# Hostinger vs DreamHost

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Every value below is read from Hostinger's and DreamHost's own documentation. See https://inetgeek.com/methodology/ for how.

## At a glance

| Criterion | Hostinger | DreamHost |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Entry paid plan | $10.99/month on renewal (Premium plan) | $10.99/month on renewal for Web Hosting Launch, the cheapest shared plan. The advertised $2.89 is a first-year rate on an annual prepay. |
| Pricing model | Prepaid multi-year terms at a heavily discounted first term, renewing at roughly 3.7x that rate. The Premium plan is $2.99/month if you buy 48 months up front ($143.52, against a $575.52 list price) and $10.99/month on renewal. | Annual prepay at a discounted first-year rate, renewing at roughly 3.8x. A one-year term is the shortest advertised. |
| Storage (entry plan) | 20 GB SSD storage on the Premium plan (cheapest paid shared web hosting plan) | 25 GB NVMe SSD on Web Hosting Launch, the cheapest shared plan |
| Sites or apps included | 3 websites on the Premium plan (cheapest paid shared web hosting plan) | 25 websites on Web Hosting Launch, the cheapest shared plan; 50 on Growth |
| Included bandwidth | Bandwidth listed as Unlimited for the Premium web hosting plan; no monthly visits figure is published | Listed as Unmetered on every shared plan. DreamHost states $0 overage charges on its VPS plans; no equivalent statement is published for shared. |
| Regions | Europe: France, Germany, Lithuania, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom; Asia: India, Indonesia, Malaysia; North America: USA (Phoenix, Boston, Asheville); South America: Brazil | 4 data centers: Ashburn (Virginia), Hillsboro (Oregon), Amsterdam and Singapore |
| Backup retention | Weekly backups on the Premium plan; daily on Unlimited. Hostinger does not state how many are kept. | Daily automated backups on every shared plan. DreamHost does not state how many are kept. |

## Where they differ

### Entry paid plan

- Hostinger: $10.99/month on renewal (Premium plan) ([source](https://www.hostinger.com/web-hosting))
- DreamHost: $10.99/month on renewal for Web Hosting Launch, the cheapest shared plan. The advertised $2.89 is a first-year rate on an annual prepay. ([source](https://www.dreamhost.com/hosting/web-hosting/))

### Pricing model

- Hostinger: Prepaid multi-year terms at a heavily discounted first term, renewing at roughly 3.7x that rate. The Premium plan is $2.99/month if you buy 48 months up front ($143.52, against a $575.52 list price) and $10.99/month on renewal. ([source](https://www.hostinger.com/web-hosting))
- DreamHost: Annual prepay at a discounted first-year rate, renewing at roughly 3.8x. A one-year term is the shortest advertised. ([source](https://www.dreamhost.com/hosting/web-hosting/))

### Storage (entry plan)

- Hostinger: 20 GB SSD storage on the Premium plan (cheapest paid shared web hosting plan) ([source](https://www.hostinger.com/web-hosting))
- DreamHost: 25 GB NVMe SSD on Web Hosting Launch, the cheapest shared plan ([source](https://www.dreamhost.com/hosting/web-hosting/))

### Sites or apps included

- Hostinger: 3 websites on the Premium plan (cheapest paid shared web hosting plan) ([source](https://www.hostinger.com/web-hosting))
- DreamHost: 25 websites on Web Hosting Launch, the cheapest shared plan; 50 on Growth ([source](https://www.dreamhost.com/hosting/web-hosting/))

### Included bandwidth

- Hostinger: Bandwidth listed as Unlimited for the Premium web hosting plan; no monthly visits figure is published ([source](https://www.hostinger.com/support/6976044-parameters-and-limits-of-hosting-plans-in-hostinger/))
- DreamHost: Listed as Unmetered on every shared plan. DreamHost states $0 overage charges on its VPS plans; no equivalent statement is published for shared. ([source](https://www.dreamhost.com/hosting/web-hosting/))

### Regions

- Hostinger: Europe: France, Germany, Lithuania, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom; Asia: India, Indonesia, Malaysia; North America: USA (Phoenix, Boston, Asheville); South America: Brazil ([source](https://www.hostinger.com/support/1583267-where-are-hostinger-servers-located/))
- DreamHost: 4 data centers: Ashburn (Virginia), Hillsboro (Oregon), Amsterdam and Singapore ([source](https://www.dreamhost.com/llms.txt))

### Backup retention

- Hostinger: Weekly backups on the Premium plan; daily on Unlimited. Hostinger does not state how many are kept. ([source](https://www.hostinger.com/web-hosting))
- DreamHost: Daily automated backups on every shared plan. DreamHost does not state how many are kept. ([source](https://www.dreamhost.com/hosting/web-hosting/))

## Which should you choose?

Pick Hostinger if Small sites where the recurring cost matters most and a control panel is preferred to a command line. Cron jobs are available through hPanel.

Pick DreamHost if Running many small sites on one cheap plan — 25 websites and 40,000 visits at the entry tier, where most shared hosts give you one or three. Employee-owned, with no private-equity parent behind the renewal pricing.

Consider something else: Hostinger — The advertised price is introductory. Compare the renewal rate, and note the plan is prepaid across a multi-year term.

Consider something else: DreamHost — The advertised price is a first-year rate that renews at roughly 3.8x. Only four data centres exist, all US, Amsterdam or Singapore, so there is no option closer to other regions.

## Documented by only one

- When you exceed a cap: Hostinger: Throttled or errored rather than billed: exceeding CPU slows the site, exceeding RAM or process limits returns 503 errors, and exceeding the inode limit blocks new file creation
- Memory (entry plan): Hostinger: 2 GB memory (RAM) and a PHP memory limit of 1536 MB on the Premium web hosting plan
- Monthly visits cap: DreamHost: 40,000 monthly visits on Web Hosting Launch; 200,000 on Growth
- File or inode limit: Hostinger: 400 000 inodes on the Premium web hosting plan
- Max request duration: Hostinger: 360 seconds PHP max execution time on every shared plan, with a matching 360-second input time. MySQL statements are separately capped at 300 seconds and queries at 60 on Premium.
- Git deployment: Hostinger: Limited
- Scheduled jobs: Hostinger: Supported
- Managed databases: Hostinger: Supported
- Edge network: Hostinger: Supported
- Connection limit: Hostinger: 50 MySQL connections per user on the Premium plan, against a 500-connection global ceiling per server. 25 per user on Single, 75 on Unlimited.

## Questions this comparison answers

**Entry paid plan: Hostinger or DreamHost?**

Hostinger: $10.99/month on renewal (Premium plan)
DreamHost: $10.99/month on renewal for Web Hosting Launch, the cheapest shared plan. The advertised $2.89 is a first-year rate on an annual prepay.

**Included bandwidth: Hostinger or DreamHost?**

Hostinger: Bandwidth listed as Unlimited for the Premium web hosting plan; no monthly visits figure is published
DreamHost: Listed as Unmetered on every shared plan. DreamHost states $0 overage charges on its VPS plans; no equivalent statement is published for shared.

**Storage (entry plan): Hostinger or DreamHost?**

Hostinger: 20 GB SSD storage on the Premium plan (cheapest paid shared web hosting plan)
DreamHost: 25 GB NVMe SSD on Web Hosting Launch, the cheapest shared plan

**Should I choose Hostinger or DreamHost?**

Pick Hostinger if Small sites where the recurring cost matters most and a control panel is preferred to a command line. Cron jobs are available through hPanel.
Pick DreamHost if Running many small sites on one cheap plan — 25 websites and 40,000 visits at the entry tier, where most shared hosts give you one or three. Employee-owned, with no private-equity parent behind the renewal pricing.