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Cloudways vs DreamHost

Higher score
CloudwaysIndie
9.2/ 10
DreamHostEmployee-Owned
7.9/ 10
Across 4 measured dimensions: Cloudways wins 2, DreamHost wins 1 (1 tie / n/a)
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Side by side.

8 dimensions
MetricCloudwaysDreamHost
Score
Winner: left
9.27.9
Δ 90 days
Winner: left
↑ 0.1— flat
Parent & badge
DigitalOceanIndie
IndependentEmployee-Owned
Founded
20121996
Best for
Scaling WP / WooCommercePrivacy-focused users
Year-1 price
Winner: right
$132$96
Renewal multiplier
1×1×
Tagline
Managed cloud · DO/Vultr/AWSIndependent · employee-owned
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What works, what doesn't.

Per provider
Cloudways4 pros · 3 cons
+ Pros
  • ✓Choice of underlying cloud (DO/Vultr/AWS/Linode)
  • ✓Hourly billing
  • ✓Excellent WP-specific caching
  • ✓Lifetime 7% revshare on affiliates
– Cons
  • ✗Email is a paid add-on (Rackspace)
  • ✗Backup add-on costs extra
  • ✗Owned by DigitalOcean since 2022
DreamHost4 pros · 3 cons
+ Pros
  • ✓Employee-owned, no PE/VC pressure
  • ✓Free domain privacy on every registration
  • ✓Strong stance on user data
  • ✓97-day money-back guarantee
– Cons
  • ✗Slower than Kinsta / Cloudways for WP
  • ✗UI feels dated
  • ✗Phone support is callback-only
Make the call

Pick one and go.

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VisitCloudways ↗Score 9.2VisitDreamHost ↗Score 7.9
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