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The Alternative Mandate

Leaving Pantheon? Drupal hosting that costs less and works harder.

Same hosting reliability. Senior Drupal engineering bundled. Fixed-price migration.

Most teams cut their hosting line item by 40 to 60 percent and gain a real engineering retainer in the same monthly invoice.

webevra --ssh root@prod-cluster-01

$ drupal-audit --target=pantheon-host

Scanning resource utilization...

[OK] DB optimization suggested

[OK] Redis cache layer: 12ms latency

Estimated savings: 52 percent per annum

bolt

99.9%

Uptime target

WebEvra vs Pantheon Performance

Single production Drupal site, comparable traffic, monthly retail pricing as of early 2026.

Infrastructure core WebEvra Pantheon Performance
Hosting (production + staging)Included$400 to $600 / mo
Drupal core and contrib updatescheck_circle Included monthlyDIY or partner add-on
Engineering accesscheck_circle Direct senior engineerTicket support only
Bundled engineering hours4 hours / mo0
Multidev style branch envsPer-PR staging on requestNative
Edge CDN layerIncludedAdd-on charge
Total efficiency gain40 to 60% savingsStatus quo

Pantheon all-in figure assumes Performance plan plus a third-party Drupal patching retainer (typical $400 to $1,000 per month). Your numbers will vary; we run a real cost audit before quoting.

Plug in your numbers

Real Pantheon vs WebEvra cost

Adjust the inputs to your situation. The math runs live; nothing is sent off your device.

Patching, content updates, small features. 0 if you have an in-house team.
Typical senior Drupal agency rate. Slide higher if you use a US/UK shop.
Zero-Downtime Execution

4-step technical migration

01

Audit

Pantheon dashboard review, custom code inventory, Quicksilver hook list, Multidev branches, dependency graph. Fixed-price migration quote within 3 days.

02

Staging

Site rebuilt on Hetzner infrastructure. Quicksilver replacements scripted. Multidev workflow replaced with our PR-based staging. Full QA pass.

03

Atomic cutover

DNS swap during a low-traffic window. Pantheon left running for 7 days as fallback. Full DB and files re-sync just before TTL drop. Zero downtime in our last 6 cutovers.

04

Ongoing care

Care plan kicks in. Monthly updates, security patches, performance reports, dev hours. The migration is the start, not the end.

Success Story

Drupal 8 to 11 upgrade and host swap.

A five-course golf operation moved off a managed Drupal host onto our infrastructure as part of a Drupal 8 to 11 upgrade. Custom theme rebuilt mobile-first, ForeUP booking integration preserved.

  • check_circle4.2s → 1.1s Largest Contentful Paint.
  • check_circleD8 → D11 major version path.
  • check_circle0 minutes cutover downtime.
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Baltimore County Golf

Five courses. One Drupal 11 platform.

3.1s
LCP saved
D11
Latest core

Care plans, transparent up front.

Pick a tier. Switch any time. 30 days notice to cancel, no fees.

Essential dns
$99 / mo

For small Drupal sites that need steady patching and uptime.

  • check_circleHetzner-backed managed hosting
  • check_circleMonthly Drupal core and contrib updates
  • check_circleSecurity patches: SA-CRITICAL within 4 hours, others within 1 business day
  • check_circleUptime monitoring (1-min checks)
Recommended
Professional rocket_launch
$499 / mo

For active sites with regular feature requests and a real SLA.

  • check_circleEverything in Essential
  • check_circle10 hours per month of dev time included (additional at $40/hour)
  • check_circlePersistent staging environment
  • check_circleDaily off-site backups, 30-day retention
Enterprise hub
$1,999+ / mo

For business-critical sites with custom integrations and uptime SLAs.

  • check_circleEverything in Professional
  • check_circle25 hours per month of dev time included (additional at $35/hour)
  • check_circleEmergency support, 1-hour response
  • check_circleDedicated account manager
See full Enterprise

All plans billed in USD. Annual billing available with 15% discount.

Switching from Pantheon?

How long does a Pantheon-to-WebEvra migration take? expand_more

Two to four weeks for a standard single-site Drupal install. Multisite or sites with heavy Quicksilver usage take 4 to 6 weeks. We commit to the timeline in writing after the audit.

Will I lose my Multidev environment workflow? expand_more

No. Our architecture supports dynamic feature-branch environments. For every pull request, we can spin up a fully isolated environment with a sanitized copy of production data.

How does WebEvra handle Pantheon Upstreams? expand_more

We replace the rigid upstream model with standard Git-based workflows and CI pipelines (GitHub Actions or GitLab CI) that give you full control over your codebase without being locked into a proprietary platform core.

What about Quicksilver hooks and Terminus? expand_more

We catalog every Quicksilver hook during the audit and rewrite them as deploy hooks in our pipeline. Terminus is replaced with standard Drush over SSH plus a thin wrapper script. We have not hit one we could not replace.

Will my SEO take a hit during cutover? expand_more

No. Cutover is DNS-only. Same URLs, same content, same canonical structure. We hold robots and sitemap rules through the swap and verify in Search Console post-cutover.

What does the migration cost? expand_more

$1,500 to $3,500 fixed-price for a standard single-site move. Multisite, heavy Quicksilver use, or stuck-on-old-Drupal-version cases price as a fixed scope after the audit. No surprise hourly billing.

Ready to see the real numbers?

Provide your current usage metrics. We deliver a comprehensive 1:1 cost and performance comparison audit within 48 hours.