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DreamHost vs Hosting.com (A2 Hosting): which is more reliable? (2026)
Hosting.com (A2 Hosting) is more reliable than DreamHost, scoring 90.0 vs 82.1 out of 100. Over the last 90 days DreamHost reported 9 incidents and Hosting.com (A2 Hosting) reported 0, with effective uptime of 100% and 100% respectively.
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
VS
| Metric | DreamHost | Hosting.com (A2 Hosting) |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 82.1 | 90.0 |
| Rank (web hosts) | #4 | — |
| Uptime (90 days) | 100% | 100% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 9 | 0 |
| Partial / major outages | 3 | 0 |
| Avg time to resolve | — | — |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 50/100 |
Where DreamHost and Hosting.com (A2 Hosting) differ
- Hosting.com (A2 Hosting) reported no incidents in the last 90 days, while DreamHost reported 9.
- DreamHost had 3 partial or major outages, compared with 0 for Hosting.com (A2 Hosting).
90-day uptime
DreamHost
Hosting.com (A2 Hosting)
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent DreamHost incidents
- Major outageNov 1, 2026 · resolved (duration not published)
- Partial outageOct 30, 2026 · resolved (duration not published)
- Major outageOct 27, 2026 · resolved (duration not published)
Investigating an incident affecting File Manager and Webmail
- Degraded performanceOct 23, 2026 · resolved (duration not published)
- Degraded performanceOct 17, 2026 · resolved (duration not published)
- Degraded performanceOct 15, 2026 · resolved (duration not published)
Recent Hosting.com (A2 Hosting) incidents
No incidents reported by Hosting.com (A2 Hosting) in the last 90 days.
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