DreamHost vs Vultr
Both ladders below were read from the vendors’ own pricing pages, in this market, on the dates shown. Nothing is converted: what you see is what each page showed a reader here.
What each one is
DreamHostsite ↗pricing ↗
A hosting company offering shared, VPS and managed WordPress plans. Paid plans start at $2.89/mo (Web Hosting Launch); no free plan is published. The ladder we hold runs 4 paid tiers, topping out at $14.99/mo (DreamPress 1). Its published prices moved on 2026-10-03 — the change log holds the rows.
Vultrsite ↗pricing ↗
Cloud compute and storage sold in many regions, aimed at developers who want per-hour pricing. Paid plans start at $2.5/mo (Cloud Compute, Regular Performance — 1 vCPU / 0.5 GB (IPv6 only)); a free plan exists. The ladder we hold runs 7 paid tiers, topping out at $160/mo (Managed Databases — Memory Optimized, 16 GB / 2 vCPUs).
The two ladders
DreamHostsite ↗pricing ↗
read 2026-10-13 · USD
| Plan | Price | What the page says |
|---|---|---|
| Web Hosting Launch | $2.89/mo | Yearly term: 'First year at €2.89 /mo SAVE 75%', 'Auto-renews at €10.99 /mo after 1 year.' Monthly term (read 2026-09-07): 'First 3 months at €4.99 /mo', 'Auto-renews at €11.99 /mo after 3 months.' 25 websites, 40k monthly visits, 25 GB NVMe SSD. |
| DreamPress 1 | $14.99/mo | Yearly term: 'First year at €14.99 /mo SAVE 40%', renews '€19.99 /mo'. Monthly term (read 2026-09-07): 'First 3 months at €19.99 /mo SAVE 20%', renews '€24.99 /mo after 3 months'. Managed WordPress, 1 website, 15 GB. |
| Managed VPS Hosting | $13.75/mo | |
| Stack 4 | $6.99/mo |
Vultrsite ↗pricing ↗
read 2026-09-06 · USD
| Plan | Price | What the page says |
|---|---|---|
| Cloud Compute, Regular Performance — 1 vCPU / 0.5 GB (IPv6 only) | $2.5/mo | '$2.50 /mo $0.004 /hr'. 0.50 TB bandwidth, 10 GB storage, IPv6 only. |
| Cloud Compute, Regular Performance — 1 vCPU / 0.5 GB | $3.5/mo | '$3.50 /mo $0.005 /hr'. 0.50 TB bandwidth, 10 GB storage. |
| Cloud Compute, Regular Performance — 1 vCPU / 1 GB | $5/mo | '$5.00 /mo $0.007 /hr'. 1.00 TB bandwidth, 25 GB storage. |
| Cloud Compute, Regular Performance — 2 vCPUs / 4 GB | $20/mo | '$20.00 /mo $0.03 /hr'. 3.00 TB bandwidth, 80 GB storage. |
| Cloud Compute, Regular Performance — 4 vCPUs / 8 GB | $40/mo | '$40.00 /mo $0.06 /hr'. 4.00 TB bandwidth, 160 GB storage. |
| Object Storage — Standard, 1 TB | $18/mo | '$18.00 /mo' for 1 TB storage and 1 TB bandwidth on the Standard performance tier. |
| Vultr Storage Gateway — Standalone | Free | 'Free'. The highly available gateway is '$20.00 /mo'. |
| Managed Databases — Memory Optimized, 16 GB / 2 vCPUs | $160/mo | '$160 /mo' with 0 replica nodes. |
| Kubernetes Engine control plane | Free | The page states the control plane is provided free of charge. |
Where they differ
- Cheapest way in: Vultr at $2.5/mo, against DreamHost at $2.89/mo. That is the entry price in this market on the dates shown, not a judgement about which suits you.
- Free plans: only Vultr publishes one — a plan priced at zero, not a trial.
- How far each ladder goes: DreamHost tops out at $14.99/mo, Vultr at $160/mo. A deeper ladder is not a worse deal — it is a bill that keeps climbing if you keep growing.
- Recently moved: DreamHost (2026-10-03). A change only counts once a second clean read agrees.
How to choose in this category
- Match the tier to the sites and storage you actually use — the levels here divide on resources, not features.
- Introductory terms in this set run one to four years; a lower monthly figure often buys a longer lock-in.
- Every row links the host’s own pricing page. Open it and read the renewal line before you commit to a term.