Bluehost vs HostPapa
Bluehost and HostPapa compared on measured uptime, response time, pricing and features from our own tests. Bluehost scores higher overall.
By Jennifer T. · Updated
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Verdict
BluehostWins overall
Newfold's WordPress-recommended host: three shared tiers on 36-month terms, weekly backups, a 5 percent SLA coupon
Canadian cPanel host with phone support in 16 countries and five data centers; backups cost extra after year one
Bluehost wins 5 of the six sub-scores and comes out ahead overall (7.6 vs 7.3).
How do the scores compare?
Bluehost leads on 5 sub-scores, HostPapa on 1. Higher is better.
Which one is faster and more reliable?
Which one costs less?
On renewal, HostPapa is cheaper ($8.99/mo vs $9.99/mo). Intro prices need the listed term.
What does each include?
| Bluehost | HostPapa | |
|---|---|---|
| Free domain | First year, with a 12-month or 36-month term | First year, on terms of one year or longer, select extensions; a non-refundable domain fee applies if you cancel in the first term |
| Free SSL | Let's Encrypt | Standard certificate |
| Backups | Weekly website backups on every shared plan | Not stated |
| Staging | WordPress staging site on every plan | On every plan |
| Free migration | Site migration tool | Yes |
| CDN | Yes | Yes |
| Caching | Advanced static content caching and object caching | Not stated |
| SSH and WP-CLI | Yes | Not stated |
| Security | Malware scanning on Starter; AI malware removal, web application firewall and DDoS protection from Business | Imunify360 basic on Essentials; Protection Power plus Imunify360 on Growth and above, free for the full term |
| Phone support | Business and above; Starter has chat only | 24/7, local numbers in 16 countries |
| Uptime guarantee | 99.99% SLA; at most one coupon per month for 5% of the monthly hosting fee | 99.9% measured monthly, excluding scheduled maintenance, as a reasonable-efforts commitment; no credit schedule in the terms |
| Choice of data center | Region selected at checkout (North America, South America, Europe, Asia) | Toronto, Buffalo, Miami, Los Angeles or Amsterdam, per the data centers page |
| Windows hosting | No | No |
| Automated backups | Not stated | 1 GB on Essentials and 5 GB on Growth free for the first year; a paid add-on afterwards |
| Server resources | Not stated | Relative tiers 1x, 2x, 4x, 8x; cores, inodes and database size not published on the plan cards |