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Bluehost hands you WordPress and a stack to assemble before there's a page to look at. Here you pick a design, change the words in your browser, and you're live — 99¢ a month, the same rate every year.
No mid-term price increases.*
Bluehost bills 12–36 months up front at an intro rate that renews higher. Figures approximate — check their current pricing.
Bluehost is a shared host built around WordPress — one-click installs, staging tools, and a support desk trained on plugin problems. Before anyone sees a page, you've installed WordPress, chosen a theme, added the plugins that make a form or a booking work, and taken on keeping all of it updated.
This page compares Bluehost's shared hosting against Lemonade Host, a website builder with the hosting included at 99¢ a month per site. Bluehost's figures below are approximate as of mid-2026 — hosting prices and terms change often, so check Bluehost's own pricing page before deciding.
At a glance
Same categories, side by side. Bluehost's numbers are approximate and change — confirm current pricing on their site.
| Feature | Lemonade Host | Bluehost |
|---|---|---|
| Time to live | Same day — pick a design, change the words, publish | Install WordPress, pick a theme, then start building |
| Visual editor and templates | Included on every site | WordPress themes plus a builder plugin to set up |
| Forms, bookings and a cart | Included and working — no second account | WordPress plugins to add, update and maintain |
| Ten landing pages | $9.90/mo — ten sites at 99¢ | A higher multi-site plan tier; confirm current rates |
| Starting price | 99¢/mo, billed $11.88/yr | ~$10.99/mo intro (roughly $8–15/mo range) |
| Renewal price | $11.88/yr — unchanged in year two | ~$24.99/mo after the intro term, approx. |
| Typical commitment | Yearly or monthly — your choice | Often 12–36 months billed upfront |
| Custom domain | +99¢/mo ($1.98/mo all-in) | Often bundled year one, billed separately after |
| SSL and backups | Both included; backups daily, kept 7 days | Frequently paid add-ons |
| Ways to publish | Editor, zip upload, Git, CLI, or an AI assistant | cPanel, FTP, WordPress installer |
| AI publishing | Yes — MCP server | Not offered |
| Portability | Your files, in a folder, movable anytime | Exportable if WordPress; tied to their stack otherwise |
Bluehost figures are approximate as of mid-2026 and change without notice — check their current pricing page before deciding. Ours are exact and won't move under you.
What's in the price
You're funding a WordPress stack you'll never open.
Bluehost's price includes a database-ready server, a WordPress-specific control panel, staff trained to troubleshoot plugin conflicts, and add-ons for backups and security sold at or after checkout. A site you pick, edit and publish in a browser uses none of it. You're paying rent on rooms you never walk into.
Where Bluehost fits
Bluehost is built and marketed around WordPress — one-click installs, staging environments, and support staffed to fix plugin problems. If you're already committed to WordPress and the plugin ecosystem around it, that's the stack Bluehost exists to run, and it runs it well.
If what you want is a site that looks finished and goes live today, WordPress is the long way round: a theme to choose, plugins to add for a contact form or a booking, and updates to keep on top of afterwards. Here that's one afternoon and one price.
Our side
Pay yearly or monthly — cancel any time and nothing renews again. Nothing requires a 12, 24, or 36-month commitment before you've used it once.
Every site gets a certificate that renews itself and a daily backup kept for seven days, at no extra cost and no add-on screen.
$1.98 a month all-in — not a separate hosting product plus a separate domain purchase plus a separate SSL add-on.
Connect our MCP server and your assistant deploys straight to your account — alongside Git, a zip upload, or a CLI command. Bluehost offers none of the four.
Read the term length before you buy: Bluehost's advertised rate is commonly tied to paying 12, 24, or 36 months upfront in one charge. Lemonade Host's yearly plan is $11.88, paid once a year, with a monthly option if you'd rather pay more often.
Cost over one year and three
Bluehost's renewal jump lands in year two — this is what it looks like broken out.
| Year | Lemonade Host | Bluehost (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Year one | $23.76 | ~$131.88, intro term |
| Year two | $23.76 | ~$299.88, renewal rate |
| Year three | $23.76 | ~$299.88, renewal rate |
| Three-year total | $71.28 | ~$731.64 |
Bluehost figures are approximate as of mid-2026 — introductory pricing and term lengths change, so confirm current numbers on their site before buying. Ours don't move.
Questions
Commonly, yes — its lowest advertised rates are usually tied to paying for 12, 24 or 36 months in a single upfront charge. Lemonade Host bills $11.88 once a year, with a monthly option if you'd rather pay more often.
It renews substantially higher than the introductory rate — a pattern common across shared-hosting plans, including Bluehost's. Our $11.88 a year doesn't change at renewal.
They're commonly offered as a separate paid add-on for extra security and backup features. Lemonade Host includes daily backups, kept for seven days, on every site.
Not here. Pick a design from the template library, change the words and pictures in your browser, and publish — with contact forms, bookings and a cart already wired in. Nothing to install, no theme to choose and no plugins to keep updated. On Bluehost you set WordPress up first, then build from there.
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