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WP Foreman vs WP Umbrella
WP Umbrella is a hosted maintenance dashboard at a flat per-site price, with backups on its own EU servers and an MCP server. It’s the closest to WP Foreman on pricing, so here’s how they compare.
The short version
Similar price per site. WP Foreman includes hourly backups and the activity log that WP Umbrella sells as add-ons, and lets you keep backups in your own storage; WP Umbrella is ahead on rollback and firewall protection today.
At a glance
| WP Foreman | WP Umbrella | |
|---|---|---|
| How it runs | Cloud dashboard + WP Foreman plugin | Cloud dashboard + WP Umbrella plugin |
| Price | First site free; $1.99/site/mo (sites 2–100), $1.79 (101–250), $1.59 (251+); yearly = 2 months free | €1.99 / $2.19 per site/mo; Security add-on €2, Hourly Backups €2.49 per site/mo; 10% off yearly; 14-day trial |
| Backups | Incremental, encrypted, 90 days, monthly to hourly | Incremental, encrypted, 50 days, on WP Umbrella’s own EU servers; hourly is an add-on |
| Your own storage | Google Drive, Dropbox or S3, as main storage or an extra copy | Not offered |
| Safe updates | Before/after screenshot checks on updates; automatic rollback coming | Visual regression + backup first; rollback |
| Monitoring | Uptime, SSL and domain expiry, PageSpeed, known vulnerabilities (Wordfence, Patchstack and WPScan data), all included | Uptime, performance, PHP errors, vulnerabilities |
| Who changed what in wp-admin | Named WordPress user + IP for plugin, theme, core and admin changes, emailed right away | Activity log in the Security add-on |
| AI | Ask the Foreman in the app (approval for every change); MCP server coming | MCP server (read-only by default, optional writes) |
| API / webhooks | Public API + signed webhooks | Public API and webhooks |
| Reports | Client reports with your logo and colors, sent from your own domain | White-label reports |
To be fair
Where WP Umbrella is ahead today
- Safe updates with rollback today.
- A firewall with virtual patching and malware scanning (Security add-on).
- An MCP server.
Why switch
Where WP Foreman is different
- Your first site is free, and hourly backups are included rather than an add-on.
- 90-day retention instead of 50.
- Your backups don’t have to live with us: Google Drive, Dropbox or S3, per site.
- Every plugin and theme change in wp-admin is logged with the WordPress user who made it, no add-on needed.
- An AI assistant built into the app, with approval for every change.
Your first site is free
Every feature, no card needed. Add more sites when you’re ready.
Compared October 7, 2026 from each product’s own website. Prices and features change; if something here is out of date, tell us and we’ll fix it.