SiteGround and DreamHost both offer many different types of web hosting plans. This particular comparison will look at each of their Shared Hosting plans. To see how their managed WordPress hosting plans compare, see our previous article here. I have personal experience as a customer of both SiteGround and DreamHost, so I know first-hand exactly what you get with both of these web hosts.
SiteGround lets you select from three different levels of shared hosting, whereas DreamHost has one shared hosting plan. The features from both web hosts are impressive and certainly suitable for most websites. We do like that SiteGround gives you the option to choose a cheaper plan or one that costs more but is loaded with premium features.
| SiteGround | DreamHost | |
|---|---|---|
| Preinstallation | ||
| Auto Updates | ||
| Auto Data Backups | ||
| On Demand Backup and Restore | ||
| Website Staging | ||
| Optimized Caching | ||
| WordPress Security | ||
| Managed WordPress Available? |
Website speed is much closer between SiteGround and DreamHost than it used to be. While SiteGround was a lot faster in the past, DreamHost has improved their speed and performance—even topping SiteGround in some areas of our testing. In my personal experience using these two hosts, my website speed results were also very close with DreamHost getting just a slight edge.
Below are some sample speed test results via GTmetrix:
Advantages of SiteGround over DreamHost:
Advantages of DreamHost over SiteGround:
SiteGround comes out ahead in a number of key categories. I’ve had better website and email speed/performance there as opposed to DreamHost. Customer support response time has also been faster at SiteGround. And, we like that SiteGround provides cPanel as your control panel interface. DreamHost by contrast has their own text based control panel, which isn’t as intuitive to use.
DreamHost does have some advantages of its own, including unlimited storage and a 97 day money back guarantee. However, when comparing shared hosting from SiteGround and DreamHost, the advantage goes to the former.
Started Business: 2004
BBB Rating: A+
Data Center Location: Chicago IL, Amsterdam NL, Singapore SG, London UK
Price: $2.99 mo. – $7.99 mo.
Unlimited Bandwidth: Yes
Unlimited Storage: No (10GB – 30 GB)
Unlimited Email: Yes
Host Multiple Domains: Yes (except StartUp plan)
Hosting Interface: SiteGround Client Portal
Server Uptime: 99.9%
Full Refund Period: 30 Days
Dedicated Hosting Available: Yes
Free Extras:
CloudFlare CDN
Free backup and restore (except with StartUp plan)
Free Let’s Encrypt SSL
Advantages of Choosing SiteGround:
Started Business: 1997
BBB Rating: A+
Data Center Location: Irvine, CA; Ashburn, VA; and Hillsboro, OR
Price: $2.59 mo. – $3.95 mo.
Unlimited Bandwidth: Yes
Unlimited Storage: Yes
Unlimited Email: Yes
Host Multiple Domains: Yes
Hosting Interface: DreamHost Control Panel
Server Uptime: 100%
Full Refund Period: 97 Days
Dedicated Hosting Available: Yes
Free Extras:
CloudFlare CDN
Free Let’s Encrypt SSL
Free Domain with WhoIs Privacy
Advantages of Choosing DreamHost:
How do the three WordPress.org recommended web hosts compare to eachother? Here’s a video I posted on Bluehost vs DreamHost vs SiteGround.
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