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SiteGround vs WP Engine: which is more reliable? (2026)

SiteGround is more reliable than WP Engine, scoring 80.0 vs 30.5 out of 100. Over the last 90 days SiteGround reported 0 incidents and WP Engine reported 20, with effective uptime of 100% and 95.37% respectively.

Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score

SiteGround

80.0/100

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WP Engine

30.5/100

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VS
MetricSiteGroundWP Engine
Reliability score80.030.5
Rank (web hosts)—#11
Uptime (90 days)100%95.37%
Incidents (90 days)020
Partial / major outages05
Avg time to resolve—21h 1m
Outages we detected00
Transparency score0/100100/100

Where SiteGround and WP Engine differ

  • SiteGround reported no incidents in the last 90 days, while WP Engine reported 20.
  • WP Engine had 5 partial or major outages, compared with 0 for SiteGround.

90-day uptime

SiteGround

Aug 5, 2026 – Oct 31, 2026: no dataNov 1, 2026 – Nov 2, 2026: no incidents
90 days ago100% average daily uptimeToday

WP Engine

Aug 5, 2026 – Aug 16, 2026: no incidentsAug 17, 2026: 94.85% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Aug 18, 2026: 91.31% uptime, 3 incidents (Degraded performance)Aug 19, 2026 – Aug 20, 2026: no incidentsAug 21, 2026: 93.79% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Aug 22, 2026 – Aug 31, 2026: no incidentsSep 1, 2026: 96.48% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 2, 2026 – Sep 14, 2026: no incidentsSep 15, 2026: 93.68% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 16, 2026: 98.95% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 17, 2026: 96.07% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Sep 18, 2026 – Sep 20, 2026: no incidentsSep 21, 2026: 92.42% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Sep 22, 2026: 95.61% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 23, 2026: 85.00% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 24, 2026: 85.00% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 25, 2026: 91.51% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 26, 2026: 97.89% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 27, 2026: 85.00% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 28, 2026: 85.00% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 29, 2026: 87.10% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Sep 30, 2026 – Oct 6, 2026: no incidentsOct 7, 2026: 95.28% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 8, 2026: 85.00% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Oct 9, 2026: 85.00% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 10, 2026: 89.71% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 11, 2026 – Oct 12, 2026: no incidentsOct 13, 2026: 97.20% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 14, 2026: 90.79% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 15, 2026: 72.39% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Oct 16, 2026: 50.00% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Oct 17, 2026: 50.00% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Oct 18, 2026: 77.60% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Oct 19, 2026: 87.91% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Oct 20, 2026: 63.64% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Oct 21, 2026: 74.08% uptime, 3 incidents (Partial outage)Oct 22, 2026: 95.76% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Oct 23, 2026 – Nov 2, 2026: no incidents
90 days ago95.379% average daily uptimeToday

Recent SiteGround incidents

No incidents reported by SiteGround in the last 90 days.

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Recent WP Engine incidents

  • MaintenanceOct 30, 2026 · resolved in 6h

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  • MaintenanceOct 29, 2026 · resolved in 1h

    Headless Platform Maintenance

  • MaintenanceOct 28, 2026 · resolved in 5d 2h

    Emergency WordPress Security Updates

  • MaintenanceOct 28, 2026 · resolved in 6h

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  • Degraded performanceOct 22, 2026 · resolved in 6h 3m

    User Portal Access Issues

    Affected: User Portal

  • MaintenanceOct 21, 2026 · resolved in 6h

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