Cloudflare vs SiteGround Comparison
Compare Cloudflare vs SiteGround features, pricing, and more.
Last updated: November 2026
Cloudflare
7.6/10
Cloudflare is a global edge network. It offers CDN, DNS, DDoS protection and a WAF, plus serverless compute and storage (Workers, R2, D1) for developers and businesses.
SiteGround
6.3/10
Bulgarian web host running on Google Cloud. It offers shared, managed WordPress, WooCommerce and cloud hosting for small businesses, freelancers and agencies.
Feature-by-Feature Comparison
| Feature | | |
|---|---|---|
| Scores | ||
| Overall Rating | 7.6/10 | 6.3/10 |
| Analytics | 7/10 | 5/10 |
| Cost | 9/10 | 4/10 |
| Customization | 8/10 | 5/10 |
| Ease of Use | 7/10 | 8/10 |
| Integration | 8/10 | 4/10 |
| Reliability | 7/10 | 8/10 |
| Scalability | 9/10 | 5/10 |
| Security | 9/10 | 8/10 |
| Support | 4/10 | 8/10 |
| Pricing | ||
| Free plan | Yes | No |
| Cheapest paid plan | $5/mo Workers Paid | €80/mo Cloud Jump Start |
| Estimated cost for 10 users | Free Free | €80/mo Cloud Jump Start |
| Features | ||
| Shared Hosting | ||
| Content Delivery Network | ||
| DDoS Protection | ||
| Free SSL Certificates | ||
| Automatic Backups | Not listed | |
| Cloud Compute | Not listed | |
| Dedicated Servers | Not listed | |
| Git Deployments | Not listed | |
| Managed Databases | Not listed | |
| Managed WordPress | Not listed | |
| Multiple Regions | Not listed | |
| Object Storage | Not listed | |
| Serverless Functions | Not listed | |
| Uptime SLA | Not listed | |
Cloudflare vs SiteGround cost by team size
| Team size | Cloudflare | SiteGround |
|---|---|---|
| 1 user | FreeFree | €80/moCloud Jump Start |
| 5 users | FreeFree | €80/moCloud Jump Start |
| 10 users | FreeFree | €80/moCloud Jump Start |
| 25 users | FreeFree | €80/moCloud Jump Start |
| 50 users | FreeFree | €80/moCloud Jump Start |
The plan that fits each team size, billed monthly, before add-ons and usage charges. Each cost opens that tool's pricing calculator for the team size.
Which One Should You Choose?
Why choose Cloudflare
- Has a free plan (SiteGround does not)
- Higher Cost score (9/10 vs 4/10)
- Higher Integration score (8/10 vs 4/10)
- Better fit for developers (9/10 vs 5/10)
Why choose SiteGround
- Higher Support score (8/10 vs 4/10)
- Higher Ease of Use score (8/10 vs 7/10)
- Better fit for small business (9/10 vs 7/10)
- Includes Shared Hosting, which Cloudflare lacks
Pros & Cons
Cloudflare
Pros
- The free plan includes unmetered DDoS protection, a CDN, a WAF and universal SSL.
- R2 object storage charges no egress fees.
- Workers has very low entry pricing: a $5 monthly minimum and $0.30 per additional million requests.
- The Business plan adds a 100 percent uptime SLA and PCI DSS compliance for $200 a month billed annually.
Cons
- Reviewers report slow support on Free and Pro, which have no chat or phone support.
- Global outages in November and December 2025 disrupted many sites at the same time.
- Reviewers report billing problems, such as charges after cancelling add-ons.
- It offers no traditional shared hosting, VPS or dedicated servers, so you still need an origin host for conventional workloads.
SiteGround
Pros
- Every shared plan includes a custom WAF, AI anti-bot protection, malware scanning and daily off-site backups kept for 30 days.
- It runs on Google Cloud, with data centers in the US, Europe, Singapore and Sydney.
- GoGeek and the cloud plans include white-label client access and staging with Git, which helps agencies manage client sites.
- Reviewers on G2 and review sites regularly praise its support and uptime.
- Free site migrations and managed WordPress updates are included on all plans.
Cons
- Promotional first-year prices renew at roughly six to eight times the intro rate.
- The intro shared-hosting prices require paying 12 months upfront.
- The entry StartUp plan allows one site and 10 GB of storage, which a growing site can quickly outgrow.
- There is no documented public infrastructure API for developer teams.
- Some G2 users find the dashboard structure confusing.
Not sold on either?
Frequently Asked Questions
Cloudflare scores higher on our Hosting & Infrastructure criteria: 7.6/10 against 6.3/10 for SiteGround. The largest gap is in Cost: 9/10 for Cloudflare and 4/10 for SiteGround.
Cloudflare has a free plan; SiteGround does not list one.
Cloudflare is the better fit for developers: we rate it 9/10 for them, against 5/10 for SiteGround.
SiteGround has Shared Hosting, which Cloudflare lacks.
