Bluehost vs Sungard AS Managed Hosting

Likelihood to Recommend

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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Verified User

Project Manager in Product Management

Consumer Goods Company, 501-1000 employees

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When shared with multiple teams, I could not find many products better than this. I enjoyed working in this aspect, it was smooth in cross-teams transferring. They have a good foundation of technology I would say, the thing it is lacking is in the usability for non-technical people. I have seen many struggling with this aspect.

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Chandrabhan Singh

Assistant General Manager

Airports Authority of IndiaAirlines/Aviation, 10,001+ employees

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Pros

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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Verified User

Employee in Information Technology

Education Management Company, 201-500 employees

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Security - no-one can access your systems, even you!

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Employee in Information Technology

Internet Company, 11-50 employees

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Cons

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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Ayo Bamgbose, Assoc CIPD, MSc

Online digital business coach

Self-employedE-Learning, 1-10 employees

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I needed support for many modules, where I think I was not satisfied.
The detailing of each module is lacking.
If you form clutter of files, there is no solution for it.

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Himanshu Singh

Product Manager

ANS Commerce - E-commerce Solutions for IndiaInternet, 11-50 employees

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Usability

Bluehost 9.0

Based on 2 answers

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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Ayo Bamgbose, Assoc CIPD, MSc

Online digital business coach

Self-employedE-Learning, 1-10 employees

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Support Rating

Bluehost 8.5

Based on 12 answers

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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Stephen Steinberg

Founder

Raw AthleticsSports, 1-10 employees

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Sungard AS Managed Hosting 1.0

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Support is completely inflexible in their policies and procedures, turning even the simplest request into a months-long ordeal.

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Verified User

Employee in Information Technology

Internet Company, 11-50 employees

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Alternatives Considered

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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Verified User

Director in Marketing

Graphic Design Company, 1-10 employees

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I would select Sungard on the basis of technology foundation and functionality. It gave me an ample amount of features which I could use in a better way. The inter-team communication gets a better structure than the other products. I would use it on the basis of the above mentioned points. This has proven to be a good support for my team.

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Chandrabhan Singh

Assistant General Manager

Airports Authority of IndiaAirlines/Aviation, 10,001+ employees

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Return on Investment

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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Dan Hanna

Owner

Small Business Help GroupMarketing and Advertising, 1-10 employees

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Positive - Inter-department report flow was quick.
Positive - Defined process gave us a defined to finish our goals.
Negative - Detailing on each module is less.

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Himanshu Singh

Product Manager

ANS Commerce - E-commerce Solutions for IndiaInternet, 11-50 employees

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Pricing Details

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Free Trial

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Bluehost Editions & Modules

Edition

Shared Web Hosting	$3.95-$26.99¹
VPS Hosting	$19.99 - $119.99²
Dedicated Hosting	$79.99-$209.99²
Shared WordPress Hosting	$3.95-$16.99²
Managed WordPress (beta)	$19.95³
Blue Sky Live WordPress Support	$29.00-$149.00⁴
eCommerce - WooCommerce Hosting	$15.95-$49.95⁵

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No

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Return on Investment

Bluehost

Sungard AS Managed Hosting

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General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

Bluehost Editions & Modules

Edition

Additional Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

Sungard AS Managed Hosting Editions & Modules

Additional Pricing Details

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