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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    DreamHost

    Score9.3 out of 10
    N/ADreamHost is a website hosting service with features such as managed VPS hosting, public cloud computing, and dedicated servers. Managed options include WordPress with the DreamPress upgraded service with staging and coaching, WooCommerce hosting, as well as dedicated server hosting.

    $3.95

    per month

    Hetzner IaaS

    Score9.7 out of 10
    N/AHetzner is a professional web hosting provider and data center operator offering a range of IaaS and cloud services, as well as web hosting, managed or self-managed.N/A
    Pricing
    DreamHostHetzner IaaS
    Editions & Modules
    Shared
    $3.95
    per month
    DreamPress
    $16.95
    per month
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    DreamHostHetzner IaaS
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    DreamHostHetzner IaaS
    Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
    Comparison of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) features of DreamHost and Hetzner IaaS
    Feature
    DreamHost
    -
    Ratings
    Hetzner IaaS
    8.6
    1 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Elastic load balancing00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Pre-configured templates00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Monitoring tools00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Pre-defined machine images00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Operating system support00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Security controls00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
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    IBM Cloud Object Storage
    Score9 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
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    IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    AccuWebHosting.Com
    Score9.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    DreamHostHetzner IaaS
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.0
    (10 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    DreamHostHetzner IaaS
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Dreamhost
    Dreamhost was previously a great web host with reliable service and top-notch features, but I can no longer recommend them. If you're looking for web hosting on a Linux platform (such as running PHP or platforms like Wordpress, Jooma, or Drupal), with simple pricing services, then this is the great service for you. One big downside is lack of phone customer support. This is especially frustrating because of their many issues the last few weeks, which aren't easily resolved or addressed by their team.
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    Hetzner
    Very affordable cloud server solution for people who can set up their own servers. There are quite a lot of regions (but sadly no Frankfurt) as well as a lot of templates to get started quickly with the servers, including Coolify, which allows you to run a PaaS inside Hetzner without too much hassle.
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    Pros
    Dreamhost
    • Customer service is industry-best. We've never had a problem that wasn't solved by them almost immediately.
    • Their dashboard is extremely easy to use and doesn't cause any confusion at all.
    • Their website speeds are good but not great. In an age when speed is important, they are good enough, especially for the price.
    • They have a great backup feature.
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    Hetzner
    • VPS/Cloud servers.
    • Networking
    • Load balancers.
    • Configuration via UI.
    • Volumes
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    Cons
    Dreamhost
    • They could have better deploy solutions for not so experienced users
    • More integration with external services to automate some tasks
    • Better ways to track hosting performance
    • The user management could be easier to understand
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    Hetzner
    • No-downtime upgrade - lately we've had 2 forced downtimes because of planned maintenance, which is not very nice, but we managed.
    • Managed databases would be amazing.
    • Any kind of PAAS for running containerized apps (even though I think that's past what they want to be).
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Dreamhost
    We have every intention of staying with Dreamhost, but we are a tad concerned with the company's recent involvement in high profile litigation and controversial topics. While we don't take a position one way or another on what type of content they should host, one concern we have is that repeated attacks on their infrastructure have caused significant downtime during business hours for us, and that's something we'll have to take into consideration going forward.
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    Hetzner
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Dreamhost
    No answers on this topic
    Hetzner
    I think the UI is best-in-class, really. The UX is very though-through and nothing is missing or out of place. Kudos to their designer. Design is great, but they also have a CLI, which could be quite handy for AI agents. I think it has the foundation to scale the offering into something great, given the quality of everything they put out.
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    Support Rating
    Dreamhost
    Whether we're calling in on the phone, live chatting or emailing, we get immediate high-quality, native English-speaking support. This cannot be overstated when it comes to hosting, because support tickets are usually time sensitive and high stress. I've always had great experiences with the limited times we've needed to use DreamHost support. We've dealt with support for many other providers and no one comes close to DreamHost.
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    Hetzner
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Dreamhost
    We've tried a few other WordPress-specific hosts, as well as other shared hosting providers (Rackspace, WPEngine, and others). We have found that DreamHost gives the best balance of cost, performance, and features, for our needs. All vendors have their own pitfalls and shortcomings, and DreamHost isn't without its own, but it works for us.
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    Hetzner
    We chose it because of price, because it's like 5-6 times cheaper while offering top-tier features and quality for a SAAS business. Also, we observed that they kept adding new features, so we were sure we could stick with them (Volumes, Private Networks, and other features were added after we had already become customers).
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    Return on Investment
    Dreamhost
    • The service can really be a positive value with its very solid performance and lack of downtime issues found with other services.
    • For those with limited hosting or web development knowledge, the service can be a challenge to fully utilize. Sometimes this may mean additional training.
    • The service also provides a number of expansion opportunities for growing with greater functionalities.
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    Hetzner
    • Hetzner allowed us to retain great margins on our business.
    • Hetzner allowed us to experiment with various self-hosted tools to safe money.
    • It allows us to run the fast http servers without breaking the bank.
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