BlueHost web hosting review

BlueHost is one of the biggest hosting providers. BlueHost competes with aggressive pricing and versatile set of services. BlueHost offers only one web hosting solution for all the clients. This provides a major factor of cost efficiency.

BlueHost in short

Country of origin and location of the servers: USA
Unlimited disk space
Unlimited bankwidth
Unlimited number of web sites
Support for unlimited number of domains (addon domains)
Max 2500 email accounts (POP3/Imap)
Max 1000 FTP-accounts (plus the main account)
Instant account activation
CGI, PHP 5, Ryby on the Rails (RoR), Perl
Max 100 MySQL/PostgreSQL databases
SSH, SSL (on request)
Free web site builder
cPanel based control panel
Linux servers
Free domain with the order (no country code TLDs (ccTLDs) like .us) ja domain privacy (1 year)
worth of 75 USD free search engine advertisements (50 USD Google AdWords, 25 Yahoo)
Support: phone and email 24 hours all year around and chat support
No setup fees
Monthly or time period based billing (12 months, 24 months etc.) Cheaper when paid longer period at once.
No hidden fees

BlueHost web hosting features in detail / BlueHost pricing

BlueHost web hosting features

BlueHost web hosting is very versatile package. That’s why perhaps they have chosen to provide the very same package for all of their clients. One can add infinite number of domains (add-on domains), but the number of MySQL databases is limited to 100.

BlueHost web hosting package includes max 2500 email addresses. SSH shell can be actived on the client request (you must provide a copy of your driver’s license or correspondign document to BlueHost support).

Especially we’d like to give recognition to BlueHost for choosing SimpleScripts installation system in addition to slowly updating and renewing Fantastico installation/update system. SimpleScripts updates the software selection and versions much more often than Fantastico.

Support

BlueHost web hosting support takes phone calls as well as email support requests. BlueHost’s Chat support is also open 24 hours all year around. Based on our tests BlueHost email support is fast, and it did not take very long to reach somebody via chat support either.

BlueHost pricing

BlueHost web hosting is very cost efficient and versatile web hosting solution. Still it would be nice to have a possibility to scale up the service package, but with BlueHost this is not possible. BlueHost is priced in very similar way as the sister company HostMonster. From these two you should choose the one that suits better for your needs.

Applications

BlueHost web hosting includes Fantastico installation/update system in the cPanel control panel. In addition to Fantastico, moer often updating installation system SimpleScripts is available.

Blogging tools: b2evolution, Nucleus, WordPress, Text Pattern

Content management systems (CMS): MODx, Drupal, Joomla, e107, Geeklog, Mambo Open Source, PHP-Nuke, phpWCMS, phpWebSite, Post-Nuke, Siteframe, TYPO3, Xoops

Customer support systems: Crafty Syntax Live Help, Help Center Live, osTicket, PerlDesk, PHP Support Tickets, Support Logic Helpdesk, Support Services Manager

Forums: bbPress, PunBB, phpBB3, Simple Machines Forum (SMF)

eCommerse solutions (online stores): CubeCart, OS Commerce, Zen Cart, ShopSite, Magento, OpenCart

Photo galleries: Coppermine Photo Gallery, Zenphoto, Pixelpost, 4Images Gallery, Gallery

Email list tools: DadaMail, PHPlist, poMMo

Votings and polls: Advanced Poll, phpESP, LimeSurvey

Project management: Mantis, dotProject, PHProjekt

Web site builders: Concrete 5, Site Builders, Soholaunch Pro Edition, Templates Express

Wikis: TikiWiki, PhpWiki

CRM systems: vtigerCRM

Other scripts mm. Dew-NewPHPLinks, Moodle, Noahs Classifieds, Open-Realty, phpAdsNew, PHPauction, PhpFormGenerator, WebCalendar