Bluehost Vs HostGator Vs DreamHost [Web Hosting Comparison]

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

Read on…

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

First, we must select a host for our website. There are many excellent web hosting companies available, and for a beginner, selecting the best of the best is no easy task.

All web hosting companies will claim to give you the best server and unlimited resources, but when you sign up with them, you will immediately begin to face a number of issues. For this reason, it is very important to be cautious and selective when choosing your web hosting company.

In this post, I will offer you a detailed comparison between HostGator, DreamHost, and Bluehost. I have chosen to compare these three companies because I have found them to be the top service providers for shared hosting to date.

This post compares:

  • The HostGator Baby plan
  • The DreamHost Shared Hosting plan
  • The Bluehost Pro plan

I have used DreamHost and HostGator for my sites and Bluehost for my customer 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 & also offers free SSL which is a much required for our websites in 2022.

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

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

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

DreamHost has lately disappointed with their server quality & delayed support.

Table Comparison of Bluehost vs. DreamHost vs. HostGator

 
FeaturesBluehostHostGatorDreamHost
BandwidthUnlimitedUnlimitedUnlimited
StorageUnlimitedUnlimitedUnlimited
Free Domain1 free domainFree primary domain migration + renew1 free domain
Domain Price$12$15$13.95
Free Blog MigrationNoYesNo
Free Adwords Credit$100$100$75
Payment OptionPayPal/Credit cardPayPal/Credit cardCredit card/Check
Support OptionChat/Email/PhoneChat/Email/Twitter/
Phone
Chat/Email
Support Quality4.5/54.5/5 (Live chat wait time is longer)3/5
Discount CouponAdded in the link belowSHOUTMELOUD30Added in the link below
How to Install
WordPress?
TutorialTutorialTutorial
Rating5/54.5/52.5/5
 Sign up: BluehostSign up: HostGatorSign up: DreamHost

If you are looking to start a serious website, and you are anticipating more than 200,000 PV/month, I would suggest that you choose Bluehost. Bluehost also offers free SSL & PHP 7 which will ensure your website offers optimum performance.  In fact, my personal choice would be Bluehost for their high-end servers and top quality service.

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

So far I have used Bluehost’s telephone support five or six times, and they have always taken care of my issue within a couple of minutes.

DreamHost also offers telephone support, but unlike Bluehost and HostGator, they don’t offer free telephone support. Their telephone support is a premium service, and this is a feature which I do not like. More over, in 2017 Dreamhost service has gone down due to their team change & is not recommended for hosting WordPress site.

When it comes to support, we usually use live chat, a feature that is offered by both Bluehost and HostGator.  They both offer a ticketing system as well.

Personally, I would recommend these three shared hosting companies in the following order:

  1. Bluehost
  2. DreamHost
  3. HostGator

I hope this comparison of DreamHost vs. HostGator vs. Bluehost has given you a better idea of your various hosting options before you begin your successful online career!

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

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58 thoughts on “Bluehost Vs HostGator Vs DreamHost [Web Hosting Comparison]”

  1. Shreyo

    i agree that hostgator has a good support service, has cpanel and the plans are ok. but the websites hosted (shared account) are often vulnerable to spammers and other malware code (when compared with bluehost or other well known provider). i don’t know why. after struggle and help from support i was able to clear them all but this can’t happen often.

  2. Basavaraj Tonagatti

    Currently my site is hosted by BigRock and I am not facing any technical issue. But still do you think it is better to go to any of the above mentioned hosting providers. What is your view on BigRock? If your suggestion is to move then which is best and will they help me while moving?

  3. Avsi

    Is it not better to host on Hostgator.in vs Hostgator US? I have been reading that the location of your server affects search engine rankings. Something of great importance to a local business.

  4. Shaikh Javed

    My experience with Hostagor India is terrific!! After purchasing Linux shared baby plan I placed a transfer ticket for moving my site from Mochahost to Hostagator India but after 2 days someone responded on ticket system and mentioned that my transfer has been successfully completed. When I checked preview of my site using SWAM of Hostagtor I couldn’t find any web page there. Then I FTPed to the host name and surprisingly I didnt find any of my hosted files there. After complaining the same on the ticket system I didnt get any response from them till now.

    After that whenever I am contacting support person both India/US using phone calls/chat/ticket system no one is responding to me and acting such that I am the foolest person on the earth.

    After 7 days today I applied to cancel my account and ordered for my money back.
    I will request all the newbies dont go for Hostgator India..They are the worst service provider I have ever faced.

  5. Animish

    I am using HostGator USA, BlueHost and HostGator India also. For me, HG India is the best. Number of sites on each server is very less in HG India, while servers are identical. I also want all users to know that BlueHost, HostMonster, JustHost and FastDomain are all sister companies with exactly identical service, servers and performance.

    1. Harsh Agrawal

      @Animish
      Thanks for your feedback about Hostgator India. So far, I never had a good experience with them due to lack of direct technical support and high latency. Though, I checked that almost 8 months back, and hopefully they have improved a lot in this time. Your feedback is important and would be useful for others to decide on their next hosting company.

  6. Ankush

    Is “hostgator.in” is equally excellent like “hostgator.com” for linux shared hosting..??
    plzzz reply asap…

    1. Harsh Agrawal

      @Ankush
      I would recommend to go for Hostgator US Server as they are much better in terms of support and more powerful.
      One of my client signed up with Hostgator India and I moved him from Hg U.S to H.G India and this is what he sent me yesterday:

      My site wisdomtimes has never been stable after moving to hostgator.in.

      Their response was ” We are having some unprecedented issues with MYSQL on the server.We are working it on a war footing and would get it fixed at the earliest.We regret for the inconvenience. ”

      Today I found that my database is gone and site empty. They want me to pay Rs 830 for a backup from Feb 25.

      This is ridiculous

      1. Ankush

        thanku so much harsh sir for your reply..
        @Harsh Agrawal
        sir I want to host my site on Hostgator US server(hostgator.com), so can I do that with hostgator india(hostgator.in). I can make payment only through debit card that’s why i’m unable to register directly on hostgator.com where there is a only credit card option..

  7. Srinivas

    What’s your opinion on KnownHost VPS Vs HostGator VPS?

    1. Harsh Agrawal

      @Sri
      I have used Knowhost VPs and it’s good and if you asking about which one is better: My vote would be Knownhost and after that hostgator. If you alright with unamanaged VPS, Linode is a good choice.

      1. Srinivas

        Thanks Harsh! Actually I opted for KnownHost VPS. Their service is exceptionally good but it seems to be costly thing with that. Right now the traffic is very low and thus I’m looking for good alternative. (may be shared one). Earlier I used BlueHost service which was good but when my traffic was high there was a problem of CPU throttling. Will there be the same issue with HostGator too? Can we have 5 to 6 wordpress blogs installed on a single account without any issues? Upto what level of bandwidth usage, HostGator can operate? Sorry Harsh for posing so many queries in a single instance.

  8. Ravi

    Hostgator is good in support, features and pricing. But I have started seeing slow speed in their shared hosting for many clients which is a concern. But, still I haven’t found the best alternative as everyone has some problem.

  9. Justin Bieber

    my top 3 order are 1. Hostgator, 2. Bluehost, 3. Dreamhost

  10. Joe Manausa

    I used both Hostgator and Dreamhost. I will let my dreamhost account expire at the end of my “prepaid” period. I am having problems with them and of course, their support is a premium service. They do not respond very rapidly to ticket issues either. Hostgator is usually responsive in fixing problems.

  11. Amit Sharma

    I read few comments at the top and I’m surprised that bluehost has such bad reviews! It used to be known for best support.

  12. Raghav

    Hostgator have a better service. So I prefer hostgator. Nice post.

  13. vitor mendes

    I moved to Hostgator today from bluehost to a vps service.

    Anyone knows how long it takes for them to proceed with the migration?

  14. Jasmine

    These 3 are good hosting companies. But my personal favorite is HostGator, since they offer the best support and service in my opinion.

  15. sujit kumar

    I was looking for the best hosting plan and also very chep right now i am hosting my blog @ host dime and plannig to migrate on hostgator

      1. sujit kumar

        thanku very much harsh for this link.

  16. Miraclepitu

    I Agree with you.. since 1 years ago, i have used Hostagor and some webhost providers. But, Hostgator is the best in Their Support. 24 Hours you can chat or submit ticket with fast response

  17. Zero Cost Business

    There is no doubt I will use Hostgator. I do not have any experience with Dreamhost or Bluehost because there was really no necessity for me to change or try anything else.

    A few times I had technical problems in my site when my database was corrupted and at another time I had a problem migrating my blog. Both times Hostgator support was totally awesome. They did not rush me, they patiently helped me to upload the database file and make my blog functional.

    So anybody out there who is searching for a good hosting option – eespecially if you are starting out and have a couple of websites or more – go for Hostgator – I recommend them for one reason – Superb Support.

  18. Prashant Rohilla

    My experience with All the three above mentioned hosting Company so far is Good! All the three companies Offer great shared hosting plans .
    But Harsh i will request you to right a similar post on VPS and Cloud Hosting Services !

  19. Jarret

    I started with Dreamhost which worked okay until my site started getting traffic. It didn’t take long before I was overloading their server. They quickly switched me over to Dreamhost VPS which I had innumerable problems with. Long story short, I’m now using Hostgator VPS and couldn’t be happier.

    1. pinolobu

      Hi Jarret: may I know:

      [1] which Hostgator VPS package are you on? Is it VPS3?
      [2] how much traffic are you getting per day ?

      Thanks for any info.

  20. Kok Siong Chen

    Hi Harsh! Thanks for the comparison and rating for these 3 popular hosting companies. I am looking for a better choice recently. I am currently using the Hostgator Baby Plan. Quite satisfy with their support! 🙂

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