Bluehost vs Cloudways
Both ladders below were read from the vendors’ own pricing pages, in this market, on the dates shown. Nothing is converted: what you see is what each page showed a reader here.
What each one is
Bluehostsite ↗pricing ↗
A shared hosting company long recommended for entry-level WordPress sites. Paid plans start at $3.99/mo (Starter); no free plan is published. The ladder we hold runs 3 paid tiers, topping out at $14.99/mo (eCommerce Essentials). We read the same $3.99/mo in every market we check, so this vendor does not price by country. It quotes USD here rather than local currency, so your bank sets the conversion.
Cloudwayssite ↗pricing ↗
Managed cloud hosting that runs your site on infrastructure from providers like DigitalOcean or AWS without you administering the server. Paid plans start at $11/mo (Micro (Standard)); no free plan is published. The ladder we hold runs 8 paid tiers, topping out at $99/mo (Large (Premium)).
The two ladders
Bluehostsite ↗pricing ↗
read 2026-08-31 · USD
| Plan | Price | What the page says |
|---|---|---|
| Starter | $3.99/mo | |
| Business | $6.99/mo | |
| eCommerce Essentials | $14.99/mo |
Cloudwayssite ↗pricing ↗
read 2026-08-27 · USD
| Plan | Price | What the page says |
|---|---|---|
| Micro (Standard) | $11/mo | Unlimited websites. Suitable for personal websites and simple blogs. |
| Small (Standard) | $24/mo | Unlimited websites. Growing businesses and moderate traffic. |
| Medium (Standard) | $46/mo | Unlimited websites. Marked 'Most Popular' on the page. More demanding sites with higher traffic. |
| Large (Standard) | $88/mo | Unlimited websites. E-commerce and resource-intensive applications. |
| Micro (Premium) | $14/mo | Unlimited websites |
| Small (Premium) | $28/mo | Unlimited websites |
| Medium (Premium) | $54/mo | Unlimited websites |
| Large (Premium) | $99/mo | Unlimited websites |
Where they differ
- Cheapest way in: Bluehost at $3.99/mo, against Cloudways at $11/mo. That is the entry price in this market on the dates shown, not a judgement about which suits you.
- Free plans: neither publishes one. Any free access here is a trial, which is a deadline.
- How far each ladder goes: Bluehost tops out at $14.99/mo, Cloudways at $99/mo. A deeper ladder is not a worse deal — it is a bill that keeps climbing if you keep growing.
- Bluehost: We read the same $3.99/mo in every market we check, so this vendor does not price by country. It quotes USD here rather than local currency, so your bank sets the conversion.
How to choose in this category
- Match the tier to the sites and storage you actually use — the levels here divide on resources, not features.
- Introductory terms in this set run one to four years; a lower monthly figure often buys a longer lock-in.
- Every row links the host’s own pricing page. Open it and read the renewal line before you commit to a term.