WP Umbrella alternative
A WP Umbrella alternative that tests updates on a copy first.
WP Umbrella’s Safe Updates run on the live site and roll back when a check fails. Verploy tests risky updates on a private copy first, so a broken update never reaches the live site in the first place.
No credit card. Every update is checked, and the risky ones are tested on a copy first.
Why agencies switch
Rolling back is good. Not breaking the live site is better.
WP Umbrella’s Advanced Safe Update takes a backup and a screenshot, runs the update on the live site, then checks the status code and takes a screenshot again, and rolls back automatically from the backup if something is wrong. Cloning a site to staging and deploying back is possible, by hand.
That catches many problems, but only after visitors could already see them. Verploy runs risky updates on a copy first and only touches the live site when the checks pass. If something still goes wrong after going live, it rolls back too.
The difference
What changes when you switch
Tested before live
Themes, page builders, shops and major versions run on a temporary copy on your own server first: every page on desktop and mobile, forms and checkout included.
Forms and checkout
On the test copy Verploy fills in and sends Contact Form 7, Gravity Forms and WPForms forms, and checks that the WooCommerce checkout opens. It never pays or places an order.
Everything on every plan
Plans are based on the number of sites and include backups, vulnerabilities, speed scores, findability, reports and alerts. No add-ons.
Fair about strengths
WP Umbrella has a simple price per site, monitoring that includes PHP errors and broken links, and EU backups. If live safe updates are enough for you, it does that well.
Switching
Try it next to WP Umbrella
- Keep WP Umbrella running while you try Verploy on up to 3 sites for free
- Install the Verploy Connector next to the WP Umbrella plugin and let only one tool update automatically
- Compare the results on your own sites, then decide
- Remove the WP Umbrella plugin when you are ready
Questions
Frequently asked questions
Does Verploy roll back like WP Umbrella?
Yes. If something breaks after going live, Verploy restores files and database from a snapshot taken just before. The difference is that risky updates are tested on a copy first, so most problems are stopped before the live site is touched.
Can I run Verploy and WP Umbrella side by side?
Yes. We recommend letting only one tool update a site automatically, so updates do not overlap.
Where is the full comparison?
Feature by feature, with sources and the date we last checked: Verploy vs WP Umbrella.
Read next
Spend less time checking WordPress.
Let Verploy do the maintenance work.
Free on up to 3 sites. No credit card. The first 30 agencies keep 40% off for life.