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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Azure App Service

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/AThe Microsoft Azure App Service is a PaaS that enables users to build, deploy, and scale web apps and APIs, a fully managed service with built-in infrastructure maintenance, security patching, and scaling. Includes Azure Web Apps, Azure Mobile Apps, Azure API Apps, allowing developers to use popular frameworks including .NET, .NET Core, Java, Node.js, Python, PHP, and Ruby.

    $9.49

    per month

    Bluehost

    Score5.5 out of 10
    N/ABluehost, headquartered in Orem, Utah, offers website hosting. Bluehost also offers managed WordPress hosting, with optional SEO and marketing tools for WordPress plans.

    $19.95

    per month for 36 month term

    Pricing
    Azure App ServiceBluehost
    Editions & Modules
    Shared Environment for dev/test
    $9.49
    per month
    Basic Dedicated environment for dev/test
    $54.75
    per month
    Standard Run production workloads
    $73
    per month
    Premium Enhanced performance and scale
    $146
    per month
    Shared WordPress Hosting
    $3.95-$16.99
    per month
    Shared Web Hosting
    $3.95-$26.99
    per month for 36 month term
    eCommerce - WooCommerce Hosting
    $15.95-$49.95
    per month, 1 month to 36 month terms available
    Managed WordPress (beta)
    $19.95
    per month for 36 month term
    VPS Hosting
    $19.99 - $119.99
    per month
    Blue Sky Live WordPress Support
    $29.00-$149.00
    per month
    Dedicated Hosting
    $79.99-$209.99
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Azure App ServiceBluehost
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsFree and Shared (preview) plans are ideal for testing applications in a managed Azure environment. Basic, Standard and Premium plans are for production workloads and run on dedicated Virtual Machine instances. Each instance can support multiple applications and domains.—
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    Community Pulse
    Azure App ServiceBluehost
    Considered Both Products
    Microsoft
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    88%
    Would buy again
    7 Answers
    63%
    Would buy again
    5 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    88%
    Delivers good value for the price
    7 Answers
    75%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    8 Answers
    63%
    Happy with the feature set
    5 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    7 Answers
    86%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    6 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    88%
    Implementation went as expected
    7 Answers
    75%
    Implementation went as expected
    6 Answers
    Features
    Azure App ServiceBluehost
    Platform-as-a-Service
    Comparison of Platform-as-a-Service features of Azure App Service and Bluehost
    Feature
    Azure App Service
    8.0
    4 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Bluehost
    -
    Ratings
    Ease of building user interfaces10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Scalability10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform management overhead4.14 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow engine capability5.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform access control10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Services-enabled integration10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Development environment creation10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Development environment replication10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Issue monitoring and notification8.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Issue recovery6.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Upgrades and platform fixes5.14 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Azure App ServiceBluehost
    Small Businesses
    IBM Cloud Foundry
    Score6 out of 10
    SiteGround
    Score9.8 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    IBM Cloud Private
    Score9.6 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
    Enterprises
    AWS Elastic Beanstalk
    Score7.3 out of 10
    AccuWebHosting.Com
    Score9.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Azure App ServiceBluehost
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.9
    (8 ratings)
    4.9
    (19 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    4.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.1
    (6 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    3.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Azure App ServiceBluehost
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Microsoft
    You may easily deploy your apps to Azure App Service if they were written in Visual Studio IDE (typically.NET applications). With a few clicks of the mouse, you may already deploy your application to a remote server using the Visual Studio IDE. As a result of the portal's bulk and complexity, I propose Heroku for less-experienced developers.
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    Newfold Digital (Endurance + Web.com)
    Bluehost is a decent all-around choice for web hosting with professional web development and domain management features that are particularly ideal for WordPress websites and blogs. They have a good reputation within the industry as a company that invests heavily in new technology and platform innovation. Bluehost has made a lot of improvements to customize their back-end administration (AMP & control panel) by working to improve the usability and design of the browser interface. Bluehost is primarily focused on customers who use WordPress and we would recommend either their hybrid cloud or managed WordPress platform, which provides everything that you need to build and maintain a popular website. All in all, Bluehost is a well-established brand that continually improves its hosting products, regularly upgrades their data center hardware, and is generally considered a leader in the development of new cloud hosting platform services.
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    Pros
    Microsoft
    • It has options to deploy using CI/CD.
    • It has great integration with Azure Devops
    • It has all the common runtimes, so we don't need to install softwares.
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    Newfold Digital (Endurance + Web.com)
    • Customer service/tech support is simply top-notch. Being able to pick up the phone, get help, and not get charged for it is rare in the tech-support world.
    • Their Dashboard/C-panel has a wide selection of popular tools and options to make website design and all that goes with it very easy. Lots of choices; they are more than a simple hosting service.
    • Keeping their tools up-to-date. I never have to worry about upgrades or having the latest features; it just happens automatically!
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    Cons
    Microsoft
    • the learning curve can be tough (just like other azure services)
    • the UX/UI could be more intuitive (just like other azure services as well)
    • monitoring can be hard to understand
    • Microsoft's learning resources are hard to understand
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    Newfold Digital (Endurance + Web.com)
    • Setting up wasn't difficult but I think for some having tutorial videos would have been better than screenshots.
    • Provide more than one free domain on the Plus plan.
    • Offer site migration - not an option I saw when I signed up.
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    Usability
    Microsoft
    I enjoy the fact that Azure App Service can be managed by the Azure portal and a fully graphical user interface, as well as from two different flavors of command-line interface, i.e. Azure CLI and Azure Powershell. By utilizing the Azure Cloud Shell, we are able to switch between Azure Bash (CLI) and Powershell at any given moment and manage the Azure App Service settings from devices of any form-factor (Web based management).
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    Newfold Digital (Endurance + Web.com)
    I use Wordpress for my website on Bluehost, so I already know how it works and happy with it. I gave it this rating as I love the fact that If you do plan on creating multiple websites on Bluehost you'll be able to create specific login access for each website sites making it less likely to enter into the wrong website accounts. Which makes it even easier to manage client websites if you plan to create and host websites on behalf of your clients.
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    Support Rating
    Microsoft
    We had an issue where we deployed too large of a resource and didn't notice until the bill came through. They were very understanding and saw we weren't utilizing the resources so they issued a generous refund in about 4 hours. Very fast, friendly, and understanding support reps from my experience.
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    Newfold Digital (Endurance + Web.com)
    They are quick, easily reached, and can usually solve problems on the first try. However I noticed I had to go to customer support more often than with other providers, whether that was things breaking more often or if their customer support couldn't fix things on the first try. But in most scenarios, they are fine.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Microsoft
    Azure has many data center, their services are more reliable. Azure has way more features than both Linode and DigitalOcean. If someone wants a complete reliable service, he/she must go to Azure instead of Linode and DigitalOcean because even though azure charges more, it is worth the money you pay there.
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    Newfold Digital (Endurance + Web.com)
    Bluehost did not stack up against HostGator; in fact, HostGator was where we ended up migrating after we realized Bluehost was not for us. Bluehost is not geared toward businesses, especially ones like ours that have a very customized site. HostGator allowed us the customization that we needed, and their prices were terrific.
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    Scalability
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Newfold Digital (Endurance + Web.com)
    The website is slow. The speed is not reliable. Sometimes, sites would go down without warning. You would have to get a VPS to get consistent speed. If you have small website as a hobby, then Bluehost will be sufficient. Otherwise, I recommend looking for something more fast. Storage is good, but speed is lacking
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    Return on Investment
    Microsoft
    • Reduced the deployment time of ASP .NET applications in the company.
    • Gave us an alternative to quickly deploy our applications without granting access to the version control system to a third platform.
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    Newfold Digital (Endurance + Web.com)
    • It allowed me to get my website up and running and sell services.
    • It is fairly low cost, so it was easy to recoup my investment.
    • Having to pay for a whole year upfront made it take a little longer to get the return on my investment.
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