No, I have not ever used Rage Webhosting, but I have used the product EverWeb with another host.
I think the reason that EverWeb was offered with Rage Software hosting was so that things worked better on their host as opposed to others - it was meant to be along the lines of iWeb and MobileMe hosting - so things like blog comments would only work if the site was hosted on MobileMe etc, however, I believe the Rage had a change of heart, so at first the contact form would not work on anything other than their own hosting, but they soon changed this.
Anyway, there is nothing to stop you going with GoDaddy or Blue Host - they may offer more benefits than Rage. I current have hosting with GoDaddy, Siteground and 1and1 and have uploaded an EverWeb site with Cyberduck with no problems at all.
The reason that I have used others hosts is so that I can change the platform that I use if I want to and GoDaddy, Siteground and 1and1 all support the CMS's like WordPress, Drupal and Joomla, which I have currently been using - Drupal is my favourite at present.
Anyway, good luck with whatever you decide to go with.
Other software worth taking a look at and that had come out with new editions very recently are Freeway Pro/Expresss 7 and Flux V. Perhaps a steeper learning curve though.