Features
- 4 Gigabyte Hosting Space
- Host 6 Domains on 1 Account
- 2,500 POP Email Accounts
- 100 GIGS of Transfer
- SSL, FTP, Stats
- CGI, PHP, MySQL
- 2000/2002/2003 Front Page Extensions
- Free Domain Included
- Shopping Carts
- Search Engine Tools
- Web Tools (Chat, Blogs, Survey, Guestbook, Auctions)
Control Panel
BlueHost.com uses CPanel 9 as their control panel. CPanel 9 has a very intuitive layout and is quite easy to use. Sometimes it can be overwhelming with all of the different icons that are available, but once you get used to CPanel, administration of your websites will become very simple.
Support
The Support provided by Bluehost is very consistent email & ticket responses occur in a friendly and timely manner. They also have live support via telephone if you need an immediate response. One small drawback is their documentation in their knowledge base, which we found it difficult to navigate through to find exactly what we wanted. Overall, Bluehost.com provides an effective support channel to meet all of their customers questions and concerns.
Reliability
What is the uptime like with the host. Do they have a backup system in place and how efficient is their recovery process. What about UPS? Do they have it. This will outline all of the preceding questions.
In Summary
All in all, Bluehost.com provides a very reliable web hosting service. They provide a great feature set and their plan has high data transfer and web space specifications. Their downfall may be because the don't have more than one plan and may not have a suitable hosting package for everyone. If you want a cost-effective package, bluehost maybe one of the better choices. We have given them an overall rating of 3.5/5.
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