DreamHost Review

What is DreamHost?

Dreamhost is an award winning hosting company as well as being a recommended host by WordPress. Web hosting services, domain registration as well as managed WordPress hosting is included. The platform is great to grow your business whether you’re a beginner or an established business. It is one of the most popular and well known hosting companies hosting over 1.5 million websites.

DreamHost Features

The hosting options DreamHost include; email hosting, shared hosting, managed WordPress hosting, dedicated service, and VPS hosting. Cloud hosting packages as well as cloud storage is also offered.

All plans included on Dreamhost use SSD drives faster loading. There is also a proprietary control panel instead of a cPanel.

Included with shared hosting:

• Unlimited Storage and Bandwidth.
• One Free Domain Registration and Encrypt Free SSL.
• One Click Installation of WordPress.
• Easy to Navigate Control Panel.
• Unlimited Email Accounts and Subdomains included in the WordPress Unlimited Shared Plan.

WordPress Plans:

There is a managed WordPress hosting plan called DreamPress offered by DreamHost. Service are optimised for WordPress, it can handle traffic with millions of visitors without the website slowing/going down as DreamPress it’s a lot faster than shared hosting.

WordPress hosting includes:

• One Click Staging Site Setup.
• Private IP address as well as an SSL certificate which is pre-installed for eCommerce sites.
• WordPress Core Updates for Security that are automatic.
• A Free Website Builder with on demand and daily backups.
• A Web Application Firewall.
• Unlimited CDN and Jetpack Professional add on features included with the DreamPress Pro and Plus plans.

Pros & Cons

Pros

• Award Winning- DreamHost won the PCMag Readers’ Choice for best business hosting.
• Free Domain and Privacy -With every DreamHost plan there is one free domain name registration as well as domain privacy.
• Money back guarantee- There is a 97 day money back guarantee, so if you aren’t pleased you can cancel your account within 97 days of signing up and receive a full refund.

Cons:

• Delayed Support-it may take a while for you to get support as there a set times for live chat support as well as an email based ticket system.

Price Plans:

With DreamHost there are many plans available, so there will be a plan available for all budgets.

The first plan that is available is the Shared Starter plan, at $2.95 a month if you choose the yearly plan, however if you choose the monthly plan this will go up to $4.95 a month. This is a great place to start as it is an entry level price. in this plan there is; One Website, Free Domain (only if you choose the yearly plan), Unlimited Traffic, Unmetered Bandwidth, Fast SSD storage, WordPress Pre- Installed, Free SSL certificate, 24/7 support there is also a WordPress Website Builder as well as Free Automated WordPress Migrations.

The next plan is the DreamPress plan, which is specifically designed for WordPress, it is priced at $16.95 a month if the yearly plan is chosen or $12 a month if the monthly plan is chosen. In this plan there is; 1 WordPress Website, Free Domain included (If the yearly plan is chosen) , 100k Monthly Visitors , Unmetered Bandwidth, 30 GB SSD Storage, WordPress Pre-installed, SSL Certificate Pre‐Installed ,Unlimited Email, 24/7 WordPress Support, WP Website Builder, Free Automated WordPress Migrations , On-Demand Backups & 1-Click Restore, Jetpack Free Pre‐Installed, 1-Click Staging.

The last plan is the VPS Plan which is great for new & small websites, it is priced at $13.75 a month if the yearly plan is chosen and $15 a month if the monthly plan is chosen, included on this plan is; Unlimited Websites, you can Add Domains Easily, Unlimited Traffic, Unmetered Bandwidth, 30 GB SSD Storage, 1-Click Install WordPress, Free SSL Certificate, Unlimited Email and 24/7 Support.

Customer Support:

If you need support, there is 24/7 email support through a ticket system with DreamHost. There is also Live Chat support between the set times of 5:30 AM and 9:30 PM Pacific Time through the panel.

In addition, there is the availability to request a call back service, however there is an additional fee for this.

Conclusion:

This award winning hosting company is fast and reliable, it is great for those wanting affordable prices for their budgets and a high uptime guarantee. There are many features available, and each plan offers a lot considering the price you would pay. There is a money back guarantee if you aren’t happy, so it is worth a try!