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www.siteground.com · Mass-market hosting
SEPT 2026 audit

Shared web hosting managed through the Site Tools control panel, sold on prepaid annual terms, with eleven data center locations across North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific.

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Entry paid plan$17.99/month on renewal ($3.99/mo intro, prepaid 12 months)
Regions11 locations: Ashburn (Virginia, US), Council Bluffs (Iowa, US), Dallas (Texas, US), Los Angeles (California, US), London (UK), Madrid (Spain), Eemshaven (Netherlands), Frankfurt (Germany), Paris (France), Sydney (Australia), Singapore
Free tierNo — Every listed plan is prepaid; the risk-free offer is a 30-day money-back guarantee, not an ongoing free plan.
CategoryMass-market hosting

Reviewed by Palash BagchiUpdated 23 criteria comparedSources last checked

SiteGround pricing at a glance

Entry paid plan
$17.99/month on renewal ($3.99/mo intro, prepaid 12 months) source ↗
Pricing model
Prepaid fixed-term subscription; advertised rate is introductory and renews higher source ↗
When you exceed a cap
Access to the website may be limited after early warnings, rather than billed as an overage source ↗

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01.Evaluation guide

Who it suits

Shared hosting with Git available over SSH and a visual interface on top, across eleven data centre locations. Cron jobs are configured in Site Tools.

Consider something else if…

Dynamic page caching on the CDN requires the paid Premium tier, and the advertised price is introductory on a prepaid annual term.

Editorial · Palash Bagchi · approved

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SiteGround's own site (siteground.com) self-detects as: hosting — Indian hosting, Server Location, Cloud Hosting, Cloud PaaS, Australian hosting · CDN — Edge Delivery Network · DNS — TLD Redirects, Enterprise DNS (category-level via BuiltWith, not a named vendor)

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SiteGround pricing

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Free tierNo — Every listed plan is prepaid; the risk-free offer is a 30-day money-back guarantee, not an ongoing free plan.
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Kind of free offerNo free offer
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Entry paid plan$17.99/month on renewal ($3.99/mo intro, prepaid 12 months)
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Pricing modelPrepaid fixed-term subscription; advertised rate is introductory and renews higher
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When you exceed a capAccess to the website may be limited after early warnings, rather than billed as an overage
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Limits

6 criteria
Storage (entry plan)10 GB Premium Google storage on the StartUp plan (cheapest paid shared hosting plan)
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Memory (entry plan)Up to 768MB RAM per process on SiteGround shared web hosting, which includes the StartUp plan
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Sites or apps included1 website on the StartUp plan (cheapest paid shared hosting plan)
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Monthly visits capShared plans, SiteGround's stated capacity per plan: StartUp around 10,000 monthly visits, GrowBig approximately 100,000, GoGeek 400,000+ monthly.
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Included bandwidthUnlimited traffic on all shared web hosting plans: StartUp hosts 1 website with unlimited traffic; GrowBig and GoGeek offer unlimited websites, unlimited traffic.
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File, inode or volume limit200000 inodes per account on the StartUp plan
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Deployment

2 criteria
Git deploymentLimited
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  • What is SiteGround Git tool? ↗

    “Although Git is installed on all SiteGround servers and all customers can use it through SSH, we have also created a visual interface in Site Tools that allows users to create Git repositories with just a few clicks via the SiteGround Git tool. It is available only for GoGeek and higher plans.”

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Scheduled jobsSupported
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Infrastructure

2 criteria
Edge networkLimited
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Regions11 locations: Ashburn (Virginia, US), Council Bluffs (Iowa, US), Dallas (Texas, US), Los Angeles (California, US), London (UK), Madrid (Spain), Eemshaven (Netherlands), Frankfurt (Germany), Paris (France), Sydney (Australia), Singapore
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  • Where are SiteGround's servers? ↗

    “Currently, SiteGround uses the following data center locations: Ashburn (Virginia, US) Council Bluffs (Iowa, US) Dallas (Texas, US) Los Angeles (California, US) London (UK) Madrid (Spain) Eemshaven (Netherlands) Frankfurt (Germany) Paris (France) Sydney (Australia) Singapore (Singapore)”

    Read 2026-09-14 · official docs · Report a correction

Support

1 criteria
Support on entry paid plan24/7 expert human support on every plan, including the cheapest.
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Compliance

7 criteria
ISO 27001Not ISO 27001 certified itself; staff say only the Google Cloud services it builds on are certified (blog reply, Jun 2021). SiteGround Team reply in blog comments, Jun 22, 2021; the only 27001 statement anywhere on the site.
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HIPAANot HIPAA compliant: staff state its hosting services, including the Email Marketing tool, are not HIPAA compliant (blog reply, Jul 2023). SiteGround Team reply in blog comments, Jul 17, 2023; no HIPAA or BAA wording in Terms, AUP, DPA or KB.
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GDPR / data residencyDPA: customer may specify, subject to availability, the data center location for its hosting account content; SiteGround may move it at its sole discretion.
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PCI DSSCredit card data transmitted to SiteGround's payment processors is tokenized and secured by those processors in accordance with the PCI DSS requirements. Privacy Policy security section; the compliance is attributed to the payment processors, not to SiteGround.
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Encryption at restPrivacy Policy: when storing information SiteGround protects its security by encrypting critical data, with access restricted, logged and reviewed periodically. Scope is personal data SiteGround collects via its site and client area, not hosted site storage.
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Role-based access controlRoles functionality is available only to users of type "client" associated with websites on Cloud hosting plans; roles cannot be assigned to collaborators.
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Dedicated infrastructureCloud Hosting includes dedicated resources and a dedicated IP on every plan: dedicated resources like VPS hosting with the fully managed convenience of shared hosting.
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SiteGround pricing questions

How much does SiteGround cost?

$17.99/month on renewal ($3.99/mo intro, prepaid 12 months).

Web Hosting Crafted For Top Website Performance & Speed - SiteGround · read

How does SiteGround charge?

Prepaid fixed-term subscription; advertised rate is introductory and renews higher.

Web Hosting Crafted For Top Website Performance & Speed - SiteGround · read

Does SiteGround have a free tier?

No.

Web Hosting Crafted For Top Website Performance & Speed - SiteGround · read

What happens if you exceed SiteGround's limits?

Access to the website may be limited after early warnings, rather than billed as an overage.

What is a "Fair Use" of SiteGround Web Hosting Services? - SiteGround KB · read

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