Hostgator or Dreamhost?

Hi,

I read all the recommendations in this forum about choosing a host, so I decided to go with Hostgator or Dreamhost. But witch one should I choose? Dreamhost is cheaper and is offering more for less, but Hostgater is more reliable.

Any suggestions?

 

Dreamhost.

 

I actually heard the otherwise about HostGator...less reliable, and only good things about DreamHost.

 

Are you sure?

http://www.google.com/search?q=dreamhost+sucks

 

i have experience with dreamhost, and say its pretty good

 

DreamHost over sell BY MILES!

they offer too much at too low cost, just trying to sell as many accounts as possible (by the way i can give you a promo code if you need it that knock like 80% off DreamHost)

And they also have terrible downtime : http://www.dreamhoststatus.com/


But i like them because they quote me so much and i pay them next to nothing, get what you pay for i guess!

 

Id say hostgator-i was with them for 3 years.
Now im with polurnet...

 

Id say hostgator

 

Why did you leave hostgator?

 

i have been with dreamhost for about a month and there has been downtimes a few times, usuall no more than ten minutes that besides the ugly control panel and crappy stats, dream host is pretty good, offers alot of speed and is the only host that i can host a decent size forum on for 10 dollars a month .....

besides downtimes i would recommend them for a new site

 

didn't use dreamhost yet. Currently using hostgator and i don't think i need to switch to other company anymore

 

If you plant to run scripts you may wand to avoid DH. They force all PHP to run as cgi. The also have problems with RSS feeds.

 

I just couldnt afford the fees anymore plus the support is better at polurnet.

 

dreamhost is kool
use 777 as coupon code ull get a discount

 

if you want a dedicated server and know your stuff go to the source that hostgator uses they get their servers from http://www.theplanet.com you can save big money by going direct.

 

both are good, though hostgator has a slight edge. I would say base your decision depending on which applications/scripts you are going to run on the site

theplanet is the most popular as many popular hosts are with them - and as blademaster says, should you need a dedicated server, go direct provided you know your stuff

 

The decision is made, Hostgator is the winner, I just signed up. So far so good.

Thanks for all your replies .

Dantes

 

i see at dreamhost they upgrade your traffic limit by 8 gb every week.
If i understand correctly,do they give 8 gb more traffic every week you are a member of there hosting?

 

+ extra 200mb of storage a week

Disk: 0% of 20.9 GB
(+0.2 GB / week)

Xfer: 0% of 1072 GB
(+8 GB / week)

 

make sure you check out www.dreamhoststatus.com before making any decesion. They had had troublesome months in recent past.