DreamHost vs Verpex
DreamHost and Verpex 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
UK cPanel host on LiteSpeed and NVMe with nine locations, daily backups and a free domain, renewing at $6 to $15
DreamHost wins 2 of the six sub-scores and comes out ahead overall (7.6 vs 7.5).
How do the scores compare?
DreamHost leads on 2 sub-scores, Verpex on 3. Higher is better.
Which one is faster and more reliable?
Which one costs less?
On renewal, Verpex is cheaper ($6.00/mo vs $10.99/mo). Intro prices need the listed term.
What does each include?
| DreamHost | Verpex | |
|---|---|---|
| Free domain | First year, on annual and multi-year terms only | Registration or transfer of a common extension (.com, .net, .org, .uk, .in among them) on yearly and longer terms; not on monthly billing; premium names excluded |
| Free SSL | Unlimited certificates on every plan | Every plan, every domain |
| Backups | Daily automated backups on every plan, restored from the panel | Daily, every plan, with the Backuply tool in cPanel |
| Free migration | The product page links a migration path for existing sites; terms not read | Expert migration on every plan; the about page promises zero downtime |
| Free CDN | No | No |
| Caching | No | LiteSpeed Web Server with LiteSpeed Cache; HostScore also lists Redis and Memcached |
| Staging | No | No |
| 20, 40 or 60 mailboxes free for the first three months, then billed separately | Not stated | |
| Resource limits | No | CloudLinux LVE: 1 vCPU and 1 GB on Bronze, 2 vCPU and 2 GB on Silver and Gold; entry processes 30 / 30 / 35; 1,024 IOPS; 50 MB/s I/O; unlimited inodes |
| Data center choice | Oregon, Virginia, Amsterdam and Singapore per the product page and help center; the panel shows where each service lives | Nine locations on four continents, chosen at checkout |
| 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 | Plan table: 99.5% on Bronze, 99.99% on Silver and Gold; the terms promise to endeavour 99.9% and carry no credit schedule |
| Performance scans | Automated and on-demand performance scans on every plan | Not stated |
| Phone support | No | No |
| Windows hosting | No | No |
| Developer tools | Not stated | WP-CLI listed; HostScore lists multiple PHP versions, Node.js, Python and Git over SSH |
| Security | Not stated | CloudLinux with CageFS, Monarx malware protection, free SSL, isolated accounts |
| Website builder | Not stated | SitePad in cPanel; a separate AI site builder product |