About DreamHost
DreamHost is a commercial web hosting company that offers domain names, web hosting, managed WordPress hosting and business email. Its WordPress plans are described as including daily backups, NVMe SSD storage, free site migrations and support from in-house WordPress staff.
The vendor's DreamPress tier adds Bunny CDN, one-click staging and fully managed performance. Other products include web hosting for growing sites, an online store option, managed VPS, standard VPS and dedicated server hosting, and application hosting for tools such as n8n, OpenClaw and Hermes Agent. Remixer is its website builder that creates a site from a text description. DreamHost is proprietary and vendor-hosted, with a pricing page and a knowledge base on its site.
Key features
- Managed WordPress hosting with daily backups
- Free WordPress site migrations
- Bunny CDN and one-click staging in DreamPress
- VPS, managed VPS and dedicated servers
- Remixer AI website builder
- Hosting for n8n and AI agent tools
Good fit for
- →Hosting WordPress sites with managed support
- →Moving a site from another host
- →Running a small online store
- Tags
- web-hosting
- wordpress
- managed-hosting
- vps
- domains
- website-builder
DreamHost: questions and answers
- What is DreamHost used for?
- DreamHost is a hosting provider with shared, VPS and managed WordPress plans, domains, business email and an AI-assisted website builder called Remixer. It is a good fit for hosting WordPress sites with managed support, moving a site from another host and running a small online store.
- How much does DreamHost cost?
- Paid plans for DreamHost start at $10.99 per month, and there is no free plan.
- Is DreamHost open source?
- No. DreamHost is proprietary (closed-source) software and can't be self-hosted. Open-source alternatives to DreamHost include 1Panel and HestiaCP.
- What are some alternatives to DreamHost?
- DreamHost competes with Bluehost, SiteGround and HostGator. For open-source options, see Enlisted's ranked list of open-source DreamHost alternatives.
Open-source alternatives to DreamHost
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1Panel
Hosting & PaaS
🔥 1Panel is a modern, open-source Linux server management panel and a lightweight AI mana
GPL-3.0vs Cloudways★ 37k
HestiaCP
Hosting & PaaS
Hestia Control Panel | A lightweight and powerful control panel for the modern web.
GPL-3.0vs Cloudways★ 4.5k
Sidekick
Hosting & PaaS
Bare metal to production ready in mins; your own fly server on your VPS.
GPL-3.0vs Heroku★ 7.6k
Coolify
Hosting & PaaS
Self-hosting platform with superpowers. Deploy apps, databases & 280+ services to your
Apache-2.0vs Heroku★ 62k
Dokploy
Hosting & PaaS
Open-source self-hostable Platform as a Service (PaaS) that simplifies the deployment and
OSSvs Heroku★ 38k
Dokku
Hosting & PaaS
A docker-powered PaaS that helps you build and manage the lifecycle of applications
MITvs Heroku★ 32k
SaaS alternatives to DreamHost
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Bluehost
Hosting & PaaS
Shared, WordPress and VPS web hosting bundled with domain registration
SaaS
SiteGround
Hosting & PaaS
Shared and managed WordPress hosting with staging and email
SaaS
HostGator
Hosting & PaaS
Shared, VPS and WordPress hosting with domain registration
SaaS
Hosting.com
Hosting & PaaS
Web hosting provider formerly known as A2 Hosting, with shared, VPS and dedicated plans
SaaS
GreenGeeks
Hosting & PaaS
Web hosting provider offering shared, WordPress and VPS plans
SaaS
InMotion Hosting
Hosting & PaaS
Web hosting provider with shared, VPS, dedicated and WordPress plans
SaaS

