{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "Dataset",
  "name": "SiteGround hosting test results",
  "description": "Uptime, response time, load test and support results for SiteGround: HostIdea's own monitoring windows under tests[], and published third-party measurements under thirdParty[], each attributed to its source.",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "creator": {
    "@type": "Organization",
    "name": "HostIdea",
    "url": "https://hostidea.com"
  },
  "measurementTechnique": "https://hostidea.com/methodology",
  "url": "https://hostidea.com/reviews/siteground",
  "dateModified": "2026-10-13",
  "host": {
    "id": "siteground",
    "name": "SiteGround",
    "website": "https://www.siteground.com/"
  },
  "overallScore": 8,
  "scores": {
    "performance": 8,
    "uptime": 8.5,
    "support": 8.5,
    "features": 8.5,
    "value": 6.5,
    "easeOfUse": 8
  },
  "scoresUpdated": "2026-10-13T00:00:00.000Z",
  "pricing": {
    "lastVerified": "2026-10-13T00:00:00.000Z",
    "source": "https://www.siteground.com/web-hosting.htm"
  },
  "plans": [
    {
      "id": "startup",
      "name": "StartUp",
      "type": "shared",
      "intro": {
        "amount": 2.99,
        "currency": "USD"
      },
      "renewal": {
        "amount": 17.99,
        "currency": "USD"
      },
      "term": "annual",
      "termMonths": 12,
      "websites": 1,
      "storageGb": 10,
      "bandwidth": "unmetered",
      "freeDomain": true,
      "freeSsl": true,
      "backups": "Daily, kept for 30 days",
      "moneyBackDays": 30,
      "highlights": [
        "Free domain for the first year",
        "Email, SSL, CDN and daily backups included",
        "1,000 CPU seconds per hour, 200,000 inodes"
      ],
      "resources": "1,000 CPU s/hour, 768 MB per process",
      "mailboxes": "Unlimited",
      "terms": [
        {
          "months": 1,
          "intro": {
            "amount": 24.99,
            "currency": "USD"
          },
          "renewal": {
            "amount": 24.99,
            "currency": "USD"
          }
        },
        {
          "months": 12,
          "intro": {
            "amount": 2.99,
            "currency": "USD"
          },
          "renewal": {
            "amount": 17.99,
            "currency": "USD"
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "growbig",
      "name": "GrowBig",
      "type": "shared",
      "intro": {
        "amount": 4.99,
        "currency": "USD"
      },
      "renewal": {
        "amount": 29.99,
        "currency": "USD"
      },
      "term": "annual",
      "termMonths": 12,
      "websites": "unlimited",
      "storageGb": 50,
      "bandwidth": "unmetered",
      "freeDomain": true,
      "freeSsl": true,
      "backups": "Daily, kept for 30 days, plus on-demand",
      "moneyBackDays": 30,
      "highlights": [
        "Staging and on-demand backups",
        "Faster PHP setup (SiteGround says 30 percent)",
        "2,000 CPU seconds per hour, 400,000 inodes"
      ],
      "resources": "2,000 CPU s/hour, 768 MB per process",
      "mailboxes": "Unlimited",
      "terms": [
        {
          "months": 1,
          "intro": {
            "amount": 34.99,
            "currency": "USD"
          },
          "renewal": {
            "amount": 34.99,
            "currency": "USD"
          }
        },
        {
          "months": 12,
          "intro": {
            "amount": 4.99,
            "currency": "USD"
          },
          "renewal": {
            "amount": 29.99,
            "currency": "USD"
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "gogeek",
      "name": "GoGeek",
      "type": "shared",
      "intro": {
        "amount": 7.99,
        "currency": "USD"
      },
      "renewal": {
        "amount": 44.99,
        "currency": "USD"
      },
      "term": "annual",
      "termMonths": 12,
      "websites": "unlimited",
      "storageGb": 100,
      "bandwidth": "unmetered",
      "freeDomain": true,
      "freeSsl": true,
      "backups": "Daily, kept for 30 days, plus on-demand",
      "moneyBackDays": 30,
      "highlights": [
        "Staging with Git, private DNS, white-label access",
        "Priority support",
        "4,000 CPU seconds per hour, 600,000 inodes"
      ],
      "resources": "4,000 CPU s/hour, 768 MB per process",
      "mailboxes": "Unlimited",
      "terms": [
        {
          "months": 1,
          "intro": {
            "amount": 49.99,
            "currency": "USD"
          },
          "renewal": {
            "amount": 49.99,
            "currency": "USD"
          }
        },
        {
          "months": 12,
          "intro": {
            "amount": 7.99,
            "currency": "USD"
          },
          "renewal": {
            "amount": 44.99,
            "currency": "USD"
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "tests": [],
  "thirdParty": [
    {
      "publication": "WPBeginner",
      "url": "https://www.wpbeginner.com/hosting/siteground/",
      "title": "WPBeginner, SiteGround review",
      "kind": "independent",
      "updated": "2026-08-10T00:00:00.000Z",
      "accessed": "2026-10-13T00:00:00.000Z",
      "plan": "StartUp",
      "tool": "UptimeRobot",
      "checkIntervalSeconds": 300,
      "uptime": [
        {
          "pct": 99.96,
          "windowDays": 30,
          "window": "30 days, July 2026",
          "outages": 1
        }
      ],
      "responseMs": 369,
      "responseNote": "average across six regions",
      "loadTest": {
        "concurrentUsers": 50,
        "p95Ms": 129,
        "errorRatePct": 0,
        "tool": "k6"
      },
      "lcpMs": 608,
      "notes": "One 15-minute incident in the window; data center not stated. Full page load 1.1 s on 23 July 2026."
    },
    {
      "publication": "HostScore",
      "url": "https://hostscore.net/review/siteground/",
      "title": "HostScore, SiteGround review",
      "kind": "aggregate",
      "updated": "2026-09-17T00:00:00.000Z",
      "accessed": "2026-10-13T00:00:00.000Z",
      "location": "Singapore",
      "uptime": [],
      "notes": "Overall HostScore 75.3 percent; describes \"consistent fast loading speeds\" without publishing intervals or a numeric uptime figure."
    },
    {
      "publication": "HostingStep",
      "author": "Mohan Raj",
      "url": "https://hostingstep.com/siteground-review/",
      "title": "HostingStep, SiteGround review",
      "kind": "independent",
      "updated": "2026-07-25T00:00:00.000Z",
      "accessed": "2026-10-13T00:00:00.000Z",
      "plan": "StartUp",
      "tool": "Pingdom",
      "checkIntervalSeconds": 60,
      "uptime": [
        {
          "pct": 99.97,
          "windowDays": 243,
          "window": "1 October 2025 to 31 May 2026",
          "outages": 29
        }
      ],
      "responseMs": 745,
      "responseNote": "average TTFB from US locations",
      "loadTest": {
        "concurrentUsers": 100,
        "avgResponseMs": 170,
        "errorRatePct": 0,
        "tool": "Loader.io"
      },
      "notes": "Global cached TTFB 1,200 ms on 17 April 2026 (SpeedVitals). The page says TTFB has risen from 403 ms in 2022 to 745 ms in this window; full-year 2025 uptime 99.96 percent. Server location not stated."
    },
    {
      "publication": "Website Planet",
      "author": "Sara Mirchevska",
      "url": "https://www.websiteplanet.com/web-hosting/siteground/",
      "title": "Website Planet, SiteGround review",
      "kind": "independent",
      "updated": "2026-06-08T00:00:00.000Z",
      "accessed": "2026-10-13T00:00:00.000Z",
      "plan": "StartUp",
      "tool": "UptimeRobot",
      "uptime": [
        {
          "pct": 100,
          "window": "the monitoring period",
          "outages": 0
        }
      ],
      "notes": "GTmetrix tests over a week: pages loaded in around 1 to 2 seconds. Window length, check interval and server location not stated; no numeric TTFB."
    }
  ],
  "supportTests": [],
  "changelog": [
    {
      "date": "2026-10-13T00:00:00.000Z",
      "change": "Added published third-party measurements under thirdParty[]: WPBeginner (updated 10 August 2026), HostingStep (updated 25 July 2026, 243-day Pingdom window), Website Planet (updated 8 June 2026) and HostScore (updated 17 September 2026), each with its plan, method and the date we read it. Scores unchanged."
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-10-13T00:00:00.000Z",
      "change": "First version built from verified sources: the web hosting page (plan contents; served in EUR to our European location), USD regular rates from the knowledge base article Current Rates of Our Shared Hosting Plans (updated 12 October 2026), the refund and fair-use knowledge base articles, the terms of service and the company page. USD introductory prices read from the US page by our freshness checker running on a US GitHub Actions runner on 13 October 2026. No HostIdea monitoring window is open yet; scores are provisional.",
      "source": "https://www.siteground.com/kb/current-rates-shared-hosting-plans"
    }
  ]
}