Site5 vs GigaPros
A detailed comparison to help you choose between Site5 and GigaPros.
Quick Verdict
1.5/5
Site5
0 reviews
3.3/5
GigaPros
0 reviews
GigaPros is rated higher (3.3 vs 1.5). Site5 is an inactive hosting brand under Newfold Digital. site5.com now serves only a client-login and account shell; no plans or signup are offered. The developer-friendly shared hosting described in older material ended with the 2015 EIG acquisition. GigaPros offers SSD shared hosting with LiteSpeed web server and CloudFlare CDN integration. US and EU datacenter options, cPanel, and free daily backups on all plans.
Site5 Inactive hosting brand — legacy accounts only under Newfold Digital | GigaPros Managed shared hosting from $10/month with LiteSpeed and a written uptime SLA | |
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| Overview | ||
| Rating | 1.5 (0 reviews) | 3.3 (0 reviews)✓ |
| Pricing model | not sold — brand is an account/support shell under Newfold Digital | paid |
| Starting price | Free tier available | From $10/mo |
| Best for | No one shopping today. Legacy customers only — with off-platform backups and a migration target in hand. | WordPress and small-business site owners who want managed support, LiteSpeed, and a written uptime SLA at a modest price — especially on the Business tier for revenue-generating sites. |
| Features | ||
| IPv6 | ||
| DDoS protection | ||
| Automated backups | ✓ | |
| Snapshots | ||
| Managed option | ||
| Bare metal | ||
| GPU available | ||
| S3-compatible | ||
| Hourly billing | ||
| Free tier | ||
| Data-center locations | ||
| Regions | — | Dallas, Chicago, Denver (US); Germany, France, London, Canada, Singapore listed for server products |
| Tags | ||
| Tags | eu datacenterus datacenter | backups includedeu datacenterus datacenter |
| Visit Site5 → | Visit GigaPros → | |
Site5
Pros
- + Legacy accounts are still serviceable through the Newfold-operated login portal
- + Historically a genuinely developer-friendly host (SSH, Git, multiple PHP versions, location choice)
- + The domain and account infrastructure remain alive — no abrupt shutdown for existing customers
Cons
- - No plans, pricing or signup available — the brand cannot be purchased
- - Absorbed twice: EIG acquisition (2015) and the EIG/Web.com merger into Newfold Digital (2021)
- - No public SLA, network disclosure or documentation for anything beyond legacy account management
- - The database row materially misdescribes the product; older reviews of Site5 describe a business that no longer exists
GigaPros
Pros
- + Written uptime SLA with defined credits (one day of free hosting per hour of downtime)
- + Zero-overselling policy — overage billing instead of suspension when quotas are hit
- + Fully managed plans with 24/7 support and a one-hour human first-response guarantee
- + LiteSpeed, cPanel, Softaculous, daily backups, and free migration on shared plans
- + Long independent track record (since 2008) with a generous 30-day refund plus pro-rated refunds after
Cons
- - Modest quotas — 25 GB storage and 250 GB bandwidth at $10–$25/month is not generous
- - Small operator with thin independent review coverage and few published benchmarks
- - Overage rates ($0.50–$1.00/GB disk) are steep compared with metered cloud storage
- - Marketing claims (e.g. '600% faster' SSDs) are unverifiable multipliers; site copy is dated
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