Real cPanel, owned hardware, and renewal pricing that matches your signup price. Free Bluehost migration in 24 to 48 hours with any annual plan.
A factual comparison of the things customers ask about most. Bluehost's specifics change with their promotions, so figures below reflect their commonly advertised entry tier. Check their current pricing page for exact numbers.
| Bluehost (Basic) | Ultra Web Hosting | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | Promotional intro rateTypically requires 12 to 36 month prepay | As low as $3.95/moNo long-term prepay required |
| Renewal price | Significant jump at renewalOften 3-4x the intro rate | Same as your signup priceBacked by the Ultra Price Guarantee |
| Migration service | Paid (Bluehost Pro migration) or self-service | Free with annual planscPanel-to-cPanel transfer: files, databases, email |
| Control panel | Bluehost's custom interface | Standard cPanel |
| Server platform | Shared infrastructure across Newfold Digital brands | CloudLinux on owned hardwareAccount-level resource isolation |
| Support model | Tiered phone/chat/ticket, varies by plan | 24/7 US-based, in-house |
| Hardware ownership | Newfold Digital (parent company) | Owned, in-house datacenter |
| Free SSL | Yes | Yes (Let's Encrypt, auto-renew) |
| Money-back guarantee | 30 days | 45 days |
| Years in business | Founded 2003Acquired by EIG/Newfold 2010 | Founded 2002, independent |
Bluehost runs cPanel under their custom dashboard, so for Bluehost cPanel plans the migration team performs a direct cPanel-to-cPanel transfer of everything you have. Files, databases, email, the works.
Full cPanel-to-cPanel transfer including files, accounts, cron jobs, and config from your Bluehost account.
Core, themes, plugins, wp-content/uploads, and the database. WooCommerce and Elementor friendly.
MySQL and MariaDB of any size. We rewire the connection strings on the Ultra side automatically.
Mailboxes, passwords, stored messages, forwarders, and autoresponders replicated for Bluehost cPanel plans.
Static sites, custom apps, legacy stacks. We handle manual FTP pulls when needed for non-cPanel Bluehost tiers.
Zone records copied so your custom subdomains, MX, and TXT entries survive the move off Bluehost.
EPP code, registrar unlock, and a free year added to your registration. Search a new domain.
Auto-issued free Let's Encrypt SSL on arrival. Bring custom certs from Bluehost if you need to.
You pick a plan, hand off your Bluehost details, and the team does the rest. Your Bluehost site stays live the whole time.
Pick the tier that matches your current Bluehost setup. Shared Web Hosting as low as $3.95/mo, WordPress Hosting from $9.95/mo, or Managed VPS from $49.95/mo. Checkout takes a few minutes.
Hand off your Bluehost cPanel credentials or a backup file in a support ticket. The team performs a direct cPanel-to-cPanel transfer (Bluehost runs cPanel under their custom dashboard for most plans). Free with annual plans, most done in 24 to 48 hours.
Once the migration is complete, preview your site on a temporary URL to confirm everything moved correctly. When you are satisfied, point your domain's nameservers at Ultra Web Hosting. Most DNS propagation finishes within hours.
Keep your Bluehost account active until DNS has fully propagated and you have confirmed everything works on Ultra. Then cancel with Bluehost. If you are inside their 30-day window, request a refund.
Ultra's in-house migration team has spent 23 years moving sites onto our platform, and Bluehost transfers are bread and butter. cPanel quirks, the Bluehost custom panel, Managed WordPress edge cases, WooCommerce stores. They have seen it, they have fixed it, and they will walk you through anything you want to confirm before, during, or after the move.
Start a free migrationThe platform, the team, and the guarantees that make leaving Bluehost worth the effort.
Bluehost's intro rate jumps significantly at renewal. Ultra's renewal price matches your signup price, backed by the Ultra Price Guarantee. What you pay in year one is what you pay in year three.
Bluehost replaced cPanel with its own interface, which means relearning where everything lives. Ultra runs standard cPanel, the industry control panel most developers and agencies already know.
Our servers use CloudLinux for account-level resource isolation and Nginx for faster page loads. No noisy-neighbor suspensions like the ones Bluehost customers see at the busy end of shared.
Live chat, phone, and tickets answered by the same engineers who run the platform. No tier-one script reader, no overseas call center, and no upsell pressure. Average response under 12 minutes.
Every hosted domain gets a free Let's Encrypt SSL certificate with automatic renewal. Free Cloudflare CDN integration for edge caching and DDoS protection.
Your Bluehost site stays live while we copy everything over. DNS only flips after you verify the new site works on Ultra, so visitors do not notice the move.
Every shared host runs JetBackup with 30 days of restorable snapshots. If anything goes sideways after you move in from Bluehost, we can roll the account back in minutes.
Dell PowerEdge servers in our own racks, not rented capacity. On-site technicians, RAID-protected storage, redundant UPS, Cisco backbone. No layers of Newfold corporate ownership.
Not happy after switching? Full money-back guarantee within 45 days, longer than the 30 days that has become the industry standard. Zero risk in giving us a try.
If you are a Bluehost customer thinking about moving, you are in good company. Ultra Web Hosting has been hosting websites since 2002, and a meaningful share of new signups every year are people switching from large national hosts whose pricing, support, or platform no longer fits. Bluehost was acquired by EIG (now Newfold Digital) in 2010 and shares infrastructure with a portfolio of brands. Ultra has stayed independent the entire time, on its own owned hardware, with one engineering team running the platform.
The move itself is the easy part. Free migration with any annual or longer plan (typically 24 to 48 hours), real cPanel, US-based support, and renewal pricing that matches your signup price. cPanel transfers, account backups, FTP, MySQL, MariaDB, phpMyAdmin: you name it, the migration team has done it. Most accounts move in under a day.
Bluehost's initial 30-day money-back window applies to your initial term. If you are within that window, request a refund after migrating. If you are past it, the cleanest approach is to migrate now and let your remaining Bluehost term run out in parallel. Your site keeps serving from Bluehost during the migration window, so there is no rush from a downtime standpoint, and no risk to your visitors during the transition. If you want to talk to a person before you decide, start a live chat with the same team that runs the servers.
Most Bluehost migrations complete within 24 to 48 hours of submitting your account details. Smaller cPanel accounts with a single database can finish much sooner. Larger sites or complex configurations (heavy databases, custom server settings, many email accounts) can take longer, but the migration team gives you a timeline as soon as work begins.
Yes. Bluehost runs cPanel under their custom dashboard for most plans, so we perform a direct cPanel-to-cPanel account transfer. Files, MySQL databases, email accounts and passwords, forwarders, autoresponders, cron jobs, PHP version settings, and .htaccess rules all carry over. If you are on Bluehost Managed WordPress or another non-cPanel Bluehost tier, the team falls back to a file-and-database migration plus manual email setup.
No. Ultra performs the migration to a separate environment first and gives you a temporary URL to test. DNS only changes after you confirm everything moved correctly. Your Bluehost site keeps serving traffic the entire time. Once DNS propagates, visitors land on the new server with no interruption.
For Bluehost cPanel plans, email accounts, passwords, and stored messages transfer automatically as part of the free cPanel-to-cPanel account transfer. For Bluehost Managed WordPress or other non-cPanel plans, email requires some manual setup. The team will guide you through it. Mention your specific Bluehost plan in the migration request.
Yes. Once the migration is complete and you have tested the site on the temporary URL, you point your domain's nameservers (or A records, if you keep DNS at your registrar) at Ultra Web Hosting. The migration team provides exact values. Most DNS propagation finishes within a few hours, though it can take up to 48 hours in rare cases.
The migration team handles these regularly. WooCommerce stores migrate intact with products, orders, customers, and Stripe / payment integrations. Custom code, cron jobs, .htaccess rules, and PHP version settings transfer as part of the move. If your Bluehost setup includes anything unusual, mention it in the migration request and the team will plan around it.
Migration to Ultra is included at no cost with any annual or longer hosting plan for cPanel accounts under 1GB with fewer than 5 databases. Larger sites may have a small fee based on account size, and the team will let you know before starting work. Monthly billing plans have a migration fee. The plan you sign up for is what you pay, and Ultra renewal pricing matches your signup price. Bluehost itself does not bill you to leave.
Bluehost offers a 30-day money-back guarantee that applies to your initial term. If you are within that window, request a refund after migration is complete. If you are past it, you can still move at any time and run out the remainder of your Bluehost term in parallel. The migration team can advise on timing if you want to minimize overlap.
No, and we recommend that you do not. Keep your Bluehost account active until the migration is confirmed complete and you have tested the site on Ultra. Once everything looks good on our platform and DNS has propagated, then go ahead and cancel with Bluehost.
The four reasons that come up most often: Bluehost's renewal price jumps significantly off the intro rate, Bluehost replaced standard cPanel with a custom dashboard, Bluehost is part of Newfold Digital (formerly EIG) rather than independently run, and support is tiered across overseas call centers. Ultra Web Hosting has been independently operated since 2002 with renewal pricing that matches signup, standard cPanel, owned hardware, and 24/7 US-based support.
Pick a hosting plan, open a migration ticket, and we will have you live on Ultra in 24 to 48 hours. Free with any annual plan, no downtime, no relearning a custom panel.
