SiteGround is cheap in the first year (GrowBig €65.88 excl. VAT), keeps 30 daily off-site backups and lets you pick an EU data centre, but GrowBig renews at €335.88 a year — about five times the intro price — and capacity is expressed in CPU seconds rather than PHP workers. Aderlo Cloud renews at its list price (€290 a year for Growth Store), publishes dedicated PHP workers, includes Redis and migrates the store for free.
Side-by-side comparison
| SiteGround | Aderlo Cloud | |
|---|---|---|
| Plan compared | GrowBig (cheapest WooCommerce plan: StartUp) | Starter Store / Growth Store |
| Price: year 1 → renewal | €65.88 → €335.88 a year (StartUp €35.88 → €191.88); excl. VAT, 12 months prepaid | €120 / €290 a year excl. VAT — the same at renewal |
| Web server and cache | NGINX Direct Delivery + NGINX Dynamic Cache | LiteSpeed Enterprise + LSCache, configured for you |
| Redis / object cache | Memcached as object cache; Redis not stated | yes, a separate instance per account, included |
| PHP versions | 7.3–8.4, per site | 7.4–8.4, per domain, with the result verified |
| Processes, CPU, RAM | PHP workers not stated; 2,000 CPU seconds per hour (GrowBig) | 5 / 10 dedicated PHP workers, up to 1.5 / 3 vCPU, 2 / 4 GB RAM |
| Backups | daily, up to 30 copies, stored in another location, free restore | daily, on separate hardware, 7 / 14 days |
| Data centre | choice at signup; EU: Netherlands, Frankfurt, Madrid, Paris (plus London) | Falkenstein, Germany (EU) |
| SSH, WP-CLI, Git | SSH and WP-CLI on all plans; staging from GrowBig; Git on GoGeek only | SSH, WP-CLI and Git deploy on every plan |
| Migration | free plugin (self-service); staff transfer is paid | free, done by the Aderlo Cloud team, email included |
| AI agents (MCP) and API | free AI Agent for WordPress plugin; MCP server or hosting API not found | remote MCP server with OAuth and 5 scopes; API with scoped keys |
| Uptime SLA | 99.9% | 99.9% |
When SiteGround is the better choice
- You want 30 daily backups stored off-site with free restore.
- You need staging (from GrowBig) and a choice of four EU data centres.
- The lowest first-year price matters most and you plan to reassess before renewal.
- You want phone support 24/7 (in English).
When Aderlo Cloud is the better choice
- You count the cost over years: no renewal jump (SiteGround GrowBig: €65.88 → €335.88).
- You want published capacity — dedicated PHP workers, CPU and RAM — instead of CPU-second quotas.
- You want Git deploy on every plan and a free migration done by the team.
- An AI agent should manage the hosting account through MCP.
What to watch for
- SiteGround’s staff-run migration is paid; the free route is a self-service plugin.
- Staging needs GrowBig or higher, Git needs GoGeek.
- SiteGround’s fair-use page with CPU-second limits was last updated in 2021.
Frequently asked questions
- Which is cheaper, Aderlo Cloud or SiteGround?
- Compare the total over three years at similar resources, not the first-year price. Aderlo Cloud renews at the list price — €120 / €290 a year (excl. VAT) for Starter Store / Growth Store.
- Is moving from SiteGround to Aderlo Cloud free?
- Yes. Aderlo Cloud moves the store, including email, free of charge on every plan, and switches the address only once the copy works — the store keeps selling throughout.