Bluehost vs SiteGround

Side by side

Prices come from each provider's official plan page in US dollars on 7 September 2026. They vary by country and billing term, so check your checkout total before paying.

Same price, different deal

At $3.99/mo Bluehost gives you ten websites, a free domain for a year and the same 10 GB of storage. SiteGround gives you one website and no domain. On raw value the entry plans are not close.

Renewal widens the gap. Bluehost goes to $9.99/mo or $120 a year. SiteGround goes to $17.99/mo or $215 a year. That is roughly $95 more every year for a smaller plan.

SiteGround's answer is commitment and safety. It asks for one year rather than three, so you risk $47.88 instead of about $144. It also backs up daily instead of weekly, which decides how much work you lose if a plugin update breaks your site.

Where Bluehost wins

• Ten websites on the entry plan against one.
• A free domain for the first year.
• A renewal price close to half — $9.99/mo against $17.99/mo.
• A published 99.99% uptime SLA.
• Listed among the hosts recommended on WordPress.org.

Where SiteGround wins

• One year of commitment instead of three.
• Under $50 to try it for a full year.
• Daily backups rather than weekly.
• A long-standing reputation for support quality.

Which one fits you

• Want the most for your money — Bluehost.
• Not sure the site will last a year — SiteGround. Less to lose.
• Running several sites — Bluehost allows ten.
• Updating plugins often — SiteGround backs up every day.
• Staying past the intro term — Bluehost costs far less to keep.

How we compared them

We read both official plan pages on the same day and compared the entry plan each company promotes to new customers. Starting costs are the advertised monthly rate multiplied by the required term. We did not run a lab speed test, because real speed depends on your site and your visitors' location.