Render vs SiteGround

Render is strongest for developers. SiteGround is strongest for WordPress sites. Here's how they stack up on price, uptime, and support.

Feature	Render	SiteGround
Starting price	$0.25/mo	$17.99/mo
Best for	Developers Startups Full-stack web apps APIs Small teams replacing Heroku	WordPress sites Small business websites Agencies wanting managed WP WooCommerce stores
Stated uptime SLA	99.95%	not formally published as a credit-backed SLA on marketing pages; SiteGround informally markets high uptime (~99.9%) via status page / blog claims
Storage	SSD	SSD
Regions	4	6
Managed Kubernetes	No	No
Support channels	Ticket, Docs, Community forum, Priority support on Pro/Scale/Enterprise	Ticket, Live chat, Phone (higher tiers/cloud), Docs/Knowledge base
Compliance	SOC 2	GDPR
Hidden costs to watch for	Persistent disk storage billed separately at $0.25/GB/month Bandwidth overage billed per-GB beyond workspace plan allowance (best-available figure ~$0.15/GB, exact current rate not printed on fetched docs page) Additional custom domains beyond plan allowance billed at $0.25/month each Postgres storage overage billed at roughly $0.30/GB/month beyond included storage Instances billed by the second while running, so scale-to-zero / suspended services still show partial-month charges for the time they were up	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