I purchased Bluehost's Virtual Dedicated Server, walked through the full plan selection and server configuration flow, and tested Bluehost's Live Chat with two technical questions, one about kernel access, one about what actually separates VDS from standard VPS.
I purchased Bluehost's Virtual Dedicated Server, walked through the full plan selection and server configuration flow, and tested Bluehost's Live Chat with two technical questions, one about kernel access, one about what actually separates VDS from standard VPS.
Setup their agency hosting (formerly called Cloud) for my clients. Been running with no downtime for over 16 months now across 23 clients. The speeds are incredible and the uptime was my biggest surprise. Support has been great when I needed it, there was one time that the support agent couldn't resolve my issue and had to escalate it to someone over email. This issue was resolved a couple of hours later. Overall, the experience has been great, and the pricing beats what I was paying over at Flywheel for a similar agency hosting plan. I also have a couple of test accounts on their shared hosting product. This product has seen some great improvements over the past year and is quite impressive as well.
What is the difference between Bluehost VDS and VPS?
Bluehost’s Virtual Dedicated Server provides hardware-isolated CPU, RAM, and storage reserved exclusively for one customer, while standard VPS allocates resources as shared slices across a hypervisor. Bluehost support confirmed both use similar underlying virtualization technology, but VDS enforces stricter isolation to prevent other tenants from affecting your instance.
Does Bluehost VDS support custom kernel modules?
Yes. Bluehost VDS gives you full root access and unrestricted kernel control, so you can compile and load custom kernel modules yourself using standard commands like insmod or modprobe, unlike some managed hosting tiers where the kernel is locked down.
Does Bluehost offer a money-back guarantee on VDS?
Bluehost offers a 30-day money-back guarantee on VDS hosting fees, but only on annual or longer terms, monthly-billed plans are excluded. Refunds apply to new signups within 30 days, and renewals only qualify within a 15-day prebill window after that.
What operating systems can I run on Bluehost VDS?
Bluehost VDS supports six operating systems: Ubuntu, Debian, CentOS, AlmaLinux, Fedora, and Rocky Linux, alongside pre-installed application options like OpenClaw, WordPress, and various developer stacks. The server defaults to OpenClaw during setup unless you switch to a plain OS yourself.
How many hardware tiers does Bluehost VDS offer?
Bluehost VDS offers eight tiers ranging from 1 to 64 vCPU cores, though only six appear on the public plan comparison page. Two additional tiers, Dedicated 12 and Dedicated 24, are only visible once you’re inside the server configuration flow.