DreamHost vs. GoDaddy

DreamHost

26 Reviews and Ratings

GoDaddy

191 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
DreamHost	Score9.3 out of 10	N/A	DreamHost is a website hosting service with features such as managed VPS hosting, public cloud computing, and dedicated servers. Managed options include WordPress with the DreamPress upgraded service with staging and coaching, WooCommerce hosting, as well as dedicated server hosting.	$3.95 per month
GoDaddy	Score9 out of 10	N/A	GoDaddy Web Hosting provides users with storage, email addresses, and unlimited bandwith.	$9.99 per month

Pricing

DreamHost

GoDaddy

Shared: $3.95
per month
DreamPress: $16.95
per month

Basic: as low as $6.99
per month with an annual term
Basic: as low as $10.49
per month with an annual term
Premium: as low as $13.49
per month with an annual term
Commerce: as low as $14.99
per month with an annual term

Pricing Offerings
DreamHost	GoDaddy
Free Trial
No	Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

No setup fee

Optional

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Discounts available for annual subscription.

Community Pulse
Key User Insights
	DreamHost	GoDaddy
Considered Both Products	Dreamhost Derek Letellier IT Specialist, Legal Videographer, Marketing Specialist in Information Technology at Lake Cook Reporting (Legal Services, 11-50 employees) Chose DreamHost Dreamhost had previously been a significant upgrade over our previous host, Arvixe. We switched after repeated technical issues and cutbacks of the Arvixe staff forced us to move quickly, and Dreamhost accommodated us tremendously. Performance-wise they compare well with GoDaddy… Incentivized Helpful? Jim Nelson Lead Developer in Corporate at Agreda Communications (Internet, 1-10 employees) Chose DreamHost I have used many different hosting platforms over the years. My personal favorite hosting environment is cPanel on a dedicated server. The DreamHost feature set falls right in the middle of most managed hosting platforms for me. It provides all the basic needs, but lacks … Incentivized Helpful? Carlos Eduardo de Souza Co-founder & Manager in Information Technology at Coopers Digital Production (Internet, 1-10 employees) Chose DreamHost Dreamhost is very flexible and you get a great product for what you're paying. It isn't as refined as Media Temple, but it works and you can manage and customize your websites as you need. Incentivized Helpful? Christopher Power Virtual Enterprise Coordinator/Educator at NYC Department of Education / Francis Lewis High School (Education Management, 10,001+ employees) Chose DreamHost I have attempted to use GoDaddy in the past, I had a terrible experience. I actually have registered multiple domains with GoDaddy in the past and needed to shift them over to DreamHost because using GoDaddy to host the websites was too confusing. Comparing the two, it is easy … Incentivized Helpful?	GoDaddy Jim Nelson Lead Developer in Corporate at Agreda Communications (Internet, 1-10 employees) Chose GoDaddy Whenever new clients come to me for website development, I begin our relationship by asking about domain registration and website hosting. I cringe when they say they use GoDaddy and often warn them that additional time and effort may be required to accomplish their goals. … Incentivized Helpful? Erin Ruoff Director of Social Media in Marketing at Webvega (Marketing and Advertising, 1-10 employees) Chose GoDaddy GoDaddy is by far the top company. HostGator comes second but we choose GoDaddy over HostGator because of the customer service. The other ones are terrible. Bad hosting, websites go down frequently and are not great at customer service. GoDaddy does a fantastic job and really … Incentivized Helpful?
	Would buy again
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	Delivers good value for the price
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	Happy with the feature set
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	Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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	Implementation went as expected
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User Ratings
	DreamHost	GoDaddy
Likelihood to Recommend	7.0 (10 ratings)	9.0 (57 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	8.2 (1 ratings)	10.0 (2 ratings)
Usability	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (3 ratings)
Availability	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)
Performance	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)
Support Rating	10.0 (1 ratings)	10.0 (9 ratings)
Implementation Rating	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)
Configurability	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)
Ease of integration	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)
Product Scalability	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)
Professional Services	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)