Hosting.com and DreamHost are two established and proven web hosting companies offering many types of services including Shared and VPS hosting. While each host has made WordPress a priority with their shared hosting plans, they now both have their own managed WordPress hosting packages. In this comparison, we take a look at how Hosting.com’s Managed WordPress fares against DreamHost’s DreamPress Optimized WordPress hosting.
Hosting.com vs DreamPress Details
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DreamPress |
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| Setup |  |
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| Control Panel | |
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| Data Centers | |
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| Website Speed | |
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| Security Features | |
Hosting.com provides Free SSL and Perpetual Proactive Security. | |
| Data Backup and Restore | |
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Tie |
| Automatic Updates | |
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| Servers | |
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| Network | |
DreamPress provides Cloud Platform | |
| WordPress Development | |
With Hosting.com you get WordPress Toolkit for managing Multiple Websites. | |
| SSL | |
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Tie. Both provide free Let’s Encrypt SSL certificates. |
| Hosting Features | |
With A2 Hosting you get Unlimited Email and Plesk Functionality. | |
| Resources | |
DreamPress utilizes Resource Scaling. | |
| Staging | |
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| Customer Support | |
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| Money Back Guarantee | |
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Tie |
| Price/Value | |
Website Staging
DreamHost has really improved the website staging functionality included with DreamPress. It’s very easy to use and you are notified via email when your website staging events are completed. Hosting.com also includes excellent website staging. So, this category is extremely close with Hosting.com getting just a slight edge.
Data Backup and Restore
Data backup and restore is another area where DreamHost has made significant improvements to DreamPress. You now get both automatic data backups as well as the ability to perform on-demand backups. And, you can easily access the backup functionality from your DreamPress dashboard. However, Hosting.com also includes automatic and on-demand data backups. In fact, we’ll have to call it a tie here.
Customer Support
Hosting.com typically provides much faster customer support response times than DreamHost. And when it comes to Hosting.com’s managed WordPress hosting and DreamPress, the results are basically the same. Previously, we had given DreamHost a slight edge here, however along with new improvements to Hosting.com’s managed WordPress hosting line, we’ve found the support to actually be a bit more responsive, and so Hosting.com is the winner in this category.
Hosting.com
Plans:
- Run ($13.99 mo.)
1 Website/50GB Storage - Jump ($21.99 mo.)
5 Websites/250GB Storage - Fly ($32.99 mo.)
Unlimited Websites/Unlimited Storage
Data Center: Michigan, USA
Free Domain?: No
Money Back Guarantee: 30 Days
Advantages of Hosting.com
- Faster Turbo Servers provided on every plan.
- Includes Email Accounts
- WordPress LiteSpeed Cache
- WordPress Toolkit for managing Multiple Websites
- No Restrictions on Plugins
Click Here for More Details on Hosting.com Managed WordPress
DreamPress
Plans:
- Basic ($16.95 mo.)
1 Website/30GB Storage - Plus ($24.95 mo.)
1 Website/60GB Storage - Pro ($71.95 mo.)
1 Website/120GB Storage
Data Centers: N/A (Los Angeles, CA and Ashburn, VA)
Free Domain?: No
Money Back Guarantee: 30 Days
Advantages of DreamPress
- Cloud Platform
- Resource Scaling for Traffic Spikes
- Daily Malware Scanning and Repair (Not Included with Basic Plan)
- Premium WordPress Themes (Not Included with Basic Plan)
- Concierge Phone Support (Not Included with Basic Plan)
Click Here for More Details on DreamPress
Recommendation
Because of the improvements to DreamPress, this comparison is much closer than it previously was. With DreamPress, the cost is also somewhat higher than we would hope given the 1 to 3 website limits. And, with recent improvements to A2 Hosting’s managed WordPress, we find that overall (as is the case with Shared Hosting) we would recommend Hosting.com Managed WordPress over DreamPress.
