Bluehost vs Verpex
Bluehost and Verpex 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
UK cPanel host on LiteSpeed and NVMe with nine locations, daily backups and a free domain, renewing at $6 to $15
Bluehost wins 2 of the six sub-scores and comes out ahead overall (7.6 vs 7.5).
How do the scores compare?
Bluehost leads on 2 sub-scores, Verpex on 2. Higher is better.
Which one is faster and more reliable?
Which one costs less?
On renewal, Verpex is cheaper ($6.00/mo vs $9.99/mo). Intro prices need the listed term.
What does each include?
| Bluehost | Verpex | |
|---|---|---|
| Free domain | First year, with a 12-month or 36-month term | Registration or transfer of a common extension (.com, .net, .org, .uk, .in among them) on yearly and longer terms; not on monthly billing; premium names excluded |
| Free SSL | Let's Encrypt | Every plan, every domain |
| Backups | Weekly website backups on every shared plan | Daily, every plan, with the Backuply tool in cPanel |
| Staging | WordPress staging site on every plan | No |
| Free migration | Site migration tool | Expert migration on every plan; the about page promises zero downtime |
| CDN | Yes | Not stated |
| Caching | Advanced static content caching and object caching | LiteSpeed Web Server with LiteSpeed Cache; HostScore also lists Redis and Memcached |
| SSH and WP-CLI | Yes | Not stated |
| Security | Malware scanning on Starter; AI malware removal, web application firewall and DDoS protection from Business | CloudLinux with CageFS, Monarx malware protection, free SSL, isolated accounts |
| Phone support | Business and above; Starter has chat only | No |
| Uptime guarantee | 99.99% SLA; at most one coupon per month for 5% of the monthly hosting fee | Plan table: 99.5% on Bronze, 99.99% on Silver and Gold; the terms promise to endeavour 99.9% and carry no credit schedule |
| Choice of data center | Region selected at checkout (North America, South America, Europe, Asia) | Not stated |
| Windows hosting | No | No |
| Free CDN | Not stated | No |
| Developer tools | Not stated | WP-CLI listed; HostScore lists multiple PHP versions, Node.js, Python and Git over SSH |
| Resource limits | Not stated | CloudLinux LVE: 1 vCPU and 1 GB on Bronze, 2 vCPU and 2 GB on Silver and Gold; entry processes 30 / 30 / 35; 1,024 IOPS; 50 MB/s I/O; unlimited inodes |
| Data center choice | Not stated | Nine locations on four continents, chosen at checkout |
| Website builder | Not stated | SitePad in cPanel; a separate AI site builder product |