Dreamhost Review
Features and Usability
Features not included in the VPS price are marked as missing below.
Last updated on November 29 2018.
In VPSBenchmark's opinion
Dreamhost Extra Services
In addition to features included in the VPS plan, Dreamhost also offers the following services (possibly for a fee):
| Backups | Block Storage | Object Storage | Load Balancer | Floating Ips |
| Teams | Datastores | Serverless | Ddos Protection |
Admin UI Screenshots
Dreamhost Plans
Plan Specifications
| URL | http://www.dreamhost.com/hosting/vps/ |
|---|---|
| Price per month | $15.00 |
| Discount for long term use | No |
| Disk GB | 30 |
| Num Cores | 16 |
| Memory GB | 1.0 |
| Hourly Billing | No |
| Virtualization | Unknown |
| Data Transfer GB | 10000 |
| Burstable CPU | No |
Performance Test Results
We conducted 5 different types of tests for Dreamhost - 1GB $15. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.
Test Results
This plan was tested 2 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all trials run on the 1GB $15 plan and the web response times for every one of those.
| Start of Trial | Web Results | Sysbench Results | Avg web response time | P99 web response time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 09 2015 | Web | Sysbench | 58ms | 190ms |
| Feb 02 2015 | Web | Sysbench | 48ms | 162ms |
Plan Specifications
| URL | https://www.dreamhost.com/cloud/computing/ |
|---|---|
| Price per month | $6.00 |
| Discount for long term use | No |
| Disk GB | 80 |
| Num Cores | 1 |
| Memory GB | 1.0 |
| Hourly Billing | Yes |
| Virtualization | KVM |
| Data Transfer GB | 3000 |
| Burstable CPU | No |
Plan Grades
Grades are calculated by combining results from web, sysbench, endurance and remote timing tests.
Grade A is best, grade F is worst.
Follow the letter links to find the test results backing the grade.
Overall Score: 34
Performance Test Results
We conducted 5 different types of tests for Dreamhost - gp1_subsonic. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.
Test Results
This plan was tested 4 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all trials run on the gp1_subsonic plan and the web response times for every one of those.
| Start of Trial | Web Results | Sysbench Results | Avg web response time | P99 web response time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 29 2018 | Web | Sysbench | 101ms | 343ms |
| Oct 01 2017 | Web | Sysbench | 122ms | 505ms |
| Jan 08 2017 | Web | Sysbench | 111ms | 437ms |
| May 01 2016 | Web | Sysbench | 47ms | 188ms |
Plan Specifications
| URL | https://www.dreamhost.com/cloud/computing/ |
|---|---|
| Price per month | $12.00 |
| Discount for long term use | No |
| Disk GB | 80 |
| Num Cores | 1 |
| Memory GB | 2.0 |
| Hourly Billing | Yes |
| Virtualization | KVM |
| Data Transfer GB | 10000 |
| Burstable CPU | No |
Plan Grades
Grades are calculated by combining results from web, sysbench, endurance and remote timing tests.
Grade A is best, grade F is worst.
Follow the letter links to find the test results backing the grade.
Overall Score: 41
Performance Test Results
We conducted 5 different types of tests for Dreamhost - gp1_supersonic. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.
Test Results
This plan was tested 4 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all trials run on the gp1_supersonic plan and the web response times for every one of those.
| Start of Trial | Web Results | Sysbench Results | Avg web response time | P99 web response time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 15 2018 | Web | Sysbench | 71ms | 272ms |
| May 20 2018 | Web | Sysbench | 73ms | 273ms |
| Sep 10 2017 | Web | Sysbench | 67ms | 322ms |
| Aug 07 2016 | Web | Sysbench | 63ms | 195ms |
VPS Screener
Find the VPS that fits your requirements in seconds with the Screener
Latest Tweets by @vpsbenchmarks
-
VPSBenchmarks
2019-02-21 18:08:24 UTC$50 Vultr credit for new accounts by using this link: vultr.com/?ref=7893612-4F All VPS coupons we know of: vpsbenchmarks.com/vps_coupons
-
VPSBenchmarks
2019-02-21 15:54:57 UTCDebate about which is the best cloud provider for a web app in Rust backed by Postgresql news.ycombinator.com/item?id=192143…
-
VPSBenchmarks
2019-02-21 15:53:09 UTCAll tests results are in for Atlantic.Net G2 2GB: $20.00 #VPS, 2 cores, 2.0GB vpsbenchmarks.com/trials/atlanti… #cloudcomputing
-
VPSBenchmarks
2019-02-20 17:43:28 UTC -
VPSBenchmarks
2019-02-20 02:32:38 UTCA really deep analysis of network transfer speed in Azure, AWS and GCP data centers across the world pc.nanog.org/static/publish…
-
VPSBenchmarks
2019-02-20 00:51:00 UTCInteresting, Linode is the first provider I see who uses AMD EPYC CPU. We'll know soon how fast that CPU goes... vpsbenchmarks.com/trials/linode_…
News
List of the best Virtual Private Servers, performance tested, that will cost you $10 or less per month.
Evaluating cloud server performance with sysbench
Finding the best cloud servers for your use case can be challenging. Most providers offer a number ...
GDPR Compliance in the Cloud
On May 25, 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) went into effect. This new set of ...
Partners
vpsbenchmarks.com is hosted by:
Disclaimer
Running all the benchmarks featured on vpsbenchmarks.com costs time and money. VpsBenchmarks can only stay online thanks to providers offering affiliate programs.
We are proud to always provide objective and impartial benchmark data on this website, all VpsBenchmarks tests are conducted the same way for all VPS providers whether or not we are affilates with them.
To support us, make your hosting purchases using the Provider Affiliate Links displayed throughout the site.
Latest trials
All tests that were recently conducted at VpsBenchmarks:
| Start | Provider |
|---|---|
| Feb 20 2019 | Linode |
| Feb 16 2019 | AtlanticNet |
| Feb 13 2019 | 1and1 IONOS |
| Feb 10 2019 | Alibaba Cloud |
| Feb 06 2019 | IO Zoom |
| Feb 03 2019 | DigitalOcean |
| Jan 31 2019 | Scaleway |
| Jan 29 2019 | Amazon EC2 |
| Jan 27 2019 | Google Compute Engine |
| Jan 23 2019 | UpCloud |
| Jan 20 2019 | Amazon Lightsail |
| Jan 17 2019 | Aruba Cloud |