MainWP vs Jetpack plugins – do I need both?

  • OM2

    (@om2)


    4 years, 1 month ago

    Yesterday I tried out MainWP. It was recommended in a past post.
    It’s awesome. I can keep all my websites updated from one place.

    But then I used Jetpack for the first time. (I’ve had it for years – but never really used. LOL.)
    Jetpack + WordPress.com is just so awesome.
    I can update everything from WordPress.com.
    They seem to give away a heck of a lot for free.

    Do I need both?
    Does Jetpack cover everything MainWP does for me + a lot more?

    Thanks.

    • This topic was modified 4 years, 1 month ago by Jan Dembowski. Reason: Moved to Fixing WordPress, this is not an Everything else WordPress topic
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  • Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    Volunteer Moderator

    4 years, 1 month ago

    They don’t do exactly the same things all throughout, so there can be advantages to each.

    Overall, I recommend just taking a quick look at what you need, and if there’s any overlap of those things. If what you need completely overlaps on both services, go with the one you like best.

    Thread Starter OM2

    (@om2)

    4 years, 1 month ago

    Thanks James.
    Off the top of your head can you say what one does that the other doesn’t?

    Happy to go with both – but don’t want to have one if all functions are covered by the other (which you seemed to say was not the case)… from my few minutes with both… I thought different to that.

    Thanks.

    Luke Cavanagh

    (@lukefiretoss)

    4 years, 1 month ago

    @om2

    MainWP dashboard is self-hosted whilst Jetpack uses WordPress.com servers is one of the major differences. Both work just as well depends which type of needs you have for managing site updates.

    Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    Volunteer Moderator

    4 years, 1 month ago

    I haven’t used MainWP extensively enough to comment as to the specific differences, I just stick to Jetpack these days.

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