Bluehost Review

Detailed Reviews

BlueHost, one of the popular and old web hosting service providers, is admired for its superb features on offer at low cost. This, together with good customer service, sets BlueHost apart from the other hosting services.

Despite these plus points, BlueHost seems to have gone through many changes since past few months. This is evident in the form of increased bandwidth, storage space, and number of domains per account so that you can get the good deal in the industry without spending much. Now, the service provider is offering three shared plans and unlimited parked domains.

Shared Hosting Plans

BlueHost offers three different shared hosting plans: Starter, Plus, and Business Pro. The Starter plan comes with limited space, domains, email accounts and storage, and marketing credits. All these restrictions are removed if you choose any of the other two plans. The Business Pro plan comes with additional features (paid) such as CDN, Spam Tools, dedicated IP, SSL, domain privacy protection, and SiteBackup PRO.

Features

BlueHost offers almost all essentials that you would prefer in a Linux hosting environment, cPanel, high level of PHP customization (custom .INI files, .htaccess), and Shell Access (SSH) for advanced users. Apart from that, the common features include unlimited hosting and disk storage, free domain name, free drag n drop site builder, several templates, unlimited GB of transfer, 24x7 network monitoring, several ecommerce carts, and many free scripts.

MySQL databases and sub domains are available in abundant and you can host unlimited number of domains without creating multiple accounts. You can even expect top quality infrastructure and wide protection mechanisms including power backup and spam as well as DDOS protection.

The builder is easy to use to create any kind of site in few minutes without having knowledge of any programming script or language. BlueHost’s one-click install uses Mojo Marketplace (former Simple Scripts) for WordPress service that always notifies about a new software update, unlike Fantastico.

cPanel Hosting

This is perhaps the standard panel and is included in the hosting price. However, unlike other services, BlueHost provides its custom version for a fully tailored experience. Through cPanel, you can access site builders, upgrades, domains, SSL certificate, dedicated IP settings, webmail, billing details, and Postini anti-spam software. However, a few of these features shall cost you more. Despite being two separate control panels, the tight integration and accessibility from the same login ensures straightforward management.

Uptime

Bluehost offers 99.9% uptime guarantee just like the other leading service providers. However, although there are three large datacenters featuring several 10 GB fiber lines, outages for a small period have been frequent in a year for maintenance. During power failures, a strong power backup system retains the functioning of its Quad Core servers.

Extras

The company offers instant setup of several scripts as well as quick installs in one click. The control panel shows simple installation instructions for a WordPress and Weekly blog as well as for other applications under Simple Scripts and available under the Site Builder tab. The shared service also offers vouchers for Google Ad words and Facebook ads, free Yellow Pages listing, and a free SEO report.

You can even defend your site from malware and cyber attacks through sitelock, identify excessive resources and re-assign them temporarily though resource protection to mitigate risks linked with shared hosting, prevent ID theft, and recover smartly from regular automatic backups.

Conclusion

It is true that you will not find a cheaper, feature-rich shared hosting service than BlueHost if you look around. Undoubtedly, it offers you the best value for money. Right from an individual to a business owner craving for full hosting functionality, BlueHost has an effective solution for all who are on a tight budget.