Pressfort vs All-In-One Security
An All-In-One Security alternative with hack repair included.
All-In-One Security, or AIOS, is a popular free hardening plugin from the team behind UpdraftPlus, with a low-cost Premium upgrade. It's a toolkit you configure and run yourself.
The short answer
AIOS is a capable, inexpensive toolkit: a free firewall and login protection, with weekly malware scans, uptime checks and country blocking in Premium. It's great value if you're hands-on. It doesn't clean up hacked sites or run updates, and backups go through a separate plugin. Pressfort does all of that for you.
Side by side
Feature by feature
What you get with Pressfort and with AIOS Premium. "Costs extra" means it's on a higher plan or sold separately.
| Feature | Pressfort | AIOS Premium |
|---|---|---|
| Hack and malware clean-up included | YesTwo clean-ups a year by a WordPress developer | PartlyPremium includes advice and support with malware removal |
| Set up and looked after for you | YesSwitched on, configured and watched for you | NoYou install and configure it |
| Updates tested on a staging site first | YesBackup first, tested on staging, then pushed live | NoNot offered |
| Firewall | YesBuilt for WordPress, with geo-blocking | YesWeb application firewall, free |
| Virtual patching | YesCovers known flaws until the real fix is installed | NoNot listed |
| Malware scanning | YesAI-powered, runs automatically | YesWeekly scans from AIOS's servers, on Premium |
| Vulnerability alerts | YesPlugins and themes checked against known flaws | NoNot listed in the feature comparison |
| Uptime monitoring | YesRound-the-clock checks | YesChecks every 5 minutes, on Premium |
| Activity log | Yes7 days of history | YesAudit log, free |
| Daily backups | YesOff-site, kept for 90 days | NoHandled by UpdraftPlus, a separate plugin from the same team |
| Scheduled reports | YesPlain-English reports by email | PartlyEmail alerts when something's wrong |
All-In-One Security details checked on 1 October 2026. See sources.
Where All-In-One Security is strong
AIOS has over a million active installs, and its free version is generous. You get a web application firewall, login lockouts, two-factor authentication, the option to rename your login page, file change detection, database hardening, comment spam prevention and an audit log, all at no cost. A security strength meter shows how far you’ve got and what’s left to switch on.
It comes from TeamUpdraft, the team behind UpdraftPlus, so it’s well maintained and well supported. Premium adds weekly malware scans run from AIOS’s own servers, uptime and response-time monitoring, Google blocklist alerts, country blocking and email support.
Premium is also unusually cheap, and it’s priced by the number of sites rather than per site. Two sites cost $89 a year, and unlimited sites cost $349. For a freelancer or agency on a budget, that’s hard to beat.
Where Pressfort is different
A service, not a toolkit. AIOS gives you a lot of switches, and it’s up to you to choose the right ones and keep an eye on the results. Pressfort is set up for you and watched for you, with plain-English reports by email.
The fix is included. AIOS Premium offers advice and support if malware is found. With Pressfort, a WordPress developer cleans up the site and closes the gap that let the attack in. Two clean-ups a year are included for each site.
Virtual patching. In 2025, 46% of WordPress vulnerabilities had no fix at all when they were made public. Pressfort blocks attempts to exploit known plugin flaws until the real fix is out. AIOS doesn’t list virtual patching among its features.
Updates and backups handled. Pressfort takes a backup, tests updates on a staging copy of your site, then pushes them live. It keeps 90 days of off-site backups, with no separate backup plugin to set up.
Where AIOS goes further. It’s much cheaper, especially across several sites. Its login tools, like two-factor authentication and renaming the login page, aren’t part of Pressfort, and you can keep using them alongside it. And the free version alone is a solid start for a hobby site.
What it costs
The price, with a clean-up included
| Plan | Price | Sites | Hack clean-up |
|---|---|---|---|
| PressfortEvery feature, set up for you | $659 a year | 1 site | Included, two a year |
| AIOS FreeFirewall, login security and audit log | $0 | Any number of sites | Not included |
| AIOS Personal$44.50 in the first year | $89 a year | 2 sites | Not included |
| AIOS Business$74.50 in the first year | $149 a year | 10 sites | Not included |
| AIOS Enterprise$174.50 in the first year | $349 a year | Unlimited | Not included |
AIOS is far cheaper than Pressfort: Premium covers two sites for $89 a year, and half that in the first year. That buys tools rather than a service. If your site is hacked, AIOS offers advice and support, but the clean-up itself, and the updates that stop the next one, are still yours to arrange.
All-In-One Security prices and features as published on All-In-One Security's own website, checked on 1 October 2026. Prices are in US dollars before tax and may change.
All-In-One Security is a trademark of its owner. Pressfort isn't affiliated with or endorsed by All-In-One Security.
Which to choose
Pressfort or All-In-One Security?
Choose All-In-One Security if
- You're on a tight budget and happy to configure security yourself
- You look after several sites and want one low-cost licence for all of them
- You already use UpdraftPlus for backups
- You can clean up a hacked site yourself, or know someone who can
Choose Pressfort if
- You want someone else to set up and watch your site's security
- You want a developer to clean up your site if it's hacked
- You want virtual patching for plugin flaws that don't have a fix yet
- You'd like updates and daily off-site backups handled in the same price
Questions
Pressfort vs All-In-One Security, answered
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Is the free version of AIOS good enough?
For basic hardening, it's a good free option. It includes a firewall, login lockouts, two-factor authentication and an audit log. Malware scanning, uptime monitoring and country blocking need Premium, and there's no clean-up service on any plan.
Does AIOS Premium remove malware?
AIOS Premium scans your site for malware every week, and its team offers hands-on advice and support for malware removal. That's different from Pressfort, where a WordPress developer removes the malware for you and closes the gap that let it in.
Does AIOS back up my site?
AIOS can run a database backup through UpdraftPlus, a separate plugin from the same team. For full backups, you'd set up UpdraftPlus yourself. Pressfort backs up your whole site every day, stores it off-site and keeps each backup for 90 days.
Can I keep AIOS alongside Pressfort?
You can keep AIOS for login features like two-factor authentication, but switch off its firewall so it doesn't overlap with Pressfort's. Running two firewalls can cause conflicts and slow your site down.
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