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SiteGround
From $2.99G2 4.2 · 309 reviews
Small businesses launching a first WordPress site that want email, daily backups and solid support at a low first-year price.
Quick overview
- Pricing
- $2.99/month for 12 months, renews at $17.99/month
- Plans
- Intro prices need 12 months prepaid. StartUp $2.99/month, renews $17.99/month (1 site, 10GB). GrowBig $4.99/month, renews $29.99/month (unlimited sites, 50GB, staging, on-demand backups). GoGeek $7.99/month, renews $44.99/month (unlimited sites, 100GB, staging plus Git, priority support). Unlimited traffic, free CDN, SSL, email and daily backups on all plans. 30-day money-back guarantee.
- G2 rating
- 4.2 / 5.0
- Comparisons
- Featured in 3 comparisons
Key features
- Free daily backups stored off-site on every plan
- Staging on GrowBig, staging plus Git on GoGeek
- Free CDN, SSL and email
- Speed Optimizer and Security Optimizer WordPress plugins
- Free automated site migrations and managed auto-updates
Pros
- Daily off-site backups even on the cheapest plan
- Email included
- Only 12 months prepaid needed for the intro price
- Good in-house WordPress tooling
Cons
- Renewal is about six times the intro price
- No staging on StartUp
- Shared resources can slow sites during traffic spikes
- Small storage on StartUp (10GB)
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