Used Bluehost for a WordPress blog for 3 years with near-100% uptime and good customer service.
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A score out of 100. Negative and mixed reviews take points off, and so does having only a few reviews, so a handful of glowing reviews can’t beat a product many people like.
7%9%84% Negative
Most customers describe poor support, from scripted replies and agents who cannot fix problems to staff accidentally breaking live sites.
What customers love, and what they don’tWhat customers noticed
Customer reviews (203)
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A Bluehost customer of about six years says it fits their multi-site and email needs well.
Built a replacement WordPress and Elementor site on Bluehost that handled their Google Ads traffic well.
After almost 20 years, Bluehost became unreliable and a 50% cost increase is coming, so they are leaving.
Has many clients on Bluehost and says it has been good for all their WordPress sites.
Has used Bluehost for years and thinks it is worth a shot as a hosting option.
Common questions about Bluehost
What do customers say about Bluehost?
Most customers describe poor support, from scripted replies and agents who cannot fix problems to staff accidentally breaking live sites. Many also hit steep renewal prices, outages, slow sites, constant upsells and unexpected or hard-to-cancel charges. A few had good support or no problems.
Is Bluehost worth it?
Of the 87 reviews with a clear verdict, 7% are positive, 9% mixed and 84% negative. The praise mentioned most is helpful support. The most common complaint is poor support.
What do people like about Bluehost?
The praise reviewers mention most: helpful support (4 reviews), reliable (3 reviews) and easy migration (1 review). For example: Bluehost has been pretty good; moved from GoDaddy and Network Solutions for better price and service.
What are the most common complaints about Bluehost?
The complaints reviewers mention most: poor support (37 reviews), renewal price hike (17 reviews) and outages (13 reviews). For example: On the WordPress Grow package since 2019; PHP only up to 7.4 broke access and a ticket stayed open two months.
What does the signal score of 51 mean?
It's how well reviewed Bluehost is, out of 100. Negative and mixed reviews take points off, and so does having only a few reviews: a service needs plenty of them, compared with the most-reviewed services here, to reach the high 80s and 90s. It's worked out from reviews only, needs at least 5 of them, and updates as new ones come in.
What are the specs of Bluehost?
Category: Shared hosting.
Where do these Bluehost reviews come from?
203 are quotes from Reddit, each linked to the original. Customer reviews are checked for spam before they appear. Every review, written here or quoted, is read as positive, mixed or negative.