BLUEHOST VS WP ENGINE

All Bluehost Cloud Hosting plans come with a redundant global server architecture that is built for speed and reliability. 100% uptime SLA and a global CDN (Content Delivery Network) provides an environment that gives your website the speed it needs to deliver content fast. Each plan comes with an allotment of PHP workers, also commonly referred to as vCPUs, that can be distributed across the number of sites you have on your account.

Example, if you have 5 PHP workers, and 2 websites on your account, one site can have 2 PHP workers and the other can have 3 PHP workers. Or you can give your most important site most of the PHP resources and leave fewer for less important sites on your account. All plans also come with 10GB of automated daily backups powered by Jetpack, providing you with the peace of mind that you can restore to previous points (in the event your website content gets adjusted in a way you don't prefer). Automated WordPress updates are included, as well as a robust infrastructure security architecture. 

First, “WordPress Hosting” is a term that can mean many things. In this case, WordPress Hosting is simply using WordPress to build your website and trusting a provider to take care of some of the underlying server details. With Bluehost, choosing to use the Bluehost Cloud hosting over WordPress Hosting is simply a difference in how fast you need your website to be. Using Bluehost Cloud hosting still automatically installs WordPress just like standard WordPress Hosting does. However, on the Bluehost Cloud, the infrastructure that your WordPress is installed upon is faster and more reliable by several magnitudes in comparison to standard WordPress Hosting. So the primary advantage is speed and reliability, followed by the fact that the Bluehost Cloud goes beyond utilizing shared servers and shared server management, and rather provides a scalable global infrastructure with a fully managed architecture.

This question can be tricky. It often depends on the needs of your website, or if you are an agency, the needs of your client. For WordPress websites that need to be available at all times and/or are resource-intensive, like a business website or a website that sells products, Bluehost Cloud hosting is perfect to maintain that level of performance. Websites that experience high traffic or traffic spikes would also benefit greatly from utilizing the Bluehost Cloud managed cloud hosting due to its ability to scale to the needs of traffic requests. However, for small websites or blogs, using WordPress on shared hosting is usually all that is required until their traffic needs increase or the complexity of their site increases.

When researching a managed WordPress Hosting provider, you need to ensure they offer some key features. First, the hosting provider needs to be fast, reliable, and secure. You want to make sure your sites and/or your clients’ sites are always available and that measures are in place to keep them from being attacked by malicious software.

Second, your hosting provider should provide automatic daily backups to keep your work protected. Most hosts provide this in some capacity, whether paid or free. Be sure your backups are turned on and available to you in the event you need to restore to an earlier version of your website.

Third, you also need a dashboard where you can easily manage your sites and/or your clients’ websites. This should include the ability to add or remove websites from your account, the ability to allow for user permissions, and the ability to manage the various services you've attached to your account. Fourth, you need a provided SSL certificate. In most cases, an SSL certificate is free.

Lastly, pick a cloud hosting provider that offers great customer service and support. You are entrusting your website, your reputation, your business, and/or your clients’ success to a hosting provider. Your provider should do everything they can to make sure you find success online. 

The technical answer to this question starts with its definition. A vCPU is a virtual centralized processing unit. As for a definition, a vCPU represents a portion or share of the underlying, physical CPU that is assigned to a virtual server. In the case of Bluehost Cloud hosting, a vCPU is synonymous with a PHP worker, which is a background process on the sever that runs PHP code to handle requests to and from your website. The non-technical answer is vCPUs are like sled dogs helping your website move quickly in the direction and purpose that it was intended. The more you have, the faster and more "weight" your website can handle at any given time. They work to fulfill the requests of your visitors as they interact with your website, so the more vCPU your website has, the more traffic and requests your website can receive and process at once.  

vCPUs are a pooled resource at the account level. Each site is limited to a max of 10 vCPUs (aka PHP workers). For example, while you can buy Cloud 25 with 75 vCPUs, you cannot add all 75 vCPUs to one site. The max is 10 for one site. However, you can then use the remaining vCPUs for the other websites on your account.