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Starting a website is fun, but there are several things that we need to address prior to launching a site.

First, we must select a host for our website. There are many excellent web hosting companies available, and for a beginner, selecting the best of the best is no easy task.

All web hosting companies will claim to give you the best server and unlimited resources, but when you sign up with them, you will immediately begin to face a number of issues. For this reason, it is very important to be cautious and selective when choosing your web hosting company.

In this post, I will offer you a detailed comparison between HostGator, DreamHost, and Bluehost. I have chosen to compare these three companies because I have found them to be the top service providers for shared hosting to date.

This post compares:

I have used DreamHost and HostGator for my personal sites, and Bluehost for my customer sites. So far, Bluehost and HostGator have surprised me the most with their hosting quality and support.

In particular, Bluehost is highly recommended for running a WordPress blog, as it is recommended by the official WordPress.org hosting page & also offers free SSL which is a much required for our websites in 2017.

My experience with all three of these hosting companies has been in hosting WordPress sites, and WordPress uses memory-intensive software. In other words, WordPress is a memory hog! This is important to know when choosing your website’s host.

A WordPress blog requires hosting to be updated with the latest technology, and all three of these hosting companies offer a well-optimized environment for running a WordPress blog.

With Bluehost and HostGator, I have experienced handling of almost 20k/PV daily, all with a well-optimized WordPress blog + cache plugin.

DreamHost has lately disappointed with their server quality & delayed support.

If you are looking to start a serious website, and you are anticipating more than 200,000 PV/month, I would suggest that you choose Bluehost. Bluehost also offers free SSL & PHP 7 which will ensure your website offers optimum performance.  In fact, my personal choice would be Bluehost for their high-end servers and top quality service.

So far I have used Bluehost’s telephone support five or six times, and they have always taken care of my issue within a couple of minutes.

DreamHost also offers telephone support, but unlike Bluehost and HostGator, they don’t offer free telephone support. Their telephone support is a premium service, and this is a feature which I do not like. More over, in 2017 Dreamhost service has gone down due to their team change & is not recommended for hosting WordPress site.

When it comes to support, we usually use live chat, a feature that is offered by both Bluehost and HostGator.  They both offer a ticketing system as well.

Personally, I would recommend these three shared hosting companies in the following order:

I hope this comparison of DreamHost vs. HostGator vs. Bluehost has given you a better idea of your various hosting options before you begin your successful online career!