DreamHost vs. Hostinger

Last verified 34 days ago · 27 sources · Updated automatically

DreamHost and Hostinger compared across Company facts, Pricing, Performance & infrastructure, WordPress management, Support & security and Platform & integrations — every fact sourced and re-verified from each vendor's public material.

DreamHost

Independent host whose DreamPress tier is managed WordPress hosting; WordPress.org-recommended.

HQ Brea, CA

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Hostinger

Low-cost managed WordPress and shared hosting with an in-house hPanel control panel.

HQ Kaunas, Lithuania

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DreamHost

Hostinger

Company facts

Headquarters

Brea, CA DreamHost (New Dream Network, LLC) is headquartered in Brea, California.

Kaunas, Lithuania Headquartered in Kaunas, Lithuania

Employees

300 Roughly 300 employees (LinkedIn band 201-500).

900 Around 900 employees (company-stated)

Pricing

Starting Monthly Price (USD)

$19.99 DreamPress 1 entry plan; renewal rate. Intro $14.99/mo first year.

$10.99 Premium plan; intro $2.99/mo on a 48-month term

Entry Plan WordPress Sites

1 sites DreamPress 1 includes 1 WordPress site.

3 sites Up to 3 websites on the Premium plan

Entry Plan Monthly Visits

40k DreamPress 1 includes 40k monthly visits.

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Entry Plan Storage (GB)

15 GB DreamPress 1 includes 15 GB NVMe SSD storage.

20 GB 20 GB SSD on the Premium plan

Free Trial Length (Days)

0 days No free trial; DreamPress offers a 30-day money-back guarantee instead.

0 days No free trial; 30-day money-back guarantee instead

Money-Back Guarantee (Days)

30 days 30-day money-back guarantee on DreamPress.

30 days 30-day money-back guarantee

Performance & infrastructure

Underlying Cloud

own datacenters Runs on DreamHost's own US datacenters (Ashburn, VA and Hillsboro, OR).

own datacenters Custom-built servers in Hostinger's own Tier-3 datacenters

Datacenter Locations

3 US East (Ashburn), US West (Hillsboro), EU (Amsterdam)

12 12 datacenter locations across 4 continents

Free CDN

Free Bunny CDN included on DreamPress.

Free CDN included from the Business plan up, not on entry Premium

Web Server

NGINX NGINX with FastCGI caching.

LiteSpeed LiteSpeed web server with LiteSpeed Cache (LSCache)

Built-in Object Cache

Redis persistent object cache included.

Object Cache (LSMCD) available from the Business plan up, not on entry Premium

Latest PHP Version

8.5 Newest panel PHP: 8.5 (8.2–8.5 selectable)

8.5 PHP selectable up to 8.5 (8.3 default)

Free SSL Certificate

Free Let's Encrypt SSL, auto-provisioned and renewed.

Free unlimited lifetime SSL (auto-provisioned and renewed)

WordPress management

Automatic WordPress Updates

Host applies WordPress core updates automatically (cannot opt out).

Automatic WordPress core updates managed by the host

Staging Environments

1-Click Staging with push-to-live, on every DreamPress plan.

Built-in WordPress staging available from the Business plan up, not on entry Premium

Automatic Daily Backups

Automatic daily backups with one-click restore.

Entry Premium plan has weekly auto backups; daily backups start at the Business plan

Backup Retention (Days)

14 days DreamPress 1 retains 14 days of daily backups (30 days on DreamPress 5 and above).

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Free Site Migration

Free professional migrations (one per included site) plus a free WordPress migration plugin.

Free unlimited automated WordPress migrations

SSH & WP-CLI Access

SSH/shell access with WP-CLI on DreamPress.

SSH access with WP-CLI pre-installed on Premium and above

WordPress Multisite Support

WordPress Multisite (Network) is not supported on DreamPress.

WordPress Multisite officially supported on managed WordPress plans

Support & security

Uptime SLA (%)

100% 100% uptime guarantee (service-credit remedy)

99.9% 99.9% uptime guarantee

24/7 Support

24/7/365 support from in-house, US-based WordPress experts.

24/7 live chat support on all plans (priority support on Cloud)

Malware Removal / Hack Fix

No free hack-fix/malware-removal guarantee; DreamShield (scan/alert) and DreamCare (repair) are paid add-ons.

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WAF / DDoS Protection

Built-in Web Application Firewall + DDoS protection, included at no extra cost.

In-house WAF + Cloudflare-nameserver DDoS protection on all plans

Platform & integrations

Control Panel

custom DreamHost's own custom panel (not cPanel/Plesk).

custom hPanel, Hostinger's in-house control panel

White-Label / Agency Features

Agency Partner Program is referral/commission/discounts + priority support — no white-label, sub-account, or client-billing tooling.

Hostinger Pro: unified multi-site dashboard with unbranded (white-label) client dashboards and per-site client access

Email Hosting Included

Unlimited mailboxes at your domain included with DreamPress.

Free email mailboxes included (2 per website on Premium, free for 1 year)

The verdict

DreamHost

Best for a managed single site on the entry plan

DreamHost bundles performance and safety features Hostinger reserves for higher tiers: Redis object cache, 1-click staging, daily backups (14-day retention), and a free CDN all ship on the entry DreamPress plan. It also guarantees 100% uptime vs Hostinger's 99.9%. The tradeoff is price ($19.99 vs $10.99) and one site only.

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Hostinger

Best for low cost, multiple sites, and agencies

Hostinger's Premium plan is cheaper ($10.99 vs $19.99) and hosts up to 3 sites with 20 GB storage, against DreamHost's 1 site and 15 GB. It adds WordPress Multisite and white-label agency dashboards, both absent on DreamHost. Caveat: object cache, staging, daily backups, and a free CDN only start on its Business plan.

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Sources · 27 verified references

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