Bluehost Cloud review (2026): plans and features from Bluehost's pages

Bluehost Cloud is a managed WordPress platform that Bluehost and WordPress.com announced in March 2024. This page summarises Bluehost's own pages and the WordPress.com announcement, with links.

Explainer based on public documentation, not hands-on testing. We have not used Bluehost for this page. Every statement below is taken from the public page shown in brackets. There is no rating or score. Written by Open Registry Data, 25 Oct 2026.

What it is

Bluehost describes Bluehost Cloud as a fully managed cloud hosting platform for WordPress, built on WP Cloud, the infrastructure from the people who operate WordPress.com. [1] [2]
WordPress.com's March 2024 post says Automattic built WP Cloud and that it powers WordPress.com's Business and Commerce plans. [3]

Published plans (as shown on 25 Oct 2026)

Cloud 10: US$65.00/month on a 36-month term, up to 10 websites, 125 GB NVMe storage, 20 vCPU threads. [1]
Cloud 25: US$140.00/month on a 36-month term, up to 25 websites, 175 GB NVMe storage, 75 vCPU threads. [1]
Cloud 50: US$230.00/month on a 36-month term, up to 50 websites, 225 GB NVMe storage, 150 vCPU threads. The page notes that prices exclude VAT/GST. [1]

Uptime, scaling and backups

Bluehost's page describes a 100% uptime SLA for its data centre network, excluding scheduled maintenance, with a credit of 5% of the monthly fee for every 30 minutes of downtime, up to 100%. [1]
Bluehost says vCPUs (PHP workers) are pooled at account level and each site can use up to 10. [1]
Plans list Jetpack automated backups, a web application firewall, DDoS protection, malware scanning, free Let's Encrypt SSL and Yoast SEO Premium. [1] [2]

What this page does not cover

We have not hosted a site on Bluehost Cloud and do not measure its speed or uptime. Prices shown are introductory 36-month prices as published on the day we checked.

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Sources

[1] Bluehost: WordPress Cloud Hosting: https://www.bluehost.com/cloud-hosting (read 25 Oct 2026)
[2] Bluehost blog: Welcome to Bluehost Cloud: https://www.bluehost.com/blog/introducing-bluehost-cloud-hosting/ (read 25 Oct 2026)
[3] WordPress.com blog: WP Cloud Is Powering the Future of WordPress: https://wordpress.com/blog/2024/03/07/wp-cloud-bluehost/ (read 25 Oct 2026)

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