Bluehost vs HostGator vs Dreamhost: Web Hosting Comparison - 2021 Edition

Bluehost vs HostGator vs Dreamhost: Which One to Choose For Shared Web Hosting? (2021)

Wondering which company offers the best web hosting? Is it Bluehost, HostGatoror DreamHost?

Starting a website is fun, but there are several things we need to address before launching a site.

First we need to select a host for our website. There are many excellent web hosting companies available, and for a beginner it is not easy to select the best of the best.

All web hosting companies will claim to provide you with the best server and unlimited resources, but when you sign up with them, you will immediately run into some problems. For this reason, it is very important to be careful and selective when choosing your web hosting company.

In this post, I will provide you with a detailed comparison between HostGator, DreamHostand Bluehost. I chose to compare these three companies because I’ve found them to be the best shared hosting service providers to date.

This post compares:

The HostGator Baby Plan
The DreamHost Shared Hosting Plan
The Bluehost Pro Plan

I’ve used DreamHost and HostGator for my personal sites and Bluehost for my client sites. So far, Bluehost and HostGator have surprised me the most with their hosting quality and support.

In particular, Bluehost is highly recommended for running a WordPress blog as it is recommended by the official WordPress.org hosting page and also offers free SSL which is a requirement for our websites in 2017.

My experience with all three of these hosting companies has been hosting WordPress sites and WordPress uses memory intensive software. In other words, WordPress is a memory pig! This is important to know when choosing your website host.

A WordPress blog requires hosting to be updated with the latest technology, and all three of these hosting companies provide a well-optimized environment for running a WordPress blog.

With Bluehost and HostGator I have experience handling almost 20k / PV on a daily basis, all with a well optimized WordPress blog + cache plugin.

DreamHost has been disappointed with their server quality and delayed support lately.

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Table comparison of Bluehost vs DreamHost vs HostGator

Features	Bluehost	HostGator	DreamHost
Bandwidth	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited
Storage	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited
Free Domain	1 Free Domain	Free Primary Renewal	1 Free Domain
DomainDomain Price	$ 12	$ 15	$ 13.95
MigrationFree Blog MigrationCredit	No	Yes	No
Free Adwords	$ 100	$ 100	$ 75
Payment Option	PayPal / Credit card	Paypal / Credit	Card / Check
support option	chat / email / phone chat	/ email / Twitter /phone chat	/
e-mail support Quality	4.5 / 5	4.5 / 5(latency live chat is longer)	3/5
coupon	added to the link below	SHOUTMELOUD30	Added in the link below
How do I installWordPress?	Tutorial	Tutorial	Tutorial
Rating	5/5	4.5 / 5	2.5 / 5
	Sign Up: Bluehost	Sign Up: HostGator	Sign Up: DreamHost

If you are looking for a serious website and expect more than 200,000 PV / month, then I recommend choosing Bluehost. Bluehost also offers free SSL & PHP 7, which ensure that your website offers optimal performance. In fact, my personal choice would be Bluehost for their high quality servers and top quality service.

Note: Bluehost is officially approved by the WordPress community for hosting WordPress sites.

So far, I’ve used Bluehost’s phone support five or six times and they’ve always solved my problem in a matter of minutes.

DreamHost also offers phone support, but unlike Bluehost and HostGator, they don’t offer free phone support. Their phone support is a premium service, and this is one feature I don’t like. Additionally, the Dreamhost service went down in 2017 due to their team change and is not recommended for hosting a WordPress site.

When it comes to support, we usually use live chat, a feature offered by both Bluehost and HostGator. They both also offer a ticket system.

Read: A Detailed Bluehost Review – WordPress Shared Hosting I

personally would recommend these three shared hosting companies in the following order:

Bluehost
HostGator
DreamHost

I hope this comparison of DreamHost vs HostGator vs Bluehost has given you a better idea of your different hosting options before you are starting your successful online career!

Let me know which web hosting company you prefer from the above 3, and which web hosting company you would recommend to others. Tell me your thoughts in the comments!