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DreamHost

Independent US host with fast response times and monthly billing.

DreamHost is an independently owned US host selling shared, managed WordPress (DreamPress), VPS and cloud hosting through its own control panel. The Launch plan allows 25 websites with daily backups, and monthly billing is available. Website Builder Expert measured the fastest US response time in its test group.

Move in if you runblogs and portfolios, small business sites, busy WordPress sites
Think twice if this bothers youLaunch renews at $10.99 a month after the first year
Rent over three years$71.64

One floor per score. Lit windows out of five.

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What comes with the flat

  • Launch plan at $2.89 a month for 12 months, monthly billing also offered
  • Daily automated backups and 25 websites on the entry plan
  • US server response of 0.12 s in Website Builder Expert's test
  • Free domain for the first year on annual and multi-year plans
  • 100% uptime guarantee with service credits

The small print

  • Launch renews at $10.99 a month after the first year
  • No cPanel, custom panel only
  • Support by chat and email, no included phone line
  • Few data centers outside the US

Floor plans

Web Hosting Launch

$1.99 /mo for 48 mo
then $7.99/mo (+302%)
monthly $4.99, 1 yr $2.89, 2 yr $2.49, 4 yr $1.99
25 websites, 25 GB NVMe, about 40,000 visits a month, daily backups
The WordPress page shows the same plan at $1.99 a month for 48 months ($95.52), renewing at $7.99.

DreamPress 1

$11.99 /mo for 36 mo
then $16.99/mo (+42%)
monthly $19.99, 1 yr $14.99, 3 yr $11.99
1 site, 15 GB NVMe, about 40,000 visits a month, 14-day backup retention

VPS Stack 4

$5.99 /mo for 24 mo
then $10.99/mo (+83%)
monthly $8.99, 1 yr $6.99, 2 yr $5.99
2 vCPU AMD EPYC, 4 GB RAM, 75 GB NVMe, root access
Self-managed.

Managed VPS Business

$10.00 /mo for 36 mo
then $24.99/mo (+150%)
monthly $15.00, 1 yr $13.75, 3 yr $10.00
Unlimited websites, 60 GB NVMe, no root access

Read on 2026-10-14 on DreamHost's own pricing page, USD excl. tax. Work out the rent year by year

What the neighbours say

4.6
out of 5 on Trustpilot
8,257 reviews, read 2026-10-14

Our verdict

DreamHost suits US-focused blogs and business sites that want daily backups and quick server response without a long contract. Anyone who needs cPanel or phone support should choose another host. The shared plan renews at $10.99 a month after the first year, and email is only a trial.

The details

Kinds of hosting
shared, wordpress, vps, cloud, dedicated, email
Control panel
DreamHost panel (custom)
Backups
Daily automated on Launch, 14-day retention on DreamPress
Support
24/7 live chat and email from in-house staff, chat may start with AI
Moving in
Free automatic tool for WordPress, other sites manual or paid
Free domain
yes, first year on annual and multi-year plans, not on monthly billing
Free SSL
Yes
Data centers
Ashburn, USA, Hillsboro, USA, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Singapore
Prices read on dreamhost.com on 2026-10-14, USD, excl. tax. The shared page now redirects to a test version (/hosting-5/) that only offers monthly and yearly terms; 24 and 48-month prices appear on the WordPress page only. Signup links carry codes such as WH-BF2025, applied automatically, so intro rates may change when the promotion ends. Older reviews cite a 97-day guarantee; the current terms and the WordPress page say 30 days. Data center cities come from third-party reviews, DreamHost names none. Terms read on 2026-10-14 from the plan pricing data embedded in dreamhost.com/hosting-5/ (promo and base price per term, USD), cross-checked against the visible Monthly and Yearly cards. On monthly billing the intro price lasts only the first 3 months (first month for Managed VPS Business), recorded as introMonths; renewMonthly is the ongoing rate shown for that term. The 24, 36 and 48-month terms are not shown on the shared page and come from the embedded data only. Intro prices rely on the WH-BF2025 promotion.

Sources

Scores are our reading of the sources above, on a 1 to 5 scale. We did not run our own server tests for this listing.

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