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Bluehost vs Hosting.com

What each costs, whether there's a free plan, and what each is best for, from prices checked on their own sites.

Bluehost and Hosting.com at a glance
Fact	Bluehost	Hosting.com
From	$3.99/mo	$1.99/mo
Renews at	$9.99/mo	$13.99/mo
Free plan	No · No free plan or trial; 30-day money-back guarantee	No · No free plan or trial; 30-day money-back guarantee
Best for	WordPress beginners happy with a 3-year term	The lowest upfront cost on a long term
Checked	Oct 18, 2026	Oct 18, 2026
Website	Visit	Visit

The difference in short

Hosting.com costs less to start: $1.99/mo against $3.99/mo for Bluehost.
After the first term, Bluehost's cheapest plan renews at $9.99/mo and Hosting.com's at $13.99/mo.
Neither has a free plan; you pay from the start.
Bluehost is best for WordPress beginners happy with a 3-year term; Hosting.com for the lowest upfront cost on a long term.

Bluehost pricing

All about Bluehost

Bluehost plans and prices
Plan	Price	Renews at	Specs / includes	Notes
Starter (shared)	$3.99/mo	$9.99/mo	10 GB NVMe SSD	36-month term (Save 60%). Weekly backups, free CDN, no phone support.
Business (shared)	$6.99/mo	$13.99/mo	50 GB NVMe SSD	36-month term (Save 50%). Labelled 'Most popular'. Adds WAF, DDoS protection, domain privacy 1st year, phone support.
eCommerce Essentials (shared)	$14.99/mo	$21.99/mo	100 GB NVMe SSD	36-month term (Save 32%). WooCommerce auto-install and commerce tools included.
VPS NVMe 2	$4.69/mo	$5.69/mo	1 vCPU · 2 GB RAM · 50 GB NVMe	24-month term, $112.56 due today (Save 18%). Self-managed. No cPanel and no 24/7 priority support on VPS plans (page says so).
VPS NVMe 4	$9.49/mo	$11.99/mo	2 vCPU · 4 GB RAM · 100 GB NVMe	24-month term, $227.76 due today (Save 21%). Labelled 'Recommended'.
VPS NVMe 8	$12.99/mo	$28.99/mo	4 vCPU · 8 GB RAM · 200 GB NVMe	24-month term, $311.76 due today (Save 55%). Renewal is 2.2x the intro price.

Hosting.com pricing

All about Hosting.com

Hosting.com plans and prices
Plan	Price	Renews at	Specs / includes	Notes
Starter	$1.99/mo	$13.99/mo	15 GB NVMe	48-month term, $95.49 upfront. 36-month term: $2.49/mo. Free domain and SSL; daily backups.
Pro	$3.79/mo	$19.99/mo	50 GB NVMe	48-month term, $181.93 upfront. 36-month term: $3.99/mo. Adds staging sites and Node.js support.
Max	$7.79/mo	$27.99/mo	100 GB NVMe	48-month term, $373.90 upfront. 36-month term: $7.99/mo. Adds a premium SSL certificate and priority support.

What's good, and what to watch for

Bluehost

Starter allows 10 websites with 10 GB NVMe SSD storage
Free domain for the first year, free SSL and a free CDN
Weekly backups, malware scanning and a free migration tool

The $3.99 price needs a 36-month term
Starter has no phone support (chat only); Pro Email is a 1-month trial that renews at $2.50/month

Hosting.com

Starter allows 5 websites with 15 GB NVMe storage
Free domain registration, free SSL and daily backups
Email and security included, plus free managed migration

The $1.99 price needs a 4-year prepay ($95.49) and renews at $13.99/month
Staging sites and Node.js start on Pro ($3.79/month on 4 years, renews at $19.99)

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FAQ

Which is cheaper, Bluehost or Hosting.com?

Hosting.com costs less to start: $1.99/mo against $3.99/mo for Bluehost. Prices checked Oct 18, 2026 on each company's own site.

Do Bluehost and Hosting.com have a free plan?

Bluehost: No. 30-day money-back guarantee. With a paid plan: one domain free for the first year with a 12- or 36-month hosting plan. Hosting.com: No. 30-day money-back guarantee.

What else should I compare with Bluehost and Hosting.com?

Other web hosting options we've checked: Namecheap ($2.28/mo), DreamHost ($2.89/mo), GreenGeeks ($2.95/mo), Hostinger ($2.99/mo).

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