SiteGround review

SiteGround is the shared host to choose when page speed and backups matter more than the lowest price. Every plan includes a free domain, free website transfer, free daily backups and 24/7 support, and the company runs on Google Cloud with its own server stack. Its hosting page lists an in-house CDN cached at more than 170 edge locations, NGINX Direct Delivery, full-page caching, Memcached and a tuned MySQL setup, along with a smart firewall, AI anti-bot protection and always-on DDoS filtering. The trade-off is plan size: StartUp hosts one website with 10 GB of storage, so anyone with two or more sites needs GrowBig, which adds unlimited sites, 50 GB, staging, on-demand backups and five Node.js apps. GoGeek adds Git, private DNS and white-label access for agencies. Prices shown to us were in euros, so we could not confirm a USD figure; all plans are prepaid for 12 months at the intro rate and renew higher.

Who it is for

Small businesses that want speed tooling and daily backups on shared hosting

Price

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US price check pending. See the vendor pricing page.

Key features

• Free CDN cached at 170+ edge locations, enabled with one click
• NGINX Direct Delivery, full-page caching and Memcached
• Free daily backups, free domain and free website transfer on all plans
• Runs on Google Cloud with an AI anti-bot system and always-on DDoS protection
• GrowBig adds staging, on-demand backups and 5 Node.js apps

Strengths and weaknesses

• Strength: Daily backups included even on the StartUp plan
• Strength: Free site migrations and managed WordPress autoupdates
• Strength: GoGeek adds Git, white-label access and priority support
• Weakness: StartUp hosts only 1 website with 10 GB storage
• Weakness: Introductory prices are prepaid for 12 months and renew much higher
• Weakness: Staging needs GrowBig or above

Key facts

• Cheapest plan: StartUp, 1 website, 10 GB
• CDN: Free, 170+ edge locations
• Infrastructure: Google Cloud

Where it ranks

SiteGround is No. 2 in our Best Web Hosting Services verdict and No. 3 in Best WordPress Hosting.