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Bluehost has been empowering people to build and grow their online presence since 2003. As a leading web hosting provider trusted by over 5 million WordPress users worldwide, we specialize in making it easy to create, launch, and scale WordPress websites. With innovative tools, expert guidance, and powerful hosting solutions, Bluehost is your partner in building a professional online brand—without boundaries.

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Newfold Digital is a leading web technology company serving nearly seven million customers globally. Established in 2021 through the combination of leading web services providers Endurance Web Presence and Web.com Group, our portfolio of brands includes: Bluehost, CrazyDomains, HostGator, Network Solutions, Register.com, Web.com, Yoast and many others. We help customers of all sizes build a digital presence that delivers results. With our extensive product offerings and personalized support, we take pride in collaborating with our customers to serve their online presence needs. #TeamNewfold

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Samuel S.
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Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about Bluehost?

They have good prices, if low price is your only concern, and support, service, and product are unimportant to, go with Bluehost. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Bluehost?

will never use or recommend Bluehost again.

They were once a reputable provider and might still be acceptable for hobby or personal websites. But for critical business sites—especially where email deliverability matters—they are a terrible choice.

My experience with their support has been nothing short of a nightmare. Since their acquisition, their service has clearly declined, as countless other reviews also suggest.

The latest issue has been with email deliverability. Our assigned IP subnet is listed on UCEprotect Level 3, which can significantly impact inbox placement, not just delivery. Bluehost dismisses this entirely, insisting UCEprotect is disreputable and can be ignored. That’s simply not true. While UCEprotect’s practices are questionable and many providers disregard their lists, not all do—and any business that cares about reaching customer inboxes should avoid providers who refuse to take this risk seriously.

Here’s what responsible hosts do when this happens:

Acknowledge the concern, not dismiss it.

Proactively rotate affected customers to clean IP ranges that are not listed.

Maintain smaller, better-managed IP ranges to reduce collateral listing risk.

Engage with affected customers to provide temporary or permanent mitigation, such as SMTP relay alternatives or dedicated clean IPs.

Communicate transparently about the steps being taken to protect customer email deliverability.

Bluehost’s refusal to do any of this is irresponsible, damaging, and unacceptable. Reputable providers recognize that deliverability isn’t just about whether an email is sent—it’s about whether it reaches the right place: the inbox. Bluehost has failed on every front.

If your business depends on reliable email and professional support, do yourself a favor—

take your business elsewhere. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Bluehost solving and how is that benefiting you?

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Lorena S.
LS
CEO
Staffing and Recruiting
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about Bluehost?

Initially, I thought they were good. But NOT ANYMORE - Downhill last 2 years. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Bluehost?

THE WORST CUSTOMER SUPPORT EVER! I have had an ongoing issue with them for over 7 months. Every month or two one of my emails that they host goes down. I connect it with Outlook and they keep pushing me to Microsoft to resolve the issue when clearly the error message is SMTP or IMAP which clearly indicates it's coming from BlueHosts end. And each time I call it takes 2 to 4 hours. I'm usually doing both a chat and call at the same time. I continuously ask for a supervisor. Once in a while they will provide one, however, most of the time they just end the chat or hang up the phone. Very rude. The 3 times I did get a supervisor, they said there is a KNOWN issue. But somehow they dont' communicate it with their support, so I'm left with spending hours on end on their issue. I am writing a letter to the FCC as well. This is a horrible company.

UPDATE: 9/20/24 - Now they are telling me it will be at least 3 weekdays before they will get back to me to have someone call and walk through a possible fix. Since today is Friday, My emails are going to be down 5 more days in addition to the 2 days they have already been down. I am writing to the FCC next as this is not ok. Really bad experience. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Bluehost solving and how is that benefiting you?

Hosting two domains - but it's down most of the time. Hosting one email as I had to move the other to a different host because of continuous issues (similar to the ones I'm having now on the remaining email). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Recruitment Coordinator
Government Administration
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Bluehost?

At Ipower Domains, there is availability of many domain extensions at very cheap prices making it possible for me to get a perfect domain extension for the new website. The are making sure that my identity is not exposed to the public. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Bluehost?

The bad experience I had with Ipower Domains was the hidden renewal charges. This has proven to be another concealed expense that has affected me by having to search for extra money to update my domain. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Bluehost solving and how is that benefiting you?

Ipower Domains made it easier for me to secure my domain name when I was constructing my website. The procedure of choosing a domain name that is memorable and relevant to your business is very important, and it was easy to find one through Ipower Domains. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jeff B.
JB
Researcher & Advisory Board Member
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about Bluehost?

At this point, not much. I've been using them for about 5 years or so. They were great in the beginning. Easy to use. Reliable. Fantastic tech support. And, they were affordable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Bluehost?

Now, everything has changed. At the moment, I can't access the C-Panel or Support on Chat. This is not a one time deal. Some part of their site is non-functional pretty much all of the time. I started a new domain a few months ago, and it was the most horrendous startup I've every had. Nothing worked. Tech support knew nothing, at least the people who you contact. And, now, they've increased the cost of my hosting plan by about 6 times and with no indication why. I've had it. I don't need more stress from these idiots. Something awful has happened to the company. It's gone from 8-9 star to 1 star (if you can tolerate their b.s.). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Bluehost solving and how is that benefiting you?

At this point, they are creating a continuous stream of problems and definitely aren't solving any. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

JH
Marketing Manager
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What do you like best about Bluehost?

Bluehost customer support and the service quality it's providing is really worthy and I am happy with my purchase. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Bluehost?

Easy to setup and when I am stuck, customer support helped me. So, It's happy experience. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Bluehost solving and how is that benefiting you?

Bluehost helped me standout among my competitors through let me host my website online. It's proving my online presence and authencity. It's helping me enhancing my business. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Melanie F.
MF
Co-Founder
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about Bluehost?

This was a straightforward integration with a Wordpress site. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Bluehost?

I have had nothing but issues with Bluehost. Most recently, they just LOST MY ENTIRE WEBSITE. Literally, the website 403'd, and it was completely gone from my account.

I've had issues with them properly renewing certificates. And I've had someone actively try to get into my account (they successfully were able to make a user profile), and I when I asked them to blacklist the hacker's email, they refused to do so.

STAY FAR AWAY FROM THIS COMPANY. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Bluehost solving and how is that benefiting you?

I use Bluehost to host my small business' website. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Evan T.
ET
Account Executive
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What do you like best about Bluehost?

price, marketing, ads, and proposed ease of use, I used them for another site and it works. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Bluehost?

Super Unhappy here. They can not get a DNS populated and their 2-factor authenticator code never works. DO NOT USE BLUEHOST EVER. This is the response I get every time in chat "I understand that this has caused you inconvenience. Please be assured that our specialists are relentlessly working to resolve our customers’ issues at the earliest." Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Bluehost solving and how is that benefiting you?

They can not get a DNS populated and their 2 factor authenticator code never works. Two support tickets, daily chats excillated for 7 consecutive days and still having an issue. The site is not working and nor is my email. There server are not properly configured. This is the response I get every time in chat "I understand that this has caused you inconvenience. Please be assured that our specialists are relentlessly working to resolve our customers’ issues at the earliest." Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nina T.
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English Language and Cultural Assistant
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What do you like best about Bluehost?

Bluehost's customer service is phenomenal. I have chatted with agents several times and they have always been able to support me and point me in the right direction. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Bluehost?

There can be a steep learning curve in certain arenas, which is why it's helpful to search videos online to support with that. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Bluehost solving and how is that benefiting you?

Creating a domain name and linking it to Wordpress is seamless with Bluehost. I can directly login to my Wordpress site with Bluehost, and resolve any issues from there. It removes the need of using multiple sites to build my one webpage. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

LC W.
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What do you like best about Bluehost?

I do not like anything about this company. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Bluehost?

We have been unable to conduct commerce effectively this entire year due to inconsistencies with this service provider. The reliability of their services and poor customer support leaves much to be desired. Initially, it was authentication issues where the script would not authenticate appropriately and throw errors. After reaching out to customer support as well as the parent company regarding this matter and upon audit of our plugins, they have failed to meet their end of contractual agreement. Our plugins which were purchased through their portal are no longer visible; however, a few "new" ones, including Newfold email, are available which we did NOT consent to or desire. Now, our site is non-functioning during the busiest shopping season, our payment gateway is not configured, and our theme which also purchased is no where to be found.

We have forwarded this correspondence chain, reviews, and logs of our attempted compliance with their company to our legal teams for review on how to proceed with the loss in potential revenue, ad spending which can't be utilized by customers, and Their company's failure to "maintain up-time" as stated in verifiable articles about Bluehost. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Bluehost solving and how is that benefiting you?

They have NOT solved ANY of our issues; only made it worse. Our ECommerce initiative has been stalled throughout the entire year due to inconsistencies with this company. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Michael T.
MT
Startup Advisor
Internet
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about Bluehost?

Used to be a good value and a strong Wordpress hosting service for agencies. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Bluehost?

BlueHost initiated what their support referred to as an "Interface Upgrade". However during this upgrade, they accidentally converted my Wordpress Pro (multi-site) account into a Basic Hosting account. This in turn prevented me from adding any additional sites to my account, so I could not do what I had paid for.

I contacted support through chat and after hours of waiting, they escalated it to the billing department. After several more days and several interactions with thei support team, it was escalated to engineering. Today, I found out that my account was suspended, so all of my sites are no longer working. And still there has been no resolution.

BlueHost used to be a high-quality, good-value service. Now it sucks and it's no longer a trustworthy brand. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Bluehost solving and how is that benefiting you?

Multisite Wordpress hosting. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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