Looking for a SiteGround alternative?
SiteGround’s headline prices are introductory: renewal rates are much higher, and your sites share a server. G7Cloud charges the same fixed £/mo forever and gives every site its own dedicated container.
Free plan forever · no card · 30-day money-back on paid plans
About SiteGround
Who SiteGround are
SiteGround, founded in 2004, is a shared and cloud hosting company with its Site Tools panel and email included. Its plans are priced with introductory first-term discounts that renew at higher standard rates.
If you want fixed UK pricing, a dedicated container per site, and email, DNS and tested backups included as standard, here is why teams move to G7Cloud.
The case for switching
Why people leave SiteGround for G7Cloud
Fixed pricing, a dedicated container per site, and email, DNS and tested backups included as standard. Here is what changes when you move.
The renewal-price cliff
SiteGround’s advertised prices are first-term introductory rates; renewals are substantially higher: the price you joined at is not the price you keep. G7Cloud has one price list: Starter is £12/mo at signup and £12/mo in year three. No introductory games.
Shared server versus dedicated container
On shared hosting your account lives on a server with many others, subject to account-level resource limits. On G7Cloud every site runs in its own dedicated container with its own database. A noisy neighbour cannot slow your checkout, and resource metrics for your own site are yours to see (90-day retention).
Backups that are restore-tested
G7Cloud takes scheduled daily/weekly/monthly backups, supports full, single-file and single-database restores plus off-site targets (S3, R2, SFTP), and restore-tests every backup nightly with a real restore into a sandbox. So you find out a backup works before the day you need it.
A platform, not just an account
Git push-to-deploy in 14 frameworks, PR previews, managed Postgres and Redis, WireGuard private networking, an in-browser terminal, alongside classic WordPress, PHP and email hosting. When you outgrow shared-hosting workflows, you do not have to outgrow your host.
The AI Website Builder is included
Every plan includes the AI Website Builder, which builds database-backed sites (shops, bookings, CMS) with an admin panel and code you own. New projects start in minutes rather than with a theme install.
G7Cloud vs SiteGround, side by side
What you get on each plan, side by side.
SiteGround advertises introductory first-term prices that renew at substantially higher standard rates. G7Cloud prices are fixed GBP and do not change at renewal.
Fixed prices, one ladder
What switching actually costs
Fixed GBP prices. The price you sign up at is the price you renew at, whatever your traffic or team size. Every plan includes the AI Website Builder, free SSL and ScaleShield protection.
Business
Up to 3 sites plus full-stack AI apps: shop, bookings, CMS.
- 3 hosted sites: any type, incl. WooCommerce & Magento
- Full-stack AI apps: online shop, bookings, CMS & more
- Database plus admin panel on AI-built sites
- Stripe checkout on your AI-built shop (your own keys)
- AI Website Builder · 5 projects, publish 3
- 1.25M AI tokens per month
- Managed PostgreSQL & Redis add-ons
- Site cloning, phpMyAdmin, WP-CLI
- Everything in Starter included
Full feature breakdown on the pricing page. 30-day money-back guarantee on every paid plan.
Moving from SiteGround
We move you. Free. You approve every step.
Our team moves your sites, email accounts and DNS zones from SiteGround with you, no migrator plugin roulette. Everything lands on a preview URL first; your SiteGround account stays live until you approve the DNS cutover. Free on every paid plan.
- Assisted by our team: we do it with you, not to you
- Preview everything on a temporary URL before anything switches
- Your old site stays live until you approve the cutover
- 30-day money-back guarantee if it does not work out
SiteGround alternative: questions answered
Start free. No card needed.
Host your site on managed UK infrastructure from £12/mo, or build something new with the AI Website Builder on the Free plan. Fixed prices, and you own the code.