BlueHost Reviews

BlueHost Hosting Reviews

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Key features Unlimited domains Unlimited bandwidth Unlimited hosting space Unlimited email accounts 30 day money back guarantee

Great reasons to choose BlueHost Want2Host users rate BlueHost as 3.5 out of 5 – Very Good.

BlueHost are known for low-cost shared hosting plans, plus VPS, dedicated, and reseller options -- plus domain registrations. Founded in 2003 and based in an impressive 50,000 square foot head office, CEO Matt Heaton was in post for eight years and oversaw much of the firm’s development, both in terms of the business and the technical infrastructure. He recently handed over the top job to Dan Handy, the former COO, in order to concentrate on development.

BlueHost is part of a family that also includes FastDomain and HostMonster, founded in 2005 and 2006 respectively. The group of companies have now been purchased by Endurance International Group based in Boston, MA.

BlueHost Plans

1. Shared Hosting 

	Basic	Plus	Prime
Price	Normally $2.95 per month	Normally $3.95 per month	Normally $4.95 per month
Website	1	Unlimited	Unlimited
website space	50 GB	unmetered	unmetered
bandwidth	unmetered	unmetered	unmetered
performance	Standard	Standard	Standard
included domains	1	1	1
parked domains	5	Unlimited	Unlimited
sub domains	25	Unlimited	Unlimited
email accounts	5	Unlimited	Unlimited
email storage	100MB Per Acoount	Unlimited	Unlimited
marketing offers	-	$200 included	$200 included
marketing offers	-	Over $24/yr in extras 1 Spam Experts	Over $80/yr in extras 1 Spam Experts 1 Domain Privacy SiteBackup Pro

2. VPS Hosting

Standard	Enhanced	Premium	Ultimate
Normally $14.99 per month	Normally $29.99 per month	Normally $44.99 per month	Normally $59.99 per month
2 CPU Cores Speed 30GB SAN Storage 2GB RAM 1TB Bandwidth	2 CPU Cores Speed 60GB SAN Storage 4GB RAM 2TB Bandwidth	3 CPU Cores Speed 120GB SAN Storage 6GB RAM 3TB Bandwidth	4 CPU Cores Speed 240GB SAN Storage 8GB RAM 4TB Bandwidth
1 Included Domains 1 IP Addresses	1 Included Domains 2 IP Addresses	1 Included Domains 2 IP Addresses	1 Included Domains 2 IP Addresses
30-Day Money-back Guarantee 24/7 Support	30-Day Money-back Guarantee 24/7 Support	30-Day Money-back Guarantee 24/7 Support	30-Day Money-back Guarantee 24/7 Support

3. Dedicated Hosting

Standard	Enhanced	Premium
Normally $74.99 first month	Normally $99.99 first month	Normally $124.99 first month
4x 2.5GHz CPU 1TB Storage (Mirrored) 4GB RAM 5TB Bandwidth	4x 2.5GHz CPU 1TB Storage (Mirrored) 8GB RAM 10TB Bandwidth	4x 3.3GHz CPU 1TB Storage (Mirrored) 16GB RAM 15TB Bandwidth
1 included domains 3 IP addresses	1 included domains 4 IP addresses	1 included domains 5 IP addresses
30 days money-back guarantee 24/7 Support	30 days money-back guarantee 24/7 Support	30 days money-back guarantee 24/7 Support

4. Cloud Hosting

Starter	Perfomance	Business Pro
$5.95/mo	$8.95/mo	$15.95/mo
1 Website 100GB Storage 2GB RAM Unmetered Bandwidth	Unlimited Unmetered Storage 4GB RAM Unmetered Bandwidth	Unlimited Unmetered Storage 6GB RAM Unmetered Bandwidth
$50 Marketing Offers 100 Email Accounts 500MB Email Storage	$200 Marketing Offers Unlimited Unlimited	$200 Marketing Offers Unlimited Unlimited
Local Caching 1-Click Resource Scaling - - - - -	Local Caching 1-Click Resource Scaling 1 SpamExperts - - - -	Local Caching 1-Click Resource Scaling 2 SpamExperts Dedicated IP SSL Certificate Domain Privacy Site Backup+Restore

BlueHost only provides Cloud hosting, and they concentrate on providing a simple, generous web hosting package with huge space and bandwidth limits and competitive pricing.

Each of their packages are provided on shared servers, and prices are set depending on the length of the contract chosen. This places BlueHost firmly in the individual, non-profit and small business market, and makes them a good solid choice for PHP applications that don’t tend to hog resources, such as WordPress, Drupal, Joomla and other lightweight CMS installs.

For those who need to set up their domain and emails, all the standard Linux provisions - such as Cpanel - are provided. This gives each user all the usual shell, SSL, PostgreSQL, Ruby on Rails, MySQL and scripting capabilities of a standard Cpanel host. SimpleScripts permits easy one-click installs for useful scripts and programs.

BlueHost Features

All Features

Features Unlimited Disk Storage Unlimited Domain Hosting Free Drag and Drop Site Builder (New!) Free Domain Name (*) One Year Support International Domain Names Unlimited POP3/POP3 Secure E-mail Support Unlimited IMAP/Secure IMAP E-mail Support 3 Different Webmail (Web Based E-mail) Solutions Unlimited Forwarding E-mail Accounts Unlimited GB of Site Transfer Unlimited Add-on Domains Unlimited Parked Domains Unlimited Subdomains cPanel Account Control Panel FTP Access Web File Manager Secure Shell (SSH) Access Server Side Includes Hotlink Protection Override .htaccess Support Log Files Site Statistics Customizable Error Pages Custom Cronjobs Spam Assassin Protection CGI/Databases MySQL Databases PostgreSQL Databases CGI-BIN CGI Library PHP 5 Support for Custom PHP.INI Files Perl 5 Python Ruby/Ruby on Rails MySQL 5 Database Server PostgreSQL Database Server Javascript Support DHTML Support Flash Support Shockwave Support SimpleScripts 1-Click Script Installs

Free Website Scripts Message Forum (PHPBB and More) Form-mail Scripts Social Networking Scripts Blog Support (WordPress, b2evolution, ...) Mailing Lists Image Galleries (Coppermine and more) Poll and Survey Software Moodle Tikiwiki Drupal Joomla Project Management Scripts Help Center/Support Ticket Scripts E-Commerce Features SSL Secure Server OS Commerce Shopping Cart Agora Shopping Cart Cube Cart Shopping Cart Zen Cart Shopping Cart Free Generated Certificate Password Protected Directories OpenPGP/GPG Encryption Multimedia Features Streaming Video Support Streaming Audio Support Real Audio and Video Support MIDI File Support Add Custom MIME Types World Class Technology Dual Quad Processor Performance Servers UPS Power Backup Diesel Generator Backup Power Linux Operating System Customized Apache Web Server 24/7 Network Monitoring Courtesy Site Backups Multiple 10 Gigabit Ethernet Connections

For many webmasters, ease-of-use is a huge factor when choosing a host. Unlike many hosting providers, Bluehost offers a behind-the-scenes demo of their control panel, which you can access through their website. This will give you a good idea of what to expect with Bluehost domains and how everything works.

When you give the demo a test drive, you'll find an easy-to-navigate system that feels intuitive and makes sense whatever your level of experience. Want to tweak the way your email works? Bluehost mail settings are a cinch to modify, and Bluehost SMTP defaults are also easy to change. It’s also simple with Bluehost to change primary domains at any time, so you can make sure you highest-priority domain receives preference. Clean and clear, it's easy to find the tools and services you need to manage your service here.

Bluehost Ease of Use

For many webmasters, ease-of-use is a huge factor when choosing a host. Unlike many hosting providers, Bluehost offers a behind-the-scenes demo of their control panel, which you can access through their website. This will give you a good idea of what to expect with Bluehost domains and how everything works.

When you give the demo a test drive, you'll find an easy-to-navigate system that feels intuitive and makes sense whatever your level of experience. Want to tweak the way your email works? Bluehost mail settings are a cinch to modify, and Bluehost SMTP defaults are also easy to change. It’s also simple with Bluehost to change primary domains at any time, so you can make sure you highest-priority domain receives preference. Clean and clear, it's easy to find the tools and services you need to manage your service here. Top marks.

BlueHost Top 3 Pros and Cons

Whether you're inexperienced and tentative about getting started, or want assistance with migrating your existing website, Bluehost offers unique $99.99 packages to assist you with both. Their migration package will help you seamlessly set up your current site with the provider, while the quick start package will give you one-to-one training from a Bluehost expert to show you the ropes and get you off on the right foot. Handy stuff.

Bluehost Pros:

Experience: Easy & intuitive to use

Choices: Broad & flexible range of services available with Bluehost domain names

Customer Support: Bluehost tech support is available 24/7 via email, chat, or telephone

Bluehost Cons:

Uptime: has been criticized in the past

Speed: Page load speeds are not the best in the industry

Costs: Plans escalate in price rapidly

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