# Bluehost alternatives: what AI models name instead, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 246 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Bluehost holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://it-ai-index.com/vendors/bluehost/alternatives/

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- Amazon Web Services: 72
- DigitalOcean Droplets: 39
- Microsoft Azure: 36
- Hostinger: 9
- Azure: 7
- Akamai Connected Cloud: 6

## Cloud hosting

**Small business**: 79 of 84 answers did not name Bluehost (Bluehost is #12 of 14 at 2%).

- DigitalOcean Droplets: first choice in 32 of those 79
- Amazon Web Services: first choice in 8 of those 79
- Akamai Connected Cloud: first choice in 6 of those 79
- Cloudways: first choice in 5 of those 79
- Hostinger: first choice in 5 of those 79
- Vultr: first choice in 4 of those 79
- Microsoft Azure: first choice in 3 of those 79
- Render: first choice in 3 of those 79

**Mid-market**: 83 of 84 answers did not name Bluehost (Bluehost is #12 of 12 at 0%).

- Amazon Web Services: first choice in 27 of those 83
- Microsoft Azure: first choice in 12 of those 83
- DigitalOcean Droplets: first choice in 6 of those 83
- Hostinger: first choice in 4 of those 83
- Google Cloud: first choice in 3 of those 83
- Azure: first choice in 2 of those 83
- Hetzner: first choice in 2 of those 83
- Vultr: first choice in 2 of those 83

**Enterprise**: 84 of 84 answers did not name Bluehost.

- Amazon Web Services: first choice in 37 of those 84
- Microsoft Azure: first choice in 21 of those 84
- Azure: first choice in 5 of those 84
- Google Cloud: first choice in 3 of those 84
- Oracle Cloud Infrastructure: first choice in 2 of those 84
- Cloudflare: first choice in 1 of those 84
- DigitalOcean Droplets: first choice in 1 of those 84
- Microsoft Azure with an Enterprise Agreement: first choice in 1 of those 84

Published under CC BY 4.0. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.