Bluehost vs. Neon Websites

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Bluehost
Score 5.6 out of 10
N/A
Bluehost, 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
Neon Websites
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
Neon One in Chicago offers Neon Websites, a website design and hosting service specific to nonprofits.
$49
per month
Pricing
BluehostNeon Websites
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
DIY
starting at $49/mo
Standard Build
starting at $49/mo + $600 one-time fee
Premium Build
starting at $49/mo + $1,000 one-time fee
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
BluehostNeon Websites
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional DetailsDIY Package: Take creativity into your own hands, with out-of-the-box templates and tools that you can use to build an entire website on your own. Standard Build: Built with research-backed nonprofit best practices, start by selecting a nonprofit template that aligns with your organization and let our team do the building. Includes 6 pages. Premium Build: Start with a blank canvas and have the Neon Websites team build a website template that meets your organization’s unique design goals, we’ll take the building from there. Includes 6 pages.
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Best Alternatives
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Small Businesses
Flywheel
Flywheel
Score 10.0 out of 10
Flywheel
Flywheel
Score 10.0 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
WP Engine
WP Engine
Score 7.3 out of 10
WP Engine
WP Engine
Score 7.3 out of 10
Enterprises
AccuWebHosting.Com
AccuWebHosting.Com
Score 9.8 out of 10
AccuWebHosting.Com
AccuWebHosting.Com
Score 9.8 out of 10
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User Ratings
BluehostNeon Websites
Likelihood to Recommend
4.9
(19 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Availability
4.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.1
(6 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
3.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
BluehostNeon Websites
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Neon One, LLC
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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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Neon One, LLC
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