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.
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