BlueHost VS WebHostingHub reveals the difference and secrets on their shared hosting features, terms & services, support and price. BlueHost and WebHostingHub are the two hosting companies that only offer a single all-in-one unlimited shared web hosting plan based on Linux and Apache 2 platform.
We have been with the 2 companies for more than 2 years, and kept monitoring our sites hosted with hem. Besides, we have collected a lot of information to make clear how other customers think of their services. Learn the ratings of their services in the table below.
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Plan in Comparison | WebHostingHub | BlueHost |
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Price | ||
Sales | $3.99/mo | $3.95/mo |
How to Claim | Link Activation | Link Activation |
BlueHost
In fact, BlueHost is the successful predecessor in this business model, and has devoted into this business for 16 years since 1996. BlueHost is the only shared web hosting provider having 3 dedicated data centers in Utah, US that has invested over 20 million USD since 2010. Now, BlueHost has 500 staffs and 5,000 servers serving for 2 million domains and websites, and it’s still fast growing with approximately 20,000 new customers added for each month.
WebHostingHub
WebHostingHub, operated in Los Angeles, CA, was found by the business web hosting provider InMotion hosting in 2006. WebHostingHub colocates their servers with the data centers of InMotion hosting in the both West Coast and East Coast of US. So far, they have 800,000 personal and small business customers with approximately 20,000 new customers added for each month.
As our editor’s analysis, WebHostingHub deeply clones the business model of BlueHost to take the market share from developers, designers, bloggers, travelers, personal and small businesses. This is the reason why many customers were asking us for the core difference between BlueHost and WebHostingHub. As a common customer, it’s obviously hard for them to find the difference apparently.
Actually, the customer service and shared web hosting reliability of these 2 brands are absolutely terrific. They both commit a 99.9% uptime and provide a highly responsive 24×7 US technical support via toll-free telephone and live chat. The main differences between BlueHost and WebHostingHub are the shared web hosting features, terms & services, speed and pricing structure.
BlueHost vs WebHostingHub > Features
Both BlueHost and WebHostingHub shared web hosting is *unlimited*. WebHostingHub is mainly designed for PHP & MySQL websites, but BlueHost is more rich featured for websites developed by almost all the latest cutting-edge technology including Ruby on Rails, Python, Perl, etc.
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Plan in Comparison | WebHostingHub | BlueHost |
Hosting Sites (On 1 account) |
Unlimited | Unlimited |
PHP | ||
Ruby on Rails | ||
Python | ||
Perl | ||
MySQL Database | ||
PostgreSQL Database | ||
Shell (SSH) Access | ||
Google AdWords | $75 | $100 |
Bing/Yahoo Search | $75 | |
Learn More | Learn More |
Terms and Services
Both BlueHost and WebHostingHub provide a long time refund period and anytime pro-rated money back guarantee. The purchase with BlueHost and WebHostingHub is really risk-free and worry-free.
Plan in Comparison | WebHostingHub | BlueHost |
Full Refund (including the domain) |
3 days | |
Full Refund (excluding the domain) |
90 days | 30 days |
Pro-rated Money Back | Anytime | Anytime |
Learn More | Learn More |
- Full Refund (including the domain): both BlueHost and WebHostingHub include 1 free domain name with their shared web hosting plan when you sign up, but actually they have to pay ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) for the domain registration however you cancelled the shared hosting account. BlueHost provides 3 days guarantee that you can get the refund for all the money including the free domain name. In this case, BlueHost will cover the domain name registration fee by themselves.
- Full Refund (excluding the domain) is that your refund will be reduced by the price of the domain for $11.95/year, but you still have the full ownership and control of the domain name.
- Pro-rated Money Back is the refund for the balance of your account. Take an example. You signed up with BlueHost/WebHostingHub for 36 months for $142.2 ($3.95/mo). You cancelled the account after 9 months. You would get the refund for $97.68 = ($142.4 – $11.95) / 36 * (36 – 9).
Speed
The shared web hosting speed of BlueHost and WebHostingHub is nearly the same. We did the performance comparison for a WordPress site with the same WordPress script and the same content hosted with BlueHost and WebHostingHub. We found their performance is surprisingly the same on executing database query, creating dynamic web pages, and rendering the web pages to clients, as the following statistics chart.
WebHostingHub vs Bluehost > Price
BlueHost and WebHostingHub shared web hosting are starting at $6.95/mo regularly. They’re both offering a compelling 44% discount for starting at $3.95/mo, but BlueHost accepts the payment via PayPal.
Price | ||
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Plan in Comparison | WebHostingHub | BlueHost |
3 years | $3.95/mo | $3.95/mo |
2 years | $4.95/mo | $4.95/mo |
1 year | $5.95/mo | $5.95/mo |
Accept Credit Card | ||
Accept PayPal | ||
How to Claim | Link Activation | Link Activation |
Conclusion
WebHostingHub commits the same shared web hosting speed, reliability and technical support as BlueHost, but BlueHost is more experienced on the personal and small business class shared web hosting and the BlueHost shared web hosting provides more features and better reasonable pricing than WebHostingHub. So, if you’re looking for a qualified unlimited shared web hosting with the right balance among the reliability, speed and price, BlueHost is the better choice than WebHostingHub.
To learn more information about BlueHost, visit http://www.bluehost.com/.