Review of BlueHost: Great Steady Web Host
BlueHost is a steady reliable, but uninspiring web host. Here’s what we found:
Summary
Bluehost comes across as something that doesn’t inspire strong feelings one way or the other. They are a reliable host and have been business for a long time, and they have a great deal of happy customers. There is no hype and pomp on their website. I believe Bluehost to be a good and competent host.
| Price: |
90 |
| Features: |
88 |
| Speed: |
99 |
| Uptime: |
97 |
| Reliability: |
98 |
| Customer support: |
95 |
| Customer experience: |
90 |
| TOTAL: |
94 |
Detailed overview
| Unlimited Stuff |
- Hosted Domains
- Bandwidth
- Disk space
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| True Limits |
- Not allowed to use disk space for online backups (for files unrelated to the website)
- Like many other budget hosts, Bluehost is evasive in defining what exactly their “unlimited” policy means. After grilling the pre-sales support, and found out that their inode limit is 50.000, and CPU limit is 50%.
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| Free Stuff |
- Search engine submission
- Free domain name
- $25 Yahoo Credits
- $50 Google Credits
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| Hosting platforms |
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| Control panel |
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| Technical support |
24/7 Phone, Email and Live |
| Contract term |
- Cheapest: 36 months / $6.95 / month
- Most expensive: 12 months / $8.95 / month
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| Customer experience roundup |
Bluehost receives a mix bag of reviews. On the positive side, they offer simple hosting you can purchase and set up easily. On the downside there appears to be some support issues and somewhat limited features. All in all, Bluehost does not appear to cause a lot of emotional turmoil, rather they plod on in a steady manner. |
| Uptime |
- Claim: no claim
- True: 99.802%
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| Features |
Most likely all you will need, but compared to many other hosts, somewhat limited. |
| Plans |
Bluehost only offers one plan. The price varies depending on the length of contract. Minimum contract term is 12 months. |
| Price |
- $6.95 / month / 36 months
- $7.95 / month / 24 months
- $8.95 / month / 12 months
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| Guarantees |
- 30 Day Money Back Guarantee
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| Technical quality |
Very Good |
| Email services |
Choice of 3 different mail solutions |
| Warnings |
- Vague limitations of overuse in TOS
- No monthly plan
- Linux hosting only
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