manitu: WordPress in Germany, pricing and backups

Who manitu may suit

This profile is based on published offers and documentation. No new hosting benchmark or support test was performed for this translation.

Plans, prices and renewals

Prices retain the market, currency and billing period described in the French source. Translation does not update a commercial quote. Confirm the final price, taxes and options before ordering.

Languages and support

Website and documentation

Commercial pages and help examined in German; MCP documentation in English.

Control panel

Kunden-Menü and Siteadmin documented in German; private session not tested.

Support

Technical phone support Monday to Friday from 8:30 to 16:30 according to the contact page. 24/7 emergencies reserved for dedicated servers. French not established.

A German offering for self-hosted WordPress

Official hosting provider logo.

manitu offers four shared hosting plans, M, L, XL and XXL, on infrastructure it says it operates in its own German data center. The offers bundle hosting, email, an eligible domain and administration tools. They should not be confused with the catalog’s virtual and dedicated servers, whose resources and support follow different terms.

The WordPress page uses the same families as general shared hosting. It highlights automated installation, but the FAQ specifies that manitu does not provide managed WordPress, even for an extra charge. Customers remain responsible for updates, plugins and checking forms, payments or editorial functions after changes.

This offer may suit a team wanting to choose its PHP environment and access files. For an already large site, each database’s cap and restoration cost matter more than total storage.

Pricing: six promotional months, twelve-month commitment on M

On 3 November 2026, the comparison shows M at 1 euro per month for six months, then 5.99 euros per month. Yet the initial minimum term is twelve months, and those twelve months are billed in advance. Based on displayed amounts, six months at 1 euro and six months at 5.99 euros total 41.94 euros for the first cycle. The headline price represents neither the entire first invoice nor a plan cancelable after one month.

After the initial term, the table specifies monthly renewal and billing six months in advance. At the current price, six months represent 35.94 euros and twelve months 71.88 euros. These are calculations, not verified invoices. Rules for settling the balance when stopping during an already paid period have not been confirmed.

L, XL and XXL display 11.99, 15.99 and 19.99 euros per month respectively, with no separate introductory discount recorded. The table provides for a one-month minimum and one-month renewal but six months paid in advance, calculated as 71.94, 95.94 and 119.94 euros. All four cards show no setup fee. The distinction between term, payment date and notice period deserves checking before committing.

The recorded amounts include German VAT of 19%. The provider states that the gross price depends on the selected country. VAT and the exact amount payable by a French customer therefore cannot be inferred from German prices. Additional domains, options and interventions follow their own rates. The comparison lists SEPA direct debit as the usual payment method; other arrangements should be requested for large companies and public bodies. A French owner should confirm acceptance of billing details, payment method and selected offer. A country selector alone does not establish every eligibility condition.

Storage and email: read quotas separately

The 100, 200, 300 and 500 GB shown on the cards represent total storage. The comparison assigns 50, 100, 150 and 250 GB to web space and separately presents the same capacity for email. Do not size a 100 GB site on M assuming the card’s entire value is available for files. Database space counts against the web quota.

The advertised mailbox counts are 25, 50, 100 and 150, even though addresses and forwarding are advertised without a count limit. A forwarding address is not an independent mailbox holding its own messages. A project migrating substantial email should count actual mailboxes, their volume and archives to retain before choosing.

Each offer includes one domain from the listed extensions: .de, .com, .net or .org. An external domain can be attached to the service; the price list shows 0.25 euro per month under the recorded tax conditions. Subdomains, addresses and certificates do not remove additional-domain fees. A domain contract may also have a different expiry date from hosting.

Databases, PHP and scheduled tasks: each plan’s limits

The table advertises five, ten, fifteen or twenty-five databases, each capped at 1 GB. Upgrading to XXL allows more databases; it does not enlarge an individual WordPress database. Measure the SQL export before migration and distinguish compressed size from the active database’s size. WooCommerce orders, history and logs can be more limiting than images.

The grid’s PHP parameters range from 512 to 1,536 MB for memory_limit and from 60 to 180 seconds for max_execution_time. These values describe PHP execution, not an allocation of reserved physical memory or cores. Scheduled task counts also vary, from five to twenty-five, with their own duration limits. A long recurring operation deserves a check separate from storage capacity.

The commercial page consulted on 13 November 2026 lists PHP 8.2, 8.3, 8.4 and 8.5. Check the version actually selectable in the target account and theme and plugin compatibility on a copy before changing branches. The grid describes MySQL or MariaDB and presents PostgreSQL as beta; this profile’s WordPress workflow uses a MySQL-compatible database without assuming direct external connectivity.

First approach: install at an unused destination

1. This workflow suits a new site on an active plan. In the site administration panel, Siteadmin, open Anwendungen installieren, locate WordPress and choose installieren. The guide describes choosing a version, destination and database. The destination can be an existing site configuration, called a VHost, or an explicitly entered directory. First check that it contains no site to preserve.
2. Choose a database for this installation. The Neue Datenbank erstellen button creates one if a slot is available. Under Zustimmung, the wizard also requires acceptance that maintenance and updates remain the owner’s responsibility. The site receives a standard WordPress installation with no advertised core modifications.
3. The expected result is WordPress accessible at the intended domain and path. Verify the certificate, administration and a simple page before installing plugins. If the site does not appear, check the VHost and destination instead of repeating installations. To abandon a trial, precisely identify its files and database and preserve all data from the original site.

Daily backups and recovery costs

The offer page states daily backups over fourteen days. The comparison describes copies of web content, messages, databases and configuration, generally retained for at least fourteen days. Keep this qualification: an advertised frequency does not prove that every date, object or version can be recovered on request.

The extras page specifies that manitu restores messages, sites or databases on request by secure message and charges for time. It provides for quarter-hour billing with a thirty-minute minimum; the displayed general rate is 90 euros during regular hours and 180 euros outside them. The advertised minimum does not establish the exact recovery price. The general price list also refers to each hour started, which warrants confirming the quote and time calculation before relying on this recovery.

This intervention differs from exporting your own files and database. To limit data loss, keep an independent local or remote copy with an identifiable date and scope. Exact backup location and a contractual restoration time have not been established.

Second approach: export and verify before migration

1. For an installed site, retrieve files through SFTP from the directory actually used by the domain. Include relevant hidden files, media, themes and plugins. In Siteadmin, open Datenbanken then phpMyAdmin, select the relevant database and choose Exportieren to download the SQL file. The expected result is a file-and-database set representing the same site state.
2. At the target, create an empty database through Datenbanken, Neue Datenbank erstellen, then import SQL using Importieren in phpMyAdmin. Place files in the correct directory. In this copy’s wp-config.php, replace the four existing lines with the new database details. The values below are placeholders to replace; do not add a second set of constants or copy production credentials into a message.
3. Before changing the public domain, verify the copy at a protected destination without emails, payments or synchronization. Check administration, pages, media and the presence of recent data. Rollback retains the original configuration file and old service; for a store, also plan how to handle orders received since the export.

define( 'DB_NAME', 'NOM_DE_LA_BASE_CIBLE' );
define( 'DB_USER', 'UTILISATEUR_DE_LA_BASE_CIBLE' );
define( 'DB_PASSWORD', 'MOT_DE_PASSE_DE_LA_BASE_CIBLE' );
define( 'DB_HOST', 'HOTE_SQL_INDIQUE_DANS_SITEADMIN' );

Switchover: separate site, domain and email

A domain transfer changes its registrar. A DNS change points all or some services to another destination. You can therefore prepare the new hosting and verify the site before moving domain registration. If transferring the domain, keep the authorization code private and record the current DNS zone. For email, retain required records until mailboxes have been moved and checked.

Before changing DNS, retain the previous service and record the values needed to return to it. If the copy uses another address, internal WordPress URLs must be adjusted with a method respecting structured data, not raw replacement in the SQL file. If acceptance testing finds a problem, keep production at its old destination until the fix is verified.

The provider publishes a manual-transfer guide and a plugin method. This documentation helps prepare a self-managed move; it does not prove a free transfer performed by manitu or a complete migration package. Separately check handling of mailboxes, large volumes, licensed plugins and sites continuing to receive orders.

AI: domain search and separate technical access

The domain generator lets you describe a project, choose a style or extensions and obtain suggestions with availability checking. manitu states that generation runs in its own data center without calling an external AI provider. This is the provider’s description; input retention, precise usage limits and suggestion quality have not been verified.

Developer documentation also describes an MCP interface connecting an agent to a manitu account. It requires authorization from the panel and distinguishes tools that read information from those modifying or deleting resources. This concerns hosting management; an owner should not infer a preinstalled WordPress editorial assistant, writing credits or included images.

A project considering this interface must define required operations and permissions it is willing to grant. For ordinary WordPress administration, the panel and documented backup tools remain usable without connecting an agent.

Panel, languages and support availability

The consulted commercial pages and panel guides are mainly in German. The account uses Kunden-Menü, while hosting settings are handled through Siteadmin. Languages actually offered in a private session and French-language assistance are not established. MCP technical documentation is in English; this does not demonstrate that every request can be handled in English.

The contact page advertises technical phone support Monday to Friday from 8:30 to 16:30. The continuous emergency service is reserved for dedicated servers, not shared hosting. Infrastructure monitoring is presented as continuous. This does not make a technician available at any hour to fix a WordPress setting or restore a database.

The comparison advertises annual server availability above 99.9%. This figure is provider information; no site measurement or verification of compensation eligibility was performed. For a critical service, ask about exact coverage of outages, data recovery and intervention time.

Cancel while preserving the domain and data

The table specifies two weeks’ notice for all four web plans. The site directs users to Verträge kündigen in Kunden-Menü. It also provides a public cancellation form for consumers; the page specifies that business customers cannot use it. Verify the effective date and retain confirmation before treating the service as closed.

The included domain follows separate rules, particularly for term and renewal. Check retention or transfer before canceling hosting. Half-yearly payment does not guarantee that a balance is automatically refunded; the selected sources do not establish this treatment for every situation.

Before closure, download files and databases, retain required mailboxes and verify the new destination. To choose between M and the other plans, consider the prepaid period, actual web quota, per-database size and restoration cost. A new self-managed site can benefit from guided installation; an oversized database or a team wanting to delegate maintenance needs another solution or a more specific agreement.