DreamHost reviews
ServerDiff Score
Mixed
DreamHost scores 5.8 out of 10 (mixed): 4.5★ average from 8,726 reviews on 4 sites · Runs its own network (AS26347) · Plans in 1 city · 1 country.
Rated higher than DreamHost
The cheapest VPS plan of each. Picked by score, then by price.
Worth knowing
- Review sites disagree: Trustpilot 4.6★, WHTop 2.2★
How the score is built
Fixed weights: half for what people say, half for what the provider runs on. A review part without enough data is left out and the other review parts share its weight.What people say
- Customer reviews 8.7 4.5★ average from 8,726 reviews
- Last 12 months — Not enough data yet
- Answers to complaints — Not read yet
- Forum posts 5.0 3 of 8 positive
- Expert reviews — Not enough data yet
What it runs on
- Own infrastructure 8.0 Runs its own network (AS26347) ↗
- Locations 0.0 Plans in 1 city · 1 country
Customer reviews by site
- Trustpilot 4.6★ 8,300 7 Nov 2026
- HostAdvice 4.3★ 292 7 Nov 2026
- SmartCustomer 3.7★ 83 10 Nov 2026
- WHTop 2.2★ 51 10 Nov 2026
In forums
Posts by people describing their own experience on Hacker News, summarised in our words. 8 first-hand posts among 39 that name it- Mixed
Happy with bundled flat-rate email, but notes no API, no catch-all, and recovery codes needing an outside address.
Hacker News · 5 Nov 2026 - Negative
Found the breach notice unclear about which passwords were affected and what customers should reset.
Hacker News · 26 Oct 2026 - Negative
Criticised slow breach notification to its own email customers and confusing password-expiry messaging.
Hacker News · 26 Oct 2026 - Positive
Customer for decades with over fifteen domains and no complaints; steady, though not the cheapest.
Hacker News · 19 Oct 2026 - Mixed
Currently a customer but somewhat unhappy with clutter added to the service; open to alternatives.
Hacker News · 26 Apr 2026 - Negative
Was caught out by the host still running MySQL 8.0, whose JSON support is nearly useless.
Hacker News · 2 Apr 2026 - Positive
Used its free AI tools to get a client website running in a few hours.
Hacker News · 4 Dec 2025 - Positive
Keeps a cheap shared plan that has run for years without maintenance chores, with support available to fix problems.
Hacker News · 9 Oct 2025
