SiteGround WordPress hosting alternative

What we found digging into SiteGround

SiteGround’s WordPress hosting prices are low, but you won’t get the most for your money. Find a better alternative with Liquid Web.

The best SiteGround features for 50% less

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Compare SiteGround to the best alternative

You pay $299.98 more per year at SiteGround versus what Liquid Web is including for free

SiteGround
Liquid Web
Starting at

$17.99/mo

$24/mo

Free premium migrations

$30 per site

Fast TTFB

Limited

24/7/365 WordPress support

Limited

Cloud hosting

$100/mo

Automatic

Free monthly autoscaling

$100/mo

Unlimited CPU usage
Cloudflare-powered CDN
Unlimited files
Database limits

Up to 1,000 MB

Unlimited

Visual regression testing
Plugin performance monitoring
Plugins included

Three

20+

WooCommerce monitoring tools
Data centers

Six

10

PHP version compatibility analysis
Git integration

$44.99/mo

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Stuck in a lengthy SiteGround contract?

Get up to $1,000 towards faster, more flexible hosting when you switch to the best SiteGround alternative.

Limiting CPUs is bad news

CPUs power your website, handling everything from file requests to Google crawls to traffic spikes. SiteGround restricts them.

If your site exceeds its CPU limit, SiteGround may take it down. Unless, of course, you upgrade your plan … immediately.

Liquid Web doesn’t set hard resource limits or hold your site hostage. Your hosting auto-scales to keep costs low as you grow.

Costs accrue when you renew

SiteGround's discounts come at a high price: up to 600% more than your monthly fee. And a year-long commitment.

If you renew, full payment is due 15 days before your "one year" ends. Upgrading your plan cancels your discount altogether.

At Liquid Web, we value your loyalty. With competitive pricing and flexible contracts, you can expect stable billing for years to come.

SiteGround support falls short

Not only is it hard to reach SiteGround by phone, but there’s also a long list of what they won’t help you with.

Help with malicious code, databases, and plugin conflicts aren’t covered. They’ll tell you to hire a developer or pay them a fee to fix it.

Liquid Web surpasses SiteGround's support limitations. Our WordPress experts are available 24/7/365 to help with a wide range of issues.

SiteGround isn’t made for WooCommerce

It’s hard to turn a profit at SiteGround. Instead of including what WooCommerce needs to thrive, they upsell you … over and over.

There are no tailored resources, optimizations, or tools. Constant upsells on top of your plugin fees? Not ideal for a growing business.

Liquid Web can lower your WooCommerce costs by over $155/mo with premium plugins, monitoring tools, and optimized resources out of the box.

Wild-west plugin updates

At SiteGround, there’s no way to know how a plugin update will impact your WordPress site. If something goes wrong, you’re on your own.

You can’t preview visual changes or troubleshoot performance after an update. You can’t even stage your site for less than $24.99/mo.

At Liquid Web, every plan includes free staging, visual regression testing, and plugin monitoring to diagnose and solve problems fast.

SiteGround reviews

SiteGround customers share their experience

Watch out - Pricing is not accurate

Company gets you in with a super sweet deal and does not disclose that they are going to put the price up 70% on your renewal. Not an honest way to do business.

It is also like a Maze trying to get to the live support. Yeah you know, go through 20 menus to find it.

IE they don't want you to contact them.

- Al Hall on Trustpilot

Best SiteGround alternative FAQ

SiteGround is a web hosting company based in Bulgaria. Known for their low starting price, they host two million websites and domains worldwide.

SiteGround is officially recommended by WordPress, but they are most appropriate for simple, beginner WordPress websites. Many WordPress users outgrow SiteGround when their traffic and customization needs increase.

SiteGround is a secure hosting company. SiteGround infrastructure is supplied by Google Cloud servers, which adhere to industry-standard requirements. They also include a free security plugin for WordPress, but it is not a top-rated solution. Liquid Web owns and operates independent infrastructure for enhanced security, and we include the best-rated security plugin on every WordPress plan for free: Solid Security.

SiteGround limits CPU requests to handle server traffic efficiently on their servers, but restricting those requests can cause more problems than you think. Imagine it this way … CPUs are like gasoline for cars — your site’s engine can’t move forward without them. When you try to fill the tank at SiteGround, they only give you a couple of gallons at a time. If you run out of gas, your engine shuts off until you pay them more. You end up spending more time and money getting to your destination, when you could have a web host that gives you a full tank of gas every time you get in the car.

SiteGround shared hosting uses high-density physical servers to host your website alongside other websites. Because they squeeze so many websites on one server, a neighboring site using a high amount of resources can degrade your site’s performance. SiteGround cloud hosting, on the other hand, uses a digital, cloud-based server to host your website. It is less likely to crash if sites are using extra resources, but it is significantly more expensive than SiteGround shared hosting. Liquid Web provides affordable managed hosting with low-density cloud servers. Your resources scale automatically — even in unexpected traffic surges — so you don’t worry about sudden cutoffs or crashes.

SiteGround add-ons include premium domain protection ($12 per year), site scanner (up to $4.99 per month per site), and expert-assisted migrations ($30 per site).

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