BloggersPassion Evaluation: DreamHost Pros and Cons

BloggersPassion Evaluation: DreamHost Pros and Cons Is DreamHost Worth It? DreamHost is a good fit for beginners and growing sites whose main goals are affordability and good performance, especially in the USA, UK, and CA regions. They offer plenty of freebies, with an AI website builder responsible for quick store and blog setup. The customer support team is fast and highly knowledgeable. The scalability is great; you can host a site with up to 1920 GB of Storage. One can choose hosting from different servers, including Shared to Dedicated. DreamHost’s first plan, “Shared Starter,” is not good at all. You should choose either the Shared Unlimited or optimized DreamPress plans to handle a high-traffic site. One should be aware that migration from other hosts done by experts costs $99 per site, and there are some hidden costs involved related to email accounts, security add-ons, and phone support. Pros Cons Offers a 100% uptime guarantee Only offers 3 dedicated data centers across the globe Good speed in the USA, UK, & Canada regions Free CDN & Built-in Caching features are not available in the starting plans. Users have to depend on caching plugins for site performance enhancement AI Website builder is available for free of cost for quick store and blog setup Shared starter plan doesn’t offer better money value Free migration is possible through a WordPress plugin NVMe based storage is only available in VPS plans Shows good performance results without turning on the CDN “Migration done by experts” includes extra charges – $99/per site Phone support is available Basic security perks like Malware scanning is available through paid-addon Lot’s of customer support options are there: Live chat, Ticket, AI assistant, etc. Doesn’t support other CMS except WordPress Customer support agents respond fast and solve queries in a practical approach Emails are not free in some plans 97 days refund policy is a unique benefit of DreamHost DreamHost Hosting: The Introduction DreamHost is a Los Angeles based web hosting company founded in 1996. They have been dealing in web hosting & domain registration services for almost 3 decades. It is often preferred by beginners or small sites, but they have plans for all kinds of websites. Their AI website builder promotes quick site setup & creation. Here you’ll find Shared Hosting, WordPress Hosting, VPS Servers, Dedicated, and Cloud servers. Their primary data centers are situated in the USA, and hence, it is widely picked by USA users, but now they are expanding their reach globally by offering a free CDN service. Their entry level plans lie in an affordable range which includes a lot of freebies, including free domain, free backups, free SSL, and more. Compared to others, DreamHost offers a phone support benefit, a 100% uptime guarantee, and the longest refund policy of 97 days. Performance Tests – Is DreamHost Fast? During multiple tests of DreamHost, I encountered both bad and good results… Yes, there’s good news but also bad news. My DreamHost Test site configuration: Plan: Shared Unlimited Page Size: 2.69 MB (Medium sized) CDN: Not Enabled (Default) To make this test 100% unbiased, we tested the efficiency of DreamHost servers multiple times and performed a total of 6 types of tests. 1. DreamHost Speed Test: Scenario A: CDN – Disabled, Caching – Disabled Location Speed Score Page Loading Time Asia 60% 4.2s UK 75% 3.0s USA 95% 2.0s Australia 73% 3.5s Canada 100% 1.8s Brazil 55% 5.0s Average 76% 3.25s It can be clearly seen that DreamHost’s servers performed below average without CDN and caching. As of 2025, for good search engine rankings and a good user experience, your page should load within at least 3.0 seconds. Scenario B: CDN – Disabled, Caching – Enabled Since a built-in caching feature is absent, I enabled basic optimizations like caching and CSS, JS, Images, etc., on my DreamHost site using speed performance plugins like Auto-optimize & W3TC. When I ran the tests again using GTMetrix, the results were as follows: Location Speed Score Page Loading Time Asia 66% 3.9s UK 77% 2.7s USA 97% 1.5s Australia 75% 3.0s Canada 100% 1.1s Brazil 61% 4.6s Average 79% 2.8s The average loading time decreased from 3.25 seconds to 2.8 seconds, which shows an improvement in DreamHost’s page loading time.