sources
official
- GoWP Pricinggowp.comofficial
- GoWP Product security pagegowp.comsecurity
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- 6 Best WordPress Maintenance Services in the USecommerce-platforms.comreview
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- vs GoWP: Honest 2026 Comparison . WebCare Studioswebcarestudios.comreview
- WP Depend vs GoWP: Which Is Better for Agencies?wpdepend.comreview
news
- ManageWP Pricingmanagewp.comofficial
- ManageWP Homepagemanagewp.comofficial
- ManageWP Reviews on G2g2.comreview
- ManageWP Reviews on Capterracapterra.comreview
- ManageWP - Yes or no? (Reddit)reddit.comreview
