Dreamhost Increases DreamPress First Year Price by 41% Amid New Features and Discount Changes
What happened
Between the Oct 1, 2024 and Jan 1, 2025 captures of Dreamhost's pricing page, Pulse recorded 4 changes: DreamPress introductory discount decreased from 40% OFF to 29% OFF; Essential CDN added to DreamPress plan - BunnyCDN integration with 10 global points of presence; DreamPress first year price increased from $11.99/mo to $16.95/mo (41% increase); Website builder renamed from 'WP Website Builder' to 'AI Website Builder' with updated description. Pulse files it as a pricing change (discount change, feature added, price increase, feature change) 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 VPS Annual Plan Discount Soars to 64%, Making Yearly Billing More Attractive Than Ever" (Q3 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.
- — · DiscountChanged40% OFF29% OFF
- DreamPress · FeatureAddedNo Essential CDNEssential CDN
- — · Price+41%$11.99/mo$16.95/mo
- — · FeatureRewordedWP Website BuilderAI Website Builder
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Discount | 40% OFF | 29% OFF | Changed |
| DreamPress | Feature | No Essential CDN | Essential CDN | Added |
| — | Price | $11.99/mo | $16.95/mo | +41% |
| — | Feature | WP Website Builder | AI Website Builder | 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 Oct 1, 2024 and Jan 1, 2025; the change is marked on the page, where price reads $11.99/mo and then $16.95/mo.
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Dreamhost, the last 90 days
Full history- Q3 2025improvedDreamhost renames its shared hosting plans Launch, Growth and Scale and splits its pricing page into tabs
- 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 · this change
- Q3 2024packagingDreamhost VPS Annual Plan Discount Soars to 64%, Making Yearly Billing More Attractive Than Ever
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 January 2025?
Yes. Pulse captured Dreamhost's pricing page on Oct 1, 2024 and again on Jan 1, 2025 and recorded 1 price increase: $11.99/mo → $16.95/mo (+41%).
What changed on Dreamhost's pricing page between Oct 1, 2024 and Jan 1, 2025?
Discount: 40% OFF → 29% OFF, changed; DreamPress feature: No Essential CDN → Essential CDN, added; price: $11.99/mo → $16.95/mo (+41%); feature: WP Website Builder → AI Website Builder, reworded. Pulse compared the captures it took on Oct 1, 2024 and Jan 1, 2025; 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 VPS Annual Plan Discount Soars to 64%, Making Yearly Billing More Attractive Than Ever" in Q3 2024; Dreamhost has been tracked since 2023-11-14.