Patchstack monitors WordPress vulnerabilities and can apply virtual patches to block known exploits. WP Triage scores risk across your portfolio and ranks what to fix first. They overlap on vulnerability awareness but serve different primary jobs.
| Capability | Patchstack | WP Triage |
|---|---|---|
| Virtual patching (vPatching) | Yes | No |
| Real-time exploit blocking | Yes | No |
| Vulnerability monitoring | Yes | Yes |
| Portfolio risk score (0–100) | Risk indicators | Yes |
| Cross-site prioritization | Per-site alerts | Yes (portfolio-wide) |
| Top 3 issues + fix order per site | No | Yes |
| PHP EOL / unmaintained plugin detection | Limited | Yes |
| Weekly triage digest | Alert digests | Yes (risk-focused) |
| Published price | Developer $69/month for 25 sites, billed annually | From $9/month |
Patchstack is for site owners and agencies who want vulnerability alerts, and on paid plans a virtual patch that blocks a known exploit before the plugin update is safe to ship. Personal is the free detection plan for a few sites. Developer is the plan for a book of client sites. Enterprise is the quote-only plan for unlimited sites, a signed SLA, and a data processing agreement.
Prices checked 24 September 2026 on the vendor’s public pricing page. Plans change. The linked page is the source of truth.
From Patchstack’s pricing docs and the pricing page:
Twenty-five sites on annual Developer pricing is $828 per year for detection and virtual patching. WP Triage Pro is $29 per month ($348 per year) for up to 25 sites, and it does not apply a virtual patch. See pricing. Pay Patchstack when an exploit needs to be blocked today. Pay for the score when those blocked sites still need a durable fix order.
A virtual patch keeps a known exploit from landing until you can update. It does not tell you which of 25 client sites should get that update first, and it does not put end-of-life PHP and abandoned plugins on the same scale as the CVE.
Use Patchstack to block. Then sort WP Triage by score and spend the maintenance block on Critical and At Risk sites, so the temporary patch does not sit there for a quarter. That ordering is the part a protection feed does not ship.
Use Patchstack when you need vulnerability alerts, virtual patching (vPatching) to block exploits before vendor fixes land, and per-site protection without waiting for plugin updates.
Use WP Triage when you manage many sites and need a single prioritized view — which site is most at risk, what are the top three issues, and what should you fix first this week.
Both products care about WordPress vulnerabilities. Patchstack’s primary job is protection and monitoring — especially virtual patches that buy time before an update is safe to ship. WP Triage’s primary job is portfolio triage: a comparable score, a top-three list, and a fix order across every client site.
If you already use Patchstack, you still need an answer to “which site first?” when twenty installs all have something open. That is the gap risk scoring fills.
WP Triage also factors lifecycle risk (EOL PHP, unmaintained plugins) that vulnerability feeds alone may under-emphasize. Details are in the scoring methodology.
For retainer-style weekly planning, see built for WordPress agencies.
Only for the narrow job of ranking work across many sites. Patchstack’s primary job is vulnerability monitoring and virtual patching. WP Triage does not apply vPatches or block exploits. If you need mitigation at the site layer, keep Patchstack.
Yes. Let Patchstack mitigate known exploits where you need immediate protection, then use WP Triage to rank which sites still need durable fixes — updates, replacements, and PHP upgrades — so temporary patches do not become permanent debt.
No. WP Triage scores exposure and recommends a fix order. It does not intercept requests or ship virtual patches. Pair it with Patchstack, a WAF, or hosting protections when you need blocking.
As of 24 September 2026, Patchstack Developer is $79 per month, or $69 per month billed annually ($828 per year), for 25 sites. Personal is free for detection on up to 3 sites, and protection on a site is $5 per month. WP Triage Pro is $29 per month for up to 25 sites and does not block exploits. Keep Patchstack when you need a virtual patch. Add WP Triage for the fix order after that.
WP Triage is a decision engine — it complements tools like Patchstack rather than replacing them.