The Best mySites.guru Alternatives for WordPress Agencies (2026)

Key takeaway: Glow is our top pick as a mySites.guru alternative for WordPress agencies in 2026: it adds client support tickets, built-in hosted backups and Safe Updates with rollback to maintenance and white-label reports, for $1.95 per site per month (first site free). mySites.guru is a strong, flat-priced security and audit tool, so agencies usually switch for hosted backups, safe updates or client support; ManageWP (free core on unlimited sites) and MainWP (free, open-source and self-hosted) are the other strong options.

Disclosure: Glow is our product. Competitor details are from their own websites, checked November 2026.

• Choose Glow if you want support tickets, Safe Updates, hosted backups and white-label reports in one dashboard.
• Choose ManageWP if you want a free dashboard on unlimited sites.
• Choose MainWP if you want to self-host with a free open-source core.
• Choose WP Umbrella if you want one per-site price with EU backups included.
• Choose WP Remote if you want a firewall and virtual patching in a per-site plan.
• Stay on mySites.guru if you manage Joomla sites too, or want one flat fee for a very large fleet.

What does mySites.guru do well?

mySites.guru is run by a small UK company and has been building since 2012 across more than 90,000 sites. It has one plan with every feature included: unlimited sites and team members, bulk updates for core, plugins and extensions, uptime checks every 5 minutes, vulnerability alerts, file-level malware and backdoor audits with removal, and white-label client reports. It also manages Joomla, which none of the alternatives below do, and says its price has not changed since 2012.

The gaps agencies mention: mySites.guru does not host backups itself (it schedules Akeeba Backup or All-in-One WP Migration, which store backups wherever they are configured), and we found no safe updates with rollback, ticketing, client portal or time tracking.

How do the mySites.guru alternatives compare?

Prices are list prices in US dollars unless shown otherwise, as of November 2026, taken from each vendor's pricing page.

Tool	Model	Starting price (as of November 2026)	Free tier	Client reports	Support tickets	Built-in backups	Security	Best for
Glow	SaaS + plugin	First site free, then $1.95 per site per month	First site	Yes, white-label	Yes	Yes, daily, EU or US	Auto-patching, login protection, file scan; no WAF	Support and maintenance in one
mySites.guru	SaaS + connector	£19.99 per month excl. VAT, unlimited sites	First site audit	Yes, white-label	Not found	Schedules Akeeba or All-in-One WP Migration	Malware audits and removal, vulnerability alerts	Flat fee, WordPress and Joomla
ManageWP	SaaS + plugin	Free core; add-ons from $1 per site per month	Yes, unlimited sites	Basic free; advanced $1/site	Not found	Monthly free; frequent $2/site	Free security check; vulnerability protection $2/site	Pay only for what you use
MainWP	Self-hosted plugin	Free; Pro $29 per month	Yes, open source, unlimited sites	Yes	Not found	Via third-party backup plugins	Vulnerability scanner	Self-hosting
WP Umbrella	SaaS + plugin	€1.99 per site per month ($2.19)	No (14-day trial)	Yes, white-label	Not found	Yes, EU, 50 days	Vulnerability alerts, hardening; firewall €2/site add-on	Simple per-site pricing
WP Remote	SaaS + plugin	Free; Essential $1.99 per site per month	Yes	Yes; white label from Essential	Not found	From Essential, 50 days	Firewall and virtual patching from Premium	Security bundled in

Glow: best overall for agencies (our top pick)

Glow fills the gaps above. Built-in backups are hosted for you (daily, last 7 kept, 10GB encrypted storage per site, EU or US, 1-click full or selective restore). Safe Updates take a backup and before/after screenshots and roll back automatically if something breaks. A client support ticket system handles requests with assignment, private notes, time tracking and monthly time budgets per client, and automated white-label reports include GA4, Search Console, time logs and security. Glow Security adds vulnerability alerts, automatic patching when a fix exists, login protection and daily file checks against WordPress.org checksums, and you can connect Claude or ChatGPT over MCP via AI assistants.

Price, as of November 2026: first site free, then $1.95 per site per month for sites 2 to 100, falling to $1.65 above 400 sites, with unlimited team seats.

Honest limitation: Glow manages WordPress only (no Joomla) and does not do malware cleanup, which mySites.guru offers.

ManageWP: best for a free dashboard

ManageWP (owned by GoDaddy) is free on unlimited sites with a monthly cloud backup, security and performance checks, basic client reports and 1-click login. Safe Updates are available with its Backups add-on.

Price, as of November 2026: free core; Backups $2, Uptime Monitor $1 and White Label $1 per site per month; all bundles $150 per month.

Honest limitation: on a big fleet with every add-on, costs can exceed a flat fee, and we found no ticketing.

MainWP: best for self-hosting with a flat fee

MainWP is a free, open-source (GPL) dashboard on your own WordPress install, with unlimited sites, custom team roles and a vulnerability scanner. Like mySites.guru, it uses a flat price rather than per-site fees, and an open-source MCP server is in alpha.

Price, as of November 2026: free core; Pro $29 per month, or $599 one-time lifetime.

Honest limitation: you host and maintain it, and backups rely on third-party plugins.

WP Umbrella: best for hosted EU backups in one price

WP Umbrella includes encrypted incremental backups stored 50 days on EU infrastructure, safe updates with rollback, uptime and performance monitoring, Patchstack vulnerability checks and white-label reports.

Price, as of November 2026: €1.99 per site per month ($2.19).

Honest limitation: no free plan; malware scanning and the firewall are a €2 per site add-on.

WP Remote: best for bundled security

WP Remote, from the BlogVault team, offers a free plan for updates, uptime and reports, backups from Essential, and a firewall, malware scanning and virtual patching from Premium.

Price, as of November 2026: Free; Essential $1.99, Premium $4.99 per site per month. Malware cleanup is $100 per cleanup on Premium and Advanced.

Honest limitation: security starts at $4.99 per site, and we found no ticketing.

How do you choose a mySites.guru alternative?

• Under 20 sites: Glow (first site free, about $2 per site after) or ManageWP free. mySites.guru's single-site plan is £5 per month.
• 20 to 100 sites: Glow or WP Umbrella if you want hosted backups and safe updates included; Glow if you also handle client requests.
• 100+ sites: flat fees (mySites.guru, MainWP Pro) get cheaper per site; Glow's price falls to $1.65 above 400 sites.
• Joomla sites: mySites.guru is the only tool here that manages them.
• Self-hosted vs SaaS: only MainWP is self-hosted.

Frequently asked questions

What is the best mySites.guru alternative in 2026?

Glow, if you want hosted backups, Safe Updates and client support tickets alongside maintenance and reports. ManageWP is the best free option and MainWP the best self-hosted one.

How much does mySites.guru cost?

£19.99 per month excluding VAT for unlimited sites and team members, or £5 per month for one site, as of November 2026.

Does mySites.guru include backups?

It schedules backups through Akeeba Backup and All-in-One WP Migration rather than hosting them. Glow, WP Umbrella and WP Remote store backups for you.

Which alternative handles client support requests?

Glow includes a support ticket system with time tracking and monthly time budgets per client. We found no ticketing in mySites.guru, ManageWP, MainWP, WP Umbrella or WP Remote.

Is there an alternative that also manages Joomla?

Not among the tools in this article; they are WordPress only. If Joomla matters, mySites.guru remains the better fit.

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