BlueHost has been providing web hosting solutions for nearly 15 years. Due to the relative youth of this industry, that’s no small feat. While lacking the marketing to become a household name, BlueHost has managed to build a stellar reputation within the web hosting community. Both businesses and individuals seeking a low-cost yet high-powered hosting solution should add BlueHost to their list of considerations.
BlueHost’s prices their basic hosting package aggressively at $6.95/month. This is a shared hosting plan that includes a free domain name. Clients can upgrade to a dedicated IP for an additional $2.50, which is still phenomenal at fewer than ten dollars per month. The shared solution is perfect for most clients. However, the option is there for those who are simply uncomfortable with a shared solution or have intensive scripting needs.
Both packages include an impressive array of benefits. These include, but are not limited to, unlimited disk storage, unlimited bandwidth, unlimited domains, a free domain name, 2,500 email accounts, 1,000 FTP accounts, 50 MySQL databases, unlimited sub-domains, etc. This is in addition to all of the technical features that most web hosting clients consider as standard. Unlimited storage coupled with unlimited domains and unlimited bandwidth at fewer than $100 per year is an amazing deal. However, as it is with all such services, there is actually an unspoken limit to the unlimited nature of these features.
Perhaps more important than the feature set and price to most clients is reliability. Website operators want the assurance that their website will be fully functional around the clock. It is safe to say that a company does not build a reputation like the one BlueHost has while providing inferior reliability. They monitor their datacenter with an on-site staff 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. In addition, the datacenter is equipped with mirrored storage backup systems and redundant UPS and diesel generator solution. BlueHost includes uptime as part of their guarantee so in the event that there is downtime, you can recoup the hosting fees for that period.
BlueHost’s customer support system is equally impressive. Both a ticket-based and a phone system are available to customers 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. BlueHost intends the ticket system for all non-emergency support, but since it’s manned constantly, clients can expect speedy resolution to their non-emergency support requests. BlueHost also provides a telephone service around the clock and around the year for emergency support.
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