Bluehost vs GoDaddy — “6 Tests” Based on My Experience

Bluehost vs Godaddy is one of the classic comparisons ever done in Hosting industry.

Bluehost and GoDaddy are two of the biggest hosting providers out there, so big that they’ll come upon almost every major list of the vebijarkên best hosting.

Onawa dibe ku meriv li ser rûyê erdê hilbijêre, hingê?

GoDaddy is probably the better-known hosting provider of the two, but does that mean it’s better?

GoDaddy’s hosting pricing is also infamous for being less-than-clear, but is that really true?

Web hosting with GoDaddy seems generous in resources, but are there hidden limitations?

Bluehostrûpela pêşîn dide a starting price of $2.95 a month, and GoDaddy offers a starting price of $5.99 a month, but is the price difference noteworthy?

Choosing the best hosting provider is tough, let alone the best hosting plan…even more so its two industry titans, Bluehost vs. GoDaddy.

Di dawiyê de bijartî ya we ye, û her çend hilbijartina dijwar be jî, em ê ji we re bibin alîkar ku hûn li wir bibin.

1. Facebook Poll: Verdict

I have conducted a poll on Facebook asking people to choose between Bluehost vs GoDaddy.

,Car, em biçin nav niqteya jêrîn a ku piraniya we dê hebin — lêçûn heye!

2. Who has better pricing?

Ji ber vê yekê, çi dibe ku bihayê di navbera van her du sernavan de dabe?

Mîna hemî pêşkêşvanên mezin ên mêvandariyê, gelek celeb hene ku mêvandar hene.

Mêvandariya malperê ya parvekirî bi gelemperî celebek mêvandariyê ya herî erzan û herî populer e, bi vebijarkên hêja bi gelemperî mêvandariya cloud, serverek serverê taybetî ya virtual (VPS), û mêvandarê serverê vekirî ye.

For most people Googling around for basic information on all this—beginners and smaller users—shared hosting plans are the most accessible.

They’re available for relatively low prices while offering enough features for solid customer satisfaction.

Quick note: gelek ji van bihayên tenê ji bo karûbarê sala xwe ya yekem in.

If you want a really in-depth look at Bluehost’s pricing, you can check out my analysis here. But otherwise let’s see the overview:

Buhayên navkirî ji bo herduyan Bluehost’s and GoDaddy’s shared web hosting packages are discounts for the first year of service, but bi girîngî rabûn piştî sala yekem.

So for the price of shared web plans on Bluehost versus GoDaddy, Bluehost is generally a few bucks cheaper.

Rastiya batê: Bluehost’s shared hosting plans start at $2.95 a month for the “basic” plan. For the second tier of shared hosting, “Plus,” you’d pay $4.95 a month, and for “Choice Plus” you pay $5.95 thanks to a current discount.

However, both Plus and Choice Plus have the same renewal price.

Di paşiya paşîn de, asta "Go PRO" dê di mehê $ 13.95 dest pê bike.

In contrast, GoDaddy’s first tier is called “Economy,” and comes in a bit pricier at $5.99 a month. “Deluxe,” is also a slightly pricier, coming in at $7.99 a month, and “Ultimate” costs $12.99 a month. A fourth tier, called “Maximum,” would cost $19.99 a month.

To be clear: these are the “regular” tiers of shared web hosting. GoDaddy has a separate set of pricing tiers for its “Business Hosting” package: this is essentially a simplified VPS package. GoDaddy also has straightforward VPS options.

Çi xirav, Bluehost just has VPS and shared hosting.

GoDaddy’s Business Hosting di asta $ 19.99 de dest pê dike û heya "Expand" -ê 59.99 $ berdewam dike.

While GoDaddy’s “Business” plans have four tiers, Bluehost sê heb e (ji bîr meke ku ev rasterast e) VPS hosting). Lêbelê, wan heman cûrbecûr hene: "Standard" diçe 18.99 $ û "Ultimate" jî diçe 59.99 $.

The thing is, while GoDaddy’s Business Hosting is like a more basic VPS, they also have VPS hosting.

The VPS hosting price GoDaddy lists has a large range: from $4.99 to $69.99 a month for standard RAM, and $9.99 to $99.99 a month for higher RAM plans.

Di dawiyê de, li wir mêvandariyek diyarkirî ye. Ev yek ji vebijarkên herî ciddî ye ku hûn dikarin biçin, ji ber vê yekê hûn ê hewceyê hewceyên giran heke hûn li viya digerin.

GoDaddy’s dedicated servers starts at $129.99 and end at $399.99 between four tiers for HDD storage servers, and $139.99 to $419.99 for SSD servers

Bluehost’s dedicated servers start at $79.99 and end at $119.99 between three tiers.

Bluehost and GoDaddy also have WordPress hosting. Bluehost has two types of WordPress hosting:

Fully managed WordPress hosting which is $19.95 to $49.95 per month, and shared web hosting that’s WordPress-friendly at the same price as Bluehost’s regular web hosting.

GoDaddy also has two types of WordPress hosting: managed is $24.99 to $169.99 per month and self-managed is $6.99 to $15.99.

Ew gelek buhayê ye, lewra em bidin hev: Bluehost and GoDaddy both have shared web hosting, although GoDaddy just calls it web hosting on its site.

They also both have Virtual Private Server, and dedicated server options.

As you can see, they have overall the same prices. However, GoDaddy tends to have more options–specifically for higher-end plans. And GoDaddy’s range starts higher.

But it’s important to note that upon renewal, the prices even out further. For example:

Bluehost’s dedicated plans renew at a higher cost than the initial term. GoDaddy’s start higher, but have the same price upon renewal. The same is true for their VPS plans.

So for high-end solutions, Bluehost seems cheaper at first vs GoDaddy, but in the long run they’re pretty similar.

The exception: GoDaddy’s “business” hosting plans are about the same as Bluehost’s VPS plans including renewal. And for just shared web hosting, the renewal prices are similar, too.

3. Bluehost vs Godaddy: Who fares better in features?

Heke hûn beşa paşîn dixwînin, dibe ku hûn ji xwe re bifikirin, "ew pir baş e, lê çira bihayê çi ye?"

As in, what are you getting for the hosting prices GoDaddy and Bluehost pêşnîyar?

Wekî ku hûn dikarin texmîn bikin, gotarek li ser her taybetmendiyê ji bo her pilana lêçûnê bi kurtahî dirêj (an nêzîk) be.

Ji ber vê yekê, ez ê piranî li ser mêvandariya hevpar-vebijarkên herî populer bibînim, ji ber ku ya ku hûn herî zêde lê dinêrin ev e.

Hûn dikarin bibînin GoDaddy’s full list of features here, û Bluehostlîsteya tevahî li vir.

Pêşîn: Bluehost. Heke ji mehê 2.95 $ hesabek bingehîn bistînin, hûn yek malperek destûr didin. Berevajî vê, Plus, Choice Plus, û Prime hemî xwediyê malperên bêsînor in. Her weha ji bo Plus û jor ji we re 50 GB stargeh SSD ji bo SSD Basic û unmetered SSD distînin.

Bandwidth nexşandî ye (xweş e ku ew nebêjin bêsînor) ji bo hemî tirş, but you only get 5 parked domains and 25 subdomains for Basic, as well as only 100MB of storage per email account with a maximum of 5 accounts permitted (all of these are unlimited for the rest of the tiers).

Bo GoDaddy’s Economy package di mehê de 5.99 $, hûn bi heman rengî yek malperê bistînin, lê du carî pirtir drav û bandwidth unmetered. Ji bo planên Deluxe bi jor de (bîr bînin Deluxe li gorî hev $ 7.99 e Bluehost$ 5.45 ji bo Plus) hûn malperên bêsînor û depoyek bêsînor digirin.

Wek bi Bluehost’s Basic plan, GoDaddy’s Economy plan allows 25 subdomains.

Everything upwards of that has unlimited subdomains. Finally, both GoDaddy and Bluehost bi hêsanî nav kirîna xwe navnîşek domaina belaş bicîh bike.

Her du jî Bluehost and GoDaddy give you email accounts with your hosting packages, Bluehost Tenê ji bo hesabê bingehîn û 100 e-nameyê ji bo yek hesabê 5MB hilanînê pêşkêşî dike - bi tevahî 500MB.

GoDaddy offers 5GB for Economy, dwarfing Bluehost.

Having said that, GoDaddy’s 5GB continues throughout all tiers, whereas Bluehost allows for unlimited storage if you upgrade, and GoDaddy only gives one free mailbox.

Plus, GoDaddy’s email is only included free for the first year, and after that first year it renews at cost. This is not the case for Bluehostye.

So while GoDaddy’s included email is much more competitive for the first term and the entry level plan, Bluehost’s email is more cost-effective long term and for any higher tiers.

Here’s something else to consider: Bluehost belgeyek belaş SSL-yê ji wê dide Plana bingehîn jor.

GoDaddy offers an SSL certificate only for its Ultimate and Maximum plans.

Certificateîfreyek SSL tiştê ku piştrast dike ku mêvanên we-xerîdarên we, bi rastî on li ser malpera we ewle dibînin.

Eger tu yî tiştek firotin on your site, you’d better get an SSL certificate somehow…it’s crucial.

If you aren’t processing transactions or sensitive information, an SSL certificate may be less essential. BUT, if your site lacks SSL, visitors’ browsers may warn them of poor security and search engines will deprioritize your site.

So it’s less essential, but still pretty dang important. By now, just about every hosting company offers SSL for free with their plans. It’s standard fare for any current web host.

Û Bluehost hêsantir dike ku meriv xwe bigihîne, bi navgîniya wê de Pakêta mehê ya 2.95 $.

GoDaddy gives it free for the first year only, and only for the higher two tiers. After a year it renews at about $79.99.

Lastly, there is a more notable difference in features when it comes to WordPress hosting. As I’ve said early, both our competitors offer managed and self-managed shared WordPress plans.

Both of them have well-featured managed WordPress.

But for the shared web hosting WordPress plans, GoDaddy offers more features, including free WordPress plugins that are valuable.

Ji alîyek dî, Bluehost’s WordPress plans are cheaper, and Bluehost has the honor of being recommended by WordPress itself.

It’s one of only three hosts recommended by WordPress, including Dreamhost.

But, keep reading because there’s quite a bit more under consideration!

4. Bluehost vs Godaddy: Whose customer support is best?

Piştgiriya xerîdar a zexm ji bo her pêşkêşvanek mêvandariyê, lê bi taybetî ji bo van her duyan girîng e.

Ji ber ku ew qas mezin in, divê ew bargiriya piştevaniya bingeheke pir mezin a mişteriyan ji ya platformên din bistînin. Ji ber vê yekê ew çawa bisekinin?

Like most hosts, there are quite a few resources at the disposal of the customer.

Pêşîn, li ser malperê belgekirin û çavkaniyên perwerdehiyê hene.

Secondly, there are representatives designated for helping customers with specific issues or adding a human touch.

Ya berê bi gelemperî ji bingehek zanyarî, FAQs, vîdyoyên çawa, û hwd pêk tê. Ya paşîn bi gelemperî ji têlefonê, e-name, û piştgiriya chatê zindî pêk tê.

Bluehost piştgiriya mişterîyên xwe pir eşkere dike.

Di binê her rûpelê de, menuk piçûk heye ku çavkaniyên malperê yên sereke hene: piştgirî bi beşa xwe ve dibe, bi girêdanên bilez ji rûpelên danûstandin, bilêt, bingeha zanînê, û pergalên.

Bilêt / pergala bilêtê bi esasî piştgiriya e-nameyê ye: ew pir hêsan û dirust xuya dike.

Rêzeya destekkirina têlefona wan, rasterast ne diyar e, li gorî rûpelê ku hûn lê ne, lê ew yek bi wan re heye. Vê rûpel hejmarên têlefonê yên ji bo kategoriyên cûda pirsan vedigire.

Di paşiya paşîn de, bingeha zanîna wan - ku jê re dibêjin Navenda Alîkariyê — gihîştî û berfireh e.

Min dît BluehostBihêleka zindî ya ku bersivdayîn tevde be. Nîşe: Demên ku di quncika çepê ya jêrîn de hûr dibin ji peyama herî paşîn a di chatê de ne.

Nûnerê "beşdarî" danûstandinê di nav çend seconds ji destpêka min.

Ez gelek xweş hest dikim ku bersiva orîjînal bi kopî-pasted bû. Gava ku min pirsa xwe ji nû ve dûbare kir, di hundurê çend hûrdeman de bersivek min hat.

Bi tevahî, 2-3 hûrdem demek benda xirab e — û ew bi taybetî xweş e ji ber ku ez beşdarî chat bûm bêyî ku hesabek bikar bînim, lê wekî serdankerek normal ya malperê.

GoDaddy has more or less the same set of resources as Bluehost.

Ji bo piştgiriya têlefonê li jorîn rûpelê wan hejmar heye, û rûpelê arîkariya wan (ku wekî bingeha zanîna wan tê zanîn) jî hêsan e ku meriv wan bibîne.

Bi qasî ku ez dikarim ji dora pokingiyê vebêjim, GoDaddy’s help center li ser hev e Bluehost's; tenê sedemek ku hûn bi rastî pêşî li yekê din tercîh dikin, tercihên tama kesane ne.

GoDaddy’s live chat function has improved but is still not very reliable. You can easily chat with a rep from a chat box on every page.

First you’ll interact with a chatbot:

And then you’ll be directed to a representative. But frequently, all the reps will be busy and you’ll have a very long wait time (by live chat standards):

This isn’t the first time GoDaddy’s live chat has been unreachable, or at least very slow.

Welê, ez şaş bûm ku ez ceribandim bi karanîna hesabê malpera xwe ya kesane, û min dît… heman encam.

Keep in mind that GoDaddy has certain hours for live chat use (yes, they have 24/7 phone support but not 24/7 chat support—go figure), but that this was within those hours.

Perhaps there’s something up with my browser…but I doubt it because this has never been an issue before, and I talk to people on live chat often.

Ez hêvî dikim ku ew nakokî nîn e, ji ber vê yekê, eger ez bidim Bluehost more credit for its chat support.

Overall, both sites have decent customer support. But if I’m going to be quite honest, GoDaddy’s support feels less solid and more of a basic, bare-minimum approach.

5. Bluehost vs Godaddy: Which is easy to use?

Bikaranîna hêsan pêdivî ye, û bi taybetî ji bo pêşkêşkerên mêvandar ên herî mezin ev e: ew ew qas mezin in ji ber ku ew ji bo girseyên girseyî dilêş dikin.

Bi awayek, ew celeb berê bersiva we dide: ew her du karanîna karan hêsan in. Rast dibêjim, zêde gotinên min tune.

When a web host is easy to use and has a great user experience, there just isn’t much to say—ease of use is something you’ll only really comment on if something is going wrong.

There are the basics to worry about: the actual hosting process, then taking care of domain names, as well as building the website itself, and so on and so on.

Lebê, Bluehost and GoDaddy both make this as easy as it can be; at the very least, it hasn’t gotten much easier at any other platform.

GoDaddy cPanel:

BlueHost cPanel:

Ji bîr nekin ku van her du platforman di bingehên zanîna xwe de dersên, FAQ û û çawa-rêberên.

Piraniya van materyalan têne hesabê bê, ji ber vê yekê eger hûn bi rastî bixwazin ji bo hêsaniya karanîna karûbaran bêyî ku hûn têkevin navnîşê bibin, hestek bistînin, hûn dikarin li navendên arîkariyê bikişînin.

Lastly, when it’s Bluehost vs GoDaddy on WordPress ease of use, there isn’t a huge difference. Both companies’ WordPress plans make things a lot easier.

Lebê, Bluehost is in general a simpler interface to work with, and has good support dedicated to WordPress, and for that reason may be slightly preferable for easily running WordPress.

6. Bluehost vs Godaddy: Who is more secure?

Now, let’s talk about security. This is one of the most important things to look for in a hosting company: can they protect your presence online?

The good news is that any major hosting company, like Bluehost or GoDaddy, is usually sufficiently well-established to the point you’re overall safe.

However, we can never be too careful, and solid website protection is essential. With that being said, let’s dive in!

Backups are a pretty important feature for hosting services. If God forbid, anything happens and your site goes down, you do not want to lose any work or important changes.

Bluehost only includes automated backups for its two highest tiers. You can pay for add-ons to do this at the lower tier, however.

It’s basically the same for GoDaddy: for real, automated site backups, you need to pay a bit extra for an add-on.

Bluehost di heman demê de rûpelek gihîştî ye ku nûvekirinên derbarê derketinên serverê de rapor dike. Ev mezin e heke hûn ji bo zelaliyê girîng dibin (divê hûn).

Ew her weha amûrek ku malperên li ser pêşkêşkerên parvekirî diparêzin (yên ku ji hêla din ve dibe ku ji hêla VPS-an an serverên veqetandî ve xetere bibin) behs kirin

Pêvekên addel hene ku ew jî li ser we zêde dikin ewlekarî, as I mentioned, such as: sitelock, amûrên nepenîtiya domenê, û IP-yên bêhempa.

Gava ku min hewl da ku ez li hûrguliyên din ên ewlehiyê li ser malpera wan binihêrim, min nedît ku tiştek bibîne. Ev ne wek hev e Bluehost ne protokolên ewlehiyê yên baş hene — lê nebûna agahdariya fermî şermezar dike.

GoDaddy, on the other hand, has an accessible page just about site security.

Unfortunately, it’s more of an informative/instructive guide for customers, rather than solid documentation of their own safety.

7. Bluehost vs GoDaddy: Who performs better?

Uptime gelek girîng e — piştî ku, hûn dixwazin malpera we bi qasî ku gengaz be.

From August 2018 to August 2019, GoDaddy had pretty solid uptime. Almost every month had 99.99% uptime or perfect uptime. The lowest was 99.97%.

In the last year, GoDaddy’s performance has been consistent with that, roughly. One day in October 2019 saw some downtime that brought down the yearly average, but the overall score is solid for a year:

And on a monthly basis, it’s closer to 99.97% uptime:

In terms of speed, GoDaddy is pretty good. Since August 2018, GoDaddy’s response times have been in the 400-500ms range.

So speed with GoDaddy isn’t just good, but CONSISTENTLY good.

Ji bo Bluehost, we’ve been testing them since spring 2017. Things were rougher in 2017 but from 2018 to 2019, roughly speaking, uptime for a given month would usually be at least 99.98%, and often perfect.

However, some months would see less-than-ideal scores, meaning below 99.95%.That’s old news though–in terms of recent history, here’s how Bluehost has done for the last year:

It’s really good. Over the course of a year, 99.98% uptime (99.99% if you round up) is nearly perfect.

And any given month during the last year has been about the same–the last three months, for example, are also at 99.98%.

The speeds are poorer than GoDaddy. Since early 2019, our Bluehost test site’s response times have consistently been higher than our GoDaddy’s site.

However, it’s not exactly slow, more like average. And the big picture is that while GoDaddy had better uptime a while ago, the last year has seen Bluehost EASILY beat GoDaddy on uptime.

One feature related to performance: CloudSites.

CloudSites di bingeh de kopiyek ji malpera we nîşanî ku di bûyera têkçûna serverê de ji ewran hatî hilanîn nîşan dide.

If the hardware fails, the cloud comes in to save you—something GoDaddy doesn’t offer, and something that isn’t represented by these uptime scores.

It includes a CDN (content delivery network) so that your site will always reach visitors quickly. Cloud Sites isn’t free, but an optional add-on that can boost performance.

Di her rewşê de, hûn dikarin bi berdewamî şopandina malperên testa me re bikin GoDaddy here û Bluehost vir.

So what’s the big answer on performance for GoDaddy vs Bluehost?

Bluehost vs Godaddy: Kîjan çêtir e?

Ji ber vê yekê, biryara çi ye?

Ji bo veguhestinê Bluehost heye slightly cheaper plans than GoDaddy, but the differences tend to even out or switch for more expensive or premium options.

As far as features go, they’re about the same. However, GoDaddy overall offers more features for pilana wê ya herî erzan, an hejmarên mezintir ên heman taybetmendiyan (mînak, cîhê hilanînê).

That said, these features are generally not included free after a year, whereas Bluehost’s included features are.

Of particular note are SSL certificates, and CloudSites, which Bluehost offers competitively (GoDaddy does not even offer the latter).

While both companies have many WordPress plans, GoDaddy is a bit more generous on features…at least for the first year. Bluehost still seems overall better for WordPress, though.

Bingehên zanîna her du pargîdan derbarê wekheviyek berbiçav de ne. Lebê, Bluehost has noticeably better support in the form of superior live chat.

Herdû Bluehost and GoDaddy are about equally easy to use; it’s really just a matter of personal preference at this point.

As far as security goes and reliability go, GoDaddy and Bluehost are about even.

Bluehost overall wins very clearly on hilweşandin, despite having a worse record prior to the last year.

Bi tevayî, I would recommend GoDaddy for those who are newer to hosting and want more things in one platform.

That’s because GoDaddy emphasizes its ability to do it all–provide domains, website building, SSL, etc. It will naturally come with extra cost to make use of GoDaddy’s add-ons, but it can make things much easier for beginners.

Ji alîyek dî, Ez pêşniyar dikim Bluehost to people who just need simple, good-quality hosting.

It may have less on the features front but has better value out of the box, costs less overall, has better support, AND has better uptime.

Ew qeçaxek tevlihev e!

Di dawiyê de, bifikirin ka hewcedariyên we yên mêvandariyê çi ne.

Heke hûn dizanin ku hûn çi hewce ne û hûn dixwazin serhêlî bikin, hûn ê baş bin.

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