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Flywheel vs WordPress.com: which is more reliable? (2026)
WordPress.com is more reliable than Flywheel, scoring 100.0 vs 88.4 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Flywheel reported 2 incidents and WordPress.com reported 0, with effective uptime of 100% and 100% respectively.
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Flywheel | WordPress.com |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 88.4 | 100.0 |
| Rank (web hosts) | #2 | — |
| Uptime (90 days) | 100% | 100% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 2 | 0 |
| Partial / major outages | 0 | 0 |
| Avg time to resolve | — | — |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Flywheel and WordPress.com differ
- WordPress.com reported no incidents in the last 90 days, while Flywheel reported 2.
90-day uptime
Flywheel
WordPress.com
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent Flywheel incidents
- Degraded performanceOct 20, 2026 · resolved (duration not published)
- Degraded performanceAug 18, 2026 · resolved (duration not published)
Recent WordPress.com incidents
No incidents reported by WordPress.com in the last 90 days.
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