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SiteGround renewal price: what you pay after the intro term

Observed on SiteGround's pricing page. The price has not moved since 2026-08-23. Checked again on 2026-10-16: the page blocked my check; showing the last verified data.

StartUp, the cheapest plan I track here

$2.99becomes$17.99

a month once the first 12 months are up. A rise of 502%.

SiteGround publishes 2 plans I track. The cheapest, StartUp, is $2.99/mo on a 12-month term and renews at $17.99/mo, 502% more than the intro price. The renewal price is printed on the pricing page. Over 3 years the cheapest purchasable path costs $467.64. SiteGround lists a second plan, GrowBig, above it: $4.99/mo renewing at $29.99, 501% more, a rise $10.00 a month steeper than the cheapest plan's. Index score 25.9 (mild), no dated incidents in my window; tracking since 2026-08-23.

Enshittification Index: 25.9 (mild)

What StartUp costs per month over 5 years, at the prices SiteGround publishes today.
$2.9912 months
$17.99then every month
month 1month 12: the jumpmonth 60
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PlanIntro /moTermRenewal /moJump1 yr3 yr5 yrHistory
StartUp cheapest $2.9912 mo $17.99 +502% $35.88$467.64$899.40tracking since 2026-08-23
GrowBig popular $4.9912 mo $29.99 +501% $59.88$779.64$1,499.40tracking since 2026-08-23
Visit SiteGroundaffiliate link; see the note abovenegotiate this renewal insteadwhen does mine renew?the week before it renews

Where the renewal price is stated

StartUp

“Renews at $17.99 /mo. Prepaid for 12 months. Ex. VAT”

Source: https://world.siteground.com/web-hosting.htm · observed 2026-08-23 · confidence medium · 'Save 83%' vs regular $17.99. Promo applies to the first 12 months only; 24/36-month first terms are offered in the cart at other rates (not verified). 12 x $2.99 = $35.88 implied, not stated. Verified on world.siteground.com (USD, ex-VAT), not on the US-geo www page.

GrowBig

“Renews at $29.99 /mo. Prepaid for 12 months. Ex. VAT”

Source: https://world.siteground.com/web-hosting.htm · observed 2026-08-23 · confidence medium · No 'recommended' badge found in the HTML; middle tier used as 'popular'. GoGeek: $7.99/mo -> renews $44.99/mo ('Save 82%').

Price history

StartUp

ObservedIntro /moRenewal /moMethod
2026-08-23$2.99$17.99seed

GrowBig

ObservedIntro /moRenewal /moMethod
2026-08-23$4.99$29.99seed

Cheaper over the same 36 months

18 of the 25 hosts I can price come in under SiteGround's $467.64 over 36 months. The three cheapest:

  1. ChemiCloud Starter $53.64 saving $414.00
  2. AccuWeb Hosting Budget (Best Cheap Web Hosting) $71.64 saving $396.00
  3. HostArmada Start Dock $71.64 saving $396.00

The rule is arithmetic and nothing else: a host appears here only if it publishes a renewal price and a full 36-month total can be computed from prices actually observed, and the order is that total, cheapest first. Hosts whose intro term is not published cannot be priced and are left out rather than guessed at. None of these pay me anything. Switching costs an afternoon; the week before a renewal is when to do it.

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