SiteGround vs ScalaHosting: Do You Need a Reseller Platform, or Just a Way to Hand Off Sites?

SiteGround's GoGeek plan runs $7.99 per month as an intro price and renews at $44.99/mo., a 5.6x jump, prepaid for 12 months. ScalaHosting's Entry Cloud plan runs $14.95 per month as an intro price and renews at $39.95/mo., a 2.7x jump. Neither number tells you which host actually fits an agency, because SiteGround and ScalaHosting are not solving the same problem. SiteGround bolts a Collaborator-access feature onto its mainstream hosting plans so an agency can hand a finished site to a client without giving up account ownership. ScalaHosting builds a dedicated reseller platform (proprietary control panel, WHMCS billing integration, unlimited or tiered account caps) so an agency can resell hosting as its own branded, recurring-revenue line. The real question isn't which plan is cheaper. It's which of those two businesses you're actually running.

The Short Answer

If you build sites and hand them to clients to run on their own, SiteGround's GrowBig or GoGeek plan with Collaborator access covers that, and it's the cheaper entry point. If you want to sell hosting under your own brand as a standing business line, with a control panel your clients never see and billing that runs through your own WHMCS instance, ScalaHosting's SPanel reseller lineup is built for that job and SiteGround's plans are not.

Quick Comparison

SiteGround: Full Spec Breakdown

SiteGround doesn't sell a separate "reseller" product line the way ScalaHosting does. It sells two mainstream hosting tiers (GrowBig and GoGeek) and adds an "Add Collaborators to Sites" and "Granular Client Access" feature to both, so an agency can invite a client into a site (or hand full control to them) without transferring the SiteGround account itself. That's the whole mechanism: one hosting account, multiple sites, collaborator invitations layered on top.

GrowBig starts at $4.99/mo. (site-wide banner promo reads "SAVE 83%") and renews at $29.99/mo., prepaid for 12 months, a 6.0x gap. It includes 50GB web space, unlimited websites, and the same Collaborator/client-access checklist as the tiers above it. GoGeek is marked "BEST VALUE" on the plan page, starts at $7.99/mo. ("SAVE 82%") and renews at $44.99/mo., also prepaid for 12 months, a 5.6x gap. GoGeek doubles the storage to 100GB. A third tier, Cloud, is priced as "Starts from $100.00/mo." with a "CONFIGURE" button and no renewal figure or discount badge shown in the capture. There's no way to state an intro-vs-renewal gap for Cloud from what SiteGround discloses on the page.

Here's the detail that matters for a white-label buyer: the plan-card checklist literally lists "White-label Site Tools" under all three tiers, including GrowBig. But the page's own recommendation copy tells a different story. For hiding SiteGround's branding from clients, the page says: "If you wish your clients to be able to manage their sites, but you don't want them to see any SiteGround branding, we recommend our GoGeek or Cloud plans." GrowBig is not named. GrowBig's own use-case blurb reads: "Use our GrowBig plan to manage as many sites as you wish and give collaborator access to your team to help you in the process." That's collaborator access for your own team, not white-labeled client access. Treat the checklist line item as boilerplate and the prose as the real answer: GoGeek and Cloud are SiteGround's white-label-capable tiers; GrowBig is a plain multi-site collaborator plan.

Separately from these self-serve plans, SiteGround runs an "Agency Hosting Program": a distinct, inquiry-gated program with its own landing page. It is not a checkout flow; the only CTAs are "SEND AN INQUIRY" and "GET STARTED," and the program is framed around referral commissions: "Earn industry-leading commissions by recommending a trusted hosting provider to your clients." It sits on top of the same GrowBig/GoGeek/Cloud plans and adds perks for "qualifying agency partners" (a free account, white-glove migrations, a dedicated account manager), but the program's own cost and qualification bar aren't disclosed on the page. Budget for this as a relationship you'd have to apply for, not a self-serve upgrade.

ScalaHosting: Full Spec Breakdown

ScalaHosting runs two separate reseller product lines on two separate pages, and the difference between them is the point. The SPanel/cloud line (Entry Cloud, Build #1, #2, #3) runs on SPanel, ScalaHosting's own proprietary control panel: "a lightweight, proprietary alternative to cPanel" that carries "no additional licensing fees." Every tier on this line lists "Manage Unlimited accounts" as a core feature. The cPanel-branded line (Scala 1, 2, 3) runs standard cPanel/WHM instead, and caps the number of accounts you can manage: 20 on Scala 1, 40 on Scala 2, 60 on Scala 3. ScalaHosting's own page says as much about the tradeoff: cPanel reseller hosting "can work for very small setups, but its shared-server limitations make it less suitable for anyone looking to grow," while "SPanel-powered cloud hosting is the superior, modern choice" in the company's own words.

Every tier across both lines carries the same white-label mechanics: mask your control panel URL and interface, run your own nameservers via a private DNS feature, add your own logo and branding, and set your own client pricing with no cap ("No limits for resellers on how they charge their client hosting packages"). A free WHMCS module ships with every plan for automated client billing and provisioning (the WHMCS license itself is purchased separately from ScalaHosting). Free migration of reseller accounts is included on both lines.

One capture-level caveat worth naming: both pages render a term-length toggle ("36 M / 12 M / 1 M" or "12 M / 1 M") directly above each displayed price, and the raw capture doesn't preserve which toggle position was active. The prices below are what rendered in the page's default state. They aren't confirmed against a specific 1-month, 12-month, or 36-month term. Verify the term length at checkout before you commit to a number.

Head-to-Head: Pricing (Intro and Renewal)

SiteGround's renewal-shock gap is larger in percentage terms on both plans that matter for reselling: GrowBig's 6.0x is the steepest number on this page. ScalaHosting's SPanel line has smaller but still real gaps, running 1.8x to 2.7x. The one genuine oddity worth flagging for cost planning: ScalaHosting's three cPanel-branded tiers (Scala 1, 2, 3) each show a "SAVE 20%/13%/9%" badge, but the intro price and the disclosed renewal price are identical on all three: $19.95 stays $19.95, $34.95 stays $34.95, $49.95 stays $49.95. That's an inconsistency in ScalaHosting's own pricing display, not a typo we're correcting. If you're pricing out the cPanel line specifically, the "SAVE" label doesn't correspond to any renewal increase in what the page discloses.

Head-to-Head: Bolt-On Collaborator vs. Dedicated Reseller Platform

This is the actual decision, and it's a business-model question more than a spec question. SiteGround's Collaborator/client-access mechanism assumes you're building a site, then handing operational control (or view access) to the person who owns it: an agency workflow, not a hosting-resale workflow. There's no separate control panel to brand as your own; clients who get white-label access on GoGeek or Cloud are working inside SiteGround's own Site Tools with SiteGround's branding stripped off, not a system you've built and priced yourself. And the "Agency Hosting Program" that layers commissions on top requires an inquiry and an unstated qualification bar: it's a relationship SiteGround has to approve, not a checkout option.

ScalaHosting starts from the opposite assumption: you are the hosting provider, as far as your clients can tell. SPanel gives you a full proprietary control panel with your own masked URL, your own nameservers, your own logo, and no license fee for the panel itself. WHMCS ships free for automated invoicing and account provisioning, so client billing runs through your own system rather than SiteGround's account structure. And pricing is genuinely yours to set: "No limits for resellers on how they charge their client hosting packages." The tradeoff is the account-cap structure on the cheaper cPanel tiers (20/40/60 accounts on Scala 1/2/3) versus unlimited accounts on the pricier SPanel/cloud line, a real capacity ceiling to plan around if you're scaling past a handful of client accounts on the entry cPanel tier.

When to Choose SiteGround

• Choose SiteGround if: you build WordPress sites for clients and hand them off to run independently, and you want the client to be able to log in and manage the site without seeing your billing relationship with SiteGround.
• Choose SiteGround if: you want the cheapest entry point in this comparison and don't need a branded control panel of your own: GrowBig's intro price of $4.99 per month is the lowest number either host quotes.
• Skip SiteGround if: you want to run hosting as a standing, branded revenue line with your own control panel and your own invoicing system: that's not what Collaborator access or the plan-card checklist actually delivers, whatever the checklist line item says.

When to Choose ScalaHosting

• Choose ScalaHosting if: you want to resell hosting under your own brand with a control panel your clients never associate with ScalaHosting: masked URL, your own nameservers, your own logo.
• Choose ScalaHosting if: you need WHMCS-driven client billing and provisioning bundled with the hosting plan rather than built separately.
• Skip ScalaHosting if: you're only handing off finished sites to clients who'll manage them themselves: the reseller-platform features (masked panel, private nameservers, WHMCS) solve a problem you don't have, and SiteGround's cheaper plans cover the actual job.

See the full review for SiteGround and ScalaHosting on HostingDive, with intro vs renewal pricing and support response time data. Compare SiteGround plans or compare ScalaHosting reseller plans.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does SiteGround support white-label reseller hosting?

SiteGround's plan-card checklist lists "White-label Site Tools" on GrowBig, GoGeek, and Cloud alike, but the page's own recommendation copy only names GoGeek and Cloud when describing hiding SiteGround's branding from clients: GrowBig's use case is framed as collaborator access for your own team, not white-labeling.

Is ScalaHosting cheaper than SiteGround for reseller hosting?

At intro pricing, SiteGround's GrowBig ($4.99/mo.) is cheaper than ScalaHosting's Entry Cloud ($14.95/mo.). At renewal, GrowBig ($29.99/mo.) costs less than Entry Cloud ($39.95/mo.) too, but they aren't the same product: GrowBig is a mainstream hosting plan with collaborator access, not a branded reseller platform with its own control panel.

Can I use WHMCS with SiteGround or ScalaHosting?

ScalaHosting includes a free WHMCS module with every reseller plan (the WHMCS license itself is purchased separately). SiteGround's captured pages don't describe any WHMCS or billing-system integration.

Does ScalaHosting really offer unlimited reseller accounts?

Only on its SPanel/cloud line (Entry Cloud, Build #1-3), which lists "Manage Unlimited accounts." Its cPanel-branded line (Scala 1, 2, 3) is capped at 20, 40, and 60 accounts respectively.