DreamHost vs KapsuleHost
DreamHost publish USD$2.89/mo first year on Web Hosting Launch, renewing at USD$10.99/mo, and they have been trading since 1997. Web Hosting Start is US$3/mo in your own currency, with mailboxes included and a renewal price the contract holds at the number you signed up on.
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DreamHost
Web Hosting Launch
Entry price
USD$2.89/mo first year
Renewal: USD$10.99/mo
As published 2026-09-02
3-year cost: US$298.44
KapsuleHost
Web Hosting Start
Match for DreamHost
Entry price
US$3/mo
Renewal: US$3/mo (locked, clause 7.5)
3-year cost: US$108
See the year by year cost
The cost math
What you actually pay, year by year.
Ours is read live from our catalogue, in your own currency. Theirs is what they publish, in theirs. Each figure stands exactly as its own company prints it.
DreamHost, as published
DreamHost's own published rates, read 2026-09-02, in the currency they publish in.
DreamHost 3-year cost
US$298.44
KapsuleHost, live
In your own currency, read from our catalogue as this page loaded.
KapsuleHost 3-year cost
US$108
The DreamHost figures are their own published prices, read on 2026-09-02, in the currency they publish in. Check their current rate before you sign up. Our figures come from our catalogue in your own currency as this page loaded, and clause 7.5 of our Terms guarantees your renewal price is the price you signed up at.
Scorecard
Five things you get by moving from DreamHost.
Every one of these is on your plan from the day you arrive, and clause 7.5 of our Terms holds the price you signed up at for as long as your subscription runs.
One price, with the tax shown
You are billed in your own currency, with any sales tax itemised on the invoice, so the number on the plan card is the number you can plan around.
A real engineer answers, every time
Kora replies the moment you ask, and your ticket goes straight to one of our own engineers. You are talking to somebody who can change the thing you are asking about.
Your price is locked the day you sign up
Clause 7.5 of our Terms holds your renewal price at whatever you signed up for, for as long as your subscription runs. It is written into the contract you can read before you spend anything.
Mailboxes are included, not sold separately
Every Web Hosting plan comes with mailboxes on your own domain, five on Start and twenty five on Pro, 10 GB each, with a calendar, contacts and apps for your phone, all on the same bill as your site.
We move you here for free
The tools bring your site, your database, your mailboxes and your DNS across on every plan, at any size, and Kora runs them with you while you watch. For a bigger or more delicate move, one of our engineers does the whole thing for a published price.
Spec sheet
What comes with your plan.
This is what the plan price buys, line by line. A free SSL certificate, nightly backups kept thirty nights, mailboxes on your own domain and a free migration come with every plan on the list.
Moving over
We move you here from DreamHost, free.
Moving from DreamHost is free. We take a copy of your site, build it here, let you check it, and switch your DNS outside business hours. Kora will run it with you, and for a complicated or sensitive move a person can do the whole thing for a published price.
Q + A
What buyers ask us about DreamHost.
These are the questions buyers send us while they are deciding between DreamHost and us, answered the way one of our own engineers would answer them on the phone.
Why move from a company trading since 1997 to one that started in 2026?
Three reasons: one of our own engineers answers your ticket, the number on the plan card is the whole bill, and clause 7.5 holds your renewal price at what you signed up for. If those three matter to you, this is the better home.
Can I work the same way I do on DreamPress?
Yes. KPanel does the same jobs: install WordPress in one click, work on a practice copy, hold updates back until you are ready, and restore a backup. The screens are different, the jobs are the same.
What do you commit to in writing?
A published contract, on the site, before you spend anything: clause 7.5 holds your renewal price, clause 7.4 gives you thirty days notice of any fee change, clause 13.5 lets you take everything with you, and clause 4.7 prints the fair use limits as real numbers.
Ready?
Start on Web Hosting Start.
US$3/mo, held at that price for as long as your subscription runs. A free SSL certificate, nightly backups kept thirty nights and mailboxes on your own domain come with it, and we move you here from DreamHost for free.