DreamHost versus Kinsta

Price

• 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)
• Kinsta From $35/mo
  • Single 20GB: $35.00 monthly
  • Single 20GB: $350.00 annual
  • Launch: $35.00 monthly
  • Launch: $350.00 annual
  • Single 35k: $35.00 monthly

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

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

Kinsta Each plan includes a set number of WordPress installs; Single 35k supports 1 site and WP2 supports 2.Single 20GB: 1 WordPress install; extra sites USD 30 a month eachLaunch: 1 WordPress install; extra sites USD 30 a month each

Storage

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

Kinsta Disk space add-on: USD 20 a month per 20 GB, shared between all sites in the account.Single 20GB: 10 GB storageLaunch: 15 GB storage

Traffic or 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

Kinsta A visit is each unique IP address within 24 hours, totalled across your sites for the month.Single 20GB: 20 GB server bandwidth and 125 GB CDN bandwidth a monthLaunch: 15 GB server bandwidth, an estimated 75,000 visits and 125 GB CDN bandwidth a monthSingle 35k: 35,000 visits a month

Introductory rate

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

Kinsta First month free on select plans for new customers

Commitment

DreamHost 30-day money-back guarantee on every plan

Kinsta 30-day money-back guarantee after any free period; plans can be changed at any time with prorated billing.

Backups

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

Kinsta Automatic backups every 24 hours; Every 6 hours: USD 20 per site a month; Every hour: USD 100 per site a month; External backups to AWS or Google Cloud Storage, weekly or monthly: USD 2 per site a month plus USD 1 per GB of bandwidthSingle 20GB: 14 days backup retentionLaunch: 14 days backup retention

Restores

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.

Kinsta Automatic, manual and system-generated backups restore from MyKinsta to the environment you choose, and each restore first saves the current state. External add-on backups cannot be restored there directly.

Migration

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

Kinsta Unlimited free migrations handled by Kinsta’s team

Staging

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.

Kinsta Staging environments are part of the managed platform.

Support

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

Kinsta 24/7 human support in 8 languages

Limits to check

• DreamHost Prices are monthly equivalents; annual and multi-year plans are paid upfront, and taxes may apply.
• Kinsta Sites stay online above the visit, storage or CDN limits, and overage fees are charged on the actual overage.

Not verified yet

Every compared requirement has evidence for at least one.

Documented for one product only, shown in the table below: DreamHost: renewal rate; Kinsta: overage charges.

Not verified means our reviewed sources do not establish it. It does not mean a product lacks the capability or that it costs nothing.

Next steps

• Ask DreamHost about overage charges; our sources do not establish it yet.
• Ask Kinsta about renewal rate; our sources do not establish it yet.

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