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
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.
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.
The WordPress.com platform has made it simple and effective to publish stories with no developer efforts. We also have confidence it’s secure and maintenance-free compared to a self-hosted solution we would have to maintain ourselves.
Ernie K.,
WordPress.com works really well with Google for a great SEO ranking. I can also embed YouTube videos, Google Maps, and other content easily and without any coding ability.
Quintin L.,
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
Best for devs
WP Cloud gives you the tools you need to add scalable, highly available, extremely fast WordPress hosting.
Business
Unlock the power of WordPress with the managed hosting platform built by WordPress experts.
Storage
50GB
- Free domain for one year Free domain for one year Get a custom domain – like yourgroovydomain.com – free for the first year.
- Priority 24/7 support from our expert team Priority 24/7 support from our expert team The fastest 24/7 support from our expert, friendly Happiness team.
- Install plugins and themes Install plugins and themes Unlock access to 50,000+ plugins, design templates, and integrations.
- Unrestricted bandwidth Unrestricted bandwidth Never fret about getting too much traffic or paying overage charges.
- No limitations on site visitors No limitations on site visitors Grow your site traffic without worrying about limitations.
- Global edge caching Global edge caching Ensure your cached content is always served from the data center closest to your site visitor.
- High-burst capacity High-burst capacity Lean on integrated resource management and instant scaling.
- Web application firewall (WAF) Web application firewall (WAF) Block out malicious activity like SQL injection and XSS attacks.
- Global CDN with 28+ locations Global CDN with 28+ locations Rely on ultra-fast site speeds, just about anywhere on Earth.
- High-frequency CPUs High-frequency CPUs Get the extra site performance of high-frequency CPUs, as standard.
- Automated datacenter failover Automated datacenter failover Count on your site being replicated in real-time to a second data center.
- Isolated site infrastructure Isolated site infrastructure Rest easy knowing that your site is isolated from others for added security and performance.
- Malware detection & removal Malware detection & removal Stay safe with automated malware scanning and removal.
- Tiered storage plans available Tiered storage plans available Find the storage plan that works for your site’s needs.
- Real-time security scans Real-time security scans Our dedicated security team works round-the-clock to identify and combat vulnerabilities so that you don’t have to.
- Spam protection with Akismet Spam protection with Akismet Never worry about spam with Akismet, which is included at no additional cost.
- DDoS protection and mitigation DDoS protection and mitigation Breeze past DDoS attacks thanks to real time monitoring and mitigation.
- SFTP/SSH, WP-CLI, Git tools SFTP/SSH, WP-CLI, Git tools Use familiar developer tools to manage and deploy your site.
- Free staging site Free staging site Test product and design changes in a staging site.
- Seamless staging and production syncing Seamless staging and production syncing Iterate faster and deploy confidently by synchronizing staging and production environments in a few short steps.
- Automated WordPress updates Automated WordPress updates Get every WordPress update. And every patch. Automatically.
- Centralized site management Centralized site management Seamlessly switch between 2, 20, or 200 sites. All from one place.
- Vulnerability notifications for core and plugins Vulnerability notifications for core and plugins Stress less knowing there’s a dedicated team identifying potential vulnerabilities for WordPress and plugins, ensuring early detection and preventing future attacks.
- 0% transaction fee for standard WooCommerce payment features (+ standard processing fee) 0% transaction fee for standard WooCommerce payment features (+ standard processing fee) Credit card fees are applied in addition to commission fees for payments.
- 2% transaction fee for standard payments (+ standard processing fee) 2% transaction fee for standard payments (+ standard processing fee) Credit card fees are applied in addition to commission fees for payments.
- Real-time backups Real-time backups Count on multi-redundancy, real-time backups of all your data.
- One-click restores One-click restores Revert back to a point-in-time in your site’s history, with a single click.
- Uptime monitor Uptime monitor Stay up-to-date with continuous uptime monitoring, with alerts the minute downtime is detected.
- Built-in Elasticsearch Built-in Elasticsearch Make surfacing your content simple with built-in premium site search.
- Plugin auto-updates Plugin auto-updates Forget about time-consuming plugin updates and update nags.
- SEO and analytics tools SEO and analytics tools Rank well in search with built-in search engine optimization tools.
- Security, performance, and growth tools—powered by Jetpack.
Storage
50GB
Make your online store a reality with the power of WooCommerce.
Commerce
Create a powerful online store with built-in premium extensions
Storage
50GB
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
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.
