Most managed WordPress hosting is built for content sites. Pages, posts, media, maybe a contact form. The metrics they compete on reflect that: uptime percentages, monthly visit limits, concurrent users.
But if you’re running a membership site with recurring payments, gated content, member directories, and logged-in user sessions, those metrics don’t tell you much about how your host will actually perform when it matters.
In this post, I break down the most common managed hosting claims, explain why they fall short for membership sites, and give you a set of better questions to ask your current or future host.