DreamHost vs Heroku

DreamHost is strongest for WordPress sites. Heroku is strongest for teams migrating away. Here's how they stack up on price, uptime, and support.

Feature	DreamHost	Heroku
Starting price	$10.99/mo	$3/mo
Best for	WordPress sites Beginners wanting simple shared hosting Small business web hosting Budget dedicated servers	Teams migrating away Legacy Rails/Node apps Historical PaaS comparison
Stated uptime SLA	100%	99.5% (Postgres Essential); higher SLAs on Standard/Premium/Private/Shield not separately published
Storage	NVME	SSD
Regions	1	2
Managed Kubernetes	No	No
Support channels	Ticket, Live chat, Phone (WordPress plans), Docs, Knowledge base	Ticket, Docs (Dev Center), Community forum
Compliance	GDPR	SOC 2, HIPAA (Shield tier only), GDPR, PCI (Shield tier only)
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	Eco dynos ($5/mo flat) are personal-account only and not available to Enterprise/Team customers Postgres Essential tier has no fork/follow, no HA, and only 99.5% uptime SLA -- a hidden reliability cliff vs. Standard Add-on overages (Postgres row/connection limits, Redis memory limits) can force an unplanned upgrade to the next tier Performance dynos require an established payment/billing history before they can be provisioned Private Spaces and Shield Private Spaces carry a substantial network-isolation premium (2-3x) over common-runtime equivalents Heroku Postgres Advanced tier pricing is not published; requires contacting sales
Last reviewed	2026-07-18	2026-07-18