Bluehost vs NameHero
Bluehost and NameHero compared on measured uptime, response time, pricing and features from our own tests. Bluehost scores higher overall.
By Jennifer T. · Updated
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Verdict
BluehostWins overall
Newfold's WordPress-recommended host: three shared tiers on 36-month terms, weekly backups, a 5 percent SLA coupon
cPanel host since 2015 with NVMe, LiteSpeed and stated cores and RAM: cheap for three years, four times the price after
Bluehost wins 3 of the six sub-scores and comes out ahead overall (7.6 vs 7.3).
How do the scores compare?
Bluehost leads on 3 sub-scores, NameHero on 2. Higher is better.
Which one is faster and more reliable?
Which one costs less?
On renewal, Bluehost is cheaper ($9.99/mo vs $11.64/mo). Intro prices need the listed term.
What does each include?
| Bluehost | NameHero | |
|---|---|---|
| Free domain | First year, with a 12-month or 36-month term | Turbo Cloud and Business Cloud on a 24 or 36-month term; not on Starter or Plus |
| Free SSL | Let's Encrypt | Free and auto-renewing SSL on every plan |
| Backups | Weekly website backups on every shared plan | Nightly and weekly backups listed in the comparison table; HeroVault offsite backups with 30 days of retention cost $6.99 a month in the cart |
| Staging | WordPress staging site on every plan | No |
| Free migration | Site migration tool | Complimentary migrations by the Level III team |
| CDN | Yes | Not stated |
| Caching | Advanced static content caching and object caching | LiteSpeed web server with LiteSpeed Cache; the Turbo tier on the two upper plans |
| SSH and WP-CLI | Yes | Not stated |
| Security | Malware scanning on Starter; AI malware removal, web application firewall and DDoS protection from Business | Security Shield on every plan; HeroGuard with premium SSL, malware scanning and monitoring costs $9.99 a month in the cart |
| Phone support | Business and above; Starter has chat only | 1-855-984-6263, 9 AM to 5 PM Central per the about page; chat and tickets around the clock |
| Uptime guarantee | 99.99% SLA; at most one coupon per month for 5% of the monthly hosting fee | No |
| Choice of data center | Region selected at checkout (North America, South America, Europe, Asia) | Not stated |
| Windows hosting | No | Not stated |
| Free CDN | Not stated | QUIC.cloud CDN listed in the comparison table |
| Not stated | Unlimited accounts; mailbox quota 1 GB on Starter, 2 GB on Plus, unlimited above; 50 or 350 emails an hour | |
| Guaranteed resources | Not stated | Cores and RAM printed per plan, 1 and 1 GB up to 4 and 4 GB, on a partitioned cloud environment |
| Data center choice | Not stated | US (Lenexa, Kansas), London and Canada on the plan cards; the comparison table lists US for every plan |
| SSH | Not stated | Jailed SSH access listed in the comparison table |