MaintainHQ and Pressable
Pressable hosts your sites with Jetpack Security included. MaintainHQ adds an engineer and fleet maintenance.
Facts checked on 4 November 2026. Prices taken from each vendor's own website.
The short answer
MaintainHQ
MaintainHQ works with WordPress sites on any host, and also offers its own hosting at $5 a month per site with MaintainHQ built in. On whichever host you use, it looks after the WordPress layer: Gus diagnoses and fixes problems (your approval for every fix, staging or production as you choose, coding-standards checks, verification and automatic rollback), safe updates with pre-update testing, backups, malware scanning, uptime with incident autopilot, team roles and white-label reports across every site you manage.
Choose MaintainHQ if
- You want Gus to diagnose and fix problems with staging and rollback
- You manage sites on several hosts
- You want pre-update testing, incident autopilot and team roles
Pressable
Pressable is a managed WordPress host. Plans start at $25 a month billed monthly, or $20.83 a month billed annually, for one site. Jetpack Security, with a web application firewall, is included on every plan.
Choose Pressable if
- You need hosting
- Jetpack Security on every site is part of your offer
Use both
MaintainHQ does not ask you to leave Pressable. Pressable runs the servers; MaintainHQ and Gus look after the WordPress layer on top, across every host your clients use. MaintainHQ also offers its own hosting if you want servers and maintenance in one place, but for many agencies the right answer is to use both.
Side by side
- Included
- Paid add-on
- Not available
| Feature | MaintainHQ | Pressable |
|---|---|---|
| Hosting | Connects to WordPress sites on any host, and offers its own WordPress hosting ($5 a month per site, on servers MaintainHQ runs) with MaintainHQ built in. | Managed WordPress hosting |
| Security | Daily read-only malware scan of files and database, vulnerability alerts matched to installed versions, firewall, hardening, login lockout and core file integrity checks | Jetpack Security included on every plan |
| 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 for fixing sites |
| 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. | From $25/mo monthly or $20.83/mo billed annually |
Pricing
Pressable charges for hosting (from $20.83/mo billed annually) with Jetpack Security included. MaintainHQ is a flat maintenance plan on any host.
Adding MaintainHQ to Pressable sites
Step 1: Keep your sites on Pressable. Nothing moves.
Step 2: Add the sites in MaintainHQ (one by one, or paste a list of addresses into the importer) and install the connector plugin on each one.
Step 3: Decide which tool owns updates and backups on each site. Many agencies keep Pressable's server backups as a second copy and let MaintainHQ run updates, monitoring and Gus.
Questions
Is MaintainHQ a replacement for Pressable?
It does not have to be. Your sites can stay on Pressable (or any other host): MaintainHQ connects to them with a plugin and handles maintenance and fixes on top. If you would rather have servers and maintenance in one place, MaintainHQ Hosting is $5 a month per site, on servers we run, with MaintainHQ built in.
Can I run MaintainHQ alongside Pressable?
Yes. The MaintainHQ connector is an ordinary WordPress plugin and runs alongside other plugins, Pressable included. The one thing to avoid is two tools auto-updating the same site, so pick one to own updates on each site.
Facts about Pressable 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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