Bluehost review
Not verifiedchecked 1 November 2026What this means
Big-name US host with 24/7 support, a 99.99% uptime SLA and a free domain for the first year.
Bluehost’s Starter plan costs $4.79 a month inc VAT, but only with three years paid upfront, and then $11.99 a month. You get room for 10 websites, NVMe storage and 24/7 chat, but backups are weekly and phone support starts on Business. Fine for a first WordPress site if you are happy to commit for three years.
Bluehost is part of Newfold Digital.
from $4.79 a month inc VAT, paid upfront for 3 years, then $11.99 a month
Visit BluehostPrices checked 19 October 2026.
At a glance
- Good for
- New WordPress sites wanting simple, low-priced starter hosting
- Not ideal for
- Anyone who wants daily backups or phone support on a starter budget.
- Support
- 24/7 chat; phone on Business and eCommerce Essentials
- Money back
- 30 days
- Moving your site
- Free site migration tool
- Trustpilot
- 4.5 out of 5 from 31,975 reviews
Plans and prices
| Plan | Price | Websites | Storage | Backups | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | from $4.79 a month inc VAT, paid upfront for 3 years, then $11.99 a month | 10 websites | 10 GB NVMe SSD | Free trial of Pro Email | Weekly |
| Business | from $8.39 a month inc VAT, paid upfront for 3 years, then $16.79 a month | 50 websites | 50 GB NVMe SSD | Free trial of Pro Email | Weekly |
| eCommerce Essentials | from $17.99 a month inc VAT, paid upfront for 3 years, then $26.39 a month | 100 websites | 100 GB NVMe SSD | Free trial of Pro Email | Weekly |
Pros and cons
Pros
- Room for 10 websites even on Starter
- NVMe storage on every plan
- 24/7 chat support on every plan
- Free domain for the first year
Cons
- Lowest price needs three years paid upfront
- Starter renews at two and a half times its intro price
- Weekly backups only
- No phone support on Starter
How green is Bluehost?
Bluehost is not in the Green Web Foundation's directory of verified green hosting providers (we checked on 1 November 2026). That says nothing either way about the energy behind its hosting.
What the Foundation's verification means
Bluehost’s parent company says its move to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure brings a reduced carbon impact, but gives no figure, year, energy source or method. We found no sustainability report, renewable energy figure or certificate from Bluehost or its parent.
The data centres offered for shared hosting. Bluehost is moving its customers to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure during 2026.
The data centres we list are in 9 countries, whose grids average 291 g CO2e per kWh, against 218 g in the UK. Lower is cleaner.
The grid in each country
| Country | Grid average | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | 518 gCO2e/kWh | 2025 |
| Brazil | 109 gCO2e/kWh | 2025 |
| Canada | 192 gCO2e/kWh | 2025 |
| France | 41 gCO2e/kWh | 2025 |
| Germany | 334 gCO2e/kWh | 2025 |
| India | 671 gCO2e/kWh | 2025 |
| Spain | 153 gCO2e/kWh | 2025 |
| United Kingdom | 218 gCO2e/kWh | 2025 |
| United States | 384 gCO2e/kWh | 2025 |
We last read Bluehost's own pages on 16 October 2026. Their pages: Bluehost strengthens global web hosting platform with the power of OCI
Listing data from the Green Web Foundation's Green Web Dataset, under the Open Database License (ODbL). Grid figures: Ember, Yearly electricity data (2026), CC BY 4.0.