Bluehost
Bluehost is a web hosting provider based in Orem, USA, founded in 2002. As of 2026 it holds an HRI of 95/100, an exceptional signal, ranked independently by HostList with no paid placements.
Bluehost, founded in 2003 and located in Orem, Utah, offers a range of hosting products including shared, WordPress, VPS, and dedicated hosting. The company is owned by Newfold Digital and is recognized for its long-standing association with WordPress.org. Bluehost operates multiple data centers and provides a user-friendly control panel, ensuring ease of management for clients. With 24/7 customer support, it caters to individuals and businesses seeking reliable web hosting services. The infrastructure supports a significant number of domains, making it suitable for both new and established websites.
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What Bluehost Discloses
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29 of 30 questions unanswered
- Entry plan price
- Refund window
- Site migration
- Verified coupon
- Status page
- Incident history feed
- Uptime SLA
- Ownership
- Legal entity
- Data residency
- GDPR DPA
- Datacenter regions
- Server stack
- Storage
- Security included
- Security contact
- Certifications
- Data centre model
- Backups
- Support
- Support languages
- Published plans
- Resource limits
- Renewable energy
- Description
- Logo
- Social profiles
- YouTube
- Changelog
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What Customers Say About Bluehost
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What people are saying
Trustpilot★★★★★amazing and quick respone“they know how to resolve issue without much explanation from my end, i am happy”
Trustpilot★★★★★Mohammed was amazing“Mohammed was amazing, very helpful. Please give him a raise😅. wish you all the best”
Trustpilot★★★★★Very helpful LIVE agent assistance“Overall, I have been very well treated and quite happy with the LIVE human agents at Bluehost. Agentic AI is not so helpful so I prefer to chat with a live agent. They have always been able to solve my problems.”
Trustpilot★★★★★i spoke to george & Joy both they were professional“i spoke to george he based in Philippines and he was professional and helpful , previously i also spoke to Joy ( Jeyscent ) she did offer time to explain me everything i need to my website baggage .. thank you all Sammy Adams”
Trustpilot★☆☆☆☆Customer service agent Shreeja was…“Customer service agent Shreeja was great, unfortunately she works for a company that is more interested in selling new services than serving their existing customer base.......I have tried for the past 12 months to get someone on the phone to speak about my account and get assistance and it has been IMPOSSIBLE”
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Bluehost holds 14U across 2 racks. Rack space is allocated by rank alone and cannot be bought.
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Where Bluehost Ranks
Live positions across the HostList Best rankings, by HRI™. Positions are earned, never bought.
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Frequently Asked Questions About Bluehost
Is Bluehost hiring?
Yes. Bluehost has 12 open roles listed on HostList as of September 2026, sourced from their public careers page. View current openings at hostlist.io/jobs/at/bluehost or apply directly on Bluehost's website.
Is Bluehost a good web hosting company?
Bluehost has a HRI™ of 95/100 on HostList.io with a Google rating of 1.8/5 from 141 reviews, placing it among the better-rated providers in its category. HRI (HostList Ranking Index) is calculated algorithmically from trust signals, profile completeness, data freshness, and performance data, no provider can pay to improve it. A score of 90+ indicates an exceptional, highly verified provider.
What type of hosting company is Bluehost?
Bluehost is classified as a dedicated web hosting company on HostList.io. Use the HostMatch™ tool at hostlist.io/match to describe your project requirements and get a ranked recommendation from 30,000+ hosting providers including Bluehost.
Where is Bluehost based?
Bluehost is headquartered in Orem, USA. Hosting companies based in USA are listed at hostlist.io/hosting/usa.
How does Bluehost compare to other web hosting companies?
Bluehost can be compared to any other hosting provider using HostList.io's side-by-side comparison tool at hostlist.io/compare. The tool shows both providers' HRI™ breakdowns, sub-scores (Trust, Completeness, Freshness, Performance), and review data side by side. Bluehost has a current HRI of 95/100.
Does Bluehost offer coupons or discounts in September 2026?
Bluehost has no HostList-verified coupon code right now. Hosting providers commonly discount the first term of shared and WordPress plans, with the lowest prices on longer billing cycles. For codes checkout-verified across the market this month, see hostlist.io/deals/web-hosting-coupons, updated continuously.
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What's Happening at Bluehost
WordPress News. The latest news and information to help you succeed ... Bluehost is a leading web hosting solutions company recommended by WordPress.org.
What People Say About Bluehost
Public mentions from X, Reddit, and other social platforms. Unfiltered and not part of the HRI score, shown for context.
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In addition to somehow taking forever to load a site, Bluehost support isn't great. For what you're paying, Siteground has better performance
Hello, I'm looking to switch from BH to NixiHost and need advice, please. BH just charged me $750 renewal fee for 3 years. I have two websites. One is for my previous domain, the o…
Hello! Several years ago I started a website on [Wordpress.org](http://Wordpress.org) using bluehost. Eventually I added a second website. I haven’t used either in a few years, an…
Hello! After 10+ years with Bluehost, I've finally hit my limit. Performance has been fine, but issues have been steadily increasing, and customer support has become genuinely unhe…
How Bluehost's Score Is Calculated
HRI is calculated algorithmically based on publicly available data. It considers trust signals (reviews, ratings), data completeness, freshness of information, and technical performance. No host can pay to improve their score.
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