That said, it’s also the king of deceptive pricing, asking you to commit to the checkout page before you’re clear about what price you’ll be paying.Įven so, it doesn’t have the egregious deception of Arvixe (read our Arvixe review). Its rates are about as standard as they come, setting a baseline on which web hosts can be compared. Bluehost Features Overviewīluehost is the king (or queen) when it comes to stock pricing. If you want a more comprehensive package, you can upgrade your Weebly site without starting over. That said, it’s the free version of Weebly, which imposes limits with media and pages. In cPanel, you can turn on the Weebly website builder, which, as you can read in our Weebly review, is one of the best website builders around.Īll Bluehost users have access to the free Weebly builder with their domain, which usually runs around $5 per month.
Thankfully, Bluehost has non-WordPress users covered, too. In that configuration, your website will display a “coming soon” page, which allows you to build it before pushing it live.
If you’re running a WordPress website, Bluehost will automatically install WordPress and set it to staging mode. The WordPress features don’t stop there, either. The interface emphasizes exploration, allowing you to manage your WordPress website without logging in to the back-end. We’ll talk in detail about the control panel in the “ease of use” section, but the short of it is Bluehost combines WordPress and account management in a way no other web host does. That said, its excellent integration with WordPress stands out most. We consider those the essential features for any web host, so it’s nice to see Bluehost include them. Thankfully, regardless of the shared plan you choose, you’ll get a free SSL/TLS certificate and daily backups for your website. Those features come at a price, though, which we’ll cover in the “pricing” section below. The top-tier Pro plan includes $200 in ad credits, two SpamExperts licenses, domain privacy, CodeGuard Basic and a dedicated IP address. Starting with the shared plans, there are a lot of goodies.
It even shows in the most unlikely places, with a control panel that makes WordPress management easier than ever.