SiteShift
COMPARISON

A LocalWP alternative that deploys to any host

Local (LocalWP) is a great free tool for running WordPress on your machine. SiteShift covers the same local workflow — and then pushes your site to any SSH-reachable host, not just one hosting company.

SiteShift site detail screen with push and pull actions for one WordPress site

SiteShift vs. Local (LocalWP)

SiteShift Local (LocalWP)
Price €9/mo excl. VAT Free
Local sites ∞ ∞
Bundled PHP & MySQL ✓ ✓
Per-site PHP switching ✓ ✓
One-click WP admin ✓ ✓
Push / pull over SSH Any SSH host WP Engine & Flywheel
Bring your own server ✓ —
Review before push File diff —
Hosting integrations Hostinger, TransIP, SiteGround, Hostnet, DigitalOcean WP Engine, Flywheel
Runs on macOS (Apple Silicon), Windows macOS, Windows, Linux
Support Priority Community forum

Switching questions

The biggest difference is where your sites can go. Local's one-click deploys connect to WP Engine and Flywheel; SiteShift pushes files and database to any host you can reach over SSH — shared hosting, a VPS, or managed WordPress hosting.

The subscription funds host-agnostic push/pull, hosting integrations and priority support. There's one plan with everything included, prices are excl. 21% VAT, and you can cancel anytime from your account.

Yes. SiteShift is host-agnostic by design: if your server speaks SSH/SFTP, SiteShift can deploy to it and pull production back down for local debugging.

Yes. Like modern Local, SiteShift doesn't use Docker — it bundles static PHP and MySQL binaries and ships as a single binary. It runs on macOS (Apple Silicon) and Windows.

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