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Brianna
Brianna
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  • Industry: Computer Software
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Weekly for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10

Gets the Job Done!

Reviewed on 2023/02/05

Good! Recommended by our website designers and it was a good price, preferred by their team, and...

Good! Recommended by our website designers and it was a good price, preferred by their team, and easy for us to use in-house once handed over.

Pros

Easy to use, links directly to and supports our WordPress site, and has user-friendly features for first-time website builders. Like any platform, I recommend customising where possible as the freemium or templated features are quite basic, however, they definitely get the job done if you need something published ASAP while finalising a better design/function.

Cons

We haven't found any yet--other than the obvious need to invest in a few better-option templates or premium features if you want a useful and insightful website.

Lea
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  • Industry: Writing & Editing
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Amazing hosting services

Reviewed on 2023/12/01

Overall, I would recommend Bluehost services to anyone looking for web hosting service. They are...

Overall, I would recommend Bluehost services to anyone looking for web hosting service. They are easy to contact and quick to provide advice. Highly recommend.

Pros

I use Bluehost to host my WordPress blog and it is amazing. I'm not a novice online, neither am I an expert. Bluehost is easy to use and has support readily available when I have felt stuck. They are my first choice when it comes to hosting services. Highly recommend.

Cons

There's not much I have to complain about Bluehost except logging onto WordPress from Bluehost takes a few steps. However, it is a minimal complaint.

Alternatives Considered

GoDaddy Website Builder

Reasons for Choosing Bluehost

Wix support isn't very responsive and the price goes up dramatically year by year.

Switched From

Wix

Reasons for Switching to Bluehost

Bluehost is more reliable than other services.
Joe
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  • Industry: Marketing & Advertising
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 0.0 /10

The is a reason they have an F with the BBB. So many other options

Reviewed on 2024/09/06

My wife was contacted and up-sold on a 3year payment plan. They charged us for the 3 year contract...

My wife was contacted and up-sold on a 3year payment plan. They charged us for the 3 year contract and continued to charge us for the monthly plan. We never used the account they set up with the 3 year plan and also refused to return the double payments. Unfortunately we are going to have to go through the credit card company to get our money back. I have been waiting for a reason to cancel hosting for my other websites and this will do it.

Pros

They make it really easy to take your money.

Cons

Sales is pushy to up-sell for unneeded services. The Customer Service is deplorable.

Josh
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  • Industry: Nonprofit Organization Management
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10

Great service, but unreliable email

Reviewed on 2024/11/10

I liked everything except the email issues, but that was a big enough problem I had to abandon the...

I liked everything except the email issues, but that was a big enough problem I had to abandon the product.

Pros

Easy to use, lots of options, access to the ftp and PHP editor super intuitive and useful.

Cons

The email would go down regularly. Unreliable email is a huge problem for a business, and they would typically have no solution for me except to wait it out.

Fernando
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  • Industry: Investment Management
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 2.0 /10

Good for simple things and having just one website per account.

Reviewed on 2023/11/19

Though we haven't had a great experience with Bluehost, I understand how it could be an okay option...

Though we haven't had a great experience with Bluehost, I understand how it could be an okay option for an user with little experience on WebDev and DevOps.

Pros

If all you need is one website to manage, it is affordable and an okay service.

Cons

Their customer service is beyond bad, managing several websites from one account can be problematic and simple things like DNS records sometimes takes your through very convoluted menus and submenus.

Alternatives Considered

HostGator and Hostinger

Reasons for Switching to Bluehost

Initially the development of this simple website was outsourced and that developer liked Bluehost.
Tony
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  • Industry: Marketing & Advertising
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 0.0 /10

Stay Away Worthless nowadays

Reviewed on 2024/08/21

will never use their service ever again

will never use their service ever again

Pros

none this company used too be the best in hosting services

Cons

they dont allow unlimited sites any longer

Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Logistics & Supply Chain
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Monthly for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 0.0 /10

All Around Pathetic

Reviewed on 2024/07/30

Inefficient, unfruitful, clumsly, expensive, immoral

Inefficient, unfruitful, clumsly, expensive, immoral

Pros

I liked nothing in the slightest - customer support is mind blowingly terrible. other options were far superior

Cons

Customer service was the worst I have ever experienced in my life

Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Hospital & Health Care
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 0.0 /10

SERVER DOWN ALL THE TIME | SERVER SLOWER THAN SNAIL

Reviewed on 2024/04/22

NONE. BLUEHOST BRINGS NO VALUE TO OUR COMPANY WHAT SO EVER. THE WORST DECISION EVER MADE.

NONE. BLUEHOST BRINGS NO VALUE TO OUR COMPANY WHAT SO EVER. THE WORST DECISION EVER MADE.

Pros

NONE. BLUEHOST BRINGS NO VALUE TO OUR COMPANY WHAT SO EVER. THE WORST DECISION EVER MADE.

Cons

WE SPENT OVER $100 FOR SHARED HOSTING AND OUR SITE IS ALWAYS DOWN ALL THE TIME.

Jake
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  • Industry: Automotive
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 0.0 /10

Unreliable

Reviewed on 2024/05/08

Horrible customer service. Took weeks to work with support and couldn’t fix the issues. They seem...

Horrible customer service. Took weeks to work with support and couldn’t fix the issues. They seem to drag out the fix till you give up.

Pros

Initially it worked well. It was a simple setup for the most part.

Cons

Outdated and unreliable. As tech changes so should the provider.

Kathryn
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  • Industry: Marketing & Advertising
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Monthly for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 0.0 /10

Weeks to fix a security breach

Reviewed on 2024/07/15

Absolutely terrible. Everyone is in their silo. Apparently, there is no place for a user that has a...

Absolutely terrible. Everyone is in their silo. Apparently, there is no place for a user that has a big problem to go to get help. 2/10 people I spoke with seemed to care and really tried to help but even their hands seemed to be tied. And I am still without a website.

Pros

Have used for years with good results until now.

Cons

Hours and hours and no relief from my site being hacked. In fact, it got worse with each call to support. First I just had a blog from an unknown source, then my site began redirecting to another site, then the site reappeared with no formatting, then the site disappeared entirely with a message to contact wordpress.

Kimberly
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  • Industry: Consumer Goods
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

It'll be 6 years with Bluehost this year.

Reviewed on 2023/01/13

I've been with Bluehost for six years now with minimal issues. I haven't needed customer support in...

I've been with Bluehost for six years now with minimal issues. I haven't needed customer support in ages and everything runs seamlessly. I think I chose wisely.

Pros

One stop shopping. I have found that it offer everything I need and the customer service is excellent.

Cons

I get importing errors more than I'd like and I have to figure out why. Also, while there are a lot of add on opportunities it can get expensive quickly for a small business.

Alternatives Considered

Hostinger

Reasons for Switching to Bluehost

I liked that it was tailored for businesses more so than a few others and I also liked the the servers are located in the U.S.
Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Professional Training & Coaching
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Value for Money
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Glad I Switched Over!

Reviewed on 2021/10/27

I've had no issues with Bluehost. Once you find your way around on the platform, Bluehost is very...

I've had no issues with Bluehost. Once you find your way around on the platform, Bluehost is very easy to use to host WordPress websites.

Bluehost is one of the hosting heavy weights that's been around for years. They are very popular and very reliable. Even WordPress.org recommends them as a hosting company.

I now regret that I tried a different hosting platform for my websites first.

Pros

I love that you can easily create subdomains with Bluehost. With subdomains, I can easily make as many landing pages as I want for online lead generation in my business.

Cons

I wish there were clearer instructions on how to add-on domains to Bluehost and then install WordPress onto those add on domains. I had to go over to YouTube so I can figure it out. It turned out to be easy to get this done, but it would have been nice for it to be clearer inside of Bluehost on how I could've done that myself instead of having to watch different YouTube tutorials to figure this out.

Cora
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  • Industry: Health, Wellness & Fitness
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 5.0 /10

Bluehost is needed but leaves questions

Reviewed on 2022/09/16

Its been necessary to have the customer service support, to figure out all the confusion that comes...

Its been necessary to have the customer service support, to figure out all the confusion that comes with having a website, but over all I feel like I'm paying far more money than I actually need to be.

Pros

I know it gives me what I need to have a safe and professional website as well as professional domain, which helps me appear high quality to potential clients. It's also really great that there is customer service chat option at any time.

Cons

It all feels confusing, not very user friendly and theres been a number of times I've spoken to customer service trying to get something figured out between bluehost and another provider I'm integrating with. I wish there was a more clear explanation of how to use it and why we need it.

Kelly
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  • Industry: Law Practice
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10

Great hosting platform for HTML/static webpages and Wordpress webpages

Reviewed on 2021/07/27

Positive, customer service is helpful and always available. Fairly price hosting platform with...

Positive, customer service is helpful and always available. Fairly price hosting platform with secure and up-to-date features for any level of experienced website creators.

Pros

WordPress is integrated into the hosting portal, which makes it easy for the developer to access advanced settings or other users to interact with non-advance, user-friendly settings to edit the website.

SSL certificate is included with yearly service at no additionally cost.

Cons

Blue Host does not currently have the option to deploy dynamic web apps.

Alternatives Considered

HostGator and GoDaddy Website Builder

Reasons for Choosing Bluehost

The yearly cost dramatically increases after promotional period is over, and SSL certificates are not included in annual cost.

Switched From

GoDaddy Website Builder

Reasons for Switching to Bluehost

SSL certificate is always included in annual cost, even after promotional period is over.
Brandon
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  • Industry: Construction
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 0.0 /10

If I could give negative below 1 rating I would

Reviewed on 2023/11/03

Worst website hosting I’ve ever used and it’s not cheap.

Worst website hosting I’ve ever used and it’s not cheap.

Pros

Customer service is so good they make you want to shove a knife into your brain

Cons

Customer service is garbage. They don’t care about customers they only take your money and out you on hold.

Neil
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  • Industry: Design
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
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  • Ease of Use
  • Likelihood to recommend 0.0 /10

The Worst Hosting I've Ever Used

Reviewed on 2024/03/14

Terrible, trying to get a refund at the moment, it's like talking to a robot.

Terrible, trying to get a refund at the moment, it's like talking to a robot.

Pros

Nothing, I have nothing good to say about the company, steer well clear!

Cons

1. Anybody who has Avast anti virus will get blocked with Blacklist URL - they have an unresolved conflict with Avast.
2. My entire site just disappeared three times, the first two times I got it back, the third it came back but missing styling and other features, when I asked them to restore it, nobody did.
3. It's slow.

Amidou
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  • Industry: Media Production
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 1+ year
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  • Ease of Use
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  • Likelihood to recommend 5.0 /10

Bluehost review

Reviewed on 2024/02/16

Pros

The storage was quite plenty enabling me to upload a good number of files

Cons

It's a little costly compared to other similar hosting service providers especially upon renewal

Jim
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  • Industry: Alternative Medicine
  • Company size: 10,000+ Employees
  • Used Monthly for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 1.0 /10

Unauthorized charges

Reviewed on 2024/06/03

An unexpected bad experience. I would not recommend Bluehost.

An unexpected bad experience. I would not recommend Bluehost.

Pros

It worked as expected for one year but then Bluehost tripled the cost.

Cons

Unauthorized charges. Lack of honorable procedures.

Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: E-Learning
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Value for Money
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Perfect for small to medium size businesses

Reviewed on 2023/03/14

Pros

Interface is easy to use for building your Wordpress website The software is also very affordable

Cons

Customer service is terrible and can be improved

Janko
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  • Industry: Marketing & Advertising
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Monthly for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

A good and inexpensive for every day users

Reviewed on 2023/05/08

I'm satisfied wtih Bluehost.

I'm satisfied wtih Bluehost.

Pros

The fact that you have the support that you can ask anything.

Cons

I don't like the registration process. They once disabled my account without a warning and I had to appeal that decision which took a couple of weeks.

Amanda
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  • Industry: Veterinary
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Monthly for 2+ years
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  • Ease of Use
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Generally happy

Reviewed on 2023/03/22

Generally positive.

Generally positive.

Pros

What I like most is that I really don't need to interact with it much--it runs on its own, reliably. When I need customer support, they're quick and I get a real person.

Cons

Sometimes it's hard to find what I need in their menus.

Thierno Ousmane
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  • Industry: Banking
  • Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Bluehost, a good website hosting tool.

Reviewed on 2022/09/05

This is a good product for anyone who wants to create a functional website. I recommend it.

This is a good product for anyone who wants to create a functional website. I recommend it.

Pros

What is Bluehost? It is a website hosting software for the WordPress versions and any other Open source category. The software is navigation-friendly with the different sections clearly separated. It is actually very intuitive and fluid to use. What I like the most about this product are:
- The ability to upload and manage our files through either the basic FTP (Files Transfer Protocol) option or the secure FTP when it’s turned into an anonymous mode;
- The three backups periods give a sufficient timeframe of backup for your sites. They are: daily, weekly, and monthly. A site backup is a process of saving its files into a Cloud storage space or straight up into hardware such as your local PC storage, memory card, or USB item. This is a security measure in case something happens to avoid losing your files;
- The C-Panel (it is a Web-hosting control panel) offers good integrations: We can add an email auto-responder, apps that track marketing metrics like the numbers of clicks on our websites, and we can also set content management systems apps other than WordPress, such as Drupal or Joomla. It shows that the software gives importance to Automation. This is good because the automation trend will just keep raising.

Cons

- Ads are recurrent with this software. It’s disturbing if you’re someone who doesn’t like seeing ads while working;

- It’d be better if Bluehost diversifies its servers in other parts of the world outside of the U.S to boost its speed.

Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Marketing & Advertising
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Ok well priced hosting

Reviewed on 2022/08/31

I have had some issues with Bluehost but nothing at all major. All in all it's a good budget...

I have had some issues with Bluehost but nothing at all major. All in all it's a good budget choice for people wanting hosting.

Pros

Good hosting, and great customer support. Relatively easy to integrate with other apps and make changes in cpanel. Provides seamless WordPress login,

Cons

It has been glitchy at times but customer support has always helped me sort things out relatively quickly.

Alternatives Considered

SiteGround

Reasons for Switching to Bluehost

recommendation
Lunga
Lunga
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  • Industry: Capital Markets
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Value for Money
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Works very well with WordPress

Reviewed on 2022/03/14

I will definitely recommend them.

I will definitely recommend them.

Pros

Bluehost work very well with WordPress, the speed of my site is absolutely amazing and they keep updating their servers every now and then.

Cons

Sometimes I face some problems with their support team. Some are really good but some can not fix problems we face as website owners.

Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: E-Learning
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
  • Review Source

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  • Ease of Use
  • Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10

Reliable Website Hosting service

Reviewed on 2022/04/01

Pros

I like that their shared hosting plan for the website are reliable enough if you are starting out with your very first website and can later upgrade if your hosting needs increase.
The basic email they provide via Cpanel is reliable enough to receive and send an email, for me to conduct my daily business communications.
They have good enough built-in integration to work with WordPress easily.
Whenever I reach out to their support chat for help, I have got a live response and got all my queries resolved.

Cons

They promote Sitelock along with the hosting purchase, which I got for the first year but did not find good enough service to continue for the second year. I hope they stop promoting Sitelock as an addon in their purchase option as it isn’t that good.
Their pricing has increased over the last few years.