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SiteGround vs DreamHost

A comparison of SiteGround and DreamHost built from values read directly from each provider's own documentation, with the source recorded against every figure.

Updated 14 criteria compared

The short answer

Pick SiteGround if
Shared hosting with Git available over SSH and a visual interface on top, across eleven data centre locations. Cron jobs are configured in Site Tools.
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.

5 sourced criteria separate them:

Entry paid plan
SiteGround: $17.99/month on renewal ($3.99/mo intro, prepaid 12 months)
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.
Pricing model
SiteGround: Prepaid fixed-term subscription; advertised rate is introductory and renews higher
DreamHost: Annual prepay at a discounted first-year rate, renewing at roughly 3.8x. A one-year term is the shortest advertised.
Storage (entry plan)
SiteGround: 10 GB Premium Google storage on the StartUp plan (cheapest paid shared hosting plan)
DreamHost: 25 GB NVMe SSD on Web Hosting Launch, the cheapest shared plan
Sites or apps included
SiteGround: 1 website on the StartUp plan (cheapest paid shared hosting plan)
DreamHost: 25 websites on Web Hosting Launch, the cheapest shared plan; 50 on Growth
Regions
SiteGround: 11 locations: Ashburn (Virginia, US), Council Bluffs (Iowa, US), Dallas (Texas, US), Los Angeles (California, US), London (UK), Madrid (Spain), Eemshaven (Netherlands), Frankfurt (Germany), Paris (France), Sydney (Australia), Singapore (Singapore)
DreamHost: 4 data centers: Ashburn (Virginia), Hillsboro (Oregon), Amsterdam and Singapore
Visit SiteGround documentationVisit DreamHost documentation

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01.

At a glance.

CriterionSiteGroundDreamHost
Pricing
Entry paid plan$17.99/month on renewal ($3.99/mo intro, prepaid 12 months)$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 modelPrepaid fixed-term subscription; advertised rate is introductory and renews higherAnnual prepay at a discounted first-year rate, renewing at roughly 3.8x. A one-year term is the shortest advertised.
Limits
Storage (entry plan)
10 GB Premium Google storage on the StartUp plan (cheapest paid shared hosting plan)
25 GB NVMe SSD on Web Hosting Launch, the cheapest shared plan
Sites or apps included
1 website on the StartUp plan (cheapest paid shared hosting plan)
25 websites on Web Hosting Launch, the cheapest shared plan; 50 on Growth
Infrastructure
Regions
11 locations: Ashburn (Virginia, US), Council Bluffs (Iowa, US), Dallas (Texas, US), Los Angeles (California, US), London (UK), Madrid (Spain), Eemshaven (Netherlands), Frankfurt (Germany), Paris (France), Sydney (Australia), Singapore (Singapore)
4 data centers: Ashburn (Virginia), Hillsboro (Oregon), Amsterdam and Singapore

Only criteria both providers publish appear here; a tinted cell marks a real difference. Criteria only one of them documents are listed below, and an absence there means we found no source — not that the feature is missing. How we source this.

The small bar above a value is inetGeek's own lean toward that side — computed from the same facts shown, never a number the provider published. See the picker below "The short answer" to weigh only the criteria you care about.

02.

Where they differ.

Entry paid plan

SiteGround
$17.99/month on renewal ($3.99/mo intro, prepaid 12 months)
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.
Sources (2) →

Pricing model

SiteGround
Prepaid fixed-term subscription; advertised rate is introductory and renews higher
DreamHost
Annual prepay at a discounted first-year rate, renewing at roughly 3.8x. A one-year term is the shortest advertised.
Sources (2) →

Storage (entry plan)

SiteGround

10 GB Premium Google storage on the StartUp plan (cheapest paid shared hosting plan)

DreamHost

25 GB NVMe SSD on Web Hosting Launch, the cheapest shared plan

Sources (2) →

Sites or apps included

SiteGround

1 website on the StartUp plan (cheapest paid shared hosting plan)

DreamHost

25 websites on Web Hosting Launch, the cheapest shared plan; 50 on Growth

Sources (2) →

Regions

SiteGround

11 locations: Ashburn (Virginia, US), Council Bluffs (Iowa, US), Dallas (Texas, US), Los Angeles (California, US), London (UK), Madrid (Spain), Eemshaven (Netherlands), Frankfurt (Germany), Paris (France), Sydney (Australia), Singapore (Singapore)

DreamHost

4 data centers: Ashburn (Virginia), Hillsboro (Oregon), Amsterdam and Singapore

Sources (2) →
  • Where are SiteGround's servers? ↗

    “Currently, SiteGround uses the following data center locations: Ashburn (Virginia, US); Council Bluffs (Iowa, US); Dallas (Texas, US); Los Angeles (California, US); London (UK); Madrid (Spain); Eemshaven (Netherlands); Frankfurt (Germany); Paris (France); Sydney (Australia); Singapore (Singapore)”

    Read 2026-09-05 · official docs

  • DreamHost — llms.txt ↗

    “**Data Centers**: Ashburn, Virginia; Hillsboro, Oregon; Amsterdam, Netherlands; Singapore”

    Read 2026-09-06 · official site

03.

Which should you choose?

Choose SiteGround if…

Shared hosting with Git available over SSH and a visual interface on top, across eleven data centre locations. Cron jobs are configured in Site Tools.

Editorial · Palash Bagchi · approved

Choose 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.

Editorial · Palash Bagchi · approved

Consider something else if…

  • SiteGround: Dynamic page caching on the CDN requires the paid Premium tier, and the advertised price is introductory on a prepaid annual term.
  • 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.
04.

Documented by only one.

These criteria are published by one provider and not the other. An absence here means we have not found a source, not that the feature is missing.

When you exceed a capSiteGround: Access to the website may be limited after early warnings, rather than billed as an overage
Memory (entry plan)SiteGround: Up to 768MB RAM per process on SiteGround shared web hosting, which includes the StartUp plan
Monthly visits capDreamHost: 40,000 monthly visits on Web Hosting Launch; 200,000 on Growth
Included bandwidthDreamHost: Listed as Unmetered on every shared plan. DreamHost states $0 overage charges on its VPS plans; no equivalent statement is published for shared.
File or inode limitSiteGround: 200000 inodes per account on the StartUp plan
Git deploymentSiteGround: Limited
Scheduled jobsSiteGround: Supported
Edge networkSiteGround: Limited
Backup retentionDreamHost: Daily automated backups on every shared plan. DreamHost does not state how many are kept.
05.

Questions this comparison answers.

Entry paid plan: SiteGround or DreamHost?

SiteGround: $17.99/month on renewal ($3.99/mo intro, prepaid 12 months)

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.

Storage (entry plan): SiteGround or DreamHost?

SiteGround: 10 GB Premium Google storage on the StartUp plan (cheapest paid shared hosting plan)

DreamHost: 25 GB NVMe SSD on Web Hosting Launch, the cheapest shared plan

Should I choose SiteGround or DreamHost?

Pick SiteGround if Shared hosting with Git available over SSH and a visual interface on top, across eleven data centre locations. Cron jobs are configured in Site Tools.

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.

Provider pages

SiteGroundShared web hosting managed through the Site Tools control panel, sold on prepaid annual terms, with eleven data center locations across North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific.DreamHostEmployee-owned shared web hosting sold on annual prepay, with per-plan visit caps, unmetered bandwidth and daily automated backups.

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