DreamHost review

Name: DreamHost
Brand: DreamHost

Hosting and servers

US web host operating since 1997; its entry-level shared plan is cheap for the first year, then renews at $10.99/month.

From $2.89

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Uptime it promises100 %
Money-back window30 days
Migration included

Operating since 1997

Based in United States

Last checked 09-11-2026

DreamHost official Website dreamhost.com

Price for the entry-level «Web Hosting Launch» shared plan, billed for the first year at $2.89/month; the site itself states it "auto-renews at $10.99/mo" once that first year ends. The figure comes from a campaign with its own promo code (WH-BF2025 when checked on 11-09-2026), so it may change from one month to the next; the renewal price does not.

DreamHost is a US web hosting provider based in Brea, California, which its own site says has "been doing this since 1997." Its entry-level shared hosting plan, Web Hosting Launch, allows up to 25 websites with 25 GB of NVMe SSD storage and 20 free mailboxes for 3 months, aimed more at new or simple sites than high-traffic projects. The company also sells managed WordPress hosting (DreamPress), VPS and dedicated servers.

The $2.89/month price is billed annually and covers only the first year; after that, the site itself warns that the plan "auto-renews at $10.99/mo", a difference worth bearing in mind before signing up. It includes free SSL certificates, a free domain for the first year, daily automated backups and a proprietary control panel (not cPanel). DreamHost advertises a "100% uptime guarantee", which it says it maintains through "multiple datacenter locations", without stating how many or in which countries. Money-back is guaranteed for 30 days. Support is advertised as available 24/7 by chat, staffed in-house. A CDN is not part of the base plan: the site offers one (branded Bunny CDN) only on higher tiers. The public pages also do not state whether the shared plan includes root access.