MaintainHQ vs InfiniteWP
InfiniteWP is a self-hosted panel with yearly licences. MaintainHQ is cloud, with Gus doing the fixing.
Facts checked on 4 November 2026. Prices taken from each vendor's own website.
The short answer
MaintainHQ
MaintainHQ is a cloud maintenance platform for agencies and freelancers. Gus, the AI WordPress engineer, diagnoses problems and fixes them with your approval, on staging or production as you choose, checked against WordPress coding standards, verified, and rolled back automatically if anything goes wrong. Around Gus you get safe updates with pre-update testing, backups, malware scanning, uptime with incident autopilot, team roles, white-label PDF reports and an API with an MCP server.
Choose MaintainHQ if
- You do not want to run and patch your own panel
- You want safe updates with visual checks, pre-update testing and automatic rollback
- You want Gus to diagnose and fix problems
InfiniteWP
InfiniteWP is a self-hosted admin panel for managing many WordPress sites. The free panel includes one-click backups and an uptime monitor; paid yearly plans run from $147 (10 sites) to $647 (unlimited sites), and some features such as client reporting, scheduled backups and cloud backups are separate add-ons.
Choose InfiniteWP if
- You prefer a self-hosted panel paid yearly
- You only need bulk updates and basic backups
Side by side
- Included
- Paid add-on
- Not available
| Feature | MaintainHQ | InfiniteWP |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | A cloud maintenance platform with an AI WordPress engineer (Gus). Works with sites on any host. | Self-hosted admin panel |
| Updates | Bulk plugin updates, plus safe auto-updates with lanes, soak times, fleet waves and approval for major versions | Bulk updates from the panel |
| Backups | Scheduled and on-demand, incremental between full backups, retention you control with pinning, restore with a safety backup and automatic rollback | One-click backups free; scheduled and cloud backups are add-ons |
| Uptime and incidents | Uptime, SSL expiry and PHP error monitoring, public status pages, and incident autopilot: Gus diagnoses an outage and drafts the fix and status update for your approval | Uptime monitor in the free panel |
| Reports and white label | PDF client reports emailed on a schedule; white-label branding, sending address and portal domain on Agency | Client reporting add-on |
| AI that fixes | Gus diagnoses and fixes: your approval for every fix, on staging or production as you choose, WordPress coding-standards checks, a backup, verification and automatic rollback | Not offered |
| Pricing model | Flat plans: Starter $2.99/mo (1 site), Starter Plus $29/mo (5), Pro $79/mo (25), Agency $199/mo (unlimited). 7-day free trial. Gus is on every plan, with an allowance that resets every 6 hours and a weekly allowance, bigger on bigger plans. | $147 to $647 a year by site count |
Is MaintainHQ cheaper than InfiniteWP?
InfiniteWP plans are $147 to $647 a year depending on sites and support, with some add-ons extra. MaintainHQ plans are flat per month with nothing to host.
| Sites | MaintainHQ | InfiniteWP |
|---|---|---|
| Free or entry | Starter: $2.99/mo for 1 site | Free self-hosted panel |
| A handful of sites | Starter Plus: $29/mo for 5 sites | Starter $147/yr (10 sites) |
| Around 25 sites | Pro: $79/mo for 25 sites | Developer $247/yr (20 sites), Freelancer $347/yr (50 sites) |
| 50 sites and more | Agency: $199/mo for unlimited sites (founding agencies $149/mo) | Agency $447/yr or Enterprise $647/yr (unlimited) |
Moving to MaintainHQ
Step 1: Paste your site addresses into the MaintainHQ importer (Sites, Import). It removes duplicates and shows a preview before anything is created.
Step 2: Each site gets a signed connector link that is valid for 24 hours. Install the MaintainHQ connector plugin with it; the connector runs alongside other management plugins, so you can keep InfiniteWP connected while you compare.
Step 3: Turn on backups, safe auto-updates and monitoring in MaintainHQ, then switch off the overlapping jobs in InfiniteWP so only one tool runs updates on each site.
Questions
Can I run MaintainHQ alongside InfiniteWP?
Yes. The MaintainHQ connector is an ordinary WordPress plugin and runs alongside other plugins, InfiniteWP included. The one thing to avoid is two tools auto-updating the same site, so pick one to own updates on each site.
What does Gus actually do?
Gus is the AI WordPress engineer built into MaintainHQ. It inspects a site, finds the cause of a problem and prepares a fix. Code changes are checked against WordPress coding standards and wait for your approval, then go to staging or production as you choose, after a backup. They are verified afterwards and roll back automatically if the site gets worse. Every change has a receipt you can share with the client.
Facts about InfiniteWP checked on 4 November 2026 from their public websites. Prices and features change; if something here is out of date, tell us and we will correct it. Product names belong to their owners.
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From $2.99 a month for 1 site, with a 7-day trial. Connect your first site in minutes and let Gus run a health check.