Liquid Web vs SiteGround (September 2026). Which is better?

SiteGround is the stronger choice for loading speed, satisfied customers and entry price, while Liquid Web comes out ahead on the range of plans and the choice of hosting types.

On Chrome UX Report data for real websites, SiteGround responds in 1.3 s median TTFB across 134,374 sites against Liquid Web's 1.5 s across 7,420 sites, a 13% gap in SiteGround's favour. Customers rate SiteGround 4.9 out of 5 from 33,154 reviews and Liquid Web 3.8 from 2,837, aggregated from Google, Trustpilot, G2 and Capterra.

The cheapest plan in our database starts at $2.99 per month at SiteGround and $5.00 at Liquid Web; Liquid Web lists 37 plans across 3 hosting types (Dedicated Servers, WordPress Hosting and VPS), SiteGround 7 across 2. Both offer a 30-day money-back guarantee.

SiteGround runs data centers in 6 countries and Liquid Web in 2 countries; countries served by both: Netherlands and United States.

Choose Liquid Web if you want a broader choice of plans and more hosting types from one provider; choose SiteGround if you want faster page loads, the highest customer ratings and the lowest entry price.

TTFB values on this page were calculated by Prehost from the Chrome UX Report dataset for August 2026. Last recalculation: September 8, 2026. Ratings cover reviews published up to August 2026.

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At Prehost.com, we analyze web hosting performance and speed using the TTFB parameter, based on real user sessions on over 17M websites worldwide.
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Pricing

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$5.00 / mo

Price

Starting monthly price for the cheapest hosting plan available from this provider.

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$2.99 / mo

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Active coupons

Number of currently active discount coupons and deals available for this provider.

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Data

3.8

(2,837 reviews)

Rating

Average user rating based on reviews from major review platforms.

4.9

(33,154 reviews)

1.5s

(7420 sites tested) fast

Performance

Average Time to First Byte (TTFB) measured across real websites hosted by this provider.

1.3s

(134K+ sites tested) fast

WordPress Hosting, VPS, Dedicated Servers

Types

Types of hosting plans offered by this provider.

Web Hosting, Cloud Hosting

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