Comments on: HostGator vs DreamHost: And The Winner Is…

By: The Web Hosting Hero

The Web Hosting Hero — Sun, 02 May 2010 23:33:13 +0000

@Doubter: it is virtually impossible to test performance. Each web hosts has many servers with different hardware, different number of users per server, etc. This means testing 5 servers from the same company would probably yield different result.

The other thing is that performance may vary depending on the scripting language used (PHP, Ruby on Rails, Perl, etc.), the use of a database, the number of concurrent connections.

So it impossible to test all these different combinations. Worst yet, performance test performed yesterday may not give the same result on another day.

By: Doubter

Doubter — Sun, 02 May 2010 23:24:41 +0000

What you fail to test is performance. Dreamhost is ok with regular sites, provided they do not get too much traffic, but really sucks when it comes to showing video for instance. You say nothing about any of the two hosting companies on that point, Yet you would think that ois a pretty important issue, no?

By: liz MAckerel!!

liz MAckerel!! — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 19:43:48 +0000

LISTEN UP DREAMHOST CAN KISS MY BIG OL B*TT IF U ASK ME!! THEY EFFED UP MY CITE ABOUT 5 TIMES AND THEIR SEVERS HAD A BUNCH OF VIRUSES AND IT ALL GOT DELETED. GUESS WHAT I GOT IN RETURN? A WHOLE LOT OF NOTHING!! + A HEADACHE. MADE THE SWITCH TO THE GATOR AND GUESS WHAT? MY HEADACHES GONE!

~~~LIVE AND LET LIVE~~~

By: The Web Hosting Hero

The Web Hosting Hero — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:26:52 +0000

@Jay: What makes Dreamhost better than HostGator in your opinion?

Here’s why I like HostGator 100 times better than Dreamhost :

1. Better control panel (cPanel). Dreamhost’s control panel sucks big time.

2. Better customer support. Over the years, Hostgator stopped outsourcing support and believe it or not, they’ve been really good to me so far. And at least they’ve got phone support as opposed to dream host.

3. Wide range of products (shared hosting, reseller, vps and dedicated servers).

4. Better script installer (Fantastico) with more applications.

Dreamhost uses Debian Linux whereas HostGator uses CentOS servers. Personnally I can’t say I’ve got much experience with Debian. I run all my VMWare development servers on CentOS 5.x and it’s been my favorite linux distro for the last few years.

So unless you got particular needs for a Debian server, I don’t see what makes Dreamhost’s servers a better choice for “serious developers”.

I’ll stick with HostGator, thank you

By: Jay

Jay — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:25:39 +0000

People who like Hostgator over Dreamhost in mine, and many other serious developers opinions are just people who dont know anything about hosts. Dreamhost is the best, no doubt. I have tried them both, plus many many more. Its Dreamhost, until you are managing lots of sites then a dedicated server.

By: Shahab

Shahab — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:46:57 +0000

I really liked the hostgator customer support!

By: Matthew

Matthew — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:28:56 +0000

hostgator rocks!

cool staff, cool features, great overall service…

By: Colin

Colin — Mon, 26 May 2008 12:09:11 +0000

DreamHost is terrible. Their homemade control panel is barely usable. Being “green” is more important to them then web hosting functionality.

They do NOT have a phone line. You have to e-mail them!

Your account is spread across at least three servers. I kept having to login repeatedly.

It was huge distraction and waste of mental energy. I switched to HostGator and I’m very happy with them. They’re great.