BLUEHOST REVIEW- AN INSIGHTFUL REVIEW
Wanna decide whether BlueHost is good for you or not? Looking for a detailed BlueHost review that will help you? If that’s the case, then this BlueHost review is yours!
BlueHost…. Well, it’s a famous name, isn’t it?
Yes it is. BlueHost is a big name in the industry. And in this article, I will be diving deep to give you a detailed BlueHost review. So if you are also excited to know literally EVERYTHING about BlueHost, then be sure to read this review all the way through.
In this review, you will also be finding infographics and screenshots that will help you understand things even better.
Image Source: BlueHost
Why Choose BlueHost Web Hosting
I must say that the moment you start talking about Blogging and WordPress, it is impossible NOT to click the name of BlueHost in your mind.
Especially this happens with me, cause I love BlueHost…. Seriously!!
BlueHost is one of the oldest web hosting companies which was started in 1996. It is highly recommended by experts (including me). Especially, when you are a WordPress user or you want to go with WordPress in future for blogging.
BlueHost swipes out the “website speed” issues even when there is a huge traffic on your site. I am quite sure that if your data speed is good, then this BlueHost review must have not taken much time to load.
Reason?
It is because this blog is hosted by BlueHost itself.
Now in a second, l will share (probably) the best part of this BlueHost review: There will be 24/7 technical support for you!
After reading this you must have a big question in your mind,“Anwesha, will you write ANYTHING?! Be honest, girl. You said that there will be 24/7 technical support, how can I believe you?”
Well, let me answer.
Might sound insane, but I have live chats with BlueHost sometimes in the morning, in the afternoon or even at 12 am…..
Too much to resist? Or totally insane?
I understand….
BlueHost is rated #1 for their web hosting services for small businesses.
BlueHost offers various hosting plans for beginners, who don’t have a big budget like the larger online businesses. Even if you are a beginner, a novice in the digital world, BlueHost is for you. So you can relax.
Now I would dive deep to give you an insightful BlueHost review.
About BlueHost
Quickly, I will share the ‘history’ of BlueHost.
Started in 1996, BlueHost has headquarters in Orem, Utah, USA. As time passed, BlueHost went on to become one of the largest web hosting companies in the world.
BlueHost has a strong relationship with the WordPress community. It is the official WordPress recommended hosting company as well.
Performance
Before talking anything about the performance of BlueHost, it’s important to assess if your website would load fast or not? What would be the speed? And all that related stuff.
The most important performance metric is the speed. If the speed is slow, not just the user experience gets affected but also your SEO rankings. You will notice a drop in the rankings, if your page speed is slow.
And honestly, if you want a fast website, BlueHost is for you! I know some of you might disagree with me.
Now before telling you anything more, I must tell you what HostingFacts have to say about BlueHost’s speed.
“Overall, their last 24-month performance has been good. BlueHost is clearly at the top with its uptime (99.99%) and a fast load time of 405ms (0.4 seconds).”
Source: HostingFacts
Reliability
It’s important to know that will your website be available at any time for your audience? Will there be a downtime? Is 12 PM also as OKAY as 12 AM to read your blog posts?
Well the answer is, yes. Let your audience read, whenever they wish to!
Many of your favorite bloggers’ blogs are probably hosted by BlueHost itself. This BlueHost review, which you are reading will also be available anytime for you.
Bookmark this BlueHost review, or search for this review. It will be available always. Anytime.
Customer Support
You are a customer, and if you buy a hosting from Bluehost, will Bluehost help and guide you as and when you want?
The short answer is: YES.
For the long answer, keep on reading this BlueHost review…
BlueHost is simply amazing when it comes to support their customers. If you remember, you read in this BlueHost review that I have an experience of chatting with BlueHost at 12 am too.
The best thing is that, mostly, your problems are solved in just one interaction.
If you have read any other BlueHost review, then you might have came across this con mentioned by many, “BlueHost’s support is not that good”. Or maybe, ” BlueHost’s live chat is not that worth and the problems aren’t solved in one interaction”.
Then you must be like, “Hmmm, these content creators are super contradictory…..”
But….. Let me explain.
Actually, nothing (and I am dead serious) comes without cons. And if I talk about BlueHost’s service and support for its users, this really depends upon the experience.
I never felt irritated with it. Because my experience till now has been fantabulous. But it could be a possibility, that your (or other content creators’) experience might not be that good as it should be.
Overall, in my opinion, the customer support is worth appreciating.
Features
Does BlueHost give you everything you need to build a successful website?
Of course, the case is not like that.
Even before I started writing this BlueHost review, I decided to be absolutely honest.
And since I am all honest, I won’t be biased. Maybe, for some website owners, BlueHost may not be the best choice. Specifically, for those website owners who have a big budget and can afford the best out of the best.
For me, BlueHost is absolutely perfect. BlueHost provides you everything that you need as a beginner. BlueHost has some features that are rarely available when you use any other hosting service.
Probably, you don’t get such amazing features when you use a too cheap hosting service. Some of these features are:
- Easy-to-use cPanel
- 99.99% uptime
- Free SSL certificate
- …. And a lot more!
Pricing
Is it worth purchasing a BlueHost plan? Is their pricing affordable? Do you actually save money when you go with the BlueHost deals?
You have reached there in this BlueHost review, where you must be having all these questions in your mind…
Well, I am not sure if you get things done here, at the most discounted rates. But I must say that it offers a variety of hosting plans to choose from, and also it’s for all types of budgets.
Shared Hosting, VPS, Dedicated Server, Cloud Hosting, WooCommerce Hosting, WordPress Hosting and the list continues….
Plans
Time for a small sneak peek to know about the BlueHost hosting plans and the other things they offer as features.
- Shared Hosting: Perfect way to start a new blog or a new website with low traffic. If you choose this hosting, your website’s resources will be shared with other websites.
- Cloud Hosting: An upgrade to the shared hosting plans, it allows you to use multiple cloud servers. It lets you switch to a different server automatically, if there is a hardware failure or high traffic.
- WordPress Hosting: This package is designed specially for WordPress powered websites. It protects your WordPress site against threats.
- WooCommerce Hosting: Popularly known, that WooCommerce is the best ecommerce plugin for WordPress users. It will help you to start an online store on WordPress. This hosting offers all necessary features to run an online store.
- VPS (Virtual Private Server) Hosting: This hosting is an upgrade to shared WordPress hosting, allowing you to virtually dedicated resources.
- Dedicated Server Hosting: To have all resources of the server with you, is dedicated server hosting. But before choosing this hosting, you will have to make sure if you want to manage the server yourself or not.
You require only 1 click for installing WordPress if you go with any hosting plans provided by BlueHost.
These plans come with an easy to manage hosting control panel (popularly known as cPanel) where you can manage the hosting, create database or whatever.
In the next section of this BlueHost review, you will be finding more about the shared hosting plans.
Shared Hosting Plans
Shared hosting plan is currently available in three different levels. I will be covering all these in detail.
- Basic: You can host only one website. One domain name and 25 subdomains could be hosted. There is a 50 GB storage. 5 email accounts of 100 MB storage for each account. First term’s pricing is $2.95/m and after renewal, you would pay $7.99/m.
- Plus: You can host unlimited no. of websites. You get unlimited Web space and bandwidth. You can unlimited no. of email accounts. First term’s pricing would be $5.45/m and after renewal, $10.99/m.
- Prime: All the features there in the Plus plan, are in the Prime plan too. In addition, you will get domain privacy and SiteBackup Pro worth $80/year. First term’s pricing would be$5.45/m and after renewal, $14.99/m.
For beginners, these plans are worthy and my personal recommendation is to go with any of these plans according to your budget. Don’t worry! Your hosting plans can be easily upgraded as your website grows.
Pros & Cons
Now let’s talk about some pros and cons of using BlueHost. But before I dive into, I just wanted to tell you that I have a video on Pros of using BlueHost, so make sure to check it out.
Pros
Alright, so first comes the pros:
- Pricing: The hosting plans are affordable even if you have a low budget or just beginning out and don’t want to invest a huge amount of money.
- Reliability: They power numerous websites. But this rarely causes downtime.
- Support: Their support for their customers is amazing! Usually the problems you are facing, will be solved in just one interaction. The live chat feature is available 24/7.
- No Charges Are Hidden: While signing up for your account, you won’t be charged.
- Free Domain Available: You will get a free domain name for the first year when you sign up.
Cons
Now talk about the cons of using BlueHost.
- Upselling add-ons: During signup, they have a hostile upsell process. But yes, you can easily uncheck all the add-ons you don’t require.
FAQ (You Absolutely Need This!)
Now I will be answering some of the most asked questions related to BlueHost.
Is BlueHost Free?
No. BlueHost is not free. There are many different plans for beginners as well as for the advanced once. I have discussed all those plans in this BlueHost review. You may read it once again to get things even better. The best thing about these plans is that they are affordable. Big budget? Great. Small budget? Chill!
Is BlueHost Safe?
Yes. BlueHost is absolutely safe. When it comes to security, it feels as if BlueHost cares about it a lot. There is a three layer anti-spam protection. It is in the form of Spam Experts, Spam Hammer, and Apache Spam Assassin. Your inbox is protected, you can set filters and your directories are protected by passwords.
Is BlueHost Good for eCommerce?
Yes. BlueHost is a great choice for eCommerce. BlueHost plans provide a good reliability. This makes it a good choice. As scalability and reliability are two important factors to keep in mind. Especially, when your eCommerce store starts growing.
Is BlueHost Good for Indian Users?
Uhmm…. Good question. I will have to briefly explain this separately. But for now, I just have to say that it completely depends upon your targeted audience.
Think. What is the geographical location of your audience? Is it India or you want to target visitors globally?
If it’s India, then ‘bluehost.in‘ would be the perfect choice. If it’s people all around the world, then ‘bluehost.com’ will fit rightly!
Is BlueHost Good for Beginners?
Yes. BlueHost is highly recommended to beginners also. I have already recommended to use this. But again mentioning that installing WordPress is a 1-click process, and also 24/7 support for customers is available! No matter, whether you are a beginner or an advanced techno savvy person.
Is BlueHost Fast?
Yes. BlueHost is fast. But yes, this doesn’t mean that you will fill it with lots of plugins. Earlier in this BlueHost review, I have talked a lot about the speed. And again, the same, BlueHost is fast.
Question: Did this BlueHost review load quickly (make sure that your data speed is great)?
Answer: In the comments section of this BlueHost review! Make sure to answer my question below in the comment section of this BlueHost review (cause I am eager to know!).
Is BlueHost a Good Web Host?
Yes. BlueHost is a very good web host. With BlueHost, you can easily and quickly start a website. It gives you a beginner friendly cPanel. They are great features, and it is fast. It is a small budget friendly web hosting service which is reliable, and has some great security features too.
Can you Host Multiple Websites on BlueHost?
Yes. You can host unlimited websites on BlueHost with one account only. You can also manage all your websites from just one place.
Can you Make Money with BlueHost?
Yes. You can make money with BlueHost through it’s affiliate program. BlueHost affiliate program can help you earn about $65 to $125 per sale. Not only this, BlueHost affiliate program is also one of the highest paying hosting programmes.
Is BlueHost Better than GoDaddy?
Both the web hosting companies are amazing. But BlueHost takes an advantage here as it offers a little better support and features than GoDaddy.
Can you Cancel BlueHost Plan Anytime?
Your BlueHost plan can be cancelled within the first 30 days for a full refund.
Can you Upgrade your BlueHost Plan?
Yes. Your BlueHost plan can be upgraded anytime. For doing so so you will have to to reach your BlueHost dashboard or even you can take the help of customer support.
PRO TIP: It is a better idea to choose the right plan from the very first day. The main reason is because if you upgrade your BlueHost plan, then you will not be getting the discounted price.
Is BlueHost Good for Small Businesses?
Yes. It is one of the best hosting services for small businesses. It is also officially recommended by the WordPress experts.
Does BlueHost Give you an Email?
Yes. BlueHost offers to create a custom email address. I too have created my custom email address. It is as easy as ABC!
Is the Custom Email Provided by BlueHost Free?
Yes. It is free. You can create up to 5 email accounts if you use the Basic Plan. But if you are using any other plan, you can create unlimited emails.
Which Plan Should you Use as a Beginner?
It completely depends upon you. If you ask me, then I would say that the Basic Plan is perfect for you when you are just starting out.
Can you Pay for BlueHost Plan Monthly?
No. For the cheap shared hosting or the managed WordPress hosting does not provide the option to pay monthly. For monthly payment, you will have to choose BlueHost’s VPS or Dedicated hosting plans.
Any more questions left after reading this BlueHost review? Hopefully not. But even if you have any further questions related to this BlueHost review, or questions that are still unanswered in this BlueHost review, then please do let me know in the comments!
Conclusion
Hmm… So after reading this BlueHost review, what do you think? Was this BlueHost review worth reading? And is BlueHost worth using?
Million Dollar Question: Is BlueHost the right choice?
Free Answer: Actually, it depends upon your requirements, and I am once again, dead serious.
Nothing is best or worst, it’s always about our own needs.
If you ask me, whether it’s right or not, then I will say a big YESSS! This BlueHost review is super honest. I wrote this BlueHost review completely based on my over 1 year of experience as a BlueHost user.
I must say that many websites rank BlueHost at #1. BlueHost offers tons and tons of features to build your website better and several hosting plans to choose from. BlueHost offers 24/7 customer support also. And shared hosting plans are fit for all kinds of budget.
If you are just starting out, then I don’t think that there is any harm to go with BlueHost as it provides a lot of features. From my experience, you get to know that the customer support is too good, it’s reliable as WordPress experts strongly recommend to use it and BluehHost is an old company in the market and above all it’s pretty affordable.
Coming to the end of this BlueHost review, I must say that BlueHost is amazing! And I myself is happy customer!
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