SiteGround Managed VPS

SiteGround

SiteGround offers Managed VPS products. This page describes the Managed VPS features, plans and pricing of SiteGround. See also SiteGround self-managed VPS provider page.

Provider facts

SiteGround was founded as a VPS provider in 2004.
It is headquartered in Bulgaria.
It offers Cloud hosting, Web hosting, WordPress hosting and Email marketing hosting products.

It has datacenters in:
  • Australia
  • France
  • Germany
  • Netherlands
  • Singapore
  • Spain
  • United Kingdom
  • United States

SiteGround Managed VPS Highlights

  • SiteGround Managed VPS product is called "Cloud Hosting"
  • Focus on WordPress and Woo Service
  • On the expensive side starting at $100/month but the pricing is straightforward without long commitments needed.
  • Autoscaling, Let's Encrypt SSL certificates, free CDN and daily backups are all included.

SiteGround Core Managed Features

Control Panels and Backups, along with the quality of support, are the main differentiators between managed and self-managed VPS.

Feature SiteGround offers
Essentials
Control Panels SiteGround offers its custom control panel called Site Tools on its cloud hosting servers. While it doesn't have the same extensive feature set as cPanel, Site Tools is designed to be intuitive and efficient for managing your cloud hosting account.
Backups SiteGround automatically saves daily backups and keeps 7 copies of your cloud account. For an additional layer of security these backups may be stored in a data center located in another city, state or country. In addition to SiteGround's automated backups, customers can generate up to 5 free backups on demand from their control panel. Each of them is kept for 7 days.

SiteGround Managed VPS Features

Feature SiteGround offers
Basics
OS Fedora
Root Access No root access
Dedicated IP The cloud account provides you with the independence and peace of mind of having your own Dedicated IP.
Support
Management Level Fully Managed Service: DevOps configure and manage your cloud account.
Support Channels Cloud issues reported on chat or ticket are assigned with priority to SiteGround's most experienced support agents available.
Monitoring Unknown
Auto Scalable SiteGround's cloud platform is ready for your growth. You can add CPU and RAM at any time with a click. You can also use SiteGround's auto-scale option, which automatically adds more resources during unexpected traffic spikes, preventing traffic loss and downtime.
Auto Security Updates Unknown
Premium
SSL Certificates SiteGround automatically issues a Let’s Encrypt SSL certificate for every domain that SiteGround detects as hosted on your cloud plan.
Cloudflare CDN SiteGround offers free CDN service with all plans to make your site faster when you have visitors from different geographical locations.
Free Domain Unknown
Staging You can easily create a fully-functional copy of your WordPress or WooCommerce shop and test major changes safely before applying them on your production site. The tool also automatically backs up your current site before each staging upload.
Other
Firewall Unknown
DDoS protection SiteGround offer various means of DDOS protection and here are some of its key features: - A hardware firewall filtering flooding traffic; - A local software firewall based on iptables with more complex functions and traffic monitoring; - All services have a limit for the number of connections a remote host can establish;
1 Click Launch App WordPress can be easily installed on your cloud, through our auto-installation tools.
Caching Speed up your WordPress and Woo sites with SiteGround's SG Optimizer plugin through smart dynamic caching and multiple other performance optimizations.
Migrations SiteGround offers free automated transfers. SiteGround also provides professional website migration services for as low as $30.00/site. SiteGround's experts will do all the work for you, transferring your files and databases!
Extra
Random Extras
  • Git integration
  • Collaboration tools
  • White-label Reselling
  • Easy WordPress installation and management

VPS Sizing considerations

High RAM to vCPU ratio

If available, it means that on most of the provider managed VPS plans, the ratio RAM over vCPU count is greater than 2.

High storage to vCPU ratio

If available, it means that on most of the provider managed VPS plans, the ratio storage over vCPU count is greater than 30.

Unlimited data transfers

Pricing Quirks

No price change on renewal

When true, this means the price prominently displayed on the pricing page is the price you will pay for all billing cycles: there will be no systematic increase after the first billing cycle.

Yes
Lower long term prices

When offered, this means the price prominently displayed on the pricing page is only for customers who picks the longest pre-paid commitment (1 year up to 3).

Yes

SiteGround Managed VPS Plans

All VPS prices reported at VPSBenchmarks are for one month (on-demand) without any extra commitment, before promotions and before VAT, unless specified otherwise.

Plan Number of CPU cores RAM Storage Monthly Price Annual Price
Family:
Hosting
Instance Type:
Managed Cloud Hosting

Grow your business site to the next level with our managed service and auto-scalable cloud plans.

Jump Start 4 8.0GB 40GB $100.00 / month $90.00 / month
Business 8 12.0GB 80GB $200.00 / month $180.00 / month
Business Plus 12 16.0GB 120GB $300.00 / month $240.00 / month
Super Power 16 20.0GB 160GB $400.00 / month $320.00 / month

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