Dreamhost -> Hostinger

I’ve moved my hosting from Dreamhost, where I’ve been for about 12 years, to Hostinger. Dreamhost isn’t a bad hosting company, per se — they are great if what you want is pretty basic, and will grow with you as your needs grow — but all that comes at a price.

My hosting needs are pretty simple. I basically need some WordPress, and occasionally I may want to install my own Node.js, PHP, or Python-based site… Maybe I want to set up a reverse-proxy to another service. Could I do that on Dreamhost, yes, but I’d pay fees based on how much I use it. That sounds fair, doesn’t it?

Except even idle (sending zero bits, receiving zero bits, using only enough CPU and memory to run absolutely nothing would cost me $25 a month. The moment I use it, I start paying for every electron that passes through my server. I used to pay $25 per year to run my WordPress site. With Dreamhost’s additional flexibility, my hosting charges would go up 1,200%, and that’s before I even move this blog over.

Hostinger, by contrast, charges me by $27 per month — yes, that’s more, but I get 4 x the memory, 4 x the CPU cores, and I can use all of the available memory and CPU I want. I’ll be slowly migrating over some additional services as I have time.