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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    SiteGround

    Score9.8 out of 10
    N/ASiteGround offers website hosting, as well as managed WordPress, managed Woo Commerce, fully managed cloud services available to support a variety of services, as well as reselling.

    $14.99

    per month

    WordPress VIP

    Score9 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    Wordpress VIP, from a team at Automattic, is enterprise WordPress hosting with customer or digital experience features for enterprises.N/A
    Pricing
    SiteGroundWordPress VIP
    Editions & Modules
    StartUp 24 months
    $14.99
    per month
    StartUp 12 months
    $17.99
    per month
    StartUp 1 month
    $24.99
    per month
    GrowBig 24 months
    $24.99
    per month
    GrowBig 12 months
    $29.99
    per month
    GrowBig 1 month
    $34.99
    per month
    GoGeek 24 months
    $39.99
    per month
    GoGeek 12 months
    $44.99
    per month
    GoGeek 1 month
    $49.99
    per month
    GoGeek 3 months
    $49.99
    per month
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    SiteGroundWordPress VIP
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    SiteGroundWordPress VIP
    Considered Both Products
    SiteGround
    No answer on this topic
    Automattic
    Chose WordPress VIP
    None of the solutions we used before handled the high traffic so easily.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    88%
    Would buy again
    7 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    22 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    88%
    Delivers good value for the price
    7 Answers
    95%
    Delivers good value for the price
    18 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    88%
    Happy with the feature set
    7 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    22 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    86%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    6 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    16 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    86%
    Implementation went as expected
    6 Answers
    95%
    Implementation went as expected
    18 Answers
    Features
    SiteGroundWordPress VIP
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of SiteGround and WordPress VIP
    Feature
    SiteGround
    -
    Ratings
    WordPress VIP
    7.3
    2 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Role-based user permissions00 Ratings7.32 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of SiteGround and WordPress VIP
    Feature
    SiteGround
    -
    Ratings
    WordPress VIP
    7.3
    2 Ratings
    4% below category average
    API00 Ratings9.12 Ratings
    Internationalization / multi-language00 Ratings5.52 Ratings
    Web Content Creation
    Comparison of Web Content Creation features of SiteGround and WordPress VIP
    Feature
    SiteGround
    -
    Ratings
    WordPress VIP
    8.2
    2 Ratings
    6% above category average
    WYSIWYG editor00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
    Code quality / cleanliness00 Ratings7.32 Ratings
    Admin section00 Ratings8.22 Ratings
    Page templates00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
    Mobile optimization / responsive design00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
    Publishing workflow00 Ratings7.32 Ratings
    Web Content Management
    Comparison of Web Content Management features of SiteGround and WordPress VIP
    Feature
    SiteGround
    -
    Ratings
    WordPress VIP
    8.0
    2 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Content taxonomy00 Ratings7.31 Ratings
    SEO support00 Ratings7.31 Ratings
    Bulk management00 Ratings7.32 Ratings
    Availability / breadth of extensions00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
    Community / comment management00 Ratings9.12 Ratings
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    Small Businesses
    AccuWebHosting.Com
    Score9.9 out of 10
    Umbraco CMS
    Score6.8 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
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    Square Online
    Score7.4 out of 10
    Enterprises
    AccuWebHosting.Com
    Score9.9 out of 10
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    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    SiteGroundWordPress VIP
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.5
    (15 ratings)
    8.7
    (21 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.9
    (4 ratings)
    8.4
    (21 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    SiteGroundWordPress VIP
    Likelihood to Recommend
    SiteGround
    If you've got a WordPress site and are unhappy with the performance, support or price of your current hosting service, SiteGround is well worth checking out as it excels in all those areas. From a single one-off blog, to more robust hosting packages, they offer a range of options that are well-suited to any budget or service need. Everybody, from noobs to experienced developers needs support from time to time, and SiteGround's team is the best I've seen. Not only are they easy to communicate with and highly proficient to solve any issue I've thrown their way, they're also easy to reach with multiple access options with minimal wait times.
    Incentivized
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    Automattic
    WordPress VIP really changed the game when it comes to WordPress CMS and Content Management. A one-stop shop for all our client's business needs. We are focusing on Content Management instead of technicalities. The big advantage is the security features covering all recent vulnerabilities that any WordPress developer/user wastes lots of precious time fixing/updating. Performance-wise, WordPress VIP is definitely up there. We’ve been doing lots of optimization work over the last few years. Every client wants to score 100. With WordPress VIP we decreased the time spent on optimization significantly and now feel confident with taking more performance optimisation work than we did before. Lastly, maybe the most important for every business is the support quality. WordPress VIP runs a superb support team with phenomenal knowledge and expertise. Quick to respond and solves issues here and now. It is definitely recommended.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    SiteGround
    • You get a number of page views as a guide to your bandwidth, and a fixed amount of disk space on the server. So you know what you have to work with. No hazy promises of “unlimited” resources.
    • If you pay more, you’re allocated a server with fewer accounts, so there’s less chance you’ll be slowed down by your neighbors.
    • Its self-help material is pretty good — close to InMotion Hosting for knowledgebase quality.
    • SiteGround tackles slow speeds from all angles, using SSD storage, Nginx, SuperCacher, CloudFlare CDN, and HHVM.
    Incentivized
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    Automattic
    • Keeps us informed of upcoming releases/patches associated with the Wordpress Platform.
    • Introduces us to products/companies/Wordpress plugins as necessary when new business needs arise.
    • Amy and Allie are excellent at managing the relationship; speaking with them on our monthly calls is a pleasure.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    SiteGround
    • Business model and clarity about prices after the second year
    • Server Performance when it's stressed or under a big volume of traffic
    • Upgrading model. Sometimes I felt like it was mandatory to update and pay more for basic needs, even with low traffic volumes
    Incentivized
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    Automattic
    • Too many different dashboard formats
    • Everything should have the same look and feel.
    • The admin portal looks different than the user content portal
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    SiteGround
    No answers on this topic
    Automattic
    It's true enterprise ready hosting framework providing unparalleled hosting infrastructure for WordPress. Where an organisation has high load needs, but with stability and scale VIP delivers. It provides complete peace of mind that the hosting, security and scalability are taken care of and organisations can focus on developing out their website strategies
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    SiteGround
    No answers on this topic
    Automattic
    There is documentation for everything you might need.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    SiteGround
    I don't feel stress about the website and emails hosted with SiteGround. I like the customer/tech support, the agents are always polite and ready to find a solution. My websites are secure and has a free SSL certificate - I can get on with my business. The boost in speed to the webpage loads is a big bonus especially when designing and developing websites online. They also provide tips and how to videos on various topics which is valuable learning tool.
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    Automattic
    The people who work for WordPress VIP clearly are passionate about representing the organisation. Therefore when support is required, they do go above and beyond what you may expect in terms of overall support. They take security very seriously, and due to the nature of VIP, it's rarely a concern for the end-user, if at all.
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    SiteGround
    I used Namescheap in the past. I believe Namescheap is a big company compared to SiteGround, as big as godaddy. I think because of that, you get what you expect. Good services, but maybe more costly and you have to pay for everything as extra. Email $5, SSL $10, CDN $10 etc In my opinion, SiteGround actually has packages that make sense for wordpress hosting. If my website gets a lot of traction in the future, I will need to upgrade from the current plan and maybe move away from SiteGround.
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    Automattic
    Our team manages 4 different brands' websites and before WordPress VIP we were using multiple different hosts including DreamHost and AWS. These were convoluted and didn't offer the enterprise features for our organization that WP VIP was capable of. We also considered Pantheon, but they were not Wordpress-centric enough for the direction we were going.
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    Return on Investment
    SiteGround
    • All the sites I've set up at SiteGround are performing faster than they did at their previous hosting provider. This yields a superior customer experience and higher Google/SEO rankings.
    • Their service has been rock solid, necessitating little support (which is admittedly less than ideal for my support business, but a boon for my clients bottom line) and zero downtime.
    • Easy to get new sites up and running, which speeds creation of new businesses and rapid deployment of conceptual campaigns.
    Incentivized
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    Automattic
    • Working as a WordPress VIP gold partner has helped our business grow from 12 staff to 28 staff in 2 years. They have brought many projects to the table that are always the right ones for us and they really understand our goals as a business.
    Incentivized
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