Pantheon vs AWS vs DevPanel: The Ultimate WordPress Hosting Breakdown

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Choosing a WordPress host isn’t just technical—it’s strategic. Your decision impacts cost, risk, team velocity, support, scalability, and even how fast your developers can ship new features. In this episode, we compare the three major hosting philosophies shaping today’s WordPress ecosystem: Pantheon’s fully managed platform, manual AWS with total DIY control, and AWS with DevPanel’s automated ownership model.

You’ll learn how each approach handles DevOps workload, customization limits, CI/CD pipelines, preview environments, vendor lock-in, and incident response. We also break down real-world use cases—from agencies that need rapid site launches to enterprises requiring governance and startups trying to avoid heavy monthly platform fees.

If you want a clear roadmap for choosing the best WordPress hosting model for your team, this is the episode you can’t miss.

What You’ll Learn

• How Pantheon, AWS, and DevPanel differ in philosophy and workflow
• Why operational burden is the real cost driver in hosting
• The lock-in risks of Pantheon vs the full ownership of AWS
• How DevPanel automates AWS to deliver near-managed convenience
• The developer workflow impact: SFTP vs CI/CD vs GitOps
• When agencies, enterprises, and startups should choose each model
• The real question behind the decision: simplicity, control, or automated ownership?
  
  

Watch Video: https://youtu.be/8Y5MwASWIQw

Credits:
Video Sponsors:  https://www.drupalforge.org/
Infrastructure, tooling, and AI provider by https://devpanel.com/

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This episode of DrupalBrief is sponsored by DrupalForge.org

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