A WP Buffs alternative with hosting included
WP Buffs looks after your site on the host you already pay for, and keeps malware removal and speed work for its $239 Perform plan. TopSyde is $89 a site with the hosting, malware removal and weekly SEO and speed work in the plan.
What it costs
$89 against $239 plus hosting.
For the plan that comes closest to ours in scope, read from WP Buffs's pricing page on 21 October 2026.
One site, per month
TopSyde
$89/mo
Hosting, malware removal, weekly Auto SEO and Auto Speed, AI edits and an hour of developer time, with senior developers on call 24/7 for a site that's down.
WP Buffs
$239/mo+ hosting
Perform, the first plan with malware removal and speed work. No SEO listed; hosting only on Custom at $359.
Ten sites, per month
TopSyde
$890/mo
$89 a site on Standard (1 to 10 sites), hosting included. From 11 sites it drops to $71.
WP Buffs
$2,390/mo+ hosting
Ten sites on Perform at $239 each. No multi-site discount is published.
WP Buffs' entry plan, Maintain, is $89 too, but it covers updates, backups and monitoring only: no edits, no malware removal and no hosting.
Side by side
TopSyde vs WP Buffs, line by line
What each plan lists, and which WP Buffs plan you need for it.
| Feature | TopSyde | WP Buffs |
|---|---|---|
| Price for one site | TopSyde $89/mo, hosting included | WP Buffs $89 Maintain to $359 Custom; hosting extra below Custom |
| Hosting | TopSyde Included: Kinsta (Google C3D) + Cloudflare | WP Buffs Works on your host; Custom ($359) adds Pantheon, AWS or VPS hosting |
| Malware removal | TopSyde Included on every plan; scanned daily from outside the site | WP Buffs From Perform ($239) |
| Ongoing SEO | TopSyde Auto SEO weekly: titles, descriptions, alt text, schema | WP Buffs Not listed |
| Speed work | TopSyde Developer tune-up at move-in, Auto Speed weekly | WP Buffs From Perform ($239) |
| Content edits & dev time | TopSyde 10 AI edits + 1 hour of developer time a site a month; bigger builds $150/hr | WP Buffs Unlimited website edits from Protect ($179); custom development excluded |
| Update safety | TopSyde Backup before, health check and automatic rollback, then a person checks your pages | WP Buffs Weekly updates; staging on Custom ($359) |
| Backups | TopSyde Daily, kept 30 days | WP Buffs Cloud backups 4x a day |
| Built-in tools: 2FA, cookie consent, form spam, 404s, DB cleanup | TopSyde All included, one switch per site | WP Buffs Not listed |
| Premium plugin licenses | TopSyde $1,000+/yr: Elementor Pro, Gravity Forms, ACF Pro and more | WP Buffs Not listed |
| Support | TopSyde Senior developers by call, text or chat; site down: 15 min, 24/7 | WP Buffs Email; 24/7 emergency support |
| Ten sites, per month | TopSyde $890, hosting included | WP Buffs $2,390 on Perform, plus hosting |
| Contract & guarantee | TopSyde Month to month or yearly (10% off); 30-day money-back | WP Buffs Monthly; guarantee not listed |
Source: wpbuffs.com/plans, read 21 October 2026. Prices in USD per month. "Not listed" means the pricing page doesn't mention it, not that WP Buffs never does it. TopSyde's side matches our spec sheet and SLA.
Why people switch
Where TopSyde is ahead
One bill instead of two
Hosting is in the plan, on Kinsta's Google C3D servers behind Cloudflare. No separate host to pay, patch or call.
Malware removal from day one
Every plan includes removal, and Sentinel scans each site daily. At WP Buffs it starts on the $239 plan.
SEO and speed every week
Auto SEO and Auto Speed apply safe fixes weekly with one-click rollback. WP Buffs lists speed work from Perform and no SEO.
Frequently asked
TopSyde vs WP Buffs FAQ
Is TopSyde a good alternative to WP Buffs?
If you want hosting and care on one bill, yes. TopSyde is $89 a site with hosting, malware removal, weekly Auto SEO and Auto Speed, 10 AI edits a month, eight built-in tools and $1,000+ a year of premium plugin licenses. The WP Buffs plan with malware removal and speed work is Perform at $239, and you pay for hosting on top.
Does WP Buffs include hosting?
Only on its Custom plan ($359 a month), which lists Pantheon, AWS or VPS hosting. Maintain, Protect and Perform work on the host you already have, which you pay for separately.
How much does WP Buffs cost for ten sites?
On Perform, $2,390 a month plus hosting for ten sites, since no multi-site discount is published. Ten sites on TopSyde are $890 a month with hosting included.
What replaces WP Buffs' unlimited edits?
AI edits: ask for a text, image or link change in plain words, see a preview, then apply it. 10 applied changes a site a month are included, and more can be bought in packs that never expire. Anything bigger goes to our developers as a ticket, and every site has 1 hour of developer time a month for those requests.
Can I move from WP Buffs to TopSyde without downtime?
Yes. Migration is free: we copy the site to our hosting while the old one keeps running, test forms, logins and checkout, and switch DNS once the copy checks out. Plans are month to month with a 30-day money-back guarantee, so you can overlap the two services for a month and cancel the old one when you're satisfied.
Zero risk to switch
We move the site. You keep the 30 days.
Free migration, no contract, and every penny back if it isn't right in the first 30 days.