When purchasing a server to build a foreign trade website yourself, should you choose Bluehost or SiteGround? Naiba recommends choosing SiteGround. Why is this recommended? Because Bluehost is truly terrible, and the reasons will be explained one by one.
What makes SiteGround better than Bluehost?
1. Higher Server Configuration
First, let's look at a configuration comparison image. If you have your own WordPress website, you can go to the backend, select Tools > Site Health. Then switch to the Info tab, and you will see an interface like the image below.
In the image above, the left side shows the SiteGround server, and the right side shows the Bluehost server. Comparing the results reveals that SiteGround's server configuration almost completely outperforms Bluehost. You might not understand the specific functions of these configurations, but you can surely appreciate that a phone with more RAM is less likely to lag.
What direct impact will these configurations have on your website? 
The most direct impact is that after building the website, we need to install a Theme, and usually, we go to
Themeforestpurchase a premium Theme, then import the Theme demo data. However, when you try to import the Theme demo data, you find it fails. Looking at the reason, it turns out the PHP timeout is too short; the system is set to 30, while the minimum requirement is 600. (Yes, SG's is only 120, but that's still much longer than 30.) You cannot modify this value yourself; at least, Naiba tested modifying the configuration and it didn't take effect. But if you use
VPS, then this is not a problem.
Server Configuration Comparison:In the comparison image above, SiteGround is the entry-level StartUp configuration, while Bluehost is the Plus plan.
As seen in the image above, Bluehost's Plus service is priced at $5.95, while SiteGround's StartUp configuration is $3.95. Lower price, yet better server configuration.
2. More User-Friendly Admin Dashboard
The following points mainly demonstrate that SiteGround's panel is more user-friendly.
1. Interface: Bluehost's management panel is very difficult to use.SiteGround has two Admin Dashboards: a new version and an old version. New users purchase the new version interface, which is very clean. Refer to
SiteGround Tutorial's article to see. I'm too lazy to take a screenshot of Bluehost's backend; it's really terrible. Just look at the image below:
Login failures occur frequently. The issue is that the username and password are completely correct, but clicking a function pops up a prompt asking you to log in again. (This happens not just on my computer; clients' computers accessing it also experience this, whether connecting directly or via proxy.)
2. More user-friendly serviceThe simplest point: since it's claimed to be a WordPress-recommended provider, why isn't the basic server configuration adjusted? Bluehost's default PHP version is still 5.6, while WordPress recommends 7.3. The top comparison image shows the result after I manually changed Bluehost's PHP version.
SiteGround defaults to the new version and also updates when PHP has updates, notifying you by email.
3. Bluehost engages in deceptive upsellingTo conveniently explain how the upselling works, I went to the backend to take a screenshot, as shown below: The most basic SSL feature. Friends running foreign trade websites must have heard that configuring an SSL certificate helps with
Google SEO ranking, so let's set it up. Click to enter the SSL panel.
The interface that appears has "AutoSSL is ON" at the top, indicating that free SSL is already enabled.
But why isn't my website's SSL working? Could it be because the free SSL doesn't work and I need to buy a paid one? (This isn't Naiba making things up; a friend almost fell into this trap.)
Now look at SiteGround's SSL installation interface. Judge for yourself which one is better.
Finally, if you've decided to purchase SiteGround, click here to view
SiteGround Tutorial。
In the image above, the left side shows the SiteGround server, and the right side shows the Bluehost server. Comparing the results reveals that SiteGround's server configuration almost completely outperforms Bluehost. You might not understand the specific functions of these configurations, but you can surely appreciate that a phone with more RAM is less likely to lag.What direct impact will these configurations have on your website? 
The most direct impact is that after building the website, we need to install a Theme, and usually, we go toThemeforestpurchase a premium Theme, then import the Theme demo data. However, when you try to import the Theme demo data, you find it fails. Looking at the reason, it turns out the PHP timeout is too short; the system is set to 30, while the minimum requirement is 600. (Yes, SG's is only 120, but that's still much longer than 30.) You cannot modify this value yourself; at least, Naiba tested modifying the configuration and it didn't take effect. But if you useVPS, then this is not a problem.Server Configuration Comparison:In the comparison image above, SiteGround is the entry-level StartUp configuration, while Bluehost is the Plus plan.
As seen in the image above, Bluehost's Plus service is priced at $5.95, while SiteGround's StartUp configuration is $3.95. Lower price, yet better server configuration.
Login failures occur frequently. The issue is that the username and password are completely correct, but clicking a function pops up a prompt asking you to log in again. (This happens not just on my computer; clients' computers accessing it also experience this, whether connecting directly or via proxy.)2. More user-friendly serviceThe simplest point: since it's claimed to be a WordPress-recommended provider, why isn't the basic server configuration adjusted? Bluehost's default PHP version is still 5.6, while WordPress recommends 7.3. The top comparison image shows the result after I manually changed Bluehost's PHP version.
SiteGround defaults to the new version and also updates when PHP has updates, notifying you by email.3. Bluehost engages in deceptive upsellingTo conveniently explain how the upselling works, I went to the backend to take a screenshot, as shown below: The most basic SSL feature. Friends running foreign trade websites must have heard that configuring an SSL certificate helps withGoogle SEO ranking, so let's set it up. Click to enter the SSL panel.
The interface that appears has "AutoSSL is ON" at the top, indicating that free SSL is already enabled.
But why isn't my website's SSL working? Could it be because the free SSL doesn't work and I need to buy a paid one? (This isn't Naiba making things up; a friend almost fell into this trap.)
Now look at SiteGround's SSL installation interface. Judge for yourself which one is better.
Finally, if you've decided to purchase SiteGround, click here to viewSiteGround Tutorial。
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