ProRank vs FlyingPress: speed test and features
FlyingPress is a focused, paid speed plugin with every feature in every plan. ProRank does the same speed work and adds the SEO tools. Here is how they compare, with our own speed test and its limits.
- Features and prices checked on .
- Speed test run by ProRank on , with FlyingPress 5.3.2.
ProRank and FlyingPress in brief
FlyingPress has no free version, and every plan has every feature: page caching and preloading, a Redis object cache, unused CSS removal, critical CSS, delayed JavaScript, local Google Fonts, and image compression with WebP and AVIF.
It has no SEO features and no page-by-page script manager. Its own CDN, FlyingCDN, is billed separately; Cloudflare works with every plan.
ProRank covers the same speed work, with page caching and image compression in the free plan, and adds the SEO tools. FlyingPress includes its object cache and critical CSS in its one-site price; in ProRank both need a paid plan.
Average mobile PageSpeed score, three themes
- ProRank95.0
- FlyingPress93.0
- No speed plugin72.0
- Mobile score by theme: ProRank higher on 2, level on 1 of the 3 themes.
- Mobile Largest Contentful Paint: ProRank faster on 1, behind on 2 of the 3 themes.
- Average desktop score: ProRank 100.0, FlyingPress 93.7.
- One lab test by ProRank, scores out of 100; details and caveats are below.
Speed test results
Google PageSpeed Insights lab results for the same test site with each setup. Scores are out of 100, higher is better; for the timings and layout shift, lower is better and the better figure is in bold.
PageSpeed scores
| Theme | ProRank | FlyingPress | No speed plugin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mobile score | |||
| Astra | 96 | 93 | 69 |
| Hello Elementor | 93 | 93 | 69 |
| GeneratePress | 96 | 93 | 78 |
| Average | 95.0 | 93.0 | 72.0 |
| Desktop score | |||
| Astra | 100 | 99 | 96 |
| Hello Elementor | 100 | 100 | 96 |
| GeneratePress | 100 | 82 | 98 |
| Average | 100.0 | 93.7 | 96.7 |
Astra
| Measure | ProRank | FlyingPress |
|---|---|---|
| Mobile | ||
| First Contentful Paint | 1.8 s | 1.1 s |
| Largest Contentful Paint | 2.4 s | 3.2 s |
| Total Blocking Time | 0 ms | 0 ms |
| Cumulative Layout Shift | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Speed Index | 2.7 s | 2.1 s |
| Desktop | ||
| First Contentful Paint | 295 ms | 315 ms |
| Largest Contentful Paint | 407 ms | 672 ms |
| Total Blocking Time | 0 ms | 0 ms |
| Cumulative Layout Shift | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Speed Index | 318 ms | 765 ms |
Hello Elementor
| Measure | ProRank | FlyingPress |
|---|---|---|
| Mobile | ||
| First Contentful Paint | 1.1 s | 2.3 s |
| Largest Contentful Paint | 2.6 s | 2.4 s |
| Total Blocking Time | 0 ms | 0 ms |
| Cumulative Layout Shift | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Speed Index | 2.4 s | 4.1 s |
| Desktop | ||
| First Contentful Paint | 302 ms | 481 ms |
| Largest Contentful Paint | 561 ms | 741 ms |
| Total Blocking Time | 0 ms | 0 ms |
| Cumulative Layout Shift | 0.000 | 0.015 |
| Speed Index | 864 ms | 612 ms |
GeneratePress
| Measure | ProRank | FlyingPress |
|---|---|---|
| Mobile | ||
| First Contentful Paint | 1.1 s | 2.3 s |
| Largest Contentful Paint | 2.7 s | 2.4 s |
| Total Blocking Time | 0 ms | 0 ms |
| Cumulative Layout Shift | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Speed Index | 1.1 s | 4.2 s |
| Desktop | ||
| First Contentful Paint | 304 ms | 481 ms |
| Largest Contentful Paint | 548 ms | 761 ms |
| Total Blocking Time | 0 ms | 396 ms |
| Cumulative Layout Shift | 0.000 | 0.015 |
| Speed Index | 347 ms | 1.1 s |
How the speed test was run
- Run by
- ProRank, on 16 February 2026. This is our own lab test, not an independent one.
- Measured with
- Google PageSpeed Insights (lab data). Median of three runs for each plugin and theme; the ProRank "v2" re-test used single verified runs.
- Site
- WordPress 6.9.1, PHP 8.3.6, Nginx 1.28.2, hosted with Hetzner, Germany. Elementor Pro, tested on Astra, Hello Elementor, GeneratePress.
- Versions
- FlyingPress 5.3.2 (the current version is 5.6.7, so results may differ today). ProRank is recorded as "v2" of ProRank SEO Premium.
- Settings
- Each plugin was configured by ProRank for its best result.
- Raw reports
- Not published. The figures on this page are the recorded results. PageSpeed lab scores move between runs, so treat differences of a few points with caution.
- Other plugins active
The test site ran 27 plugins, including both Yoast SEO and Rank Math SEO at the same time, which a real site would not do:
WooCommerce, BuddyPress, bbPress, Elementor Pro, Rank Math SEO, Yoast SEO, Jetpack, Contact Form 7, WPForms Lite, Wordfence Security, MonsterInsights, UpdraftPlus, WP Mail SMTP, All-in-One WP Migration, Classic Editor, Redirection, TablePress, Simple Custom CSS and JS, Insert Headers and Footers, Starter Templates, Akismet Anti-Spam, Health Check & Troubleshooting, Query Monitor, WP Super Cache (disabled), Safe SVG, User Role Editor, Advanced Custom Fields.
- FlyingPress in this test
On GeneratePress, FlyingPress's desktop score was 82, with 396 ms of Total Blocking Time. That may be variation between runs; every plugin was tested the same way.
Features compared
What each plugin offers today, and which ProRank plan you need for it. FlyingPress is checked against its own website and documentation.
| Feature | ProRank | FlyingPress |
|---|---|---|
| Caching | ||
| Page caching | Free plan | Included |
| Cache preloading | Pro plan | Included |
| Browser caching headers | Free plan | IncludedAutomatic on Apache and LiteSpeed |
| CDN integration | Free plan | IncludedCloudflare; FlyingCDN extra |
| Database cleanup | Free plan | Included |
| Redis or Memcached object cache | Pro plan | IncludedRedis |
| CSS and JavaScript | ||
| CSS and JavaScript minification | Free plan | Included |
| Delay JavaScript until interaction | Free plan | Included |
| Remove unused CSS | Pro plan | Included |
| Critical CSS | Pro plan | Included |
| Turn scripts off page by page | Pro plan | Not included |
| Images and fonts | ||
| Lazy loading | Free plan | Included |
| Image compression | Free plan | IncludedJPG and PNG |
| WebP or AVIF conversion | Free plan | Included |
| Host Google Fonts locally | Free plan | Included |
| Remove WordPress extras (emojis, embeds) | Free plan | Included |
| SEO | ||
| SEO titles and meta descriptions | Free plan | Not included |
| XML sitemaps | Free plan | Not included |
| Schema markup | Free plan | Not included |
| Redirect manager | Free plan | Not included |
Checked on against FlyingPress’s own pages (version 5.6.7):
- FlyingPress features
- FlyingPress pricing
- FlyingPress documentation: features
- FlyingPress docs: browser cache headers
- FlyingPress refund policy
- FlyingPress changelog
“Paid plan” means the feature needs FlyingPress’s paid version; “Paid add-on” means a separate paid product or service. “Not included” means the vendor’s own feature list and documentation did not offer it on that date. Rows we could not confirm are left out. ProRank’s plan labels come from our pricing page. Plugins change often; if you spot something out of date, tell us and we will correct it.
The speed settings in ProRank
Caching, CSS and JavaScript, images and the database each have their own switch in ProRank, and the presets set them in one step.
What each costs
Both have a starting point you can try first. Competitor prices are as shown on their own pricing pages on . Prices change and sale prices end, so check before you buy.
ProRank SEO
- Free
- Free, on WordPress.org
- Pro
- $99 a year, 1 site
- Business
- $199 a year, 5 sites
- Agency
- $399 a year, 25 sites
US dollars, excluding VAT, billed yearly. 30-day money-back guarantee. The speed test ran ProRank SEO Premium; page caching itself is in the free plan.
FlyingPress
No free version. Price for one site:
$59 a year
Starter plan, one site, with every feature. Refunds: 100% within 24 hours, 80% up to 7 days. FlyingCDN is billed separately.
Try ProRank on your own site
The free plugin includes page caching, image compression and the SEO tools. It recognizes 39 common caching, asset and image plugins and turns off only its own overlapping features, so you can compare on your own pages.