WP Safer vs the alternatives

Plan	WP Safer	UpdraftPlus	BlogVault	ManageWP	MainWP
Starting price	✓$79/yr — 5 sites (~$15.80/site/yr)	$83.30/yr — 2 sites (~$41.65/site/yr), backup only	$99/yr — 1 site, or $299/yr for 5 sites (~$59.80/site/yr)	~$36/site/yr just for backup + uptime; every other feature bills separately per site	Free core, $199/yr flat for premium extensions (not per-site)
Backup, monitoring and updates in one panel	✓Included on every plan	Central panel (UpdraftCentral) is a separate paid product	Yes	Yes, but each capability is its own paid add-on	Yes, but you host and maintain the dashboard yourself
Uptime monitoring	✓Included, checked every 30 seconds to 5 minutes by plan, with downtime and recovery alerts, WordPress critical-error detection, a Site Health score per site, and a public status page on Agency	Not included	Included	Add-on, billed per site	Requires a separate extension
Offsite cloud storage	✓Included — private storage in the backup region you pick (Amsterdam by default)	Bring your own storage (Dropbox, S3…)	Included, vendor-hosted	Vendor-hosted, billed per site	Bring your own storage

Starting price

WP Safer

$79/yr — 5 sites (~$15.80/site/yr)

UpdraftPlus

$83.30/yr — 2 sites (~$41.65/site/yr), backup only

BlogVault

$99/yr — 1 site, or $299/yr for 5 sites (~$59.80/site/yr)

ManageWP

~$36/site/yr just for backup + uptime; every other feature bills separately per site

MainWP

Free core, $199/yr flat for premium extensions (not per-site)

Backup, monitoring and updates in one panel

WP Safer

Included on every plan

UpdraftPlus

Central panel (UpdraftCentral) is a separate paid product

BlogVault

Yes

ManageWP

Yes, but each capability is its own paid add-on

MainWP

Yes, but you host and maintain the dashboard yourself

Uptime monitoring

WP Safer

Included, checked every 30 seconds to 5 minutes by plan, with downtime and recovery alerts, WordPress critical-error detection, a Site Health score per site, and a public status page on Agency

UpdraftPlus

Not included

BlogVault

Included

ManageWP

Add-on, billed per site

MainWP

Requires a separate extension

Offsite cloud storage

WP Safer

Included — private storage in the backup region you pick (Amsterdam by default)

UpdraftPlus

Bring your own storage (Dropbox, S3…)

BlogVault

Included, vendor-hosted

ManageWP

Vendor-hosted, billed per site

MainWP

Bring your own storage

Competitor pricing and features were checked against each provider's own public pricing page in September 2026 and rounded to the nearest cent; plans change without notice, so confirm current numbers directly with the provider before switching. WP Safer figures use the pricing page live plan catalog.

Looking at one alternative in particular? Each page goes feature by feature, with the questions we get asked most.

• WP Safer vs ManageWP ManageWP's dashboard and updates are free, but backup, uptime monitoring and vulnerability protection only kick in once you add ManageWP Premium. Here's how that compares to WP Safer's all-in-one plans.
• WP Safer vs MainWP MainWP's core dashboard is free and self-hosted, but you run it yourself and pay separately for backup and branded reporting. WP Safer is a hosted plan with backup, monitoring and reporting already included.
• WP Safer vs WP Umbrella WP Umbrella and WP Safer are both built around monitoring, updates and white-label client reporting. The clearest difference is where each one draws the line between what's included and what's a paid add-on — especially around security.
• WP Safer vs BlogVault BlogVault is a strong backup, staging and migration tool with daily malware scanning. WP Safer covers less ground on backup depth but adds uptime monitoring, a Site Health score and a unified maintenance report that BlogVault doesn't offer.
• WP Safer vs CodeGuard CodeGuard's four plans all ship the exact same feature set — daily backups plus automatic malware detection and removal — and only differ by site count and storage. WP Safer takes a different bet: no automatic malware cleanup, but uptime monitoring, an admin firewall, update verification with rollback and a unified maintenance report are included on every plan instead.
• WP Safer vs InfiniteWP InfiniteWP's admin panel is self-hosted — you install it on your own server — and a paid tier unlocks malware scanning, staging, migration and uptime monitoring all at once. WP Safer is the opposite shape: a hosted dashboard with those same areas covered, plus automatic update rollback, without installing anything yourself.
• WP Safer vs Jetpack Jetpack's Security and Complete plans back a single WordPress site in real time and scan for malware daily with one-click fixes — strong single-site protection from Automattic. WP Safer is built the other way around: one dashboard for many sites, with uptime monitoring, automatic update rollback and one white-label report across the whole fleet, but no malware auto-fix.
• WP Safer vs WPMU DEV WPMU DEV's Hub comes bundled with a suite of premium WordPress plugins and a tiered white-label option; its firewall only covers sites hosted with WPMU DEV itself. WP Safer is narrower on purpose — backup, monitoring, update safety and reporting, working the same way regardless of who hosts the site.