SiteGround versus WordPress.com

Price

• SiteGround From $35.88/yr
  • StartUp: $35.88 annual ($2.99/mo equivalent)
  • GrowBig: $59.88 annual ($4.99/mo equivalent)
  • GoGeek: $95.88 annual ($7.99/mo equivalent)
• WordPress.com From $2.75/mo
  • Personal: $9.00 monthly
  • Personal: $48.00 annual ($4/mo equivalent)
  • Personal: $2.75 monthly
  • Business: $40.00 monthly
  • Business: $300.00 annual ($25/mo equivalent)
  • Business: $17.50 monthly

Both list prices on the same basis. Compare what each plan includes; the lower amount alone does not make the better choice.

Documented for both

Storage

SiteGround StartUp: 10 GB storageGrowBig: 50 GB storageGoGeek: 100 GB storage

WordPress.com Personal: 6 GB storageBusiness: 50 GB included; storage add-ons are listed from +50 GB to +350 GB

Traffic or visits

SiteGround StartUp: Unlimited trafficGrowBig: Unlimited trafficGoGeek: Unlimited traffic

WordPress.com Unrestricted bandwidth and unlimited visitors, without extra fees or slowdowns

Commitment

SiteGround 12 months

WordPress.com Annual and multi-year plans include a free domain for the first year; monthly plans do not.

Backups

SiteGround Automatic daily backups, stored in a different location from the siteGrowBig: On-demand backupsGoGeek: On-demand backups

WordPress.com Business and higher list real-time backups.

Restores

SiteGround Restore a website from the daily backups "in minutes"

WordPress.com Business and higher list one-click restores.

Migration

SiteGround Existing WordPress sites are transferred automatically at no cost.

WordPress.com Built-in import tool for Wix, Squarespace, GoDaddy, Medium, Blogger and self-hosted WordPress sites; the Website Design Services team can help.

Staging

SiteGround GrowBig: StagingGoGeek: Staging + Git

WordPress.com Business: Staging site on Business and higher

Support

SiteGround 24/7 human supportGoGeek: Priority support

WordPress.com Business: Priority 24/7 support, plus SFTP/SSH, WP-CLI, Git and GitHub deployments

Limits to check

• SiteGround The advertised monthly prices require 12 months prepaid; StartUp renews at USD 17.99 a month after USD 2.99.
• WordPress.com Real-time backups and one-click restores are only on Business, Commerce and Enterprise.

Not verified yet

Every compared requirement has evidence for at least one.

Documented for one product only, shown in the table below: SiteGround: websites, introductory rate and renewal rate; WordPress.com: overage charges.

Not verified means our reviewed sources do not establish it. It does not mean a product lacks the capability or that it costs nothing.

Next steps

• Ask SiteGround about overage charges; our sources do not establish it yet.
• Ask WordPress.com about websites, introductory rate and renewal rate; our sources do not establish them yet.

• SiteGround profile and plans · View SiteGround pricing
• WordPress.com profile and plans · View WordPress.com pricing