Dreamhost's pricing page now opens on the 1-year term instead of 4 years
What happened
Between the Oct 5, 2025 and Jan 1, 2026 captures of Dreamhost's pricing page, Pulse recorded one change: The default subscription term shown on the pricing page changed from 4 years to 1 year between the Oct 5 and Jan 1 captures. Prices quoted for different terms are not comparable, so no price change is recorded. Pulse files it as a packaging change (package change) with a neutral 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 renames its shared hosting plans Launch, Growth and Scale and splits its pricing page into tabs" (Q3 2025). Before that Pulse recorded "Dreamhost adds Failover Protection to DreamPress" (Q2 2025), "Dreamhost Upgrades VPS Storage to NVMe Technology for Enhanced Performance" (Q1 2025) and "Dreamhost Increases DreamPress First Year Price by 41% Amid New Features and Discount Changes" (Q4 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.
- — · Packaging—4 years1 year
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Packaging | 4 years | 1 year | — |
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 5, 2025 and Jan 1, 2026; the change is marked near the top of the page, where packaging reads 4 years and then 1 year.
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Dreamhost, pricing history
Full history- Jun 15, 2026improvedDreamhost cuts Remixer AI builder to 30-day trial on all plans
- Apr 3, 2026packagingDreamhost Raises DreamShield Protect Add-On Price to $3/mo
- Mar 10, 2026increaseDreamhost Raises DreamShield Protection Add-On Price to $3/mo
- Jan 13, 2026packagingDreamhost's pricing page now opens on the 1-year term instead of 4 years · this change
- 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
- Q3 2024packagingDreamhost VPS Annual Plan Discount Soars to 64%, Making Yearly Billing More Attractive Than Ever
- 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 January 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between Oct 5, 2025 and Jan 1, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: package change.
What changed on Dreamhost's pricing page between Oct 5, 2025 and Jan 1, 2026?
Packaging: 4 years → 1 year. Pulse compared the captures it took on Oct 5, 2025 and Jan 1, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Dreamhost change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 0 other pricing-page changes for Dreamhost in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Dreamhost renames its shared hosting plans Launch, Growth and Scale and splits its pricing page into tabs" in Q3 2025; Dreamhost has been tracked since 2023-11-14.