Bluehost renewal price: what you pay after the intro term
Observed on Bluehost's pricing page. The price has not moved since 2026-08-23. Checked again on 2026-10-16: the page blocked my check; showing the last verified data.
Starter, the cheapest plan I track here
$3.99becomes$9.99
a month once the first 36 months are up. A rise of 150%.
Bluehost publishes 2 plans I track. The cheapest, Starter, is $3.99/mo on a 36-month term and renews at $9.99/mo, 150% more than the intro price. The renewal price is printed on the pricing page. Over 3 years the cheapest purchasable path costs $143.64. Bluehost badges a second plan, Business, as the one to buy: $6.99/mo renewing at $13.99, 100% more, a rise $1.00 a month steeper than the cheapest plan's. Index score 13.2 (clean record), no dated incidents in my window; tracking since 2026-08-23.
Enshittification Index: 13.2 (clean record)
| Plan | Intro /mo | Term | Renewal /mo | Jump | 1 yr | 3 yr | 5 yr | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starter cheapest | $3.99 | 36 mo | $9.99 | +150% | $143.64† | $143.64 | $383.40 | tracking since 2026-08-23 |
| Business popular | $6.99 | 36 mo | $13.99 | +100% | $251.64† | $251.64 | $587.40 | tracking since 2026-08-23 |
Where the renewal price is stated
Starter
“$3.99/mo - Save 60% For 36 month term - Renews at $9.99/mo”
Source: https://www.bluehost.com/hosting/shared · observed 2026-08-23 · confidence medium · Values come from two independent WebFetch text extractions (identical); raw HTML could not be inspected because of the Cloudflare captcha. 12-month price and total due are only shown in the cart. 2026 lineup: Starter / Business / eCommerce Essentials / Enterprise & Custom. 'Free Domain 1st Year', '30-day Money-Back Guarantee'.
- Free domain for 12 months
- 30-day money-back guarantee
Business
“$6.99/mo - Save 50% For 36 month term - Renews at $13.99/mo”
Source: https://www.bluehost.com/hosting/shared · observed 2026-08-23 · confidence medium · Badge 'MOST POPULAR'. eCommerce Essentials: $14.99/mo (Save 32%, 36-month term) renews at $21.99/mo.
- Free domain for 12 months
- 30-day money-back guarantee
Price history
Starter
| Observed | Intro /mo | Renewal /mo | Method |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-23 | $3.99 | $9.99 | seed |
Business
| Observed | Intro /mo | Renewal /mo | Method |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-23 | $6.99 | $13.99 | seed |
Cheaper over the same 36 months
9 of the 25 hosts I can price come in under Bluehost's $143.64 over 36 months. The three cheapest:
- ChemiCloud Starter $53.64 saving $90.00
- AccuWeb Hosting Budget (Best Cheap Web Hosting) $71.64 saving $72.00
- HostArmada Start Dock $71.64 saving $72.00
The rule is arithmetic and nothing else: a host appears here only if it publishes a renewal price and a full 36-month total can be computed from prices actually observed, and the order is that total, cheapest first. Hosts whose intro term is not published cannot be priced and are left out rather than guessed at. None of these pay me anything. Switching costs an afternoon; the week before a renewal is when to do it.
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