DreamHost vs. Pressable

Last verified 34 days ago · 30 sources · Updated automatically

DreamHost and Pressable 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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Pressable

Managed WordPress hosting from Automattic, with Jetpack and a global CDN included.

HQ San Antonio, TX

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DreamHost

Pressable

Company facts

Headquarters

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

San Antonio, TX Automattic-owned; distributed/remote-first team

Employees

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

125 LinkedIn shows 51-200 employees (midpoint)

Pricing

Starting Monthly Price (USD)

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

$25 Signature 1 plan, billed monthly

Entry Plan WordPress Sites

1 sites DreamPress 1 includes 1 WordPress site.

1 sites 1 WordPress install on Signature 1

Entry Plan Monthly Visits

40k DreamPress 1 includes 40k monthly visits.

30k 30,000 monthly visits on Signature 1

Entry Plan Storage (GB)

15 GB DreamPress 1 includes 15 GB NVMe SSD storage.

20 GB 20 GB storage on Signature 1

Free Trial Length (Days)

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

0 days

Money-Back Guarantee (Days)

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

30 days 30-day money-back guarantee on all plans

Performance & infrastructure

Underlying Cloud

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

own datacenters Runs on Automattic's WP Cloud platform

Datacenter Locations

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

4 4 origin regions: Los Angeles, Dallas, Ashburn (VA), Amsterdam

Free CDN

Free Bunny CDN included on DreamPress.

Pressable Edge Cache included on every plan

Web Server

NGINX NGINX with FastCGI caching.

NGINX NGINX with PHP-FPM

Built-in Object Cache

Redis persistent object cache included.

Persistent object cache (Memcache) enabled by default

Latest PHP Version

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

8.4 PHP up to 8.4, selectable per site

Free SSL Certificate

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

Free Let's Encrypt SSL on every site

WordPress management

Automatic WordPress Updates

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

Automatic managed WordPress core updates

Staging Environments

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

One-click staging on all plans

Automatic Daily Backups

Automatic daily backups with one-click restore.

Daily file backups, hourly DB backups, one-click restore

Backup Retention (Days)

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

30 days Automatic backups kept at least 30 days

Free Site Migration

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

Free White Glove migrations + free migration plugin, any number of sites

SSH & WP-CLI Access

SSH/shell access with WP-CLI on DreamPress.

SSH/SFTP access and WP-CLI on all plans

WordPress Multisite Support

WordPress Multisite (Network) is not supported on DreamPress.

Multisite supported (path-based all plans; domain-based on 5+ site plans)

Support & security

Uptime SLA (%)

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

100% 100% network uptime guarantee (SLA with credits)

24/7 Support

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

24/7 WordPress support on all plans

Malware Removal / Hack Fix

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

Free malware cleaning & hack recovery assistance

WAF / DDoS Protection

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

WAF + DDoS protection included via Jetpack Security on all plans

Platform & integrations

Control Panel

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

custom MyPressable Control Panel

White-Label / Agency Features

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

White-label, collaborator permissions, agency/reseller hosting

Email Hosting Included

Unlimited mailboxes at your domain included with DreamPress.

Professional email hosting powered by Titan

The verdict

DreamHost

Best for a single high-traffic site on a budget

DreamHost's entry plan starts at $19.99/mo (vs Pressable's $25) yet allows 40k monthly visits to Pressable's 30k, and runs PHP 8.5 to Pressable's 8.4. A fit for one busy WordPress site where price-per-visit matters more than multisite or agency tooling, which DreamHost lacks.

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Pressable

Best for agencies and multisite networks

Pressable supports WordPress Multisite and adds white-label, collaborator, and reseller tooling, both absent on DreamHost. It also includes free malware cleanup (a paid add-on at DreamHost), 30-day backup retention vs DreamHost's 14, and 20 GB storage vs 15 GB, at $25/mo on the entry plan.

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Sources · 30 verified references

en.wikipedia.org pressable.com linkedin.com dreamhost.com help.dreamhost.com

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