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ReDock Web compared with ManageWP

ManageWP has been doing this since 2012, manages more than two million websites by its own count, and has a free tier that is genuinely generous. It has things ReDock Web does not: hourly backups with 90 day retention against our one full archive a day kept fourteen days, cloning and migration, screenshot comparison on updates, and SEO rank tracking. What it does not appear to have, anywhere on its own pages, is a door for AI apps or any controls over one. If your care plan needs backups and staging in the same tool, they are ahead. If it needs an audited AI assistant working across client sites under rules you set, that is the gap this page is about.

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Checked on 11 September 2026 at:
Our column describes what a person can do at app.redock.xyz today. Their column comes only from the addresses above, read on 11 September 2026. A row we could not verify on their own site says so rather than guessing, and a page they have published since will be newer than this one.
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Connecting sites The ReDock Connect plugin on each site. One at a time, or paste a list of up to 100 addresses and hand out an eight-character code per site. The site keeps its own key and revokes it from its own wp-admin. One plugin per site: their home page says "Just install one plugin and sync." The plugin itself is not named on the pages read.
Bulk plugin updates One job across up to 100 sites, watchable and cancellable, with each site reporting its own sentence on its own row and a retry that runs only the sites that failed. "Update WordPress core, themes and plugins, manage users, and moderate comments across all your websites," and "Update, ignore, bulk install, deactivate, or install an older version over the current one."
A snapshot before an update Taken on the site, as a step of every plugin update. No snapshot, no update: a site that cannot make one is skipped rather than updated. Safe Updates "Creates a full site restore point before applying updates," which is a whole-site restore point rather than a copy of the one plugin.
Safe updates with an automatic restore Safe update fetches five pages from outside before the update and again after, with no key and no sign-in, and puts the site back to its snapshot when a page that was answering returns a server error or nothing a theme had drawn. Yes. It "Runs a post-update HTTP status check; rolls back automatically if a 4xx or 5xx error is detected," and pauses the update if the chosen page is not answering 200 beforehand.
Visual comparison on updates No. Nothing here compares screenshots. The check compares whether the pages answered, and the job page says exactly that. Yes. It "Captures a 'before' screenshot of your chosen page," then "Takes an 'after' screenshot and displays side-by-side comparison for visual verification."
Plugin rollback to a version One press on the plugin's row puts back the version the snapshot holds. The restore is queued through the same queue and recorded under your name. You can "install an older version over the current one" from the plugin management screen, and Safe Updates "Allows manual rollback if you spot inconsistencies or errors in screenshots or status checks."
WordPress core updates Yes, and only on a site that finished a full archive of its own in the last day; the rest are refused rather than updated. Core is not put back automatically: the job says what changed, names the archive to restore from, and emails the owners. Yes, alongside themes and plugins, across all sites at once.
Uptime monitoring, and how often One ordinary page request to the site's own public address, carrying no key, every minute, every five minutes or every fifteen, chosen once for the workspace. A site is down after two visits in a row with no answer. Ninety days of hourly history. "Checks all your websites every 60 seconds to make sure they're online and responsive," with alerts "by email, SMS, or Slack." $1 per website per month.
A health state, and how it is expressed A list of reasons in sentences, never a score: the site did not answer, the key was refused, PHP at end of life, WordPress behind, the schedule stalled with the overdue tasks listed, a certificate expiring or issued for the wrong name, mail that stopped sending, a client key nobody accepted. Performance Check and Security Check produce their own readings rather than one named state; the pages read do not describe a single health verdict or say how it is expressed.
Client reports A month per client group or per workspace, built from records made as the work happened, as a print view, CSV or JSON, with an email on the first of the month when you switch it on. "fully editable, professional Client Reports." Advanced Client Reports are $1 per website per month; a basic client report is in the free tier.
White-label reports Your name, logo and two colours on the client's own copy, sent under a name you choose. A colour pair below the WCAG 2.1 AA contrast ratio is refused with the measured figure. A White Label add-on at $1 per website per month lets you "re-brand our tools and make them your own, or hide them entirely."
Two-factor and hardening Six protections and two-factor enforcement per site on one card, with the enrolment count shown before you enforce, and an alert naming the day a protection was switched off outside ReDock. Two-factor authentication on the ManageWP account itself, described as preventing "any would-be hackers from gaining access to your site." No per-site hardening switches are described on the pages read.
File integrity against WordPress.org Every core file compared daily with the checksum WordPress.org publishes for that site's own version and language, plus plugins from the directory, with every finding named by path. Not stated on their site
Vulnerability checks Every hour, every plugin and theme on every connected site is compared with the published vulnerability records, and an affected plugin is marked on the site with the version that fixes it. A site whose plugin list could not be read says so rather than reading clean. Vulnerability records are sourced from Wordfence Intelligence and MITRE. Vulnerability Protection, "real-time vulnerability detection across plugins, themes, and WordPress core," at $2 per website per month.
Backups A full archive of each site every day, copied to your own Google Drive, one folder per site, the last fourteen kept; ReDock stores none of it. Plus a snapshot of a plugin before every update, with a one-press restore. Yes, and it is their strongest suit: "Incremental, reliable, comes with off-site storage, and capable of running on an hourly cycle," retained 90 days, in US or EU data centres, at $2 per website per month. Monthly backups are in the free tier.
An activity log, and how long it is kept Every call with the site, the tool, who asked, the level it ran at and how it ended, refusals included. Kept 400 days, filterable six ways, exported as CSV or JSON. "Track every action with detailed collaborator history; ideal for accountability and oversight tracking." No retention period is stated on the pages read.
Roles Owner, Admin, Member and Viewer per workspace, plus client groups that file sites under the customer. A viewer opens every site and every record and presses nothing. Two levels: "Grant full access to trusted team members, or set read-only access for clients so they can monitor sites without risk."
Single sign-on OpenID Connect per workspace, for an email domain the owner proves with a DNS record. Google Workspace, Microsoft Entra, Okta or any OIDC provider. Not stated on their site
An API Scoped API tokens for a workspace or a single site, through the same door, the same policy and the same records as an app that signed in. Not stated on their site
An AI door for AI apps A hosted MCP server at app.redock.xyz/mcp for Claude, Claude Code, Cursor or any MCP client, with OAuth consent, four levels, a per-site address, and revocation that bites on the next call. Not stated on their site
AI policy controls Seven switches per workspace, tightenable per site. Off means the call is refused at the door and the app is told to ask a person, with the refusal on the activity page. Not stated on their site
A client's own sign-in Not live. A client gets a viewer seat in your workspace, or the monthly document with no account at all. Their own sign-in is being built. Yes. "Invite teammates or clients with a single email. Each collaborator gets their own password and login, no separate account creation needed."
Self-hosted or hosted Hosted, at app.redock.xyz. There is no self-hosted option. Hosted. The dashboard runs at orion.managewp.com; there is no self-hosted option on the pages read.
Free tier One connected site and one seat, free forever with no card, carrying the whole of ReDock Web and the whole desktop app. Yes, and it is broad: fourteen features free forever, including monthly cloud backup, security check, performance check, client reports, one-click login, and team collaboration.
Starting price Light is $8 a month for 3 sites and 1 seat. Pro is $19 for 10 sites and 5 seats. Studio is $49 for 25 sites and 25 seats. Billed monthly, with extra sites past a plan's count at $1 each a month. "ManageWP pricing is per site, per add-on, so you only pay what you've actually used." Add-ons run $1 to $2 per website per month, and there is a $150 a month bundle covering up to 100 websites.

What they have that we do not

  • Hourly backups with 90 day retention in their own storage. ReDock Web makes one full archive a day, into your own Google Drive, kept fourteen days.
  • Visual screenshot comparison on updates, side by side. ReDock Web compares whether pages answered, not what they looked like.
  • Cloning, migration and staging, none of which ReDock Web does.
  • Vulnerability detection that covers WordPress core as well as plugins and themes, as a paid add-on. ReDock Web checks plugins and themes against the published records, not core.
  • A client sign-in of their own, today. In ReDock Web a client gets a viewer seat or a document, and their own sign-in is still being built.
  • A much longer track record: since 2012, and more than two million websites by their own count.
  • SEO rank tracking and Google Analytics in the dashboard.

What we have that they do not

  • An MCP door for AI apps, with a consent screen, four levels and per-app revocation. Nothing like it is described on their pages.
  • Seven AI policy switches per workspace, tightenable per site, with every refusal recorded.
  • A health state made of reasons in sentences rather than separate check results.
  • Daily file integrity against the checksums WordPress.org publishes, with each finding named by path.
  • Six hardening protections and two-factor enforcement per site, with an alert when one is switched off outside the dashboard.
  • Four roles rather than two, plus client groups that a job, a report and a filter all understand.
  • Single sign-on through OpenID Connect for a domain proved by a DNS record.
  • Scoped API tokens, and an activity log kept 400 days with refusals visible and CSV and JSON export.
  • A free desktop app for macOS and Windows that builds the sites locally in the first place, included on every plan.
What ManageWP costs

Their pricing page says "ManageWP pricing is per site, per add-on, so you only pay what you've actually used, and not a cent more": the dashboard is free, and add-ons are $1 or $2 per website per month each, with a $150 a month bundle for up to 100 websites.

Read on 11 September 2026 at https://managewp.com/pricing
Fair questions

Can I import my sites from ManageWP?

No. There is no importer. Each site is connected by installing the ReDock Connect plugin and entering a code, and a list of up to 100 can be onboarded in one batch with a code per site.

Does ReDock Web back up my sites like ManageWP does?

It does, in a different way. Every day ReDock Web makes a full archive of each connected site, files and database, and copies it to your own Google Drive, one folder per site, keeping the last fourteen; ReDock stores none of it. Restoring a whole site means downloading that copy and putting it back the way your host restores a backup. ManageWP backs up hourly into its own storage and keeps 90 days. Before every plugin update ReDock Web also takes a snapshot of that plugin, with a one-press restore.

Does ReDock Web compare screenshots before and after an update?

No. ManageWP does. ReDock Web fetches five pages from outside before and after the update, with no key and no sign-in, and puts the site back when a page that was answering returns a server error or nothing a theme had drawn. A layout that shifted is not caught by that, and the job page says so.

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Judge it on one site.

One connected site is free forever, with no card, and it carries the whole of ReDock Web. Connect a site you already run and see whether the parts this page says we do well are the parts you needed.

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