Hazzim A.
HA
Hazzim A.
Software configuration engineer
Information Technology and Services
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Dreamhost customer since 2006."
4/5
What do you like best about DreamHost?

I'm Dreamhost customer since 2006, I started with shared hosting and VPS customer later, actually I'm using mostly DreamObjects service and the cost and benefits are great. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about DreamHost?

I have VPS since many years ago and the specifications are unlimited in storage, now if you want a new VPS the storage is limited. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Design
UD
Verified User in Design
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Dreamhost is a solid choice for a hosting company"
3.5/5
What do you like best about DreamHost?

What drew me to Dreamhost was their really economical hosting packages. I believe I paid one penny for a few months of hosting, and then had the choice of paying by the year or month. I really liked the ability to manage many websites at once, without multiple logins. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about DreamHost?

I wish they used cPanel for their hosting management. I'm not crazy about their custom admin area. It's not the worst out there, but it's a lot more work to move client's Dreamhost sites to cPanel or vice versa.

They also had too much downtime during my time with them, though I hear that has improved. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

MC
Michael C.
President
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Great value for VPS"
4/5
What do you like best about DreamHost?

Dreamhost was easy to get up and running, and provides great value for VPS hosting. When comparing storage, processors, RAM and features, Dreamhost stood out among the competition. Free SSL certificate and competitive domain registration prices are also a plus. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about DreamHost?

The user interface could use some streamlining, and sometimes when working with various aspects like managing your user account, you're sent to page that looks like it's straight out of 1998. If you're into web nostalgia, you'd love it! Also, my developers often lament that Dreamhost uses a proprietary control panel rather than CPanel. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

obai s.
OS
obai s.
Administrator
E-Learning
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"A company that is really passionate about hosting websites."
4/5
What do you like best about DreamHost?

They are really passionate about hosting websites. Every week, i would wait for their weekly newsletter just to know what the next new feature is.

I have hosting account on 4 companies and dream host was the first to add Let's encrypt free ssl implemented inside the account panel.

They also provided free Privacy add on on each domain.

above all that, they have great and fast support. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about DreamHost?

Although they brag a lot about their in house custom made control panel. Which is really easy and well organized.

But I am a C-panel fan, and i would like to have the option to use c-panel on my account. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Graphic Design
UG
Verified User in Graphic Design
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Solid web hosting that works for me."
4/5
What do you like best about DreamHost?

I like that I was able to try the web hosting at a promo price to get a feel for everything. I am not a web designer or a programmer and/or developer, so a lot of what I needed was new to me as a Designer for my site. The price is good and they are updating the look and feel of the site, interface, etc (compared to when I first started). When I did have a problem I was able to reach someone in a reasonable time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about DreamHost?

Ok, so for some reason when I was using Mail on my Mac for email and now Polymail, seems like there is always a problem or glitch with the mail server. Even when following the help tips I had to contact tech support to find the problem. After contacting both Dreamhost and Polymail I was able to come up with a fix, but it seems like there are issues every now and then. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Martin R.
MR
Martin R.
Managing Director
Management Consulting
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"The price is right -- and the support is better than average"
3.5/5
What do you like best about DreamHost?

I can manage quite a lot through the dashboard -- including domains and subdomains,, email accounts, FTP site, and much more. The user interface is fairly intuitive. Above all, the price is very reasonable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about DreamHost?

There are some things you just aren't allowed to do. I couldn't for example have multiple DNS servers. And there are occasional outages that are more than annoying if you're trying to conduct business with Dreamhost-hosted domains and email accounts. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Antonio M.
AM
Antonio M.
Front End Developer
Program Development
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Where dreams come true"
4/5
What do you like best about DreamHost?

Dreamhost is an outstanding hosting service that offers a variety of products that fulfill amost every need. From shared hosting to cloud servers it delivers easy to setup enviroments and config tools that will truly make dream come true. We specially like the vps and their pricing, we can't complain about the uptime and quality of service. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about DreamHost?

Nothing to dislike with dreamhost, very satisfied with the service Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Eva S.
ES
Eva S.
Good Witch of the Pacific Northwest
Computer Software
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Have been with Dreamhost for years and not going anywhere soon"
4/5
What do you like best about DreamHost?

They are easy to use, good support and uptime has been consistently good. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about DreamHost?

I have had some issues with slow loading on one particular site. It seems to be related to the actual server it is living on, but we haven't been able to resolve it yet. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Alberto B.
AB
Alberto B.
Software Architect
Telecommunications
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"It used to be the best option, solid, now needs to improve"
3.5/5
What do you like best about DreamHost?

I used it a few years ago, and even though it was a bit more expensive than their competitors they had so many good features for its value.

I would describe it as the best hosting provider if using Wordpress or PHP.

They have lots of one-click installation programs, and you don't really need much knowledge to install any popular script.

I love unlimited aditional domains, subdomains, SQL databases, bandwidth and disk-space. What else can you ask for?

Finally, and as far as I know they provide 100% up-time guaranteed in their hosting, which is rare, but it is amazing for this price. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about DreamHost?

When talking about Virtual Private Servers, I would definitely go for other service provider. I think they should be a bit cheaper.

Let us be honest, right now if I had to hire a webpage server, I would go for a NodeJs, Django or Ruby On Rails solution.

I guess their interface could be better, it is true, you can customize lots of things, but I feel a bit lost when playing around. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Kenton H.
KH
Kenton H.
Director of AR/VR Development, Rehabilitation Robotics Laboratory
Higher Education
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Solid Classic Server, A Bit Outdated in the Cloud"
3.5/5
What do you like best about DreamHost?

Dreamhost is a pretty solid "classic" web host (by that I mean: Apache2, PHP, MySQL, FTP server). They give essentially unlimited space and bandwidth, and I've never noticed downtime (though I admittedly don't monitor it regularly). Now that most of my hosting needs are for dynamic apps not built with PHP, I largely use Dreamhost for registering and maintaining domain names and hosting custom-domain email addresses. This is easy and inexpensive with Dreamhost. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about DreamHost?

It's not the cheapest; I'm in the process of transitioning to different services (such as Github pages) for static files, and services like DigitalOcean for dynamic hosting. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.