visit: BlueHost
Overview
BlueHost is one of our favorite “mid-range” discount web hosts. They like to keep things simple for their customers – which are geared towards first timers setting up a small business website or personal website. They only offer two packages – packed with everything you would need to get your website off the ground. Their complete support offering is great and has been quick in turn around time. For the price of an extra value meal per month – BlueHost offers a wonderful level of service and price for web hosting.
Available Plans
BlueHost hosting has focused on keeping the plan selection process easy. They offer their staple account, and recently have started offering an upgraded account that runs on better hardware and has more speed. We haven’t had a chance to work with this package – we’ve always found the regular package gets the job done.
- Standard Package – $7.95 per month and lower
- Unlimited Domains, Storage, Bandwidth and Email
- Free Domain
- Free Site Builder - Pro Package – $19.95 per month
- Everything the standard package has
- Upgraded hardware and transfer speeds
- Free Site Backups
Features
BlueHost has done a great job of packaging up a hosting plan with the features that really matter instead of a bunch of fluff. Every hosting account has the following features and many more:
- 24/7 US Based Support Reps
- Manage easily with cPanel
- Easily install web applications with 1 click
- SSL Certificate
- SSH Secure Shell Access
- Unlimited Storage
- Unlimited Domains
- Free Domain Name
- Drag and Drop Site Builder
- Unlimited Email
- Unlimited sub domains
- Site Statistics
- MySQL Databases
- PostgreSQL Databases
- Language Support: PHP, Perl, Ruby/Ruby on Rails, Python
Reliability
Infrastructure is key for hosting – it will ensure that your website is always accessible and being delivered to its potential visitors. BlueHost has a wonderful infrastructure boasting some great numbers. All of their servers contain dual quad core processors on linux operating systems. The fully redundant network with 24/7 monitoring will make sure your website is always up.
Support
If this is your first website – we know you are hesitant. The crucial impact that having a company that will help you with your problems is key to deciding which host to go with. BlueHost is known to have wonderful support. They offer 24/7 Telephone, Email and Chat support. Whatever your problem is, BlueHost support reps will be there to point you in the right direction.
Conclusion
We like BlueHost. As stated above, they are our favorite non $3 web host. They offer the right tools to get the job done without confusing you with bells and whistles. Getting setup is quick and painless. We are not completely sold on the PRO package yet, perhaps some of our readers can fill in the blank there. At the end of the day – the standard package is a wonderful deal and the level of service is spectacular.
Overview
BlueHost is one of our favorite “mid-range” discount web hosts. They like to keep things simple for their customers – wh…
Been with BlueHost for over 3 years. Great support and pricing. Even though it is not as cheap as a few of the other hosting companies, I don’t think I will be leaving any time soon.