Bluehost

Solid

The beginner-friendly host that WordPress.org itself has recommended since 2005.

“Easy and cheap to get started, just keep an eye on the renewal price and add-on upsells.”

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3.6/ 5

BettrList score

Pricing: From $3.99/mo
Free plan: No

Bluehost

Solid

The beginner-friendly host that WordPress.org itself has recommended since 2005.

3.6/ 5

BettrList score

Pricing: From $3.99/mo
Free plan: No

Try Bluehost→

Starting price

$3.99/mo

Free trial

Uptime SLA

99.99%

Support

24/7 chat and phone

How we rated it

BettrList score

3.6/ 5

Based on practical use and value.

What we measured

Features4.0

Ease of use4.3

Value for money3.2

Support3.3

Compliance3.3

BettrList score

3.6/ 5

Based on practical use and value.

What we measured

Features4.0

Ease of use4.3

Value for money3.2

Support3.3

Compliance3.3

The verdict

“Easy and cheap to get started, just keep an eye on the renewal price and add-on upsells.”

Read the full BettrList reviewOur detailed evaluation — verdict: Recommended with caveats

Pricing breakdown

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Starter

$3.99/mo

For a first website or blog. Cheapest way onto Bluehost, but renews at a much higher rate.

10 websites, 10GB NVMe SSD storage
Built for around 40,000 visits a month
Free SSL, free CDN, free domain for the first year
Renews at roughly $9.99/mo after the intro term

Recommended

Business

$6.99/mo

Bluehost's most popular shared hosting plan, with more room and stronger security.

50 websites, 50GB NVMe SSD storage
Built for around 200,000 visits a month
Web application firewall and DDoS protection included
Phone support included, on top of 24/7 chat

eCommerce Essentials

$14.99/mo

Shared hosting built around WooCommerce, with the store tools bundled in.

100 websites, 100GB NVMe SSD storage
WooCommerce auto-install and secure payment processing
Product subscriptions, memberships, and an affiliate program built in
Built for around 400,000 visits a month

Self-Managed VPS (NVMe 4)

$9.49/mo

For sites that have outgrown shared hosting and need dedicated resources with full control.

2 vCPU cores, 4GB DDR5 RAM, 100GB NVMe storage
Full root access to configure the server your way
cPanel and 24/7 priority support are add-ons, not included by default
Scale CPU, RAM, and storage later without rebuilding the server

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All features

Officially recommended by WordPress.org since 2005, with one-click WordPress installs

A free AI website builder to help you launch a site without writing code

Every plan includes free SSL, a free domain for the first year, and a built-in Cloudflare CDN

Shared hosting plans scale from 10 up to 100 websites on one account

Self-managed VPS plans give you full root access, NVMe SSD storage, and DDR5 RAM

Managed WordPress updates and automatic malware scanning on every plan

WooCommerce-ready plans with payment processing, subscriptions, and other store tools built in

24/7 support by live chat and phone, backed by a large self-help knowledge base

99.99% uptime SLA, with service credits if they fall short

A free site migration tool if you're bringing an existing WordPress site over

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Cloud servers that spin up in under a minute, with pricing simple enough to actually understand.

Hostinger

Cheap, fast hosting with a genuinely easy dashboard and 5 million+ users to back it up.

Independent

No paid placements, ever.

Hands-on tested

Real use, not vendor demos.

Reviewed

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Verdict refreshed

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