ScalaHosting vs SiteGround
Both ladders below were read from the vendors’ own pricing pages, in this market, on the dates shown. Nothing is converted: what you see is what each page showed a reader here.
What each one is
ScalaHostingsite ↗pricing ↗
A hosting company selling managed VPS with its own control panel instead of cPanel. Paid plans start at $2.95/mo (Mini); no free plan is published. The ladder we hold runs 4 paid tiers, topping out at $14.95/mo (Entry Cloud). We read the same $2.95/mo in every market we check, so this vendor does not price by country. It quotes USD here rather than local currency, so your bank sets the conversion.
SiteGroundsite ↗pricing ↗
A shared and managed hosting company, widely used for WordPress sites. Paid plans start at £13.99/mo (StartUp); no free plan is published. The ladder we hold runs 3 paid tiers, topping out at £34.99/mo (GoGeek). It bills by country — entry $17.99/mo to a US reader and $17.99/mo in the eurozone, from our same-day reads.
The two ladders
ScalaHostingsite ↗pricing ↗
read 2026-08-30 · USD
| Plan | Price | What the page says |
|---|---|---|
| Mini | $2.95/mo | |
| Turbo-fast NVMe SSD | $5.95/mo | |
| Advanced | $9.95/mo | |
| Entry Cloud | $14.95/mo |
SiteGroundsite ↗pricing ↗
read 2026-08-30 · GBP
| Plan | Price | What the page says |
|---|---|---|
| StartUp | £13.99/mo | |
| GrowBig | £23.99/mo | |
| GoGeek | £34.99/mo |
Where they differ
- Cheapest way in: ScalaHosting at $2.95/mo, against SiteGround at £13.99/mo. That is the entry price in this market on the dates shown, not a judgement about which suits you.
- Free plans: neither publishes one. Any free access here is a trial, which is a deadline.
- How far each ladder goes: ScalaHosting tops out at $14.95/mo, SiteGround at £34.99/mo. A deeper ladder is not a worse deal — it is a bill that keeps climbing if you keep growing.
- ScalaHosting: We read the same $2.95/mo in every market we check, so this vendor does not price by country. It quotes USD here rather than local currency, so your bank sets the conversion.
- SiteGround: It bills by country — entry $17.99/mo to a US reader and $17.99/mo in the eurozone, from our same-day reads.