Hello there!
I now use WordPress for two of my websites and WooCommerce for the third, and I am planning to switch hosting companies. My choices were down to Bluehost, HostGator, and DreamHost after reading through a number of reddit threads and other reviews. Which of the three have you used? I would like an unbiased assessment of your experience regarding speed, support, uptime, resource constraints, and overall value for the money.
I would be grateful for any input!
According to my experience, DreamHost is probably the superior option if simplicity and cost-effectiveness are your top priorities. However, if you require more complex services and complete customer support, Bluehost may be the way to go.
Avoid Bluehost at all costs. Recently, I moved my business website away from them after a frustrating experience. They ran a malware check on my WordPress site, flagged a standard file (500.php) as infected, and promptly took down my site. When I investigated using their file browser app, the file looked clean and hadn’t been modified since 2012. Despite this, their support insisted the scan couldn’t be wrong and suggested I delete the file or consult a developer—completely overlooking basic server knowledge.
On top of this issue, my site had been unreliable and painfully slow for over a year. Fed up, I quickly set up a trial site on Wix and transferred my domain to test their service. I’m now evaluating whether to stick with Wix or find a more reliable hosting solution. In short, Bluehost’s support lacks competence, and their hosting performance is unacceptable.
In this day and age, Bluehost and Hostgator are two services that ought never to have been suggested.
Ten years ago, they were good, but not since.
Bluehost and HostGator are quite similar in their offerings. I’ve been with Bluehost for over 10 years now, and while I’ve considered switching annually due to their inconsistent quality, finding a better alternative at a comparable cost has been a headache. DreamHost doesn’t seem likely to be any better, and SiteGround, once reliable, has reportedly slowed down.
Recently, Elementor launched its own cloud service, which doesn’t include domains or emails but provides an all-in-one solution for $100/year. Their hosting is on the Google Cloud platform, which has garnered positive reviews. Despite my initial hesitation with managing services like GCP, I’m tempted to try Elementor’s offering because of its simplicity, similar to Cpanel solutions I prefer.
By the way, Bluehost plans to upgrade to PHP 7.4 by late March and claims they’ll optimize their servers, though their primary offering remains shared hosting, unless you opt for more expensive options. It remains to be seen how these changes will impact performance.
I’ll have to second u in this