If you are looking for an affordable host, DreamHost and Hostinger are two of the best options available in the market. Both of these hosting providers offer good performance for the price. In this comparison, we’ll be taking a look at some important factors, such as speed, support, uptime, features and so on, to see which one offers more value for the money. To start off, here’s a comparison of their shared hosting plans.
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| DreamHost | Hostinger | |
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| Price | Check Price at DreamHost.com | Check Price at Hostinger.com |
| Hosted Sites | Starter: 1 Unlimited: Unlimited | Single: 1 Premium: 100 Business: 100 |
| Storage | Starter: 50GB Unlimited: Unlimited | Single: 10GB Premium: 20GB Business: 100GB |
| Bandwidth | Unmetered | Single: 100GB Premium: Unlimited Business: Unlimited |
| Email Accounts | Starter: Available for purchase Unlimited: Unlimited | Single: 1 Premium: Up to 100 Business: Up to 100 |
| Free Domain | 1 Year | Single: No Premium: 1 year Business: 1 year |
| Free SSL Certificate | Yes | Yes |
| Databases | Starter: 6 Unlimited: Unlimited | Single: 2 Premium: Unlimited Business: Unlimited |
| Site Builder | Yes | Yes |
| Automated Daily Backups | Yes | Single: Weekly Premium: Weekly Business: Daily |
| Uptime Guarantee | 100% | 99.9% |
| Customer Support | 24/7 chat Tickets Paid phone callback Knowledge Base | 24/7 chat Tickets Knowledgebase |
| Money Back | 97 days | 30 days |
Hosting Plans
Hostinger’s hosting plans are very affordable.
DreamHost offers several hosting plans for users with different requirements. They offer shared hosting, managed WordPress, cloud hosting, VPS and dedicated servers. Hostinger offers the same types of hosting services, save for dedicated servers.
When it comes to pricing, Hostinger offers some of the cheapest prices in the market. The cheapest Hostinger plan costs $0.99/month if you sign up for a 4-year term. You can choose to pay monthly, yearly or every two or four years. To get the best discount, you will have to pick the longest term.
DreamHost also offers affordable plans, but not as cheap as Hostinger. The cheapest DreamHost plan starts at $2.49/month for a 3-year term. There are three payment periods available: monthly, yearly and every three years. Same with Hostinger, you’ll get the best discount with the longer terms.
Features
DreamHost provides users with more features.
When it comes to features, DreamHost offers more. Some of the standout features that you get with DreamHost are their 97 days money back guarantee, automated daily backups and a 100% uptime guarantee. In contrast, Hostinger offers a 30-day money back, a 99.9% uptime guarantee and weekly backups (daily for the shared Business plan).
DreamHost’s 97 days money back is an industry-best, and it is still unmatched by other hosting providers. The uptime guarantee for both hosts ensure that you are compensated if ever your site is down for a prolonged period of time. For DreamHost, you’ll get a month’s worth of hosting for every hour that your site is down, while Hostinger will give you a 5% credit of your monthly hosting fee if they fail to uphold the 99.9% uptime guarantee for a month.
Aside from those features, they offer similar other features such as automated WordPress migration via plugin, drag and drop site builders, free domain, free SSL and so on. Since both of these hosts offer affordable hosting plans, especially their shared hosting service, it’s expected that they offer only the basics.
User Friendliness
DreamHost and Hostinger both use custom control panels instead of the standard cPanel.
Both DreamHost and Hostinger provide users with customized control panels instead of industry standards such as cPanel and Plesk. These control panels are easy to use, have a minimalistic layout and you won’t have trouble navigating them.
DreamHost’s shared plans come with WordPress pre-installed, while Hostinger offers 1-click WordPress installations. Both of these are welcome features, especially for beginner users.
As for website builders, both DreamHost and Hostinger give users access to their proprietary site builders. These website builders feature a drag and drop interface and they come with several themes that you can choose from. You don’t need to have any experience with web design in order to use them.
Overall, both DreamHost and Hostinger are very user friendly. Even though they don’t use cPanel, they still provide users with easy to navigate and easy to use control panels.
Performance and Support
Hostinger has the slight edge when it comes to performance.
Performance-wise, these two hosts are close, with a slight edge to Hostinger. Both hosts posted an average uptime of 99.95%. While 99.95% is far from the guaranteed uptime of 100% promised by DreamHost, it is still very good. As for Hostinger, their uptime guarantee of 99.9% is spot on.
When it came to load times, Hostinger had the better scores. Sites hosted on Hostinger had an average speed of 500-600ms, while those hosted on DreamHost had an average of 650-700ms. With Hostinger, your sites will load faster, and this can have a positive effect on your SERP rankings, as well as sales, leads and/or conversions.
Another area of importance when choosing a host is their support department. Both DreamHost and Hostinger offer 24/7 chat support, email tickets and both have comprehensive knowledge bases. What we found when talking to both hosts’ support department is that both have knowledgeable and helpful agents. However, DreamHost had better response times, so we’ll have to give the edge to DreamHost in this area.
Verdict
DreamHost offers more features and better customer support, while Hostinger gives you better performance and more affordable hosting packages.
If you want better performance and more affordable hosting plans, you should pick Hostinger. Their shared hosting plans are very budget friendly while still providing excellent performance. Both hosts had good uptime, but Hostinger had the faster load times.
DreamHost is a good choice for beginners. Their 97-day money back guarantee basically eliminates any risk if you are on a tight budget. Their plans are affordable as well. Furthermore, their support staff is very responsive, and this can be a big help for inexperienced users. Performance-wise, they are on par with Hostinger, just slightly slower.
FAQs
Yes, Hostinger is a good host for bloggers. Not only are their plans cheap, they also offer very good performance.
If your main consideration when choosing a host is the price, Hostinger is the better hosting provider because of their very affordable hosting.
Instead of using cPanel, Hostinger opted to design their own control panel called hPanel.
Yes, although they are not the fastest web host, they are still among the best hosts when it comes to price to performance.
