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xSpeed Cache Free vs Pro:
Every Feature Compared

How the xSpeed Cache Free and Pro plans compare, feature by feature, so you know exactly what you get before you upgrade.

157 features compared · Last updated 2 September 2026

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Feature comparison

Every Feature, Side by Side

Take your time and compare every feature across Free and Pro.

xSpeed Cache features, and whether each is included in the free plugin or requires Pro.
Feature Free Pro
Overview
Dashboard Included Included
xSpeed Hub connection Included Included
Cache
Page Cache
Cache expiry (hours) Included Included
Excluded URLs Included Included
Excluded cookies Included Included
Bypass user-agents Included Included
Ignored query parameters Included Included
Purge after updates Included Included
Separate mobile cache Included Included
Preloader
Crawl Now
Crawl schedule (manual / hourly / daily / weekly) Included Included
Batch size Included Included
Sitemap URL (optional) Included Included
Warm new content immediately Included Included
Re-warm after comments Included Included
Scheduled Prewarming
Enable scheduled prewarming PRO Not included Included
Warm scheduled posts on publish PRO Not included Included
Max URLs per run PRO Not included Included
Predictive Warming
Enable predictive warming PRO Not included Included
Crawl budget (URLs per run) PRO Not included Included
How often to warm PRO Not included Included
Skip already-warm pages PRO Not included Included
Browser Cache
Enable browser cache headers Included Included
Static asset TTL Included Included
HTML TTL Included Included
Object Cache
Backend (Redis / Memcached) Included Included
Redis host Included Included
Redis port Included Included
Redis user Included Included
Redis password Included Included
Redis database Included Included
Memcached host Included Included
Memcached port Included Included
Cache key prefix Included Included
Connection timeout (seconds) Included Included
Persistent connections Included Included
Advanced Cache
What to cache
Cache 404 pages PRO Not included Included
404 cache lifetime (minutes) PRO Not included Included
Cache search results PRO Not included Included
Search cache lifetime (minutes) PRO Not included Included
Feeds & API
Cache feeds PRO Not included Included
Feed cache lifetime (hours) PRO Not included Included
REST API caching PRO Not included Included
Default TTL (minutes) PRO Not included Included
Route rules PRO Not included Included
Rules & bypass
Custom cache rules PRO Not included Included
Maintenance-aware caching PRO Not included Included
Enable maintenance-aware caching PRO Not included Included
Adaptive Cache
AI-suggested cache TTL (from 24h traffic) PRO Not included Included
Optimization
CSS & JavaScript
Minify
Minify HTML Included Included
Minify CSS Included Included
Minify JavaScript Included Included
Combine CSS Included Included
Combine JavaScript Included Included
Defer JavaScript Included Included
Delay JavaScript until interaction Included Included
Delay only these scripts Included Included
Delay failsafe timeout (ms) Included Included
Defer / Delay Exclusions Included Included
Load CSS asynchronously Included Included
Remove asset query strings Included Included
Critical CSS
Enable Critical CSS PRO Not included Included
Defer remaining stylesheets PRO Not included Included
Learn the fold from real visitors PRO Not included Included
Unused CSS
Enable Unused CSS PRO Not included Included
Learn from real visitors PRO Not included Included
Never prune these selectors PRO Not included Included
Compression
GZIP
GZIP compression Included Included
Brotli
Enable Brotli PRO Not included Included
Pre-compress cached files PRO Not included Included
Compression quality PRO Not included Included
Media Optimization
Lazy Loading
Lazy-load images Included Included
Lazy-load iframes Included Included
Lazy-load HTML5 videos Included Included
Click-to-play video facade Included Included
Eager-load first N images (LCP) Included Included
Add missing image dimensions Included Included
Excluded Images Included Included
Image Optimization
Convert to WebP PRO Not included Included
Convert to AVIF PRO Not included Included
WebP quality PRO Not included Included
AVIF quality PRO Not included Included
Serve WebP/AVIF for every image (server rewrite) PRO Not included Included
Convert existing images (bulk) PRO Not included Included
Smart Image
Smart Image (AI) PRO Not included Included
Fonts
Add font-display: swap Included Included
Preload Font URLs Included Included
Resource Hints
Hints
Preload LCP image Included Included
Images to Preload Included Included
Exclude From Preload Included Included
Preconnect to font hosts Included Included
Extra Preconnect Hosts Included Included
SmartPredict
Enable SmartPredict PRO Not included Included
Minimum confidence (%) PRO Not included Included
Max prefetches per page PRO Not included Included
Bloat Control
Disable dashicons Included Included
Disable oEmbed Included Included
Disable RSS feeds Included Included
Disable XML-RPC Included Included
Strip jQuery Migrate Included Included
Restrict REST API to logged-in Included Included
Heartbeat
Dashboard heartbeat control Included Included
Editor heartbeat control Included Included
Frontend heartbeat control Included Included
Throttle frequency Included Included
Network
CDN
CDN URL rewriting Included Included
Included file extensions Included Included
Excluded patterns Included Included
Cloudflare
Zone connection & verify PRO Not included Included
Authentication PRO Not included Included
API Token PRO Not included Included
Auto-purge on xSpeed purge PRO Not included Included
Development mode PRO Not included Included
Cloudflare APO PRO Not included Included
Cache level PRO Not included Included
Browser cache TTL (seconds) PRO Not included Included
Health & Insights
Health
Overview
Hit-ratio chart (24h) Included Included
System diagnostics Included Included
Activity log Included Included
Next-best-action recommendation Included Included
Full rule-based audit (High / Medium / Low) PRO Not included Included
Performance analytics (slowest URLs) PRO Not included Included
Visitors
Real-user monitoring / Visitors (RUM) PRO Not included Included
Enable RUM beacon PRO Not included Included
Sample rate (%) PRO Not included Included
Exclude logged-in users PRO Not included Included
Speed Test
External performance scores (PageSpeed / GTmetrix) Included Included
Tools
Database
Scan & clean bloat (revisions, spam, transients…) Included Included
Optimize tables Included Included
Scheduled auto-cleanup Included Included
Auto-Cleanup Types Included Included
Migration
Import from other cache plugins Included Included
One-click cache profiles PRO Not included Included
Save & share config PRO Not included Included
Logs
Recent cache & settings activity Included Included
AI & Agents
MCP Server
Token / OAuth Included Included
Read & write access scopes Included Included
AI tool catalog Included Included
Activity / audit log Included Included
xSpeed Hub
Connect site Included Included
Connect AI Included Included
Control All sites Included Included
AI Privacy
Require consent before AI data collection Included Included
Consent banner text Included Included
AI Provider
OpenAI / Anthropic / Gemini / OpenRouter keys PRO Not included Included
Model selection PRO Not included Included
Usage counters PRO Not included Included
Settings
License activation PRO Not included Included
Branding PRO Not included Included
Multisite PRO Not included Included
Help & Support Included Included
Others
Setup wizard Included Included
Command palette (⌘K search) Included Included
Runs on Apache, nginx, LiteSpeed, IIS Included Included
WordPress Multisite support Included Included
Full WP-CLI command set Included Included
Support
Updates & support Included 1 year / Lifetime
Priority support PRO Not included Included
Pricing

See What Each One Costs

Every plan is billed annually and includes a full year of updates & support. Pay once for Pro. No renewal, no second invoice — ever.

Billed annually · cancel any time · 14-day refund One-time payment · no yearly renewal · launch pricing is limited

Personal

1 site

The full Pro engine for one serious site.

$58 $29 / yr

launch · 50% off for 6 months

$158 $79 once

launch · 50% off, one-time

Get PersonalGet Personal

Everything in the core plugin, plus:

Critical CSS & Remove Unused CSS
WebP / AVIF image conversion
CDN & database optimization
AI recommendations & adaptive cache
Predictive cache warming
Real-user monitoring & PageSpeed
Ticket support
Most popular

Business

5 sites

The sweet spot for freelancers and small teams.

$98 $49 / yr

launch · 50% off for 6 months

$298 $149 once

launch · 50% off, one-time

Get BusinessGet Business

Everything in Personal, plus:

5 site activations — under $10 / site
Multi-site dashboard
Priority support

Agency

25 sites

Run client sites under your own brand.

$198 $99 / yr

launch · 50% off for 6 months

$498 $249 once

launch · 50% off, one-time

Get AgencyGet Agency

Everything in Business, plus:

25 site activations
White-label branding
Client management

Enterprise

Unlimited

Every site you will ever run, covered.

$398 $199 / yr

launch · 50% off for 6 months

$798 $399 once

launch · 50% off, one-time

Get EnterpriseGet Enterprise

Everything in Agency, plus:

Unlimited site activations
Guided onboarding
Custom SLA & premium support

All paid plans: secure checkout via the WPDeveloper store · instant license delivery · upgrade any time, pay only the difference. All lifetime plans: one payment, no renewal · secure checkout via the WPDeveloper store · instant license delivery.

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Full refund within 14 days on all paid plans — no questions.

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FAQ

Questions About Free vs Pro

No. xSpeed Cache Free is free forever, with no time limit, no credit card and no feature that stops working after a month. It is the same caching engine the paid plans run — Pro adds depth on top, it does not unlock the basics.

Mostly two things: optimizations that need heavier processing (Critical CSS, Remove Unused CSS, WebP and AVIF conversion, Brotli) and the measurement layer that tells you whether any of it worked (Performance Score, per-URL hit and miss heatmap, real-user monitoring, continuous PageSpeed tracking, self-healing cache).

Yes, and plenty of sites do. Free covers page caching, object caching, preloading, minification, lazy loading, database cleanup and the MCP server. If your site is fast enough with those, you do not need Pro.

No. Pro installs alongside the free plugin and reads the configuration you already have. Nothing is reset, re-entered or re-tuned.

No. The MCP server and xSpeed Hub connection ship in the free plugin, so you can drive caching from Claude or ChatGPT without paying anything. Pro adds bring-your-own-key AI providers on top.

The plugin keeps working and your site stays cached. You stop receiving updates and support until you renew. Lifetime plans never expire.

Ready to Go Pro?

Everything above, in one lightweight plugin — free to start.