A SiteCare alternative from $89, not $435
SiteCare starts at $435 a month and keeps technical SEO, accessibility monitoring and its one-hour SLA for the $2,190 Diamond plan. TopSyde includes hosting, malware removal and weekly SEO and speed work at $89 a site.
What it costs
$89 against $435 for one site.
For the plan that comes closest to ours in scope, read from SiteCare's pricing page on 21 October 2026.
One site, per month
TopSyde
$89/mo
Hosting, malware removal, weekly Auto SEO and Auto Speed, AI edits and an hour of developer time, with senior developers on call 24/7 for a site that's down.
SiteCare
$435/mo
Gold ($390 a month billed annually). Technical SEO, accessibility monitoring and the one-hour SLA are on Diamond at $2,190.
Ten sites, per month
TopSyde
$890/mo
$89 a site on Standard (1 to 10 sites), hosting included. From 11 sites it drops to $71.
SiteCare
Not published
SiteCare's pricing page doesn't say how many sites a plan covers or what more sites cost.
Diamond, the SiteCare plan with technical SEO, is $2,190 a month for one site.
Side by side
TopSyde vs SiteCare, line by line
What each plan lists, and which SiteCare plan you need for it.
| Feature | TopSyde | SiteCare |
|---|---|---|
| Price for one site | TopSyde $89/mo, hosting included | SiteCare $435 Gold, $2,190 Diamond, hosting included |
| Hosting | TopSyde Included: Kinsta (Google C3D) + Cloudflare | SiteCare Included (CoreSpeed) |
| Malware removal | TopSyde Included on every plan; scanned daily from outside the site | SiteCare Included |
| Ongoing SEO | TopSyde Auto SEO weekly: titles, descriptions, alt text, schema | SiteCare Technical SEO on Diamond ($2,190) |
| Speed work | TopSyde Developer tune-up at move-in, Auto Speed weekly | SiteCare Core Web Vitals passing within 14 days |
| Content edits & dev time | TopSyde 10 AI edits + 1 hour of developer time a site a month; bigger builds $150/hr | SiteCare 5 content edits + 5 quick fixes (Gold); 10 edits, unlimited quick fixes + 10 hrs (Diamond) |
| Update safety | TopSyde Backup before, health check and automatic rollback, then a person checks your pages | SiteCare Staging + visual regression testing |
| Backups | TopSyde Daily, kept 30 days | SiteCare Daily; real-time on Diamond |
| Built-in tools: 2FA, cookie consent, form spam, 404s, DB cleanup | TopSyde All included, one switch per site | SiteCare Not listed |
| Premium plugin licenses | TopSyde $1,000+/yr: Elementor Pro, Gravity Forms, ACF Pro and more | SiteCare Licence management on Diamond |
| Support | TopSyde Senior developers by call, text or chat; site down: 15 min, 24/7 | SiteCare Phone + email; 1-hr SLA and after-hours urgent support on Diamond |
| Ten sites, per month | TopSyde $890, hosting included | SiteCare No multi-site price published |
| Contract & guarantee | TopSyde Month to month or yearly (10% off); 30-day money-back | SiteCare Monthly or annual; 30-day money-back |
Source: sitecare.com/pricing, read 21 October 2026. Prices in USD per month. "Not listed" means the pricing page doesn't mention it, not that SiteCare never does it. TopSyde's side matches our spec sheet and SLA.
Why people switch
Where TopSyde is ahead
About a fifth of the entry price
$89 a site against $435 for Gold, with hosting and malware removal in both.
SEO without the top tier
Auto SEO runs weekly on every plan. At SiteCare, technical SEO is a Diamond feature at $2,190 a month.
Plugin licenses, not license management
$1,000+ a year of premium plugin licenses come with the plan. SiteCare manages licenses you buy, on Diamond.
Frequently asked
TopSyde vs SiteCare FAQ
Is TopSyde a good alternative to SiteCare?
For most small business and agency sites, yes. TopSyde is $89 a site with hosting, malware removal, weekly Auto SEO and Auto Speed, 10 AI edits a month, eight built-in tools and $1,000+ a year of plugin licenses. SiteCare starts at $435 a month, and its technical SEO waits for the $2,190 Diamond plan.
How much does SiteCare cost?
Gold is $435 a month or $4,680 a year. Diamond is $2,190 a month or $23,880 a year. Both include hosting, hack cleanups and a 30-day money-back guarantee. SiteCare doesn't publish a price for more than one site.
Does SiteCare include SEO?
Technical SEO and GEO, plus SEO monitoring, are listed on Diamond ($2,190 a month) and not on Gold. TopSyde's Auto SEO is on every plan: weekly titles, descriptions, image alt text and structured data, each change reversible.
Can I move from SiteCare to TopSyde without downtime?
Yes. Migration is free: we copy the site to our hosting while the old one keeps running, test forms, logins and checkout, and switch DNS once the copy checks out. Plans are month to month with a 30-day money-back guarantee, so you can overlap the two services for a month and cancel the old one when you're satisfied.
Zero risk to switch
We move the site. You keep the 30 days.
Free migration, no contract, and every penny back if it isn't right in the first 30 days.