Blue Host Starter, $ 3.95/mo. on Linux Shared

Starter has been updated on September 10, 2025 (added December 1, 2014), Aggregate Rating (4 out of 10 from 6 reviews)

🔌 Hosted domains :	10
🆓 free domains :	1
📌 Dedicated IPs :	0
💳 Payment Methods :	Credit / Debit / Prepaid CardsPayPal
🔨 Control Panel :	CPanel
🔧 Category :	BackupWordpress
✍️ Support Options :	EmailHelp DeskPhone / Toll-FreeLive ChatAvailable 24/7
🌏 Server Locations :	United States
⚑ Targeting :	AU CA FR DE IN IT MX NL ES US
💰 Money-back guarantee :	30 days
🚀 Uptime :	99.9 %

See also initial Starter plan location on their website!

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📄 Editorial Review

Founded in 2003 by Matt Heaton in Provo, Utah, Bluehost.com has developed into a large US hosting and online-business platform. Bluehost Inc. is the operating entity, with headquarters in Jacksonville, Florida, while ownership sits with Newfold Digital (newfold.com). Bluehost joined Endurance International Group in 2010, and the combination of Endurance and Web.com became Newfold in 2021. Newfold also acquired Yoast in 2021, bringing its SEO tools into many Bluehost WordPress packages, and operates other major hosting brands including HostGator. Sachin Puri became Bluehost Group CEO in 2025. The company falls within LinkedIn's 501-1,000 employee category, with more than 400 associated employee profiles.

More than five million website owners use the platform. Its scope now stretches from first websites and blogs to online stores, agency portfolios, developer infrastructure, and custom enterprise environments. Bluehost has worked formally with WordPress since 2005 and remains among the hosts recommended by WordPress.org. International storefronts support English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, and Dutch, together with USD, GBP, CAD, EUR, AUD, and INR. Plans and entitlements can differ by storefront and purchase route, so the selected regional cart matters.

The principal Web Hosting and WordPress Hosting products are Linux based. They combine NVMe storage, free Let's Encrypt SSL, CDN delivery, managed WordPress updates, automated migration, malware scanning, a web application firewall, DDoS protection, caching, SSH, WP-CLI, and staging. Backup coverage includes off-site restore points, while the exact frequency ranges from weekly on standard plan cards to daily and on-demand options on higher services. There is no equivalent Windows hosting family.

Starter details currently differ between entry paths. One route offers one website and 10 GB NVMe for $4.99 per month, while the primary WordPress table offers 10 websites and 10 GB for $3.99 per month on a 36-month purchase. That difference is significant enough to verify at checkout rather than assuming every Starter order has the same allowance. Business expands to 50 sites and 50 GB, and eCommerce Essentials reaches 100 sites and 100 GB, with stronger backup, security, and telephone-support inclusions on the higher tiers.

WooCommerce Hosting supplies an installed commerce stack, AI-assisted site construction, secure payment processing, subscriptions, memberships, paid-course tools, social login, and premium store plugins. The separate AI Store can turn a prompt into a functional WooCommerce shop, then use Catalog, Order, Inventory, Customer, and Coordinator agents for product changes, fulfillment status, stock monitoring, customer context, and prioritized operational tasks. One-site hosting, first-year domain and privacy, SSL, CDN, weekly backups, malware removal, Stripe availability, and 20 monthly AI edits are included, with 10 bonus edits in the first paid month. Bluehost adds no platform transaction fee above the payment gateway's own charge.

The wider AI range is more substantial than a simple content generator. AI Website Builder produces a WordPress site from a written brief and includes hosting, a first-year domain, first-year privacy, SSL, CDN, backups, and the same monthly edit allowance. Its 14-day trial allows five AI edits on a temporary domain. AI All-Access Pack puts paid ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Grok access into one dashboard and can be purchased without hosting. AI Receptionist learns from a business website and documents, follows the selected brand voice, integrates with Google Calendar, handles routine questions, and books appointments continuously.

Agent Hosting gives developers an always-on VPS environment with root access, NVMe storage, persistent vector memory, an API gateway, and one-click deployment. Python, Node.js, and widely used agent frameworks are supported. Preconfigured choices cover n8n, OpenClaw, Hermes Agent, Claude Code, GatorClaw, and Docker. The n8n image supports more than 500 integrations, webhooks, schedules, JavaScript and Python nodes, model routing, and server-based pricing without a Bluehost execution charge. These are still self-managed systems: Bluehost covers hardware, networking, and virtualization, while OS administration, application security, API keys, and workload operation belong to the customer.

The Self-Managed VPS family uses AMD EPYC Genoa processors, DDR5 memory, NVMe storage, KVM isolation, root access, SSH/SFTP, DDoS protection, unmetered bandwidth, and a choice of regions. Unmetered does not mean unlimited compute: using 25% or more of system resources for longer than 90 seconds can trigger intervention. Managed VPS adds cPanel and WHM, migration assistance, firewall setup, patches, monitoring, and continued server administration. Virtual Dedicated Servers reserve hypervisor-level compute allocations and provide root access under a separate 99.9% commitment, filling the space between ordinary VPS and a complete physical server.

Managed Dedicated Hosting runs on Dell rack servers with AMD EPYC CPUs, DDR5 RAM, NVMe storage, RAID 1, three IP addresses, unmetered bandwidth, AlmaLinux 9, root access, and cPanel/WHM. Provisioning normally requires 24-48 hours. The largest standard configuration reaches 32 cores, 128 GB RAM, and 3 TB NVMe. Cloud Hosting is a managed WordPress environment with global replication, automatic failover, edge caching, LiteSpeed, staging, real-time backups, a premium WAF, and enterprise CDN delivery. Agency Hosting builds on that foundation with pooled resources, a multi-site dashboard, cloning, Git, WP-CLI, staging, and priority help. Enterprise Hosting adds custom architecture, dedicated account coverage, and more than 20 global location choices for high-traffic stores, agencies, and larger organizations.

Domain Registration covers registrations, transfers, premium names, WHOIS privacy, registrar locks, and expiration protection. Bluehost Inc. is an ICANN-accredited registrar, IANA ID 1154. Transfers normally take five to seven days and require an unlocked name and EPP code; the usual 60-day restriction applies. Eligible 12- or 36-month hosting purchases include one domain for the first year, redeemable within 90 days, across extensions such as .com, .net, .org, .uk, .de, and .nl. Domain Expiration Protection can preserve ownership for as much as one extra year following an unexpected payment failure.

Free, renewable Let's Encrypt certificates sit beside paid single-domain, wildcard, and EV SSL. Bluehost Complete Security adds continuous AI-assisted file scans, smart firewall rules, blacklist monitoring, automatic cleanup, and human remediation. Professional Email, powered by Titan, carries a 99.9% uptime target and supports as many as 300 users. Google Workspace adds Gmail, Drive, Meet, Gemini, and automated DNS configuration. Customers can also purchase WordPress design, search optimization, campaign execution, and ongoing WordPress assistance.

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