SiteGround vs. Bluehost 2025: Can Bluehost’s Prices Beat SiteGround’s Premium Experience?

SiteGround is better overall, with an easier user experience, a better backup policy, and a support team that will handle just about anything you need. But then, Bluehost offers most of the same features at a much better price, so it might well be a better match for you.

In this SiteGround vs. Bluehost matchup, we’re here to help you figure out exactly which host is better for your needs.

SiteGround vs. Bluehost review at a glance

• SiteGround: Best enterprise hosting for beginners
• Bluehost: Best for affordable hosting

	Our Pick
Star rating	5.0 AllAboutCookies writers and editors score products based on a number of objective features as well as our expert editorial assessment. Our partners do not influence how we rate products.	4.8 AllAboutCookies writers and editors score products based on a number of objective features as well as our expert editorial assessment. Our partners do not influence how we rate products.
Starting price	Starts at $2.99/mo	Starts at $2.99/mo
Money-back guarantee	Yes — 30 days for shared hosting	Yes — 30 days
Uptime guarantee	99.9%	99.99%
Monthly visits	10K - 400K on shared hosting	40K - 400K
Number of websites	1 - unlimited	10 - 100
Storage	10 GB - 40 GB on shared hosting	10 GB - 100 GB
Free SSL certificate	On all plans	On all plans
Free domain for a year	On all plans except cloud	On all plans
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SiteGround pros and cons

SiteGround is designed to be the easiest way to get started on enterprise-grade hosting. It offers fantastic WordPress integration, a solid site builder, and a user experience so simple, you’ll wish it were cheaper.

Aside from a few minor issues with server stability, the expense is SiteGround’s main downside.

Bluehost pros and cons

Bluehost is affordable, performs well, and offers a few more hosting options than SiteGround. It also has great WordPress integration and a custom site builder that was made on top of WordPress.

Some basic features, like domain privacy, however, aren’t available on all plans, and we had a little trouble reaching the support team.

Which web hosting service has the best core features?

It’s a close one, but SiteGround wins here.

	Our Pick
Websites per account	1 - unlimited	10 - 100
Storage available	10 GB - 40 GB on shared hosting	10 GB - 100 GB
Bandwidth	Unmetered	Unmetered
Monthly visits	10K - 400K on shared hosting	40K - 400K
Staging environment	Starting at the GrowBig plan	On all plans
Migration assistance	On all plans	Paid service
Email	Unlimited	Unlimited
Control panel	On all plans	On all plans
Website builder	On all plans	On all plans
Hosting types available	Shared / site builder / WordPress / WooCommerce / cloud	Shared / WordPress / WooCommerce / managed VPS / dedicated
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Now, Bluehost does have more types of web hosting available, and that’s certainly something to consider. You can also get more storage, which is nice.

But SiteGround’s core experience is so smooth, so carefully designed, that many users will never need to change a setting, just build a site. Also, for people who don’t want to use WordPress, having a separate site builder is a bonus.

Bluehost’s core features are pretty solid, and the site builder that’s built on top of WordPress is cool, but it also means one less choice for the end user. However, you can install other CMS options if you know how. It also loses points for not having free migration assistance, which can be a big deal for beginners.

Which web host has the best performance and reliability?

This is basically a tie, as both services performed reasonably well in our tests, with quite stable server performance, solid First Contentful Paint (the time it takes for your site to start loading) times, and reasonably good Last Contentful Paint (when your site finishes loading) times.

Uptime guarantee	99.9%	99.99%
Tested uptime	99.863%	100%
Average performance score	98.3	100
Average FCP	0.36 s	0.43 s
Average LCP	1.0 s	0.63 s
Stress test	Pass	Pass
HTTP failures	None	None
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Our SiteGround testing could have gone a little better overall, though it didn’t perform badly; Bluehost definitely got better site performance scores. But … in any case, things like the site performance score and LCP can be affected by the way the site is built, and SiteGround’s average FCP was better.

But Bluehost's average server response time was nice and low, and it handled the stress test well. SiteGround’s average server response time was more unstable, but it handled the stress test quite a bit better.

Which web host is the better value?

Bluehost wins here because it offers pretty much the same basic features for lower prices. Can’t really argue with that.

		Our Pick
Price range	$2.99-$7.99/mo	$2.99-$13.99/mo
Best value plan	StartUp for $2.99/mo	Starter for $2.99/mo
Money-back guarantee	Yes — 30 days for shared hosting	Yes — 30 days
Free domain for a year	On all plans	On all plans
Free CDN	On all plans	On all plans
Free SSL	On all plans	On all plans
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SiteGround plans

SiteGround’s pricing plans mostly just add more resources, with very few features being restricted to the higher tiers. It’d be nice if “more optimized PHP” wasn’t one of those higher-tier features, but that’s how it goes. Every plan comes with a 30-day money-back guarantee.

• StartUp: 1 website, 10 GB storage, 10K monthly visits, daily backup, managed WordPress hosting or site builder, free CDN, caching, free WP migration, WP-CLI, and SSH
• GrowBig: Unlimited websites, 20 GB storage, 100K monthly visits, adds staging, and more optimized PHP
• GoGeek: Unlimited websites, 50 GB storage, 400K monthly visits, adds Git, white labeling for agencies, free private DNS, and priority support

Bluehost plans

Bluehost’s pricing plans follow the traditional structure, where paying for higher tiers gets you more server resources and a lot more features. Fortunately, most of the essential features are available in the cheapest plan, so it’s not like you’re forced to upgrade if you don’t want to. Every plan also comes with a 30-day money-back guarantee.

• Starter: 10 websites, 10 GB storage, 40K visits per month, site builder tools, free domain for 1 year, free SSL, free CDN, chat support, WordPress optimizations, WP-CLI, SSH, email marketing features, and weekly backups
• Business: 50 websites, 50 GB storage, 200K visits per month, adds domain privacy, and malware detection/removal (on top of the regular malware scans)
• eCommerce essentials: 100 websites, 100 GB storage, 400K visits per month, and adds commerce tools, including WooCommerce Auto-Install

Which web host has the best security features?

SiteGround wins, but not by a whole lot.

	Our Pick
Malware scanning
Firewall protection
DDoS protection
Backup frequency	Daily	Weekly
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Both hosts offer a pretty great suite of security features, including malware scanning to keep your site virus free, firewalls to help keep hackers out, DDoS protection to keep botnets from taking your site down, and automatic backups.

SiteGround ekes out the win by providing daily automatic backups as opposed to Bluehost’s weekly backup schedule. It’s that simple. Daily is better.

Which web host has the best support and reputation?

SiteGround takes the win here, with great support and a fantastic reputation overall.

	Our Pick
24/7 customer support
Support options	Live chat, phone, online guides	Live chat, phone, online guides
Trustpilot score	4.9	4.6
G2 rating	4.2	3.4
Capterra rating	4.6	3.6
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While both hosts have a decent set of options to contact them, SiteGround handled that a bit better in our testing. Bluehost’s chatbot gave us a little bit of a runaround before we were able to talk to a person, which is never ideal.

And when it comes to reputation, SiteGround scores higher across all the major review sites. Reviews on Reddit are also weighted in favor of SiteGround customers, who seem to be quite satisfied. Meanwhile, many Bluehost customers report issues with customer service and significant downtime.

Top alternatives

Bluehost and SiteGround are just two of the best web hosting services we’ve tested. SiteGround is the cream of the crop, but many businesses starting out may need hosting that’s budget friendly. If Bluehost doesn’t fit the bill, we recommend these tested alternatives:

If you need a web host with affordable prices and great feature sets, Hostinger should be your first stop.

If you’re looking for cheaper enterprise-ready hosting, IONOS is a good option, too.

Kinsta is another premium WordPress host like SiteGround, but the tradeoff for usability is the price tag.

SiteGround vs. Bluehost: Which is better?

SiteGround is better overall, though Bluehost’s prices may still present an attractive option to many.

	Our Pick
Value
Core features
Performance and reliability
Security
Support and reputation
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SiteGround gives you the dead-simple yet enterprise-ready host that you (well, some of you) have dreamed of. It’s so well regarded that their customers seem to love it despite the price.

But then Bluehost also offers solid WordPress integration and generally decent hosting features at much more affordable prices. Those looking for a cheap way to start a website might go for Bluehost instead.

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