A SiteGround alternative with no year to prepay
The best SiteGround alternative depends on how you pay. Prepay a year and SiteGround starts lower. Pay month to month and keep the renewal down, and Serverlys starts at $5.01 first month (Black Friday, until Dec 7), renews at $7.95/mo, and moves your site free.
Entry hosting, year one and year two
SiteGround figures as of 2026-10-26
- Serverlys Starter Month to month
- $6.87 first invoice$5.01/mo + $1.86 setup (Black Friday, until Dec 7). Renews at $7.95/mo. .com: $14.95, renews at $14.95/yr.
- SiteGround StartUp Prepaid 12 months
- $2.99/moRenews at $17.99/mo. .com: free with hosting for year one, or $11.99; then $22.99/yr.
Serverlys vs SiteGround, side by side
The figures that decide what hosting and a domain really cost, with SiteGround's read off its own pages on the date shown.
| Compared on | Serverlys | SiteGroundas of 2026-10-26 |
|---|---|---|
| Advertised hosting price | $5.01 / $7.53 / $11.31 / $15.09 for the first month (Black Friday, until Dec 7), then $7.95 / $11.95 / $17.95 / $23.95 per month (Starter adds a one-off $1.86 setup fee) | $2.99 / $4.99 / $7.99 per month (StartUp / GrowBig / GoGeek) |
| Renewal price | $7.95 / $11.95 / $17.95 / $23.95 per month, the same as the regular monthly price | $17.99 / $29.99 / $44.99 per month, printed on each plan card |
| Billing needed for the advertised price | None. The advertised price is the month-to-month rate. | “Prepaid for 12 months” |
| Websites and storage | Starter Cloud: 1 website; Plus Cloud: 7 websites; Turbo Cloud: unlimited websites; Business Cloud: unlimited websites. Unlimited NVMe storage. | StartUp: 1 website, 10 GB; GrowBig: unlimited websites, 50 GB; GoGeek: unlimited websites, 100 GB |
| .com domain | $14.95 to register, $14.95 a year to renew | $11.99 for the first year, $22.99 a year after that. Free for the first year with a hosting plan (.com, .org or .net). |
| WHOIS privacy | Free, where the registry allows it | 12 months free |
| Free migration | Yes. We do it, staged first, and switch DNS only when you approve. | Yes. Their experts transfer the site, or you use their automatic migrator for WordPress. |
| Backups | Daily on every plan. Restores are free and we run them for you. | Free daily backups with up to 30 days of restore points; on-demand backups on GrowBig and GoGeek |
| Business email | Separate business email plans | Unlimited email accounts at your domain, included in every web hosting plan |
| Support | 24/7 support. One queue and one team on every plan, with no priority tier to buy. | 24/7 live chat and a published phone line; “Priority support” listed on GoGeek |
| Money-back guarantee | 30 days | 30 days |
| Done-for-you services | Website design, site management, an AI website chatbot (ConvoAI) and an AI phone receptionist (CallFlow) | Self-serve tools listed on the plans: a drag-and-drop website builder and an AI agent for WordPress |
SiteGround figures as of 2026-10-26, from siteground.com/web-hosting.htm, siteground.com/wordpress-hosting.htm and siteground.com/domain_names. Prices are in USD and change often; check their site before you decide. Serverlys rates are the ones on our pricing page and our domain extensions list.
Year one and year two are different comparisons
SiteGround prints both numbers plainly: StartUp is $2.99/mo for a prepaid first year, then $17.99/mo. That is a fair way to sell hosting, and in year one it is cheaper than ours.
Our $7.95/mo is what a single month costs, with no year to prepay, and it renews at $7.95/mo. From the second year our entry plan costs less each month than theirs, and the same holds on every tier: compare $7.95 / $11.95 / $17.95 / $23.95 with $17.99 / $29.99 / $44.99.
Domains follow the same pattern. SiteGround’s .com is free or $11.99 in year one and $22.99 after. A Serverlys .com costs $14.95 in year one and $14.95 in every year after, so there is no jump to plan for.
- Starter Cloud
$5.01/mo first monthBlack Friday, until Dec 7. Renews at $7.95/mo. 1 website, 2 GB RAM.
- Plus Cloud
$7.53/mo first monthBlack Friday, until Dec 7. Renews at $11.95/mo. 7 websites, 4 GB RAM.
- Turbo Cloud
$11.31/mo first monthBlack Friday, until Dec 7. Renews at $17.95/mo. Unlimited websites, 6 GB RAM.
- Business Cloud
$15.09/mo first monthBlack Friday, until Dec 7. Renews at $23.95/mo. Unlimited websites, 8 GB RAM.
When SiteGround is the better choice
A comparison that never loses is advertising. These are the cases where we would point you to them.
You are happy to prepay a year
On 26 October 2026 SiteGround's StartUp plan was $2.99/mo, prepaid for 12 months. For that first year it costs less than our Starter at $7.95/mo, and we will not pretend otherwise.
You want email included in the hosting
Every SiteGround web hosting plan includes unlimited email accounts at your domain. Our business email is its own plan, so if mailboxes bundled into hosting matter most, theirs is the simpler bill.
You want a free first-year domain
SiteGround adds a .com, .org or .net free for the first year with a hosting plan. Ours is charged from year one, at the same price as every renewal.
You want staging and on-demand backups
GrowBig and GoGeek list a staging copy of your site and on-demand backups, alongside the daily ones. If you test every change on a copy first, that is built in.
You want to phone someone
SiteGround publishes a phone number next to its 24/7 live chat. Our support is 24/7 too, but if a phone line is the deciding factor, theirs is on the page.
Plans, email, backups, staging and support: siteground.com/web-hosting.htm. Domains: siteground.com/domain_names, as of 2026-10-26.
Where Serverlys is different
Hosting is half of it. The other half is the work around the site that we will do for you.
- Monthly, plainly
The advertised price is a monthly rate with the renewal rate beside it. No year to prepay to get it.
See prices and renewals - One .com price
A .com is $14.95 to register and $14.95 to renew, with WHOIS privacy free where the registry allows.
The .com page - Managed for you
Patching, hardening, monitoring and free restores on every tier, without buying a bigger plan.
What managed covers - Migration we do
Staged first, checked by you, DNS switched only when you say so.
How migration works - Website design and care
Custom design for small businesses from $1,399, plus site management for the updates and small changes.
Website design - AI chat and phone
ConvoAI answers website visitors; CallFlow answers the phone. Both are Serverlys products.
AI agents
All hosting tiers are on the hosting overview. Weighing a different host? See every comparison on the hosting comparison page, written on the same rules.
How to move from SiteGround
You choose a plan, send the details and approve the switch. We do the moving.
- 1
Pick a plan by monthly rate and renewal rate
Compare the plans and renewal rates and choose the tier that fits your traffic. Most single sites start on cloud hosting or WordPress hosting.
- 2
Request the free migration
Send us your site address and access details through the migration request. You do not need to export anything from your SiteGround account first.
- 3
Check the staged copy, then approve the DNS switch
We copy your files and database to a staging address. When you are happy, we point the domain at Serverlys. Your SiteGround site keeps serving until the change has spread, so there is no gap.
- 4
Move the email and the domain, if you want to
If your mailboxes live on SiteGround hosting, set up business email before you cancel. To bring the domain too, unlock it, get its authorisation code and start a domain transfer. A .com transfer costs $14.95 and adds a year; ICANN rules block transfers within 60 days of a registration or a previous transfer.
- 5
Cancel SiteGround last
Once the site, email and SSL are confirmed on Serverlys, cancel the old plan. If you are still inside SiteGround’s 30-day money-back window, check its terms first.
Before you buy
The things people actually ask us, answered plainly.
What is the best SiteGround alternative?
It depends on how you want to pay. If you will prepay a year and want email bundled into hosting, SiteGround's first-year price is hard to beat. If you want to pay month to month, keep a lower renewal rate and have the migration done for you, Serverlys starts at $5.01 first month (Black Friday, until Dec 7) and renews at $7.95/mo.
How much does SiteGround cost after the first year?
SiteGround prints it on each card. On 26 October 2026 StartUp was $2.99/mo prepaid for 12 months and renewed at $17.99/mo; GrowBig renewed at $29.99/mo and GoGeek at $44.99/mo. Our Starter renews at the same $7.95/mo it costs every month, shown before checkout.
Is a .com cheaper at SiteGround or at Serverlys?
In the first year, SiteGround: $11.99, or free with a hosting plan. From the second year a SiteGround .com is $22.99 a year, as its domain page states that discounts apply to the first invoice only. A Serverlys .com is $14.95 to register and $14.95 every year after.
Does Serverlys require a prepaid term?
No. The advertised price is a plain monthly rate. Starter is $5.01 first month (Black Friday, until Dec 7), then $7.95/mo with a one-off $1.86 setup fee, so the first invoice is $6.87, and the renewal rate is shown beside it on every plan.
Can I move my WordPress site from SiteGround to Serverlys?
Yes. Site migration is free on every plan and we do it for you: staged first, checked by you, DNS switched only when you approve, with the SiteGround site online until then. Email and the domain are separate moves, and you can leave the domain where it is if you prefer.
Is SiteGround a bad host?
No. SiteGround runs on Google Cloud, includes free daily backups, unlimited email accounts and free migration, and offers 24/7 chat and phone support. We differ on how we bill, on what renewal costs and on how much we do for you, not on whether they are legitimate. Choose on the terms that suit you.
A plan that still makes sense in year two
Free migration, free SSL and daily backups on every plan, with a 30-day money-back guarantee.
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