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 to get 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 is 409 ms for the last 12 months. I hosted a test site on their startup plan.
Uptime
Based on the last 12 months’ data, the SiteGround site recorded an uptime of 99.99%.
Load Testing
In this load testing, I sent 500 concurrent visitors to the test site, and it recorded a 179 ms average response time.
Global TTFB
In this test, the site is pinged from 40 global locations 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 with its price increase and average performance, I feel it doesn’t offer the best value for money.