Compare DreamHost and Pantheon 
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At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (77.3% of reviews)
Small-Business (62.4% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Starting at $2.59
$41 per month (prepaid annually)
DreamHost
Star Rating
(151)4.0 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (77.3% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Starting at $2.59
Browse all 4 pricing plansPantheon
Star Rating
(724)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (62.4% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$41 per month (prepaid annually)
Browse all 3 pricing plansDreamHost vs Pantheon
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found Pantheon easier to use and administer. Reviewers also felt that Pantheon was easier to do business with overall. However reviewers felt that the products are equally easy to set up.
- Reviewers felt that Pantheon meets the needs of their business better than DreamHost.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Pantheon is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Pantheon over DreamHost.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
DreamHost
Shared Hosting
Starting at $2.59
DreamHost's shared website hosting plan is the quickest and most affordable way to get your website online. It's perfect for blogs, portfolios, online stores and even complex database-driven sites. Best of all, with solid state drives (SSDs), your website will load 200% faster.
- Unlimited Bandwidth & Storage
- Advanced, Easy-to-Use Panel
- Powerful 1-Click Installer
Pantheon
BASIC PLAN
$41
per month (prepaid annually)
Hosting for local businesses, small blogs, and static sites.
Start with our Basic Plan and scale up in plan easily as your site needs grow.
- 25k Monthly Visits
- 125k Monthly Pages Served
- 20GB SSD Storage
Free Trial
DreamHost
No trial information availablePantheon
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.6
133
8.8
498
Ease of Use
8.5
133
8.8
500
Ease of Setup
8.7
84
8.7
391
Ease of Admin
8.6
78
8.7
387
Quality of Support
8.4
130
8.7
475
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.6
78
8.8
372
Product Direction (% positive)
7.4
128
8.2
481
Features by Category
Content
Not enough data
9.1
119
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.9
114
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.2
135
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
127
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.0
112
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.9
106
Not enough data
8.9
116
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
108
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.1
115
|
Verified
Design
Not enough data
8.3
83
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
83
Not enough data
8.4
81
Not enough data
8.9
93
Platform
Not enough data
8.9
121
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.9
108
Not enough data
8.9
109
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.0
133
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.2
137
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
96
Not enough data
8.8
140
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.9
124
|
Verified
Agentic AI - Web Content Management
Not enough data
7.0
5
Not enough data
7.0
5
Functionality
Not enough data
9.5
103
Not enough data
9.2
92
Not enough data
9.8
104
Management
Not enough data
9.1
88
Not enough data
9.6
108
Not enough data
9.1
99
Support
Not enough data
8.5
90
Not enough data
8.8
90
Not enough data
9.3
89
Functionality
Not enough data
8.8
62
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
61
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
60
|
Verified
Management
Not enough data
8.5
65
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.1
70
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
65
|
Verified
Agentic AI - Continuous Integration
Not enough data
6.0
7
Not enough data
7.1
7
Not enough data
4.5
7
Not enough data
4.0
7
Not enough data
4.5
7
Set Up
8.8
12
Not enough data
8.8
13
Not enough data
8.7
13
Not enough data
Security
8.8
12
Not enough data
8.8
13
Not enough data
8.5
12
Not enough data
8.6
12
Not enough data
Support
8.8
14
Not enough data
7.9
14
Not enough data
8.2
10
Not enough data
Performance
9.6
15
8.5
19
8.3
16
8.3
20
8.8
18
8.3
21
8.8
14
8.3
20
7.8
13
7.6
18
Security
8.7
14
8.9
19
8.9
15
7.7
19
8.9
15
7.7
16
8.9
14
8.0
17
Free Resources
9.5
14
5.9
16
9.5
14
6.0
17
9.6
15
8.1
18
Performance - Cloud Web Hosting
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Support - Cloud Web Hosting
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Security - Cloud Web Hosting
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
DreamHost and Pantheon are categorized as WordPress Hosting and Managed Hosting
Unique Categories
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
DreamHost
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Pantheon
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Information Technology and Services
11.3%
Marketing and Advertising
7.3%
Computer Software
6.0%
Internet
6.0%
Design
5.3%
Other
64.2%
Marketing and Advertising
15.6%
Information Technology and Services
14.9%
Internet
10.9%
Computer Software
10.6%
Higher Education
5.6%
Other
42.4%
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Discussions
What is DreamHost?
1 Comment
SD
Dreamhost is a web hosting company where you can upload your website to.Read more
DreamHost has no more discussions with answers
Is Pantheon considering offering price tiers for nonprofit/education organizations?
3 Comments
NC
As Ian said, it doesn't hurt to ask, but nothing has been announced publicly ( https://pantheon.io/industry-solutions/nonprofit ).
One way to save some...Read more
Any chance of allowing a Backup (on any Environment) to be easily used to spin up a MultiDev instance? It would be SO AWESOME to click a button and resurrect a 3day old backup on a new Environment and log into it and look around. :-)
2 Comments
DG
Doug.
Spin up the Multidev as you normally would, and then you can import your backup database to the environment via the database connection info pantheon...Read more
Can I host multiple URLs on one plan?
1 Comment
Official Response from Pantheon
Each plan hosts one domain and any subdomains. Read more
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