This page is not for the $2.99 shopper. It's for the renewal invoice.
SiteGround StartUp intro is $2.99/mo prepaid for 12 months. We are $19.95/mo or $199/yr. We are not cheaper than that first year. If you are still in year 1 and happy doing the work yourself, stay.
The job after the promo is different. The rate jumps. The free domain ends. The site is still yours to run. Their AI is tokens. Ours is an engineer. StartUp still has no staging. GrowBig — the plan with staging — is the bill we beat.
We're not the cheapest host. We're the one that just works.
The person who just got the year-2 email
We do not compete with the promo month. We compete with the real job after it.
Stay on SiteGround if you are still in the intro year, one site with no staging is enough, you like Site Tools, and you want their unlimited email. They win mailbox count. We have 10. We will not pretend otherwise.
Look at JuJu if the renewal landed — StartUp goes to $17.99/mo, GrowBig to $29.99 — or if you need staging and you are about to buy GrowBig for it. Leftover SiteGround months can become JuJu time: up to 12 months, at our price. We don't write a check. Domain every year, 10 mailboxes, an engineer. Price is the price.
After the promo, not during it
USD. SiteGround public prices refreshed 21 August 2026. JuJu is one SKU.
| JuJu | SiteGround StartUp | SiteGround GrowBig | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intro / first-year advertised | $19.95/mo or $199/yr. No intro hook. | $2.99/mo prepaid 12 months. We are not cheaper than this year. | $4.99/mo prepaid 12 months. |
| Regular / renews at | Same price. Cancel anytime. | $17.99/mo | $29.99/mo |
| WordPress sites | 1 | 1 | Unlimited |
| Storage | 10 GB NVMe | 10 GB | 50 GB |
| Staging | Included | No | Yes — this is why GrowBig exists for a careful site |
| 10 mailboxes included | Free unlimited email. They win the count. | Free unlimited email. They win the count. | |
| Domain | Registration and yearly renewal included | Free domain first year, then you pay. .com regular $22.99/yr (21 Aug 2026). | Same first-year free domain, then regular renewal. |
| Who does the work | Julia (our site AI) — not a token meter. | You + Site Tools + SiteGround AI (free tokens, then more tokens). | Same, on a bigger plan. |
| Money-back | 60 days on hosting | 30-day money-back / “30 days free” on their pricing page | 30 days |
| Migration | Free + leftover-time credit (up to 12 months, our price) | Their migrate tools | Their migrate tools |
We will not argue we are cheaper than StartUp year 1. We are not. The argument is the renewal jump, the domain after year 1, and that the site is still your job — unless you buy GrowBig for staging, which is the 3-year bill we beat.
We do not hide StartUp
Hosting + one .com. SiteGround domain is free in year 1, then $22.99/yr regular .com (21 August 2026). JuJu domain is in the $199. If you stay on one site and never need staging, StartUp can beat us. Say that out loud.
| Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | 3-year total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JuJu annual | $199 + domain in | $199 + domain in | $199 + domain in | $597 |
| SiteGround StartUp + .com | $2.99 × 12 = $35.88 + $0 domain | $17.99 × 12 = $215.88 + $22.99 | $215.88 + $22.99 | $513.62 — StartUp can beat JuJu |
| SiteGround GrowBig + .com | $4.99 × 12 = $59.88 + $0 domain | $29.99 × 12 = $359.88 + $22.99 | $359.88 + $22.99 | $825.62 |
StartUp has no staging. If the site is careful enough that you want a staging copy before you touch production, GrowBig is the SiteGround plan that does that job — and that bill is the one we beat ($826 vs $597) before you count engineer time versus tokens.
Assumptions: one WordPress site, no tax, prepaid 12-month intro then published regular monthly × 12. .com at SiteGround regular $22.99/yr after year 1. JuJu $199/yr with leftover-time credit, domain every year, 10 mailboxes. GoGeek ($7.99 → $44.99/mo on the 21 August 2026 pricing page) is more site and a higher support tier, not the staging wedge. Staging starts at GrowBig.
Leftover-time credit. Domain. Ten mailboxes. Price is the price.
Year 1 StartUp is a loss-leader. Year 2 is $17.99/mo plus a domain that is no longer free. You still patch WordPress, still decide whether a plugin update is safe, still open Site Tools when something is slow. We do not compete with $2.99. We compete with that second bill plus that second job.
SiteGround sells an AI Agent with free tokens, then more tokens. That is a meter on top of a panel. Julia, the AI site engineer, already knows the box — not a person, and not a token balance. Same 10 GB NVMe, LiteSpeed, LSCache, Redis, WAF, daily backups — plus an AI engineer whose job is the site.
Prepaid SiteGround months you will not use can become JuJu time — up to 12 months, at our price, not a cash check. 60-day money-back on the initial hosting fee versus their 30. Domain + 10 mailboxes + the $199 is the price. We do not invent a $2.99 to beat. We do not win mailbox count — they have unlimited email; we have 10.
StartUp can win the 3-year cash. We will not hide it.
We will not say we are cheaper than StartUp year 1. We are not. We will not hide that StartUp 3-year TCO (~$514) can beat JuJu ($597) on one site with no staging. We will not pretend 10 mailboxes beat their unlimited email. We will not invent a speed test against SiteGround.
If unlimited sites or 50 GB is the reason you opened GrowBig, stay — that buyer is not a 10 GB / one-site buyer. This SKU is a brochure / SMB WordPress site. No contractual uptime SLA (we target 99.9%). Not white-label. Running several sites? Let's talk volume.
Got leftover months on SiteGround?
Leftover-time credit, domain, 10 mailboxes. The price is the price. We still will not tell a happy year-1 StartUp customer to leave.
60-day money-back on hosting · Cancel anytime · Free white-glove migration (typical 1–2 business days) · Leftover old-host time becomes JuJu time — up to 12 months, at our price
Hosting refund: first 60 days of the initial purchase, one guarantee refund per customer (Refund Policy). Domains already provisioned are not refunded.
SiteGround switch, answered
Is JuJu cheaper than SiteGround StartUp?
When does the JuJu bill win?
Do you include as much email as SiteGround?
Should I switch if I am still in year 1 on StartUp?
I prepaid two years of SiteGround. What happens to that time?
Sources checked 21 August 2026
domains.htm 404s). JuJu pricing and refund. We do not invent unpublished SiteGround prices. Competitor figures reflect the pages we opened on 21 August 2026 and are not updated automatically.