DreamHost vs Fly.io

DreamHost is strongest for WordPress sites. Fly.io is strongest for full-stack apps needing global low latency. Here's how they stack up on price, uptime, and support.

Feature	DreamHost	Fly.io
Starting price	$10.99/mo	$0.01/mo
Best for	WordPress sites Beginners wanting simple shared hosting Small business web hosting Budget dedicated servers	Full-stack apps needing global low latency Docker-native deploys Small teams wanting per-second billing Postgres close to compute
Stated uptime SLA	100%	No blanket platform SLA published; Enterprise support plans include custom SLAs
Storage	NVME	SSD
Regions	1	35
Managed Kubernetes	No	Yes
Support channels	Ticket, Live chat, Phone (WordPress plans), Docs, Knowledge base	Community forum, Docs, Ticket (paid support plans), Enterprise Slack (Enterprise plan)
Compliance	GDPR	SOC 2
Hidden costs to watch for	Steep renewal price increases after intro term (e.g. shared Launch plan: $2.89/mo intro jumps to $10.99/mo renewal, a ~280% increase) VPS and dedicated servers billed monthly only -- no hourly/pay-as-you-go option to spin down cheaply Free domain registration is only free for the first year, then renews at standard registrar rates DreamPress monthly visit allowances are soft caps; exceeding them can trigger upsell to a higher tier	Machine prices vary by region -- the reference/base rates in this dataset are for the Amsterdam (ams) region; several regions carry a price premium Extra RAM beyond a preset's base allocation is billed separately (~$5 per 30 days per additional GB, prorated per-second) Stopped Machines still incur a rootfs storage charge of $0.15/GB per month Volume snapshots are billed at $0.08/GB per month above the first 10GB free per month Dedicated (non-shared) egress IPs are billed hourly (~$0.005/hr, ~$3.60/mo) in addition to the free shared IPv4 Cross-region private networking traffic is billed per GB and varies sharply by region group (Africa/India up to $0.12/GB egress) Wildcard/extra SSL certificates beyond the first 10 free per org are billed monthly
Last reviewed	2026-07-18	2026-07-18