What Is SpinupWP? #

SpinupWP is a SaaS service where you can deploy and manage your own WordPress servers and sites. It has direct connections to multiple cloud server providers that make provisioning servers fast and easy.

It is offered by the Delicious Brains folks; operating out of Canada, they are well known for their amazing lineup of plugins (recently sold to WPEngine) that they had been publishing for more than a decade.

DevelopVIDeploy VS SpinupWP: Similarities #

Both DevelopVIDeploy and SpinupWP allow you to deploy and manage your own WordPress servers that are optimized for building and managing WordPress sites. All the key WordPress management tools are available in both offerings including:

  • Server Provisioning
  • Site Provisioning
  • Site cloning
  • Free SSL Certificates via LetsEncrypt
  • Changing Domains
  • Staging Sites
  • Site Backups
  • Moving sites between servers
  • WP-CLI
  • and much more…

While there are a lot of tiny differences between how similar features work, both products are 100% focused on WordPress to the exclusion of other technology stacks and therefore both are highly optimized for that platform.

DevelopVIDeploy VS SpinupWP: Key Differences #

There are four key differences between DevelopVIDeploy and SpinupWP:

  1. DevelopVIDeploy is a self-hosted product: While SpinupWP is hosted and managed in the “cloud’ on your behalf, you run DevelopVIDeploy on your own servers. This means that no staff member at DevelopVIDeploy will ever have access to your servers and sites unless you affirmatively grant them that access via a support request.
  2. DevelopVIDeploy is built on WordPress: This makes it instantly familiar to any experienced WordPress user. And you install it the same way you install any other WordPress product extension – as a plugin.
  3. SaaS Builder Features: SpinupWP does not have many features that are specifically geared towards helping SaaS builders develop, configure, deploy and manage a SaaS on WordPress. DevelopVIDeploy has many features that were developed specifically in response to the needs of SaaS builders – for example, tight WooCommerce integration, Site Update Packages, multiple deployment options (standard sites and multi-tenant sites) etc.
  4. Open-source: DevelopVIDeploy is 100% open-source and available on Github – you can see exactly what you’re installing and audit the code at any time. If security and transparency is your jam then DevelopVIDeploy is probably the tool you want to use.

Customization Options #

Since SpinupWP is an SaaS service, you are locked into a small set of personalization options. We do not know if they entertain requests for customization.

Because DevelopVIDeploy is an open source product built on WordPress, the sky’s the limit when it comes to customizations and you have a lot of flexibility in how those are accomplished. You can:

  • Customize the existing code by forking it into a new codebase
  • Extend it using the WordPress extension model (plugins)
  • Combine it with other WordPress plugins

As an experienced WordPress developer or manager, you can do many of the customizations yourself. Or you can ask any other WP developer to do the work for you. Or you can ask us of course.

Language & Locale Options #

As with your customization options, SpinupWP is limited in the languages that can be used.

DevelopVIDeploy can adopt any language you like simply by providing the translation terms using any of the many standard WP translation tools.

Deployment Options #

As with any SaaS service, your dashboard is running wherever SpinupWP determines is best.

DevelopVIDeploy can be run on any appropriately configured server anywhere and can be installed in multiple locations if necessary. With this flexibility you can:

  • Setup a dashboard for a specific set of customers.
  • Setup multiple management dashboards for each legal jurisdiction in which you operate.
  • Even build your own “SpinupWP” lite service if you like.

Server Providers #

SpinupWP has direct support for four server providers plus the ability to bring your own server.

DevelopVIDeploy has built-in support for 12 providers (10 public cloud providers & 2 private cloud providers) as well as ability to “bring your own server”.

DevelopVIDeploy also has an extension toolkit where you can build your own provider. Or you can ask to have one built for you at a cost of around 3K (for providers that generally follow the openstack api style format.)

Command Line Options #

SpinupWP has command line support based on their PHP SDK.

DevelopVIDeploy uses Bash scripts that you can execute in either of two ways:

  • As a menu driven program – run the script, pick from a set of menu options and get an interactive q&a session that guides you through command completion
  • Can be run unattended by setting environment variables

DevelopVIDeploy VS SpinupWP: Other Relevant Differences #

Sites deployed on SpinupWP uses a single optimized LEMP stack.

DevelopVIDeploy supports both a LEMP stack (Linux, NGINX, MySql/MariaDB, PHP) and a LOMP stack (Linux, OpenLiteSpeed, MySql/MariaDB, PHP).

As an SaaS service it is far easier to get started with SpinupWP. DevelopVIDeploy has an installation step that can sometimes be tricky (hence our free install service when you purchase a license.)

Consistent with SaaS services, the SpinupWP UI is custom-made and absolutely gorgeous. DevelopVIDeploy’s UI is recognizably WordPress on the backend with a highly customized UI for your end customers on the front-end.

SpinupWP offers a lot of built-in support for different types of development workflows and customized WordPress folder structures. DevelopVIDeploy supports any of your workflows as long as they end up in a standard WordPress folder structure when they are deployed with WP.

Pricing #

Both DevelopVIDeploy and SpinupWP offer tired pricing levels. SpinupWP offers two pricing levels while DevelopVIDeploy offers three (plus a free option).

Aside from the actual costs, a major difference is that DevelopVIDeploy includes support for teams and role-based security at all levels while SpinupWP reserves those for their higher tiers.

Converting From SpinupWP to DevelopVIDeploy #

You can transfer your sites using any WordPress backup tool. We recommend UPDRAFT PLUS though many folks seem to prefer using DUPLICATOR PRO (something we’re far less familiar with).

Other #

The above summary is only focused on the product differences and similarities. There are, of course, differences between the companies themselves – including large differences in operations, pricing, support policies, affiliate programs and more.

Bottom Line #

If you’re looking for an SaaS style product to manage your WordPress business and you’re looking for a group that understands developers and developer flows or you’re a bit price conscious, these folks should top your list. Obviously, for a self-hosted, privacy-focused, feature-packed product, choose DevelopVIDeploy.

Last Updated #

  • October 11th, 2022: Minor updates to note DVI OpenLiteSpeed support, new providers + grammer clean up.
  • June 3rd, 2022

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