DreamHost vs FastComet
DreamHost and FastComet compared on measured uptime, response time, pricing and features from our own tests. DreamHost scores higher overall.
By Jennifer T. · Updated
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Verdict
DreamHostWins overall
Independent since 1997: three shared plans with renewals printed on the card, daily backups and a 100% uptime credit
cPanel hosting on LiteSpeed with 30 daily offsite backups and 12 locations; small disks, now part of World Host Group
DreamHost wins 1 of the six sub-scores and comes out ahead overall (7.6 vs 7.5).
How do the scores compare?
DreamHost leads on 1 sub-scores, FastComet on 2. Higher is better.
Which one is faster and more reliable?
Which one costs less?
On renewal, FastComet is cheaper ($9.95/mo vs $10.99/mo). Intro prices need the listed term.
What does each include?
| DreamHost | FastComet | |
|---|---|---|
| Free domain | First year, on annual and multi-year terms only | No |
| Free SSL | Unlimited certificates on every plan | Yes |
| Backups | Daily automated backups on every plan, restored from the panel | Not stated |
| Free migration | The product page links a migration path for existing sites; terms not read | Website and server migrations by staff |
| Free CDN | No | Not stated |
| Caching | No | Not stated |
| Staging | No | Not stated |
| 20, 40 or 60 mailboxes free for the first three months, then billed separately | Not stated | |
| Resource limits | No | Not stated |
| Data center choice | Oregon, Virginia, Amsterdam and Singapore per the product page and help center; the panel shows where each service lives | Not stated |
| Uptime guarantee | 100% in the terms, with a credit of one day of hosting per hour of qualifying downtime, up to 10% of the next renewal, counted from the support ticket | 99.9% website availability excluding maintenance; 10% of the monthly fee credited per hour of downtime, up to 100% |
| Performance scans | Automated and on-demand performance scans on every plan | Not stated |
| Phone support | No | 24/7, +1 855 818 9717 |
| Windows hosting | No | No |
| Daily offsite backups | Not stated | Up to 30 daily backups in a separate data center, unlimited full or incremental restores from the web interface |
| Web server | Not stated | LiteSpeed Enterprise with the LiteSpeed Cache plugin for WordPress, AMD EPYC CPUs, NVMe storage |
| Malware scanner | Not stated | Yes |
| Node.js and SSH | Not stated | Yes |
| Choice of data center | Not stated | Six locations at shared checkout (Dallas, Frankfurt, London, Singapore, Sydney, Mumbai); 12 locations across all products |
| Resource policy | Not stated | No constant utilisation of 80% of plan resources for an hour; 400 emails per hour; 10 simultaneous IMAP/POP3 connections; slow queries under 1% a day |