SiteGround Review 2024: Average Performance and High Pricing!
SiteGround Review Summary
SiteGround hosting services offer a feature-rich control panel, Google Cloud infrastructure, and knowledgeable customer support. However, SiteGround performance and uptime are average. The high renewal price is another thing to consider.
SiteGround Pros
SiteGround Cons
Starts at $2.99/month
SiteGround Plans and Pricing
SiteGround has three different plans for getting started. They are
- Startup: Starts at $6.99 per month and renews at $14.99 per month
- Growbig: Starts at $9.99 per month and renews at $24.99 per month
- GoGeek: Starts at $14.00 per month and renews at $39.99 per month
SiteGround Speed Test
SiteGround TTFB
The SiteGround average TTFB for the last 12 months is 409 ms. I hosted a test site on their startup plan.
Last 12 months average speed of SiteGround:
- September 2024 average TTFB: 533 ms
- August 2024 average TTFB: 598 ms
- July 2024 average TTFB: 571 ms
- June 2024 average TTFB: 482 ms
- May 2024 average TTFB: 469 ms
- April 2024 average TTFB: 426 ms
- March 2024 average TTFB: 418 ms
- February 2024 average TTFB: 450 ms
- January 2024 average TTFB: 436 ms
- December 2023 average TTFB: 434 ms
- November 2023 average TTFB: 448 ms
Uptime
Based on the data from the last 12 months, the SiteGround site recorded an uptime of 99.99%.
Last 12 months average uptime of SiteGround:
- September 2024 average uptime: 99.98%
- August 2024 average uptime: 100%
- July 2024 average uptime: 100%
- June 2024 average uptime: 99.99%
- May 2024 average uptime: 100%
- April 2024 average uptime: 99.95%
- March 2024 average uptime: 99.99%
- February 2024 average uptime: 99.95%
- January 2024 average uptime: 99.98%
- December 2023 average uptime: 100%
- November 2023 average uptime: 100%
Load Testing
In this load testing, I sent 500 concurrent visitors to the test site, which recorded an average response time of 179 ms.
Global TTFB
The site is pinged from 40 global locations in this test to measure the average global TTFB. The SiteGround site recorded an average TTFB of 870 ms. The scores are poor in most locations.
Core Web Vitals
In this test, the SiteGround site recorded a ‘Largest Contentful Paint’ of 572 ms, a ‘Total Blocking Time’ of 0 ms, and a ‘Cumulative Layout Shift’ of 0.07.
Conclusion
SiteGround used to be great overall, but its price increase and average performance don’t offer the best value for money.
Mohan Raj, founder of Hostingstep.com is passionate about WordPress and specializes in server management and speed optimization. With experience across top hosting providers, he launched Hostingstep.com to deliver honest, data-backed hosting reviews, helping website owners focus on growing their business instead of troubleshooting websites.