They host 7-8 WordPress sites and are leaving DreamHost because email is now an extra fee; with around 60 mailboxes per domain their annual spend would rise from about $100 to about $500.
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A score out of 100. Negative and mixed reviews take points off, and so does having only a few reviews, so a handful of glowing reviews can’t beat a product many people like.
39% Positive20% Mixed41% Negative
Reliable shared and VPS hosting that many have stayed with for years; managed WordPress can be slow.
What customers love, and what they don’tWhat customers noticed
Customer reviews (129)
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A DreamHost customer since 2007 left DreamPress after repeated memory-maxed timeouts and being asked to pay more with no guarantee it would fix the slowness.
Customer since 2006 battling peak-time 503 errors on shared hosting from noisy neighbors; reports get answered with upsells.
On a DreamHost Basic VPS, they feel DreamHost pushes AI products so hard that it is the reason they are leaving.
They had four paid services and say basic hosting declined until a WordPress site kept hitting limits and going down. The VPS performed even worse and support kept pushing upgrades.
Remembers DreamHost as a flexible one-size-fits-all host where things just worked, but now finds it all upselling and penny pinching.
Common questions about DreamHost
What do customers say about DreamHost?
DreamHost is mostly praised for reliable shared and VPS hosting with helpful support, and many users have stayed for years. Downsides are few: some slowness on managed WordPress plans, a long outage for one customer, and price rises on VPS.
Is DreamHost worth it?
Of the 71 reviews with a clear verdict, 39% are positive, 20% mixed and 41% negative. The praise mentioned most is helpful support. The most common complaint is poor support.
What do people like about DreamHost?
The praise reviewers mention most: helpful support (12 reviews), reliable (12 reviews) and great value (8 reviews). For example: On DreamHost since 2008; went back after SiteGround renewal sticker shock, and support helped once when stuck.
What are the most common complaints about DreamHost?
The complaints reviewers mention most: poor support (16 reviews), slow (14 reviews) and outages (9 reviews). For example: Websites on a DreamHost VPS were down 3 days; support only said to wait, with no ETA or cause, so they are leaving.
What does the signal score of 67 mean?
It's how well reviewed DreamHost is, out of 100. Negative and mixed reviews take points off, and so does having only a few reviews: a service needs plenty of them, compared with the most-reviewed services here, to reach the high 80s and 90s. It's worked out from reviews only, needs at least 5 of them, and updates as new ones come in.
What are the specs of DreamHost?
Category: Shared hosting.
Where do these DreamHost reviews come from?
129 are quotes from Reddit, each linked to the original. Customer reviews are checked for spam before they appear. Every review, written here or quoted, is read as positive, mixed or negative.