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Pressidium Starter Migration: Use the One Free Move or DIY?
The short answer
Pressidium Starter supports one WordPress site and includes one free team-handled migration. That is the key buying boundary: the separate “unlimited automated migrations” label does not make staff-assisted white-glove work unlimited. If you have one business-critical WordPress site and want the provider to manage the move, use the included request. If you can create an archive, test an imported copy and control DNS, the DIY Migration Wizard can be the lower-friction route. More than one site requires a plan-capacity decision before a migration decision.
At a glance
- Best for
- One-site WordPress teams deciding between the included managed move and a controlled DIY cutover.
- Price model
- $25/mo and $299 annual were shown with conflicting savings text; live checkout controls.
- Check first
- Starter hosts one site; automated migrations do not mean unlimited staff-assisted migrations.
What Starter actually includes
Pressidium’s current migration entitlement guide lists one free managed migration for Starter, three for Pro, five for Growth and eight for Advanced. Eligibility follows the plan and its included WordPress installs. The entry-plan page separately presents one free white-glove migration and unlimited automated migrations. Those are two different service scopes.
Starter is also a one-site plan. The page currently shows a starting price of $25/month, 10GB storage, 50,000 visits and 50GB CDN. A buyer with several production sites should not assume that a self-service tool expands the number of sites the plan can host.
When the included managed migration is the safer choice
Use the managed request when the site carries orders, memberships, bookings or other data that is costly to lose; when the old host has an unusual control panel; or when your team cannot confidently test a clone. Pressidium says the request is submitted through the Dashboard, where the team reviews access and migration constraints.
Prepare the WordPress administrator, old-host panel and any necessary FTP, SFTP or SSH access. List the primary domain, redirects, custom paths, authentication, ecommerce and scheduled jobs. Put credentials only in the secure Dashboard form—not in normal email or comments. Confirm the maintenance window, what Pressidium will test, and who controls DNS.
One included request is not a promise that every complex site is eligible. If eligibility, timing or an unusual stack matters to the purchase, ask Support for written scope before paying.
When DIY can make sense
The official Migration Wizard is appropriate when an administrator can create or obtain a compatible archive, import it, inspect the temporary destination and change DNS. It can preserve the one managed allowance for a harder move, but it transfers more responsibility to the buyer.
Prefer a new site or staging destination. Pressidium warns that importing into an existing site can overwrite current files and data. Verify database tables and prefixes, uploads, themes, plugins, users, forms, checkout, cron jobs and redirects before public cutover. Keep a recoverable backup at the old host and document rollback.
A successful import is not the same as a successful launch. Test the site on its temporary address, reduce DNS TTL in advance where practical, and leave the old environment available until the new site passes acceptance.
What the migration still costs
The observed official pricing widget showed $25/month and $299 due for an annual term, while also displaying “two months free” and a $59.8 saving. Those statements do not reconcile: 25 × 12 equals 300, so a $299 total does not demonstrate a $59.8 saving. Treat the widget as internally inconsistent. Verify billing term, tax, currency, renewal and the final amount at checkout.
We did not verify a public price for an extra human-managed migration, whether unused allowances roll over, or whether a failed request consumes eligibility. Do not budget an invented fee. Ask Support for a written quote and accounting rule if a second managed move is part of your plan.
How competitors frame the same decision
Migration marketing is not standardized. Kinsta describes free team-handled migrations while destination capacity still follows available WordPress installs. Rocket.net emphasizes team-handled transfers and previewing before DNS. SiteGround separates a free DIY plugin from a paid professional transfer. These policies show why “free migration” must be read together with site slots, human scope, testing and rollback—not as a complete hosting-value comparison.
Pre-DNS acceptance checklist
Check the homepage and deep pages, WordPress admin, media, forms, search, email delivery, checkout, member login, scheduled jobs, redirects, HTTPS, canonical tags and backups. Compare recent orders or form submissions if the source site remained live. Record the cutover time, old and new DNS values, TTL and the rollback owner.
Buying verdict
For one valuable site and a team that wants lower operational risk, the included managed request is the strongest use of Starter’s entitlement. For an experienced administrator who can stage, test and roll back, DIY is reasonable. For several sites, compare Pro or higher before planning the moves. For multisite, custom platforms or unclear access, obtain written eligibility and pricing from Pressidium first.
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