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Bluehost “Unlimited” Web Hosting Plans Have Worst Inode Limits

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The Ironic Truth Behind “Unlimited” Hosting

Funny how the word "limit" always follows the word "unlimited" when unlimited web hosting plans are involved...eventually in the terms of use or question/answer sections. Inode refers to the number of files you can have on your account - that is the number of files counting everything - every file, every page, every image, every email.  The limit Bluehost has set is 50,000, as stated on their help topics page:

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What “Unlimited” Really Means in Web Hosting

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Updated 2026: This article has been expanded to better explain how “unlimited” web hosting plans work and how resource limits are actually enforced.

When shopping for web hosting, you will often see plans advertised with “unlimited bandwidth,” “unlimited storage,” or “unlimited hosting.” At first glance, this sounds like an incredible offer: unlimited resources for a small monthly fee.

However, in reality, “unlimited” hosting is not literal. Every server and network connection has physical limits.

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