Instance Type: Self-Managed VPS Hosting
This plan belongs to the Bluehost Self-Managed VPS Hosting server line (General Purpose).
Instance Type Description
Self-managed VPS hosting on modern, high-performance hardware built for developers who want full control.
Instance Type Specifications
| Approximate Cost per vCPU | Between $7.50 and $10.00 |
| Approximate RAM per vCPU | 2.0GB |
| Hourly billing | no |
| CPU type | AMD |
| Shared CPU | yes |
| Storage included | yes |
See also all Bluehost instance types.
"NVMe 16" Plan Specifications
| Provider | Bluehost |
|---|---|
| Plan URL | https://www.bluehost.com/vps-hosting |
| Price per month |
$46.50
First month only: $34.88 / month |
| Discount or Surcharge for long or short term use |
Discount Discounted monthly price: $41.85 Minimum commitment for discount: 1 year First year only: $22.32 / month |
| Hourly Billing | No |
| Disk GB | 450 |
| Num Cores | 8 |
| Memory GB | 16 |
| Virtualization | KVM |
| Data Transfer GB | Unlimited |
| Burstable CPU | No |
| Dedicated CPU | No |
Badges of Quality
Badges are awards granted to VPS plans that meet certain quality criteria.
| Twenty Requests Per Core | Bluehost - NVMe 16 serves more than 20 HTTP requests per second per vCPU | |
|---|---|---|
| Over 1300 Geekbench6 Score | Bluehost - NVMe 16 serves got a Geekbench6 single core score over 1300 | |
| Stable Performance | Bluehost - NVMe 16 performance is very stable over long periods of time | |
| Fast Storage Speed | Bluehost - NVMe 16 storage read+write storage speed goes over 3000 MiB/s |
Plan Grades
Grades are calculated by combining results from web, sysbench, endurance and remote timing tests. Grade A is best, grade F is worst. The grades below are those of the most recent trial run for this plan.
Follow the letter links to find the test results backing the grade.
More details about grades calculation
Overall Score: 80
Performance Test Results
We conducted 5 different types of tests during the latest trial for Bluehost - NVMe 16. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.
| Yabs | Web Runs | Network Transfers | Sysbench | Endurance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Review | Review | Review | Review | Review |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
Performance trials run on the NVMe 16 plan
This plan was tested 1 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all trials run on the NVMe 16 plan with its grade and CPU type.
| Start of Trial | CPU | Datacenter | Overall Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31 2026 | AMD EPYC-Genoa Processor | Virginia, USA | B |