WP Engine
$35at 1 site
$17.01 a month dearer$65 at 3 sites
A business that wants its WordPress site run for it, with a path from one site to thirty on the same platform.
- Does not list a free domain for the first year
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SiteGround alternatives
The 5 closest of 5, each with its real monthly cost at 1 site and what it does that SiteGround does not. See all 17.
Elementor Hosting does everything we verified about SiteGround for $2.99 a month less at 1 site, $15 against $17.99. It is a price cut rather than an upgrade: on the two features checked against the vendors’ own pricing pages the two are level. The trade: SiteGround is built for a mature platform with a large ecosystem and Elementor Hosting is not, so this is a swap with a cost.
Why people look for an alternative
The intro price is for 12 months only and renews at five to six times the figure, and StartUp is one site that SiteGround's own FAQ sizes at about 10,000 visits a month.
It runs $17.99 a month at 1 site with the add-ons it forces on you included. 3 of the 5 alternatives to SiteGround cost less than that.
The closest thing to SiteGround
Ranked by how much of what we record for SiteGround each platform also does. WP Engine is the nearest, and it is $17.01 a month dearer at 1 site. Nothing we verified is missing; the only gaps are features SiteGround lists and WP Engine does not, which is weaker evidence.
Cheaper, with nothing we record missing
Everything this site records for SiteGround is also recorded for these, and they cost less at 1 site. That is not the same as saying they are better: the last column is what SiteGround is built for that they are not, and for someone who needs that, the saving is not a saving.
| Platform | At 1 site | You save | What SiteGround does that it does not |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bluehost | $15.99 | $2.00 | managed WordPress hosting and a mature platform with a large ecosystem |
The rest, in order of how close they are
Prices are the real monthly cost at 1 site with the add-ons each platform forces on you included, from the same engine the shortlist quiz uses.
Elementor Hosting
$15at 1 site
$2.99 a month cheaper$35 at 3 sites
Agencies and freelancers who build in Elementor and want Google Cloud hosting, staging, backups and one support desk for several WordPress sites.
- Also lists selling products online
- Does not list custom code
Bluehost
$15.99at 1 site
$2.00 a month cheaper$15.99 at 3 sites
A first WordPress site on a small budget, with the domain, SEO plugin and AI setup bundled, as long as you will prepay three years.
- Also lists building the site with AI, selling products online, a members area and SEO tools
Kinsta
$35at 1 site
$17.01 a month dearer$99 at 3 sites
A WordPress site whose owner wants speed, security and support handled, from one site up to twenty on one account.
- Also lists selling products online and a members area
- Does not list a free domain for the first year
Cloudways
$14at 1 site
$3.99 a month cheaper$14 at 3 sites
Someone who already has, or will build, a WordPress site and wants it on a managed cloud server they size themselves, paying by the hour for the server rather than per site.
- Does not list custom code and a free domain for the first year
What SiteGround is still the best answer for
A small business that wants one WordPress site hosted cheaply for the first year with a free domain and email, and does not mind the price stepping up at renewal.
On this site it is the pick for running WordPress, managed WordPress hosting and a mature platform with a large ecosystem. If that is you, read the savings above and then ignore them.
SiteGround against one other, side by side
The pairs people actually search for, each one priced at the same four sizes off both vendors' own pages.
SiteGround vs BluehostBoth priced at four sizes SiteGround vs CloudwaysBoth priced at four sizes SiteGround vs Elementor HostingBoth priced at four sizes SiteGround vs GoDaddy Website BuilderBoth priced at four sizes SiteGround vs Hostinger Website BuilderBoth priced at four sizes SiteGround vs KinstaBoth priced at four sizes SiteGround vs SquarespaceBoth priced at four sizes SiteGround vs WP EngineBoth priced at four sizes
Questions people ask about SiteGround alternatives
What is the closest alternative to SiteGround?
Elementor Hosting. It is $2.99 a month cheaper at the size we compare on and gives up nothing we verify, though you should read why it exists before swapping: no two of these do exactly the same job.
Is there a cheaper alternative to SiteGround?
Bluehost is cheaper and level with SiteGround on every feature we verify. Nothing here is strictly better: each one exists to do a slightly different job.
How much does SiteGround cost?
SiteGround is $17.99 a month at 1 site and $29.99 at 10 sites, read off their own pricing page and re-checked every week.
Why do people look for alternatives to SiteGround?
The intro price is for 12 months only and renews at five to six times the figure, and StartUp is one site that SiteGround's own FAQ sizes at about 10,000 visits a month.
How many alternatives to SiteGround are there?
We compare 5 of them here, every one priced at the same size off its own pricing page, and the whole list of 17 is on the website software page.
Should yours be on this list? If you make website builders and WordPress hosts and it is not compared here, ask to be shortlisted. Listings are free and cannot be bought.
How to read the feature lines
Two features were checked against each vendor's own pricing page: a free plan and running WordPress. Those are the ones written above as does and does not. The other twelve are read out of each vendor's own pricing page, so an absence there means we did not find it listed, not that the product lacks it, and those lines say lists and does not list instead. How all of this gets checked.
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This page compares everything to SiteGround. The shortlist asks 7 questions about the site you need and how hands-on you want to be, and gives you four picks priced at your own numbers, which is a better question than “what is like the one I already have”.
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