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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    WordPress VIP

    Score9 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    Wordpress VIP, from a team at Automattic, is enterprise WordPress hosting with customer or digital experience features for enterprises.N/A
    Pricing
    BluehostWordPress VIP
    Editions & Modules
    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
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    BluehostWordPress VIP
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    BluehostWordPress VIP
    Considered Both Products
    Newfold Digital (Endurance + Web.com)
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    Automattic
    Chose WordPress VIP
    None of the solutions we used before handled the high traffic so easily.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    63%
    Would buy again
    5 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    22 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    75%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
    95%
    Delivers good value for the price
    18 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    63%
    Happy with the feature set
    5 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    22 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    86%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    6 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    16 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    75%
    Implementation went as expected
    6 Answers
    95%
    Implementation went as expected
    18 Answers
    Features
    BluehostWordPress VIP
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Bluehost and WordPress VIP
    Feature
    Bluehost
    -
    Ratings
    WordPress VIP
    7.3
    2 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Role-based user permissions00 Ratings7.32 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Bluehost and WordPress VIP
    Feature
    Bluehost
    -
    Ratings
    WordPress VIP
    7.3
    2 Ratings
    4% below category average
    API00 Ratings9.12 Ratings
    Internationalization / multi-language00 Ratings5.52 Ratings
    Web Content Creation
    Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Bluehost and WordPress VIP
    Feature
    Bluehost
    -
    Ratings
    WordPress VIP
    8.2
    2 Ratings
    6% above category average
    WYSIWYG editor00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
    Code quality / cleanliness00 Ratings7.32 Ratings
    Admin section00 Ratings8.22 Ratings
    Page templates00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
    Mobile optimization / responsive design00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
    Publishing workflow00 Ratings7.32 Ratings
    Web Content Management
    Comparison of Web Content Management features of Bluehost and WordPress VIP
    Feature
    Bluehost
    -
    Ratings
    WordPress VIP
    8.0
    2 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Content taxonomy00 Ratings7.31 Ratings
    SEO support00 Ratings7.31 Ratings
    Bulk management00 Ratings7.32 Ratings
    Availability / breadth of extensions00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
    Community / comment management00 Ratings9.12 Ratings
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    Small Businesses
    SiteGround
    Score9.8 out of 10
    Umbraco CMS
    Score6.8 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
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    Square Online
    Score7.4 out of 10
    Enterprises
    AccuWebHosting.Com
    Score9.9 out of 10
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    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    BluehostWordPress VIP
    Likelihood to Recommend
    4.9
    (19 ratings)
    8.7
    (21 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    4.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.1
    (6 ratings)
    8.4
    (21 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    3.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    BluehostWordPress VIP
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Automattic
    WordPress VIP really changed the game when it comes to WordPress CMS and Content Management. A one-stop shop for all our client's business needs. We are focusing on Content Management instead of technicalities. The big advantage is the security features covering all recent vulnerabilities that any WordPress developer/user wastes lots of precious time fixing/updating. Performance-wise, WordPress VIP is definitely up there. We’ve been doing lots of optimization work over the last few years. Every client wants to score 100. With WordPress VIP we decreased the time spent on optimization significantly and now feel confident with taking more performance optimisation work than we did before. Lastly, maybe the most important for every business is the support quality. WordPress VIP runs a superb support team with phenomenal knowledge and expertise. Quick to respond and solves issues here and now. It is definitely recommended.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    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!
    Incentivized
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    Automattic
    • Keeps us informed of upcoming releases/patches associated with the Wordpress Platform.
    • Introduces us to products/companies/Wordpress plugins as necessary when new business needs arise.
    • Amy and Allie are excellent at managing the relationship; speaking with them on our monthly calls is a pleasure.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Automattic
    • Too many different dashboard formats
    • Everything should have the same look and feel.
    • The admin portal looks different than the user content portal
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Newfold Digital (Endurance + Web.com)
    No answers on this topic
    Automattic
    It's true enterprise ready hosting framework providing unparalleled hosting infrastructure for WordPress. Where an organisation has high load needs, but with stability and scale VIP delivers. It provides complete peace of mind that the hosting, security and scalability are taken care of and organisations can focus on developing out their website strategies
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Automattic
    There is documentation for everything you might need.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Automattic
    The people who work for WordPress VIP clearly are passionate about representing the organisation. Therefore when support is required, they do go above and beyond what you may expect in terms of overall support. They take security very seriously, and due to the nature of VIP, it's rarely a concern for the end-user, if at all.
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Automattic
    Our team manages 4 different brands' websites and before WordPress VIP we were using multiple different hosts including DreamHost and AWS. These were convoluted and didn't offer the enterprise features for our organization that WP VIP was capable of. We also considered Pantheon, but they were not Wordpress-centric enough for the direction we were going.
    Incentivized
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    Scalability
    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
    Incentivized
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    Automattic
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Automattic
    • Working as a WordPress VIP gold partner has helped our business grow from 12 staff to 28 staff in 2 years. They have brought many projects to the table that are always the right ones for us and they really understand our goals as a business.
    Incentivized
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