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

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

Bluehost او GoDaddy are two of the biggest hosting providers out there, so big that they’ll come upon almost every major list of the غوره کوربه توبونه.

په ځمکه کې څنګه امکان لري چې غوره شي ، بیا؟

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?

Bluehostد مخ پا pageه ورکوي 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 د نا GoDaddy.

په نهایت کې انتخاب ستاسو دی ، او پداسې حال کې چې دا غوره کول سخت وي ، موږ به تاسو سره هلته ورسیږو.

1. Facebook Poll: Verdict

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

اوس ، راځئ چې د ګټو راتلونکي ټکي ته ورسو چې ستاسو ډیری به - لګښت ولري!

2. Who has better pricing?

نو ، څنګه نرخ د دې دوه سرلیکونو تر مینځ توپیر کوي؟

د ټولو لوی کوربه توب چمتو کونکو په څیر ، د کوربه توب ډیری ډولونه شتون لري.

د شرید شوي ویب کوربه توب عموما د ارزانه او خورا مشهور ډول کوربه توب دی ، چې خورا ګران انتخابونه عموما د بادل کوربه توب ، د مجازی خصوصي سرور (VPS) کوربه توب ، او وقف شوي سرور کوربه توب دی.

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.

چټک یادښت: د دې ډیری قیمتونه یوازې ستاسو د خدمت لومړي کال لپاره دي.

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:

د دواړو لپاره لیست شوي قیمتونه Bluehostد GoDaddy’s shared web hosting packages are discounts for the first year of service, but د پام وړ لوړه د لومړي کال وروسته.

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

سم له بیټ څخه: 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.

په نهایت کې ، د "Go PRO" ټایر به په میاشت کې. 13.95 کې پیل شي.

په پرتله، 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.

په پرتله، Bluehost just has VPS and shared hosting.

GoDaddy’s Business Hosting په. 19.99 کې د "لانچ" درجې سره پیل کیږي ، او د. 59.99 ډالرو لپاره "غزول" ته دوام ورکوي.

په داسې حال کې GoDaddy’s “Business” plans have four tiers, Bluehost درې لري (په یاد ولرئ چې دا مستقیم دی VPS کوربه کول). په هرصورت ، دوی ورته رینج لري: "معیاري" د. 18.99 لپاره ځي او "الټیمیټ" د. 59.99 لپاره ځي.

خبره دا ده، په داسې حال کې 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.

په نهایت کې ، دلته کوربه توب کوربه دی. دا یو له خورا جدي اختیارونو څخه دی چې تاسو یې کولی شئ ، نو تاسو شاید حتمي اړتیا ولرئ که چیرې تاسو دې ته ګورئ.

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 او 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.

دا خورا ډیر قیمتونه دي ، نو راځئ چې لنډیز ولرو: Bluehost او 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?

که تاسو وروستۍ برخه ولولئ ، نو تاسو شاید ځان ته فکر کړی وي ، "دا عالي ده ، مګر د نرخونو شرایط څه دي؟"

As in, what are you getting for the hosting prices GoDaddy او Bluehost وړاندیز؟

لکه څنګه چې تاسو اټکل کولی شئ ، یوه مقاله چې د هر قیمت پلان لپاره د هرې ب detailې توضیح کول به خورا ډیر اوږد وي (یا نږدې).

له همدې امله ، زه به په ګډه د کوربه توب کوربه توب وګورم — خورا مشهور انتخابونه ، ځکه چې دا هغه څه دي چې تاسو یې خورا احتمال په لټه کې یاست.

تاسو یې لیدلی شئ GoDaddy’s full list of features here، او Bluehostدلته بشپړ لیست.

لومړی Bluehost. که تاسو په میاشت کې 2.95 50 لپاره اساسی حساب ترلاسه کړئ ، تاسو ته د یوې ویب پا allowedې اجازه ورکول کیږي. په برعکس ، پلس ، چوائس پلس ، او لومړي ټول لامحدود سایټونه لري. تاسو د XNUMXGB لوړ او اساسي لپاره بې اساسه او بې بنسټه SSD ذخیره لپاره د XNUMXGB SSD ذخیره هم ترلاسه کوئ.

بانډوید بې بنسټه دی (ښه دی چې دوی لامحدود نه وايي) ټولې درنې, 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).

د GoDaddy’s Economy package په میاشت کې 5.99 7.99 کې ، تاسو ورته ورته ویب پا getه ترلاسه کوئ ، مګر دوه چنده ذخیره کول او بې بنډل بینڈوت. د ډیلکس پلانونو پورته خوا ته (په یاد ولرئ ډیلکس د پرتله په پرتله XNUMX XNUMX دی Bluehostد پلس لپاره 5.45 $ ډالر دي) تاسو لامحدود ویب پا andې او نامحدود ذخیره ترلاسه کوئ.

لکه څنګه Bluehost’s Basic plan, GoDaddy’s Economy plan allows 25 subdomains.

Everything upwards of that has unlimited subdomains. Finally, both GoDaddy او Bluehost په اسانۍ سره د خپل پیرود سره د وړیا ډومین نوم شامل کړئ.

پداسې حال کې چې دواړه Bluehost او GoDaddy give you email accounts with your hosting packages, Bluehost یوازې د لومړني او 100 بریښنالیک حسابونو لپاره په هر حساب کې 5MB ذخیره وړاندې کوي - د 500MB مجموعي لپاره.

GoDaddy offers 5GB for Economy, dwarfing Bluehost.

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

جمع، 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 Bluehostد.

په داسې حال کې 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 تاسو ته د دې څخه وړیا SSL سند وړاندیز کوي اساسی پلان مخکی ته.

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

د ایس ایس ایل سند هغه څه دي چې ډاډ ترلاسه کوي ستاسو لیدونکي - ستاسو پیرودونکي ، واقعیا ستاسو په سایټ کې د امنیت احساس کوي.

که تاسو هرڅه پلورل 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.

او Bluehost د یوځای ترلاسه کول خورا اسانه کوي ، په دې کې شاملولو سره د میاشتې package 2.95 ډالر.

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.

له بلی خوا، 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?

د هرډول کوربه چمتو کونکي لپاره د پیرودونکي کلکه ملاتړ اړین دی ، مګر په ځانګړي توګه د دې دوه لپاره.

لکه څنګه چې دا خورا لوی دي ، دوی باید د نورو پلیټ فارمونو په پرتله د پیرودونکو خورا لوی اساس ملاتړ کولو بار پوره کړي. نو دوی څنګه ذخیره کوي؟

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

لومړی ، په ساحه کې اسناد او تعلیمي سرچینې شتون لري.

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

پخوانی عموما د پوهې اساسات ، FAQs ، د ویډیوګانو څرنګوالی ، او داسې نور لري. وروستی عموما د تلیفون ، بریښنالیک ، او ژوندی خبرو اترو ملاتړ لري.

Bluehost د دې پیرودونکي ملاتړ خورا څرګند کوي.

د هرې پا pageې په پای کې ، د اصلي سایټ سرچینو سره یو څه مینو شتون لري: ملاتړ خپله برخه ترلاسه کوي ، د چټ ، لینکونو ، ټیکټونو ، پوهې اساس ، او سیسټمونو پا pagesو ته لینکونو سره.

د ټیکټونو / د ټیکټ سیسټم لازمي د بریښنالیک ملاتړ دی: دا خورا ډیر ساده او قوي ښکاري.

د دوی د تلیفون ملاتړ کرښه سمدستي څرګنده نده ، د هغې پا dependingې پورې اړه لري چې تاسو یې یاست ، مګر دوی یو لري. دا پا questionsه د پوښتنو مختلف کټګوریو لپاره د تلیفون مختلف شمیرې لیست کوي.

په نهایت کې ، د دوی د پوهې اساس - کوم چې دوی د مرستې مرکز بولي access د لاسرسي وړ او جامع دی.

ما وموندل Bluehostد ژوندی خبرو اترو لپاره ټولیز ځواب ویونکی وي. یادونه: پورتنۍ کی corner اړخ کې کونجونه په چیټ کې د وروستي پیغام څخه څو ثانیې دي.

استازی زما د پیل څخه په څو ثانیو کې "خبرو اترو" کې شامل شو.

زه ډیر ډاډه یم چې اصلي ځواب کاپي شوی. یوځل چې ما خپله پوښتنه بیا تکرار کړه ، په څو دقیقو کې ما ځواب ترلاسه کړ.

په ټوله کې ، 2-3 دقیقې په سختۍ سره د انتظار انتظار وخت دی — او دا په ځانګړي ډول ښه دی ځکه چې زه پرته له دې چې حساب وکاروئ په چیټ کې شامل شوم ، مګر د عادي ویب پا visitorې لیدونکي په توګه.

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

د دوی د کور پا pageې په پورتنۍ برخه کې د تلیفون ملاتړ لپاره خورا د لاسرسي شمیره شتون لري ، او د دوی د مرستې پا (ه (د دوی د پوهې اساس هم پیژندل شوی) هم موندل اسانه دي.

تر هغه ځایه چې زه کولی شم شاوخوا شاوخوا وینم ، GoDaddyد مرستې مرکز سره برابر دی Bluehostد؛ یوازینی دلیل چې تاسو واقعیا یو له بل څخه غوره کوئ د شخصي ذوقاتو غوره توبونه دي.

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):

دا لومړی ځل ندی GoDaddy’s live chat has been unreachable, or at least very slow.

ښه ، ما د خپل شخصي سایټ حساب کارولو سره د دې ازموینې لپاره ننوتل ، او ما وموند ... ورته پایله.

په یاد ولرئ چې 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.

زه امید لرم چې دا مسله نه ده ، له همدې امله ، که زه ورکړم 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?

د استعمال اسانه لازمي ده ، او په ځانګړي توګه د لوی کوربه توب چمتو کونکو لپاره: دا خورا لوی دي ځکه چې دوی د خلکو لوی مقدار غوښتنه کوي.

په یو ډول ، دا ډول تاسو دمخه ځواب درکوي: دا دواړه د خدماتو کارول اسانه دي. په ریښتیا ، زه نور ډیر څه نه ویلم.

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.

خو، Bluehost او 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 سی پیانیل:

BlueHost سی پیانیل:

مه هیروئ چې دا دواړه پلیټ فارمونه د دوی د پوهې اساساتو کې ښوونې ، پوښتنې او د لارښود لارښودونه لري.

د دې توکو ډیری برخه د حساب پرته لاسرسی کیدی شي ، نو که تاسو واقعیا غواړئ د لاسلیک کولو پرته د خدماتو کارولو اسانتیا فکتور لپاره احساس ترلاسه کړئ ، تاسو کولی شئ د مرستې مرکزونو څخه کار واخلئ.

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.

خو، 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!

شاتړ 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 د لاسرسي وړ پا pageه هم لري چې د سرور بندیدو په اړه تازه راپور ورکوي. دا خورا ښه دی که تاسو د رو transparencyتیا په اړه پاملرنه وکړئ (تاسو باید).

دوی یوه وسیله هم یادوي چې په مشترکو سرورونو کې سایټونه ساتي (کوم چې ممکن نور د VPS یا وقف شوي سرورونو په پرتله خطرناک وي).

دلته اختیاري اضافې شتون لري چې ستاسو سره هم اضافه کوي د امنيت, as I mentioned, such as: سایټ لاک، د ډومین محرمیت وسیلې ، او ځانګړي IPs.

کله چې مې د دوی په سایټ کې د نورو امنیتي توضیحاتو لیدلو هڅه وکړه ، ما هیڅ ونه موندل. دا ورته نده Bluehost د ښه امنیت پروتوکول نلري — مګر د رسمي معلوماتو نشتوالي مایوسه کوي.

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?

اپټیم خورا مهم دی ar له هرڅه وروسته ، تاسو غواړئ خپله ویب پا .ه تر امکان تر کچې پورته اوسئ.

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%.

په تېر کال کې 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:

د سرعت له مخې ، 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.

د دې لپاره 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 GoDaddyسایټ.

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.

کلاوډ سایټونه اساسا ستاسو د سایټ کاپي ښیې چې بادل ته د سرور ناکام کیدو په حالت کې ساتل شوی و.

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.

په هر حالت کې ، تاسو کولی شئ د دې سره زموږ د ټیسټ سایټونو اپټاټیم تعقیب ته دوام ورکړئ GoDaddy دلته او Bluehost دلته.

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

Bluehost vs Godaddy: کوم یو غوره دی؟

نو ، پریکړه څه ده؟

د بیا راټولولو لپاره: Bluehost لري slightly cheaper plans په پرتله 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 دا ارزانه پلان دی، یا ورته ورته ځانګړتیاو لوی مقدار (د بیلګې په توګه ، د ذخیره کولو ځای).

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.

د دواړو شرکتونو د پوهې اساسات د مساوي جامع په اړه دي. په هرصورت ، Bluehost has noticeably better support in the form of superior live chat.

دواړه Bluehost او 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 او Bluehost are about even.

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

په ټولیزه توګه، زه به وړاندیز وکړم GoDaddy for those who are newer to hosting and want more things in one platform.

ځکه چې 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.

له بلی خوا، زه درته خوښوم 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.

دا مخلوط کڅوړه ده!

په نهایت کې ، د هغه څه په اړه فکر وکړئ چې ستاسو کوربه کولو اړتیاوې څه دي.

که تاسو پوهیږئ څه شی ته اړتیا لرئ او څه چې آنلاین غواړئ ، تاسو به ښه یاست.

Bluehost vs GoDaddy: پرله پسې پوښتنې