As the internet is evolving with the boom of the technology, many and the many people are turning towards being present on the internet. Not just the people that are by any chance, connected to the internet but even the offline people are getting online as well.So with this ever-high demand of the internet, websites business is all-time high.And to meet with this, web hosting is the only solution to get their online presence going so that is why, I’m doing this article; BlueHost Review 2024
BlueHost Review
Thousand (and even million) of the web hosting companies are operating throughout the world, claiming all to be very-effective and sustaining the best providing web hosting services.
But who is real effective…?
Just few.
Yeah, only few of the web hosting companies that are really capable of providing the real web hosting services.
And… today, we are going to cover one of the capable web hosting company right over here. 🙂
BlueHost Review 2024
Yeah, you heard (basically read) it right.
We are going to tear apart BlueHost a.k.a review it from the top to bottom, and from right to left or possibly from left to right. 🙂
And without the outline of the review process, a review is nothing but the plain text.
Because you are not aware of what has to be discussed beforehand, and what you are up for expecting out the blog post.
Outline of Bluehost Review 2024
So, here is the outline of this beautiful BlueHost Review. 🙂
- First of first, history of BlueHost?
- What is BlueHost?
- When it came into the world?
- Who is the real owner of BlueHost?
- Size of the BlueHost?
- Winning the Awards
- The business execution
- Price
- Money-back guarantee
- Data centers’ locations
- CPU throttling, check it!
- Uptime check
- Speed test
- Support level
- BlueHost Contacts
- External reviews from the users/customers
- Your say?
First of first, history of BlueHost?
The main page of BlueHost at the moment.
Before I start, do you know that we have listed Bluehost already in our Best WordPress Hosting Segment? Without checking out on the history and going right to the core of this review of the BlueHost, it is the total wrong.
Totally wrong.
So, we need some historical check actually checked for BlueHost.
Start then.
What is BlueHost?
BlueHost is of course, the web hosting providing company that is in business since long. And, is among the world’s top 10 best web hosting companies.
When it came into the world?
That when it emerged into the world.
Well, it was Matt Heaton who went on to produce the web hosting company named BlueHost in year 2003.
Who is the real owner of BlueHost?
Until 2010 Matt Heaton was the founder and then he sold the company to “EIG” Endurance International Group and was promoted as CEO where he stepped down from the office in year 2011.
Size of the BlueHost?
Well… Sizer matters, no? 🙂 But here we are to know the size of BlueHost.
By the way, BlueHost has a big wide facility for its in-house servers which is having the area of 50,000 square feet covered in Provo, Utah, U.S.A and employs around 700 folks to operate its all of the business.
And servicing over 2 million of the websites! That is huge, isn’t it?
Winning the awards!
BlueHost is in the business since 2003, and is among top 10 web hosting providing companies. So, how can it skip from not getting the awards?
And here comes one from PCMag…
PCMag awards BlueHost as the winner of Business Choice Award 2018 under the category of “Web Hosting.”
Worth the winning for BlueHost, right?
Not just this but BlueHost does hold so many awesome awards and winning spots.
The business execution
We now need to know the exact details about the BlueHost’s business.
Why?
Because that is the core of the thing we want to know out of this beautiful BlueHost review. 🙂
So, can we start now?
Yes?
Then alright. Let’s do it.
Price
Always out of the review, the price is the one and the best place to cover.
But before going deep down within the pricing structure, we first got to know how the BlueHost is classifying this part using all of the plans and the packages.
So please, allow me to name the packages here.
- Shared Hosting
- VPS Hosting
- Dedicated Hosting
- Cloud Hosting
- Shared WordPress Hosting
- WordPress Pro
- eCommerce Hosting
- Domains
Now is the time to go into the big details.
Shared Hosting
Shared hosting is for the starters.
For those folks that are just about to get their first websites up into the world of the internet.
And BlueHost offers Shared hosting plans in four different ways;
- Basic
- Plus
- Choice Plus
- Business Pro
Basic Plan
Basic plan is definitely the “Basic” shared hosting offered by BlueHost.
And the Basic plan includes;
|
Features |
Quantity |
|
Website(s) |
1 |
|
SSD storage (good that it has SSD) |
50GB space |
|
Bandwidth |
Unmetered |
|
Free SSL |
Yes, (And quite good!) |
|
Parked Domains |
5 |
|
Sub Domains |
25 |
|
Email Accounts |
5 |
|
Email storage |
100 MB per account |
What is the price then?
|
Plan name |
Duration |
Price per month |
|
Basic |
12 months |
US$ 4.95 per month |
|
Basic |
24 months |
US$ 3.95 per month |
|
Basic |
36 months |
US$ 2.95 per month |
|
Basic |
60 months |
US$ 2.95 per month |
The price structure is based upon the contract. For the higher duration, you are set to pay less per month.
Plus Plan
Plus is the second plan in the line of the BlueHost Shared package.
It is best of the plan for the people starting with multiple websites altogether in the single go.
Let’s check some details about the Plus plan.
The precise details of the Plus plan are;
|
Features |
Quantity |
|
Website(s) |
Unlimited |
|
SSD storage |
Unmetered |
|
Bandwidth |
Unmetered |
|
Free SSL |
Included |
|
Included Domains |
1 |
|
Parked Domains |
Unlimited |
|
Sub Domains |
Unlimited |
|
Email Accounts |
Unlimited |
|
Email Storage |
Unlimited |
|
Marketing Offer |
US$ 200 |
|
Spam Expert |
1 |
Where is the price of the Plus plan? 🙂
It is right here. So right here.
|
Plan name |
Duration |
Price per month |
|
Plus |
12 months |
US$ 7.45 per month |
|
Plus |
24 months |
US$ 6.95 per month |
|
Plus |
36 months |
US$ 5.45 per month |
|
Plus |
60 months |
US$ 5.95 per month |
Choice Plus
Choice Plus is the higher one in the shared web hosting package for some advanced-kinda folks.
And the details included;
|
Features |
Quantity |
|
Website(s) |
Unlimited |
|
SSD storage |
Unmetered |
|
Bandwidth |
Unmetered |
|
Free SSL |
Included |
|
Included Domains |
1 |
|
Parked Domains |
Unlimited |
|
Sub Domains |
Unlimited |
|
Email Accounts |
Unlimited |
|
Email Storage |
Unlimited |
|
Marketing Offer |
US$ 200 |
|
Spam Expert |
1 |
|
Domain Privacy |
1 |
|
Site Backup |
CodeGuard Basic |
For the pricing, it is definitely in the good range!
|
Plan name |
Duration |
Price per month |
|
Choice Plus |
12 months |
US$ 7.45 per month |
|
Choice Plus |
24 months |
US$ 6.95 per month |
|
Choice Plus |
36 months |
US$ 5.45 per month |
|
Choice Plus |
60 months |
US$ 5.45 per month |
Business Pro
You up for the business?
And want many of the good features that you can avail from at least VPS hosting?
Then this shared hosting plan is really for you!
And let me get the features list up here for you! 🙂
And what features it (the plan) is the owner of;
|
Features |
Quantity |
|
Website(s) |
Unlimited |
|
SSD storage |
Unmetered |
|
Bandwidth |
Unmetered |
|
Free SSL |
Included |
|
Dedicated IP |
1 |
|
Included Domains |
1 |
|
Parked Domains |
Unlimited |
|
Sub Domains |
Unlimited |
|
Email Accounts |
Unlimited |
|
Email Storage |
Unlimited |
|
Marketing Offer |
US$ 200 |
|
Spam Expert |
1 |
|
Domain Privacy |
1 |
|
Site Backup |
CodeGuard Basic |
And the price?
|
Plan name |
Duration |
Price per month |
|
Business Pro |
12 months |
US$ 18.95 per month |
|
Business Pro |
24 months |
US$ 15.95 per month |
|
Business Pro |
36 months |
US$ 13.95 per month |
VPS Hosting
After the shared web hosting from the BlueHost, it definitely is the turn of VPS Hosting and I am so ready to go into all of its details… and just for you! 🙂
Let’s go with me then.
Well, VPS Hosting package contains three plans with difference in the price and the features.
To name them, they are;
- Standard
- Enhanced
- Ultimate
Standard
Standard is the first plan from the package of VPS Hosting that is very ready to get your good sized of the website to serve.
And it contains the features which are;
|
Features |
Quantity |
|
Cores |
2 |
|
SSD storage |
30GB storage |
|
RAM |
2GB |
|
Bandwidth |
1TB |
|
Included Domains |
1 |
|
IP Address |
1 |
|
Promise (interesting! :)…) |
30-days money back guarantee |
|
Support |
24/7 |
|
Free SSL |
Yes |
What about the pricing of the Standard VPS plan?
It is good, and pretty affordable.
|
Plan name |
Duration |
Price per month |
|
Standard |
1 month |
US$ 29.99 per month |
|
Standard |
3 months |
US$ 29.99 per month |
|
Standard |
6 months |
US$ 29.99 per month |
|
Standard |
12 months |
US$ 23.99 per month |
|
Standard |
24 months |
US$ 24.99 per month |
|
Standard |
36 months |
US$ 18.99 per month |
Enhanced
Middle plan!
The middle plan that is double of the size in the features but just sightliest expensive from the first VPS plan, Standard.
So, get it!
Check the features, please;
|
Features |
Quantity |
|
Cores |
2 |
|
SSD storage |
60GB storage |
|
RAM |
4GB |
|
Bandwidth |
2TB |
|
Included Domains |
1 |
|
IP Address |
2 |
|
Promise (interesting! :)…) |
30-days money back guarantee |
|
Support |
24/7 |
|
Free SSL |
Yes |
Against the very-affordable price range;
|
Plan name |
Duration |
Price per month |
|
Enhanced |
1 month |
US$ 59.99 per month |
|
Enhanced |
3 months |
US$ 59.99 per month |
|
Enhanced |
6 months |
US$ 59.99 per month |
|
Enhanced |
12 months |
US$ 41.99 per month |
|
Enhanced |
24 months |
US$ 35.99 per month |
|
Enhanced |
36 months |
US$ 29.99 per month |
Ultimate
Last plan in the line of VPS hosting.
And the highest-receiver of the VPS features that you will get to really boost your websites, and without going to the dedicated server’s lineup.
Allow me to list the features for you;
|
Features |
Quantity |
|
Cores |
4 |
|
SSD storage |
120GB storage |
|
RAM |
8GB |
|
Bandwidth |
3TB |
|
Included Domains |
1 |
|
IP Address |
2 |
|
Promise (interesting! :)…) |
30-days money back guarantee |
|
Support |
24/7 |
|
Free SSL |
Yes |
Price wise; it is good!
See this for yourself.
|
Plan name |
Duration |
Price per month |
|
Ultimate |
1 month |
US$ 119.99 per month |
|
Ultimate |
3 months |
US$ 119.99 per month |
|
Ultimate |
6 months |
US$ 119.99 per month |
|
Ultimate |
12 months |
US$ 83.99 per month |
|
Ultimate |
24 months |
US$ 71.99 per month |
|
Ultimate |
36 months |
US$ 59.99 per month |
Dedicated Hosting
It is almost the last and the end physical servers lineup offered not just by BlueHost but by almost everyone.
This hosting package (dedicated hosting) is the best of the great if you can afford.
And yeah, you can do. 🙂
So what it really contains, three dedicated plans with price differentials according to the requirements you seek for yourself;
- Standard
- Enhanced
- Premium
Standard
Standard is the first of the plan out in the list of BlueHost dedicated hosting package.
And is the least expensive of course due to being the first. 🙂
The features that it holds in hand;
|
Features |
Quantity |
|
Speed |
4 cores, 8 threads |
|
CPU |
2.3 GHz |
|
Storage |
500GB (Mirrored) |
|
RAM |
4GB |
|
Bandwidth |
5TB |
|
Included Domains |
1 |
|
IP Address |
3 |
|
Promise (interesting! :)…) |
30-days money back guarantee |
|
Support |
24/7 |
|
Free SSL |
Yes |
And that too against the very affordable price.
|
Plan name |
Duration |
Price per month |
|
Standard |
1 month |
US$ 149.99 per month |
|
Standard |
3 months |
US$ 139.99 per month |
|
Standard |
6 months |
US$ 129.99 per month |
|
Standard |
12 months |
US$ 99.99 per month |
|
Standard |
24 months |
US$ 89.99 per month |
|
Standard |
36 months |
US$ 79.99 per month |
Enhanced
The second of the plan in the line of BlueHost dedicated hosting package, and is called “Enhanced dedicated plan” and is recommended to go.
And comes with these much of the features;
|
Features |
Quantity |
|
Speed |
4 cores, 8 threads |
|
CPU |
2.5 GHz |
|
Storage |
1TB (Mirrored) |
|
RAM |
8GB |
|
Bandwidth |
10TB |
|
Included Domains |
1 |
|
IP Address |
4 |
|
Promise (interesting! :)…) |
30-days money back guarantee |
|
Support |
24/7 |
|
Free SSL |
Yes |
What is the price?
Pretty not-so expensive!
|
Plan name |
Duration |
Price per month |
|
Enhanced |
1 month |
US$ 199.99 per month |
|
Enhanced |
3 months |
US$ 189.99 per month |
|
Enhanced |
6 months |
US$ 179.99 per month |
|
Enhanced |
12 months |
US$ 119.99 per month |
|
Enhanced |
24 months |
US$ 109.99 per month |
|
Enhanced |
36 months |
US$ 99.99 per month |
Premium
Last in the dedicated hosting package but really not that expensive if you hit for the longer duration.
Yeah, not really much expensive.
And what features this plan contains? Of course, here is the list!
|
Features |
Quantity |
|
Speed |
4 cores, 8 threads |
|
CPU |
3.3 GHz |
|
Storage |
1TB (Mirrored) |
|
RAM |
16GB |
|
Bandwidth |
15TB |
|
Included Domains |
1 |
|
IP Address |
5 |
|
Promise (interesting! :)…) |
30-days money back guarantee |
|
Support |
24/7 |
|
Free SSL |
Yes |
Yes, not so expensive. And here is the price structure for you to review.
|
Plan name |
Duration |
Price per month |
|
Premium |
1 month |
US$ 249.99 per month |
|
Premium |
3 months |
US$ 239.99 per month |
|
Premium |
6 months |
US$ 229.99 per month |
|
Premium |
12 months |
US$ 139.99 per month |
|
Premium |
24 months |
US$ 129.99 per month |
|
Premium |
36 months |
US$ 119.99 per month |
Cloud Hosting
Cloud hosting is the new emergence into the world of the web hosting for sure.
The convenience it has brought to us, is totally awesome and the awfully useful!
BlueHost offers the cloud hosting as fully managed, and scaling where the BlueHost is responsible to take on every tasks and issues you are up with as well as you can increase the size of the CPU and the RAM anytime you want, and without hitting any sort of the downtime.
And cloud hosting from BlueHost comes with three different plans for you;
- Starter
- Performance
- Business Pro
Let’s go into each and every single details of the cloud plans.
Starter
Checked that?
Starter is not really the starter with the features but it is for the price wise;
|
Features |
Quantity |
|
Website(s) |
1 |
|
SSD storage |
100GB |
|
Bandwidth |
Unmetered |
|
Free Domain |
1 |
|
Available RAM |
2GB |
|
Available CPU |
2 |
|
Marketing Offers |
US$ 50 |
|
Email Accounts |
100 |
|
Email Storage |
500MB |
|
Local Caching |
 |
|
1-Click Resource Scaling |
 |
|
Free SSL |
Included |
Wondering about the price? You sure do! 🙂
|
Plan name |
Duration |
Price per month |
|
Cloud Starter |
12 months |
US$ 10.95 per month |
|
Cloud Starter |
24 months |
US$ 8.95 per month |
|
Cloud Starter |
36 months |
US$ 6.95 per month |
Pretty much inexpensive, right?!
Performance
This Performance plan of the cloud hosting is the most recommended plan by BlueHost.
And it is going to really get you going to host many websites and it will handle them all with so much ease due to double of the features.
Features’ list;
|
Features |
Quantity |
|
Website(s) |
Unlimited |
|
SSD storage |
Unmetered |
|
Bandwidth |
Unmetered |
|
Free Domain |
1 |
|
Available RAM |
4GB |
|
Available CPU |
4 |
|
Marketing Offers |
US$ 200 |
|
Email Accounts |
Unlimited |
|
Email Storage |
Unlimited |
|
Local Caching |
|
|
1-Click Resource Scaling |
|
|
Spam Experts |
1 |
|
Free SSL |
Included |
What makes the price of the Performance plan then?
|
Plan name |
Duration |
Price per month |
|
Cloud Premium |
12 months |
US$ 15.95 per month |
|
Cloud Premium |
24 months |
US$ 11.95 per month |
|
Cloud Premium |
36 months |
US$ 8.95 per month |
Business Pro
That means Business on the cloud!
Last and the highest cloud hosting plan for you with some awesome size of the features.
|
Features |
Quantity |
|
Website(s) |
Unlimited |
|
SSD storage |
Unmetered |
|
Bandwidth |
Unmetered |
|
Free Domain |
1 |
|
Available RAM |
6GB |
|
Available CPU |
6 |
|
Marketing Offers |
US$ 200 |
|
Email Accounts |
Unlimited |
|
Email Storage |
Unlimited |
|
Local Caching |
|
|
1-Click Resource Scaling |
|
|
Spam Experts |
2 |
|
Dedicated IP |
|
|
SSL Certificate |
|
|
Domain Privacy |
|
|
Free SSL |
Included |
|
Site Backup + Restore |
CodeGuard Basic |
Where is the price of Business Pro cloud hosting?
It is right here, my fella’! 🙂
|
Plan name |
Duration |
Price per month |
|
Cloud Business Pro |
12 months |
US$ 20.95 per month |
|
Cloud Business Pro |
24 months |
US$ 17.95 per month |
|
Cloud Business Pro |
36 months |
US$ 15.95 per month |
That sums up the cloud hosting package offered by BlueHost!
Note: And the real thing is, to acquire any of the cloud hosting package you got to subscribe for at least 12-months in advance.
Shared WordPress Hosting
There are almost few TO no web hosting providing company who do not have the separate web hosting plan to serve the WordPress-backed websites.
So how come BlueHost can lag behind this race?
BlueHost does have the WordPress package, and to assist the starter-typed of the WordPress sites with its shared WordPress hosting.
The all three WordPress plans are really so much affordable.
You cannot claim the higher price they could be charging from you.
So… Let’s check the shared WordPress hosting package from BlueHost.
And as I said earlier, the package owns three great plans for you!
- Basic
- Plus
- Choice Plus
Basic
First plan and so inexpensive for you to choose for your just-started type of the website!
And the features?
|
Features |
Quantity |
|
Website(s) |
1 |
|
Free SSL |
Included |
|
Storage |
50GB SSD |
|
Free Domain |
1 year |
|
Parked Domains |
5 |
|
Subdomains |
25 |
|
Marketing Credit |
US$ 50.00 |
For the price of?
|
Plan name |
Duration |
Price per month |
|
Shared WordPress Basic |
12 months |
US$ 4.95 per month |
|
Shared WordPress Basic |
24 months |
US$ 3.95 per month |
|
Shared WordPress Basic |
36 months |
US$ 2.95 per month |
|
Shared WordPress Basic |
60 months |
US$ 2.95 per month |
Plus
Plus plan with some plus features to enjoy.
|
Features |
Quantity |
|
Website(s) |
Unlimited |
|
Free SSL |
Included |
|
Storage |
Unlimited SSD |
|
Free Domain |
1 year |
|
Parked Domains |
Unlimited |
|
Subdomains |
Unlimited |
|
Marketing Credit |
US$ 100.00 |
Price wise, it is totally affordable!
|
Plan name |
Duration |
Price per month |
|
Shared WordPress Plus |
12 months |
US$ 7.45 per month |
|
Shared WordPress Plus |
24 months |
US$ 6.95 per month |
|
Shared WordPress Plus |
36 months |
US$ 5.45 per month |
|
Shared WordPress Plus |
60 months |
US$ 5.45 per month |
Choice Plus
The last of the Shared WordPress Hosting with the name of Choice Plus.
The features that it has for you;
|
Features |
Quantity |
|
Website(s) |
Unlimited |
|
Free SSL |
Included |
|
Storage |
Unlimited SSD |
|
Free Domain |
1 year |
|
Parked Domains |
Unlimited |
|
Subdomains |
Unlimited |
|
Marketing Credit |
US$ 200.00 |
|
Backup |
CodeGuard Basic Setup |
Affordable. Really affordable price.
|
Plan name |
Duration |
Price per month |
|
Shared WordPress Choice Plus |
12 months |
US$ 7.45 per month |
|
Shared WordPress Choice Plus |
24 months |
US$ 6.95 per month |
|
Shared WordPress Choice Plus |
36 months |
US$ 5.45 per month |
|
Shared WordPress Choice Plus |
60 months |
US$ 5.95 per month |
