Dreamhost VPS Annual Plan Discount Soars to 64%, Making Yearly Billing More Attractive Than Ever
What happened
Between the Jul 1, 2024 and Oct 1, 2024 captures of Dreamhost's pricing page, Pulse recorded 4 changes: DreamPress Birthday Sale promotional pricing introduced: first year at $11.99/mo (previously $16.95/mo), then $19.99/mo - representing 40% off first year; VPS yearly plan discount dramatically increased from 'Save 8% Over Monthly' to 'Save 64% Over Monthly', making annual billing much more attractive; VPS plan storage doubled from 30 GB to 60 GB SSD as part of tier upgrade to Business plan; VPS plan upgraded from '1GB | Basic' to '2GB | Business' tier, doubling RAM allocation while maintaining same price point. Pulse files it as a pricing change (discount added, discount change, limit increase, plan renamed) with an upward direction. Pulse's latest capture (Oct 21, 2026) lists Web Hosting Launch at $10.99, VPS Stack 4 at $11.99, Web Hosting Growth at $12.99, VPS Stack 8 at $16.99 and DreamPress 1 at $19.99.
Dreamhost's previous recorded change was "Dreamhost Introduces AI Business Advisor Feature Across All Plans, Enhancing 24/7 Support with OpenAI's GPT-4o" (Q2 2024). Dreamhost has been tracked since 2023-11-14.
In the same window Siteground and Hostgator also changed their Cloud & DevOps pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- — · Discount−29%$16.95/mo$11.99/mo
- — · DiscountRewordedSave 8% Over MonthlySave 64% Over Monthly
- VPS · Limit+100%30 GB60 GB
- VPS · PlanReworded1GB | Basic2GB | Business
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Discount | $16.95/mo | $11.99/mo | −29% |
| — | Discount | Save 8% Over Monthly | Save 64% Over Monthly | Reworded |
| VPS | Limit | 30 GB | 60 GB | +100% |
| VPS | Plan | 1GB | Basic | 2GB | Business | Reworded |
Values as written on Dreamhost's public pricing page in the two captures Pulse compared; where the page states no number, the cells give the wording before and after.
Evidence
The two captures Pulse comparedFull-page captures of Dreamhost's pricing page (dreamhost.com) from Jul 1, 2024 and Oct 1, 2024; the change is marked on the page, where discount reads $16.95/mo and then $11.99/mo.
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Dreamhost, the last 90 days
Full history- Q2 2025improvedDreamhost adds Failover Protection to DreamPress
- Q1 2025improvedDreamhost Upgrades VPS Storage to NVMe Technology for Enhanced Performance
- Q4 2024improvedDreamhost Increases DreamPress First Year Price by 41% Amid New Features and Discount Changes
- Q3 2024packagingDreamhost VPS Annual Plan Discount Soars to 64%, Making Yearly Billing More Attractive Than Ever · this change
- Q2 2024improvedDreamhost Introduces AI Business Advisor Feature Across All Plans, Enhancing 24/7 Support with OpenAI's GPT-4o
Across Cloud & DevOps in the same window
All Cloud & DevOps changes- SitegroundJan 12Siteground Introduces AI Agent for WordPress Across All Hosting Plans, Enhancing Managed WordPress Features
- HostgatorJan 11Hostgator Introduces Pro Plan at $13.95/mo, Ideal for High Traffic with Enhanced Features Including DDoS Protection and AI Site Creation Tools
- SitegroundJan 12Siteground Introduces Free Domain for All Hosting Plans: StartUp, GrowBig, and GoGeek
- HostgatorJan 11Hostgator Removes AI Site Creation Tools from All Plans, Impacting User Experience and Value
Questions about this change
Did Dreamhost raise prices in October 2024?
No list-price increase was recorded between Jul 1, 2024 and Oct 1, 2024. The change Pulse detected was a pricing change: discount added, discount change, limit increase, plan renamed.
What changed on Dreamhost's pricing page between Jul 1, 2024 and Oct 1, 2024?
Discount: $16.95/mo → $11.99/mo (−29%); discount: Save 8% Over Monthly → Save 64% Over Monthly, reworded; VPS limit: 30 GB → 60 GB (+100%); VPS plan: 1GB | Basic → 2GB | Business, reworded. Pulse compared the captures it took on Jul 1, 2024 and Oct 1, 2024; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Dreamhost change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 1 other pricing-page change for Dreamhost in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Dreamhost Introduces AI Business Advisor Feature Across All Plans, Enhancing 24/7 Support with OpenAI's GPT-4o" in Q2 2024; Dreamhost has been tracked since 2023-11-14.