Cloudways versus DreamHost

Price

• Cloudways From $14/mo
  • Micro: $14.00 monthly
  • Small: $28.00 monthly
  • Medium: $54.00 monthly
  • Large: $99.00 monthly
• DreamHost From €11.99/mo
  • DreamPress 1: €19.99 monthly
  • DreamPress 1: €179.88 annual (€14.99/mo equivalent)
  • DreamPress 1: €11.99 monthly
  • DreamPress 3: €251.88 annual (€20.99/mo equivalent)
  • DreamPress 5: €359.88 annual (€29.99/mo equivalent)

These prices use different currencies. Read each with its own unit and conditions; they do not add up to one total or a cheaper product.

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Websites

Cloudways No limit on the number of applications on one server

DreamHost Business plans support 1–3 sites; Agency plans support 5–20, with more storage and longer backup retention.DreamPress 1: 1 websiteDreamPress 3: 3 websitesDreamPress 5: 5 websites

Storage

Cloudways Micro: 25 GB NVMe storage, 1 GB RAM, 1 vCPUSmall: 50 GB NVMe storage, 2 GB RAM, 1 vCPUMedium: 80 GB NVMe storage, 4 GB RAM, 2 vCPULarge: 160 GB NVMe storage, 8 GB RAM, 4 vCPU

DreamHost DreamPress 1: 15 GB NVMe SSD storageDreamPress 3: 30 GB NVMe SSD storageDreamPress 5: 50 GB NVMe storage

Traffic or visits

Cloudways Micro: 1 TB transfer bandwidth; unlimited visitsSmall: 2 TB transfer bandwidth; unlimited visitsMedium: 4 TB transfer bandwidth; unlimited visitsLarge: 5 TB transfer bandwidth; unlimited visits

DreamHost Visitor allowances are for sizing a plan; DreamHost asks you to contact it if your traffic is unusual.DreamPress 1: 40k monthly visits; unmetered bandwidthDreamPress 3: 125k monthly visitsDreamPress 5: 175k monthly visitors

Introductory rate

Cloudways 3-day free trial of Flexible without a credit card

DreamHost DreamPress 1: Yearly term: EUR 14.99 a month for the first year, EUR 179.88 upfront

Commitment

Cloudways Charged by the hour and invoiced in arrears in the first week of each month; plan changes show on the invoice immediately, and AWS and Google Cloud prices vary by region.

DreamHost 30-day money-back guarantee on every plan

Backups

Cloudways Offsite backup storage costs $0.033/GB per server.

DreamHost Business plans: 14-day daily backup retention, 3 on-demand and 3 locked backups per site; Agency plans: 30-day daily backup retention, 5 on-demand and 5 locked backups per siteDreamPress 1: 14 days backup retentionDreamPress 3: 14 days backup retentionDreamPress 5: 30 days backup retention

Restores

Cloudways One-click restore from automated or on-demand backups

DreamHost Backups are stored offsite on Amazon S3; you can download copies and restore a saved version from the panel, which replaces the live site.

Migration

Cloudways Cloudways engineers migrate your first website free from any host.

DreamHost Professional migrations equal to the number of sites in the plan

Staging

Cloudways Staging is listed.

DreamHost 1-click staging for each website; it needs at least 5 GB of free space and is not included in the live-site daily backups.

Support

Cloudways 24/7/365 live chat and ticket support on every plan; paid Advanced and Premium support add-ons give quicker responses.

DreamHost 24/7 WordPress support by chat and panel requests; chat may start with AI, and you can ask for a person.

Limits to check

• Cloudways The number of sites is limited by server capacity: you can launch as many applications as the server can support.
• DreamHost Prices are monthly equivalents; annual and multi-year plans are paid upfront, and taxes may apply.

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Next steps

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