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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Bluehost

    Score5.9 out of 10
    N/ABluehost, headquartered in Orem, Utah, offers website hosting. Bluehost also offers managed WordPress hosting, with optional SEO and marketing tools for WordPress plans.

    $19.95

    per month for 36 month term

    Fusion Connect Managed IT

    Score2 out of 10
    N/AFusion Connect headquartered in Atlanta offers managed hosting services for Microsoft products, including hosted Microsoft 365 (formerly Office 365), hosted Exchange, and hosted SharePoint solutions.N/A

    Liquid Web

    Score8 out of 10
    N/ALiquid Web is a fully managed hosting service, boasting VPS hosting on the Storm Platform, and cloud dedicated hosting on the Storm Platform. Liquid Web supports managed WordPress, managed WooCommerce, VMware Private Cloud, as well as HIPAA and PCI compliant hosting, high availability database hosting, and dedicated or server clusters available for a variety of purposes, as well as websites.

    $19

    per month

    Pricing
    BluehostFusion Connect Managed ITLiquid Web
    Editions & Modules
    Shared WordPress Hosting
    $3.95-$16.99
    per month
    Shared Web Hosting
    $3.95-$26.99
    per month for 36 month term
    eCommerce - WooCommerce Hosting
    $15.95-$49.95
    per month, 1 month to 36 month terms available
    Managed WordPress (beta)
    $19.95
    per month for 36 month term
    VPS Hosting
    $19.99 - $119.99
    per month
    Blue Sky Live WordPress Support
    $29.00-$149.00
    per month
    Dedicated Hosting
    $79.99-$209.99
    per month
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    Managed WordPress
    $19
    per month
    Managed WooCommerce
    $19
    per month
    VPS
    $35
    per month
    Magenta Cloud
    $49
    per month
    Cloud Dedicated
    $149
    per month
    Private VPS Parent
    $149
    per month
    Dedicated
    $169
    per month
    Cloud Servers
    $265
    per month
    HIPPA
    $343
    per month
    Server Clusters
    $743
    per month
    High Performance
    1,127
    per month
    High Availability
    1,448
    per month
    Database Hosting
    1,498
    per month
    VMware Private Cloud
    1,599
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    BluehostFusion Connect Managed ITLiquid Web
    Free Trial
    NoNoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Considered Multiple Products
    Newfold Digital (Endurance + Web.com)
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    Liquid Web Inc.
    Chose Liquid Web
    Liquid Web is more professional than all of them. The main reason is the rock solid support which is 24/7 available. Whenever we contact with queries, the solution is guaranteed. There is no need to create support tickets, all the queries gets solved over live chat.

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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    63%
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    Delivers good value for the price
    75%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    63%
    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    86%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
    75%
    Implementation went as expected
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    Small Businesses
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    Score9.9 out of 10
    Flywheel
    Score4.8 out of 10
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    Score4.8 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
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    WP Engine
    Score7.4 out of 10
    WP Engine
    Score7.4 out of 10
    Enterprises
    AccuWebHosting.Com
    Score9.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    BluehostFusion Connect Managed ITLiquid Web
    Likelihood to Recommend
    4.9
    (19 ratings)
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    10.0
    (6 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
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    Availability
    4.0
    (1 ratings)
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    Support Rating
    8.1
    (6 ratings)
    -
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    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    3.0
    (1 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    BluehostFusion Connect Managed ITLiquid Web
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Newfold Digital (Endurance + Web.com)
    Bluehost is a decent all-around choice for web hosting with professional web development and domain management features that are particularly ideal for WordPress websites and blogs. They have a good reputation within the industry as a company that invests heavily in new technology and platform innovation. Bluehost has made a lot of improvements to customize their back-end administration (AMP & control panel) by working to improve the usability and design of the browser interface. Bluehost is primarily focused on customers who use WordPress and we would recommend either their hybrid cloud or managed WordPress platform, which provides everything that you need to build and maintain a popular website. All in all, Bluehost is a well-established brand that continually improves its hosting products, regularly upgrades their data center hardware, and is generally considered a leader in the development of new cloud hosting platform services.
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    Fusion Connect
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    Liquid Web Inc.
    Liquid Web is suitable for serious users who have high end web applications or critical business oriented websites. cPanel and WHM comes out of the box with almost every server you buy. And if you don't have time to manage your own server, Liquid Web will suit you well. Their support is awesome. They help beyond the scope of the support. I had to migrate almost 25 big sites to another Liquid Web server, the support guys made it so easy for me.
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    Pros
    Newfold Digital (Endurance + Web.com)
    • Customer service/tech support is simply top-notch. Being able to pick up the phone, get help, and not get charged for it is rare in the tech-support world.
    • Their Dashboard/C-panel has a wide selection of popular tools and options to make website design and all that goes with it very easy. Lots of choices; they are more than a simple hosting service.
    • Keeping their tools up-to-date. I never have to worry about upgrades or having the latest features; it just happens automatically!
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    Fusion Connect
    No answers on this topic
    Liquid Web Inc.
    • Customer Service — Amazing support, if needed.
    • Site Speed — Our website sped up by 50% just by moving our hosting to Liquid-Web.
    • Knowledge — We've learned a lot as an organization by following the Liquid Web blog.
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    Cons
    Newfold Digital (Endurance + Web.com)
    • Setting up wasn't difficult but I think for some having tutorial videos would have been better than screenshots.
    • Provide more than one free domain on the Plus plan.
    • Offer site migration - not an option I saw when I signed up.
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    Fusion Connect
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    Liquid Web Inc.
    • The tutorial area is excellent, but perhaps they could add video tutorial.
    • Chat conversations should be added automatically to the client portal.
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    Usability
    Newfold Digital (Endurance + Web.com)
    I use Wordpress for my website on Bluehost, so I already know how it works and happy with it. I gave it this rating as I love the fact that If you do plan on creating multiple websites on Bluehost you'll be able to create specific login access for each website sites making it less likely to enter into the wrong website accounts. Which makes it even easier to manage client websites if you plan to create and host websites on behalf of your clients.
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    Fusion Connect
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    Liquid Web Inc.
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    Support Rating
    Newfold Digital (Endurance + Web.com)
    They are quick, easily reached, and can usually solve problems on the first try. However I noticed I had to go to customer support more often than with other providers, whether that was things breaking more often or if their customer support couldn't fix things on the first try. But in most scenarios, they are fine.
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    Fusion Connect
    No answers on this topic
    Liquid Web Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Newfold Digital (Endurance + Web.com)
    Bluehost did not stack up against HostGator; in fact, HostGator was where we ended up migrating after we realized Bluehost was not for us. Bluehost is not geared toward businesses, especially ones like ours that have a very customized site. HostGator allowed us the customization that we needed, and their prices were terrific.
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    Fusion Connect
    No answers on this topic
    Liquid Web Inc.
    We evaluated Kinsta and WPEngine. Both offer great platforms but the lack of solid phone support and the substantial difference in server resource allocation made Liquid Web a clear winner.
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    Scalability
    Newfold Digital (Endurance + Web.com)
    The website is slow. The speed is not reliable. Sometimes, sites would go down without warning. You would have to get a VPS to get consistent speed. If you have small website as a hobby, then Bluehost will be sufficient. Otherwise, I recommend looking for something more fast. Storage is good, but speed is lacking
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    Fusion Connect
    No answers on this topic
    Liquid Web Inc.
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    Return on Investment
    Newfold Digital (Endurance + Web.com)
    • It allowed me to get my website up and running and sell services.
    • It is fairly low cost, so it was easy to recoup my investment.
    • Having to pay for a whole year upfront made it take a little longer to get the return on my investment.
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    Fusion Connect
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    Liquid Web Inc.
    • Liquid-Web has made it easier for me to take my focus away from handling constant server issues to being able to focus on my actual job in managing our websites. While there may not be a concrete number for this scenario, being able to perform my tasks more efficiently definitely helps company growth in the long run.
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