The 20 Site Calculation

What you’re really paying to run 20 Sites

Most agencies are overpaying for their stack

See what a typical 20-site setup costs, and how much time and money you could be saving.

Most WordPress stacks grow piece by piece

You add tools as you go: one for speed, another for security, another for forms.

Across 20 sites, that quickly turns into a growing stack of plugins, subscriptions, logins, and setup costs that add up faster than most people expect.

So, how much does that stack really cost?

We did the math.

Here’s what 10 WooCommerce sites and 10 portfolio sites typically costs using premium plugins, site managers, and hosting providers.

Guess what? Even against the lowest-cost stack, WPMU DEV still comes out ahead.

The 20 Site Calculation

Most expensive stack

EWWW $320/y

Cheapest stack

EWWW $320/y

WPMU DEV

Smush Included

Most expensive stack

WP Rocket $299/y

Cheapest stack

WP Rocket $299/y

WPMU DEV

Hummingbird Included

Most expensive stack

Wordfence $2980/y

Cheapest stack

AIOS $892/y

WPMU DEV

Defender Included

Most expensive stack

WP Forms $599/y

Cheapest stack

Gravity Forms $259/y

WPMU DEV

Forminator Included

Most expensive stack

ManageWP $1800/y

Cheapest stack

MainWP $199/y

WPMU DEV

The Hub Included

Most expensive stack

SiteGround

GrowBig $420/y

Business $2400/y

Cheapest stack

Bluehost

Business $252/y

VPS $1884/y

WPMU DEV

WPMU DEV Hosting

Unlimited Alpha MU $180/y

Bronze Plus $1800/y

Hosting $1980/y

Credit - $200/y

$1780/y

Total cost (20 sites)

Most expensive stack

$8818/y

Cheapest stack

$4105/y

WPMU DEV

$2780/y

Proactive Monitoring - $200/y

Dev Credits - $500/y

$2080/y

Services

Most expensive stack

Cheapest stack

WPMU DEV

Image compression

EWWW $320/y

EWWW $320/y

Smush Included

Site Speed

WP Rocket $299/y

WP Rocket $299/y

Hummingbird Included

Site Security

Wordfence $2980/y

AIOS $892/y

Defender Included

Complex Forms

WP Forms $599/y

Gravity Forms $259/y

Forminator Included

Site/Clients Manager

ManageWP $1800/y

MainWP $199/y

The Hub Included

Hosting (20 Sites)

10 Sites

10 Sites

SiteGround

GrowBig $420/y

Business $2400/y

Bluehost

Business $252/y

VPS $1884/y

WPMU DEV Hosting

Unlimited Alpha MU $180/y

Bronze Plus $1800/y

Hosting $1980/y

Credit - $200/y

$1780/y

Services

Most expensive stack

Cheapest stack

WPMU DEV

Image compression

EWWW

$320/y

EWWW

$320/y

Smush

Included

Site Speed

WP Rocket

$299/y

WP Rocket

$299/y

Hummingbird

Included

Site Security

Wordfence

$2980/y

AIOS

$892/y

Defender

Included

Complex Forms

WP Forms

$599/y

Gravity Forms

$259/y

Forminator

Included

Site/Clients Manager

ManageWP

$1800/y

MainWP

$199/y

The Hub

Included

Hosting (20 Sites)

10 Sites

10 Sites

SiteGround

GrowBig $420/y

Business $2400/y

Bluehost

Business $252/y

VPS $1884/y

WPMU DEV Hosting

Unlimited Alpha MU

$180/y

Bronze Plus

$1800/y

Hosting $1980/y

Credit - $200/y

$1780/y

Total cost (20 sites)

$8818/y

$4105/y

$2780/y

Proactive Monitoring - $200/y

Dev Credits - $500/y

Proactive Monitoring Credits - $200/y

Dev Credits - $500/y

$2080/y

You could be overpaying by up to $6,738 per year.

That’s the hidden cost of stacking tools, subscriptions, and hosting across multiple providers.