DreamHost

DreamHost is an independently owned Los Angeles hosting company selling shared plans, managed WordPress and VPS tiers.

Established 1996, still independently run.

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DreamHost is a shared hosting company based in Los Angeles, started by four Harvey Mudd College students and still independently owned, without venture capital behind it. Alongside shared plans it sells managed WordPress hosting under the DreamPress name and VPS tiers, and it backs an uptime guarantee with service credits.

The company has an open-source track record: co-founder Sage Weil created the Ceph storage platform there — later spun out as Inktank and sold to Red Hat — and DreamHost contributed to OpenStack. Plans are sold on an annual term at a first-year rate with the renewal rate printed next to it, and on the entry plan that renewal is several times the introductory figure.

Identity

Founded: 1996
Reach: ↓15,932 2
Favorite: yes
Ownership: Independent
Status: Active
Wikidata: Q1073188 1

Regions and law

Headquarters: United States

Other features

Domain registration: Included3
Email hosting: Included3
CDN: Included3
Staging: Included3

Sources

2026-09-09: Wikidata
www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1073188
2026-09-07: Reach
majestic.com/reports/majestic-million
2026-08-01: Starting price, Entry price, Typical ceiling, Billed, Renewal multiple, Minimum contract, Pricing model, Software, Domain registration, Email hosting, CDN, Staging
www.dreamhost.com/hosting/shared/
2026-08-01: links
www.dreamhost.com/legal/
2026-08-02: Paid, Exit, Money back
www.dreamhost.com/legal/terms-of-service/

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Last reviewed 2026-08-12 · Updated 2026-09-09 · Listed since 2026-07-31Edit on GitHub This page as markdown

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