I wish to choose between Kinsta and WPOven. I read a lot of reviews about WPOven and it seems more working for me and my budget. Any suggestion if my budget is low, what more can I look for?

Thanks.

Hey Mayur,

It depends, if you’re looking for a fast managed hosting, I’d recommend Flywheel (this is what we use here at WPKube) or WPEngine. If you are looking for enterprise hosting then Kinsta or WPEngine.

I, unfortunately, have also seen SiteGround decrease in quality in the last few years :-(. A few years ago, I researched options to move our small business managed wordpress hosting clients to. I beta-tested SiteGround by moving one of my personal sites and found that they aren’t as great as the hype makes them out to be. They messed up a fairly simple WordPress migration. The site was so slaughtered that I canceled and eliminated them from our list of server options. They’re definitely cheap, which is great. But I wasn’t willing to take the risk with my client’s sites.

After a couple of months, I tried yesterday to update my posts just to realize my website was hacked. I sent a ticket through their 1990 looking support site. Long story short, I am about to lose 10 years with no support at all from them. Yes, they have a backup to restore the site, but only from 30 days back. Someone hacked my site on January 1st and it’s been 45 days since. So no backup, no log in through wp-admin… my work is almost gone.

The support guys just sent me a list of “suspicious” files, saying “help yourself or buy the XYZ wordpress repair service from XXX”. I asked them to help me with backup before January 1st. Nothing. So my traffic is 0 right now, penalized by Google… I’m not very happy with all this, as you might imagine. I included an image to prove that currently I am a SG customer.

I’m currently trying to get my files and site back. So I think that most of the comments I’ve read were either false or paid. I think SiteGround is not a serious business, not worthy paying for, unless you want to harm your reputation.

I’ll be moving to MediaTemple, WP Engine or BlueHost again or to a new hosting company with additional security. Different pricing, but… how much did I lose after 45 days without a site and SG “Scanner” sending emails saying: Your safe is CLEAN?

Guys at Site Ground, as I’ve seen you reply to some customers saying “we cannot find your website” implying it is a fake review, please take a look at the ticket number #3024118. I am an active customer.

My final advice: Do not trust this company. Remember, they offer a cheap deal the first year, and then the price goes up up up, and after that, you might lose your site with awful customer support.

Check out this guide wpkube.com/start-a-wordpress-blog/

Hey Sara,

Here is a step by step guide on how you can move the site — https://www.wpkube.com/migrating-wordpress-site/

Alternatively, you should also reach out to the hosting company to see if they can move the site for you, most hosting providers offer free migration to new customers.