Hostinger vs DreamHost
Hostinger and DreamHost compared on measured uptime, response time, pricing and features from our own tests. Hostinger scores higher overall.
By Jennifer T. · Updated
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Verdict
HostingerWins overall
Very cheap on a 48-month term, with an easy custom panel; the entry plan cuts backups and email
Independent since 1997: three shared plans with renewals printed on the card, daily backups and a 100% uptime credit
Hostinger wins 4 of the six sub-scores and comes out ahead overall (8.0 vs 7.6).
How do the scores compare?
Hostinger leads on 4 sub-scores, DreamHost on 0. Higher is better.
Which one is faster and more reliable?
Which one costs less?
On renewal, Hostinger is cheaper ($10.99/mo vs $10.99/mo). Intro prices need the listed term.
What does each include?
| Hostinger | DreamHost | |
|---|---|---|
| Free domain | First year only, on 12-month and longer terms | First year, on annual and multi-year terms only |
| Free SSL | Yes | Unlimited certificates on every plan |
| Backups | Weekly on Premium; daily on Unlimited and Cloud Startup | Daily automated backups on every plan, restored from the panel |
| Email hosting | 2 mailboxes per website on Premium, unlimited on the other plans; free for the first year | Not stated |
| CDN | Included on Unlimited and Cloud Startup; listed as available on Premium | Not stated |
| Control panel | hPanel, Hostinger's own panel, with an AI assistant | Not stated |
| AI tools | AI website builder credits: 5 on Premium, 15 on the other plans, one-time | Not stated |
| Ecommerce | Available on every plan | Not stated |
| Fair usage limits | 3 GB per database, 300 databases, 300 FTP accounts, 400 cron jobs | Not stated |
| Uptime guarantee | 99.9% per month; 5% credit of that month's fee, claimed within 30 days | 100% in the terms, with a credit of one day of hosting per hour of qualifying downtime, up to 10% of the next renewal, counted from the support ticket |
| Choice of data center | 12 regions across North America, Europe, Asia and South America | Not stated |
| Phone support | No | No |
| Windows hosting | No | No |
| Free migration | Not stated | The product page links a migration path for existing sites; terms not read |
| Free CDN | Not stated | No |
| Caching | Not stated | No |
| Staging | Not stated | No |
| Not stated | 20, 40 or 60 mailboxes free for the first three months, then billed separately | |
| Resource limits | Not stated | No |
| Data center choice | Not stated | Oregon, Virginia, Amsterdam and Singapore per the product page and help center; the panel shows where each service lives |
| Performance scans | Not stated | Automated and on-demand performance scans on every plan |