OVHcloud vs SiteGround

OVHcloud is strongest for european data residency. SiteGround is strongest for WordPress sites. Here's how they stack up on price, uptime, and support.

Feature	OVHcloud	SiteGround
Starting price	$0.01/mo	$17.99/mo
Best for	European data residency Cost-conscious scale-outs Managed databases Kubernetes AI/GPU workloads	WordPress sites Small business websites Agencies wanting managed WP WooCommerce stores
Stated uptime SLA	99.99% (Public Cloud instances, region dependent)	not formally published as a credit-backed SLA on marketing pages; SiteGround informally markets high uptime (~99.9%) via status page / blog claims
Storage	NVME	SSD
Regions	33	6
Managed Kubernetes	Yes	No
Support channels	Ticket, Docs, Community forum, Phone (paid plans)	Ticket, Live chat, Phone (higher tiers/cloud), Docs/Knowledge base
Compliance	GDPR, ISO 27001, SecNumCloud (France), HDS (health data hosting, France)	GDPR
Hidden costs to watch for	IPv4 addresses billed separately per instance/Local Zone Windows license surcharge of $0.039/vCore/hour on top of base instance price APAC region (India, Singapore, Australia) outbound traffic loses free-egress status after 2026-06-01/2026-12-31 depending on product Object Storage Infrequent Access / Cold Archive / Active Archive have data-retrieval fees and minimum storage durations (30-180 days) with early-deletion penalties	Renewal prices are 3-6x higher than signup/intro price after the first term (e.g. StartUp $2.99 -> $17.99/mo) Storage and visit caps are enforced per plan tier; exceeding them can trigger upsell prompts Free domain / free migration offers are time-limited promotions, not permanent 12-month (or longer) prepay is required to get the lowest advertised intro rate
Last reviewed	2026-07-18	2026-07-18