WordPress.com vs SiteGround:
Which is best for you?

You rely on your host to ensure your site is fast, secure, and always available —
whether you’re reaching 10 users or 10 million.

PRICING

PRICING

$25/month

PRICING

$39.99/month

PHP WORKERS

CPUS (ACCESS TO)

100+

CPUS (ACCESS TO)

4

STORAGE

STORAGE

50 GB

STORAGE

40 GB

GLOBAL COVERAGE

GLOBAL COVERAGE

6 continents

GLOBAL COVERAGE

4 continents

MEMORY

MEMORY

20 GB

MEMORY

8 GB

DATA TRANSFER

DATA TRANSFER

9 TB

DATA TRANSFER

5 TB

(Business Plan)

(Go Geek Unlimited)

Prices exclude discounts and promotions

The results are in.

ReviewSignal’s 2022 WordPress Hosting Performance Benchmarks established WordPress.com as the performance leader over SiteGround.

Faster everything

WordPress.com runs WordPress 150% faster than SiteGround.

Global performance

WordPress.com’s average global response time was more than 3x faster than SiteGround.

Lightning fast e-commerce

WordPress.com delivers WooCommerce (at least) twice as fast, meaning more sales for our merchants.

Failure isn’t an option.

SiteGround limits your traffic, bandwidth, and resources based on your plan.
We automatically scale up to ensure that you always have what you need to serve your audience — no matter how your traffic spikes.

Free scaling

Automatic burst scaling with access to over 100 PHP workers — at no extra charge.

Limitless reach

Unmetered bandwidth and page views to ensure you can engage any sized audience in any way.

Real reliability

In addition to real-time data center failover, WordPress.com maintains redundancies for your data, files, and even your site’s connection.

Make WordPress.com your new home.

WordPress.com makes it easy to move your WordPress site from any other host. Simply install and activate our migration plugin on your site to get started.

Serious security, included.

It’s our job to keep your site safe. That’s why every site on WordPress.com is equipped with an enterprise-ready security suite with multiple layers of protection at the server, browser, and software level.

ONE-CLICK RESTORES

Real-time backups, a full activity log, and one-click restores with Jetpack VaultPress.

MANAGED FIREWALL

A fully managed web application firewall to keep your site and data safe from malicious attacks.

JETPACK SCAN

Worry less with automated malware scanning and one-click fixes from Jetpack Scan.

USER SECURITY

Built-in user security with two-factor authentication and compromised password scanning.

24/7 Expert Support

Real-time support from our Happiness Engineers — some of the most helpful people on the planet.

Don’t take our word for it — ask our customers.

Pick a plan and start building

Whatever you’re building, do it on top of the world’s best managed WordPress hosting stack. No overages. No metering. No surprises.

WordPress.com Plans

  • Pay yearly
  • Pay every 2 years
  • Pay every 3 years
  • Pay monthly
Commerce Make your online store a reality with the power of WooCommerce.

Commerce

Create a powerful online store with built-in premium extensions

Storage

50GB
50 GB
Everything in Business, plus:
  • Everything in Business, plus:
  • Free domain for one year Free domain for one year Get a custom domain – like yourgroovydomain.com – free for the first year.
  • Optimized WooCommerce hosting Optimized WooCommerce hosting Enjoy a hosting solution tailored to enhance the performance and security of sites running WooCommerce.
  • Premium store themes Premium store themes Jumpstart your store’s design with a professionally designed theme.
  • Powerful store design tools Powerful store design tools Fine-tune your store’s design with on-brand styles and drag and drop layout editing.
  • Unlimited products Unlimited products Grow your store as big as you want with the ability to add unlimited products and services.
  • Display products by brand Display products by brand Create, assign and list brands for products, and allow customers to view by brand.
  • Product add-ons Product add-ons Increase your revenue with add-ons like gift wrapping or personalizations like engraving.
  • Assembled products and kits Assembled products and kits Give customers the freedom to build their own products utilizing your existing items.
  • Min/max order quantities Min/max order quantities Specify the minimum and maximum allowed product quantities for orders.
  • Back-in-stock notifications Back-in-stock notifications Automatically notify customers when your products are restocked.
  • Dynamic product upsells Dynamic product upsells Earn more revenue with automated upsell and cross-sell product recommendations.
  • Custom marketing automation Custom marketing automation Advanced email marketing functionality, including subscriber segmentation, advanced analytics, and automation.
  • Offer bulk discounts Offer bulk discounts Offer personalized packages and bulk discounts.
  • Inventory management Inventory management Keep inventory up-to-date with POS integrations and real-time tracking.
  • Streamlined, extendable checkout Streamlined, extendable checkout Remove the friction from checkout by giving your customers multiple ways to pay.
  • Sell in 60+ countries Sell in 60+ countries Grow globally by accepting 135+ currencies.
  • Integrations with top shipping carriers Integrations with top shipping carriers Get real-time shipping prices, print labels and give your customers tracking codes.
  • 0% transaction fee for payments (+ standard processing fee) 0% transaction fee for payments (+ standard processing fee) Credit card fees are applied in addition to commission fees for payments.
  • Security, performance, and growth tools—powered by Jetpack.

Storage

50GB
50 GB
Enterprise The trusted choice for enterprise WordPress hosting.

Enterprise

The ease and flexibility of WordPress with unmatched scalability, security and data-driven capabilities.
  • High performance platform, with:
  • Multifaceted security Multifaceted security
  • Generative AI Generative AI
  • Integrated content analytics Integrated content analytics
  • 24/7 support 24/7 support
  • Professional services Professional services
  • API mesh and node hosting API mesh and node hosting
  • Containerized environment Containerized environment
  • Global infrastructure Global infrastructure
  • Dynamic autoscaling Dynamic autoscaling
  • Integrated CDN Integrated CDN
  • Integrated code repository Integrated code repository
  • Staging environments Staging environments
  • Management dashboard Management dashboard
  • Command line interface (CLI) Command line interface (CLI)
  • Efficient multi-site management Efficient multi-site management
  • Advanced access controls Advanced access controls
  • Single sign-on (SSO) Single sign-on (SSO)
  • DDoS protection and mitigation DDoS protection and mitigation
  • Plugin and theme vulnerability scanning Plugin and theme vulnerability scanning
  • Automated plugin upgrade Automated plugin upgrade
  • Integrated enterprise search Integrated enterprise search
  • Integrated APM Integrated APM
  • Security, performance, and growth tools—powered by Jetpack.