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Bluehost, a US web host owned by Newfold Digital, sells self-managed and managed VPS plans on 1-month to 2-year terms.

Cheapest, with IPv4
$4.69/mo
NVMe 2, 1 vCPU, 2 GB, 50 GB NVMe
Public IPv4
Included
Automatic backups
Not stated
Billing
24-month term
Billed in US dollars
Datacenters
11 in 10 countries
North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Oceania
Run by
Newfold Digital, LLC
United States

Entry plans and the real monthly bill

In US dollars, per month, as listed by Bluehost (All regions). IPv4 added where it's charged separately.

Swipe the table sideways for the price and the bill.

PlanServerTrafficPlan priceWith IPv4The bill
NVMe 2One dedicated IP included. On a 1-year term the configurator shows $3.99/month, with no renewal price stated1 vCPU, 2 GB, 50 GB NVMeCPU share not statedNot stated$4.6924-month term, excl. VATRenews at $5.69$4.69

plan $4.69IPv4 included

NVMe 4One dedicated IP included2 vCPU, 4 GB, 100 GB NVMeCPU share not statedNot stated$9.4924-month term, excl. VATRenews at $11.99$9.49

plan $9.49IPv4 included

NVMe 8One dedicated IP included4 vCPU, 8 GB, 200 GB NVMeCPU share not statedNot stated$12.9924-month term, excl. VATRenews at $28.99$12.99

plan $12.99IPv4 included

NVMe 16One dedicated IP included8 vCPU, 16 GB, 450 GB NVMeCPU share not statedNot stated$25.9924-month term, excl. VATRenews at $49.99$25.99

plan $25.99IPv4 included

Good to know

  • A public IPv4 address is included in every entry plan
  • NVMe 2 renews at $5.69, 1.2× the first-term price
  • The cheapest price needs a 24-month term
  • Listed prices exclude VAT

Where Bluehost has datacenters

11 in 10 countries, as listed by Bluehost.

Phoenix, United StatesAshburn, United StatesToronto, CanadaSão Paulo, BrazilLondon, United KingdomFrankfurt, GermanyParis, FranceMadrid, SpainMumbai, IndiaSingapore, SingaporeSydney, Australia

Europe 4

  • London, United Kingdom
  • Frankfurt, Germany
  • Paris, France
  • Madrid, Spain

North America 3

  • Phoenix, United States
  • Ashburn, United States
  • Toronto, Canada

South America 1

  • São Paulo, Brazil

Asia 2

  • Mumbai, India
  • Singapore, Singapore

Oceania 1

  • Sydney, Australia

Where it stands among 43

Each fact with every host's answer. Bluehost is outlined.

Add-ons and extra charges

Public IPv4
Included One dedicated IP on each plan at no extra cost (not named as IPv4); extra IPs cost an unstated fee
Automatic backups
Not stated Self-managed: you run your own backups
Snapshots
Not stated Not stated
Extra traffic
Unmetered No bandwidth fees for compliant use

How you pay

Hourly billing
NoNo Terms of 1 month, 1 year or 2 years, paid upfront
Minimum term
1 month Monthly term available; longer terms are cheaper per month
Setup fee
Not stated Not stated
Always-free server
None No free VPS listed
New-account credit
None No trial credit listed; a 30-day money-back guarantee instead
Payment methods
Card, PayPal Visa, Mastercard, Amex, Discover, PayPal, Google Pay, Apple Pay; checks and wires only for renewals
Signup checks
Automated fraud check on new accounts; phone or email verification in rare cases
Refunds
30 days, not on monthly terms Money-back guarantee for VPS on the initial term; card payments only

What you get

Processors
AMD EPYC Model and generation not named
ARM servers
NoNo No Arm plans listed
IPv6 included
Not statedNot stated Not stated

What comes with it

Block storage
Not statedNot stated A Brazil knowledge-base article mentions extra block volumes; not offered or priced for the US VPS
Object storage
Not statedNot stated Not stated
Private network
Not statedNot stated Not stated
Cloud firewall
Not statedNot stated No provider firewall stated; on self-managed VPS you configure your own
Load balancers
Not statedNot stated Not stated
DDoS protection included
YesYes Network-level DDoS protection included
Managed databases
Not stated Not offered as a service; databases are the customer's job on self-managed VPS
Managed Kubernetes
Not statedNot stated Not stated
API
YesYes Page says all VPS tiers include API access; public API docs not cited
Terraform provider
Not statedNot stated Not stated
Custom ISO
NoNo No custom image uploads
Windows
Not offered Not in the OS list (AlmaLinux, Rocky, CentOS Stream, Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora)

Who you're renting from

Company
Bluehost Inc.
Owned by
Newfold Digital, LLC
Based in
United States Jacksonville, Florida
Founded
2003 Company founded in Provo, Utah in 2003; VPS start year not stated
Support
24/7 chat (account support only on self-managed); phone 7:00-24:00 EST; paid support extra
Certifications
Not stated None stated

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