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WordPress.com alternative: managed WordPress hosting, compared side by side
Looking for a WordPress.com alternative? Zinn Digital® managed WordPress hosting starts at $2.99 a month, and you can try it free for 14 days with no card. Below, entry plan against entry plan, read from WordPress.com's own public pages on November 1, 2026.
The short answer
Our Start plan costs $2.99 a month and renews at the same price. WordPress.com's Personal plan is advertised at €4 a month on a 12-month term; WordPress.com does not publish what it renews at.
Choose Zinn Digital® for LiteSpeed Enterprise on NVMe storage, daily backups, malware protection, staging and a CDN on every plan, support in 58 languages, servers in the EU and a team that moves your site for you.
WordPress.com may still be the better fit if you already rely on its own tools, or need a plan larger than the entry plans compared here. Its current range is on its own pricing page. WordPress.com pricing
Side by side
Entry plan against entry plan. Every WordPress.com cell links to the page it was read from on November 1, 2026.
| Feature | Zinn Digital® | WordPress.com |
|---|---|---|
| Entry price | $2.99 a month | €4 a month on a 12-month term1 |
| Renewal price | $2.99 a month | Not published |
| Web server | LiteSpeed Enterprise | Not published |
| Storage | NVMe | Not published |
| CDN included | Yes | Not published |
| Backups | Daily | Not published |
| Malware protection | Yes | Not published |
| Staging | Yes | Not published |
| Migration | Free, done for you | Not published |
| Support languages | 58 languages | Not published |
| Money-back guarantee | 30 days | Not published |
| EU data centre | Yes | Not published |
“Not published” means we could not find it on WordPress.com's public pages on November 1, 2026. It does not mean WordPress.com lacks it.
Prices are shown in the currency each host's page showed us, before tax.
Sources
Read on November 1, 2026. Prices and features change, so check WordPress.com's current page before you decide.
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Questions about switching from WordPress.com
Is Zinn Digital® cheaper than WordPress.com?
Our Start plan costs $2.99 a month and renews at the same price. WordPress.com's Personal plan is advertised at €4 a month on a 12-month term; WordPress.com does not publish what it renews at.
Will you move my site from WordPress.com?
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Can I try Zinn Digital® before I leave WordPress.com?
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Where are Zinn Digital® servers?
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How did you compare Zinn Digital® with WordPress.com?
We read WordPress.com's own public pricing and feature pages on November 1, 2026 and compared entry plan with entry plan. Every figure links to its source, and anything WordPress.com does not publish is marked “Not published” instead of guessed.
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