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Bluehost vs Cloudways

Bluehost or Cloudways? Commission, cookie window, payout schedule and approval, compared side by side.

Cloudways takes 5 of 7 compared terms. Which one earns more still depends on your audience — the table below shows where each one wins.

Term by term

Bluehost vs Cloudways compared across 15 criteria
Criterion Bluehost Cloudways Top pick
The money
Commission ✔ $65 $50–$125
Pays for — Lifetime
Payout type One-time Tiered
Tier ladder No tiers Slab 1 $50 per sale, Slab 2 Rate not published, Slab 3 Rate not published, Slab 4 Rate not published; program maximum is $125 per sale, Super Affiliate Negotiated, Hybrid model $30 per sale plus 7% recurring for the customer's lifetime, Two-tier (sub-affiliates) 7% of the commission your recruited affiliates earn
Terms
Cookie window 30 days ✔ 90 days
Ease of starting 2.8 / 5 ✔ 3.5 / 5
Approval Reviewed ✔ Instant
Our rating — —
Getting paid
Paid out Monthly (Processed about 45 days after the end of the month the sale accrued in. The affiliate agreement allows a 45 to 70 day window. Auto-payouts can be enabled.) Monthly (Paid during the last week of each month, provided the approved balance has cleared the threshold.)
Minimum payout ✔ $10 (Stated on Bluehost's own affiliate payouts article. The affiliate agreement itself leaves the threshold to Bluehost's discretion and to whatever platform you are paid through.) $250 (PayPal payouts require $250 in approved commission. Wire transfer is only offered to accounts clearing $1,000 or more per cycle. Taking earnings as Cloudways hosting credit has a lower $100 threshold.)
Clearing hold 45 days —
Payment methods PayPal, Direct deposit ✔ PayPal, Wire transfer, Cloudways account credit
Rules
Self-referral — —
Paid search Restricted Restricted
Affiliate assets Banners, Creative assets, Affiliate dashboard, Marketing tools ✔ Promotional banners, Exclusive deal codes, Seasonal campaigns, Co-branded landing pages, Dedicated account manager

A ✔ marks the better term on that row. Rows where the programs match, where the terms aren't comparable, or where a program hasn't published a figure are left unmarked — a dash means unknown, not zero.

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Affiliate terms change often, and every figure here comes from each program's own published page on the date above. Confirm the current rate with the merchant before you promote it. Links to the programs are affiliate links.