Why I chose Bluehost for cheap, reliable hosting (review)

I am a web designer/developer. I need a reliable host. About 6 months ago I got fed up with my old host because of the excessive down-time I was experiencing. So I decided to look around.

I finally settled on Bluehost. Fast forward 6 months later, and I couldn’t be happier. I haven’t had a single entire day of downtime. I remember having minutes of downtime maybe once. It’s been a great experience. I’m very pleased with the additional control I get over the server too. Besides that I have access to PHP, Ruby on Rails, SSH, and lots of stuff that usually doesn’t come standard.

A list of their features (from their site):

• UNLIMITED Hosting Space (NEW!)
• UNLIMITED File Transfer (NEW!)
• web hostingHost UNLIMITED Domains!!!
• 2,500 POP/Imap Email Accounts
• SSH (Secure Shell), SSL, FTP, Stats
• CGI, Ruby (RoR), Perl, PHP, MySQL
• 2000/2002 Front Page Extensions
• Free Domain Forever!
• Free Site Builder (NEW)
• 24/7 Superb/Responsive Sales/Support

They only have 1 price. It’s not the cheapest plan, but I thought the added value was definitely worth it. Give it a try.