Most hosting services have strict limits on what you can do with your account, and as a matter of policy prefer to keep the most powerful tools away from their customers. DreamHost is completely different: they not only offer these features to you, the customer, but also make them easier to utilize.
That is the main reason Studio DotBeyond's hosting choice is DreamHost. We've been with them for over 2.5 years and couldn't be happier.
Powerful features such as MySQL databases or CVS version control can be configured from our web-based administration panel. Even such options as setting database permissions can be handled with ease from a point-and-click interface. You can add and register new domain names, manage users and groups, add email announcement and discussion lists, manage your database content, set up a Miva Merchant shopping cart, and much more. All this from the Web Control Panel, without needing to contact support to do it for you.
Currently DreamHost is 17th World's largest Registrar/Hosting provider!
growth statistics from webhosting.info
This section shows a historical trend of the Total Domain Names registered by DREAMHOST, along with it's Global Market Share. The first row in the table represents the latest data for this registrar. [source]
DREAMHOST: Total Domains Data
| Weeks |
Total Domains |
Global Market Share |
| 03/06/06 |
107,206 |
0.178% |
| 02/27/06 |
105,161 |
0.173% |
| 02/20/06 |
103,447 |
0.173% |
| 02/13/06 |
101,263 |
0.170% |
| 02/06/06 |
99,129 |
0.170% |
| 01/30/06 |
97,286 |
0.164% |
Here is info about their plans:
| Support |
Level 1 |
Level 2 |
Level 3 |
Level 4 |
| 97-Day Money-Back Guarantee |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| 24 hour Technical Support (E-Mail) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Telephone Support (Phone Callbacks/mo) |
0 |
1 |
3 |
5 |
| Account Features |
| Web-Based Account Control Panel |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| JabberTM Chat Server |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Disk Storage at signup - QUADRUPLED! |
4800 MB
20 GB
|
9600 MB
40 GB
|
15360 MB
60 GB
|
22080 MB
90 GB
|
| Automatically Increases Weekly By: |
160 MB
|
320 MB
|
480 MB
|
640 MB
|
| Monthly Bandwidth - OCTUPLED! |
120 GB
1 TB
|
144 GB
1.2 TB
|
192 GB
1.6 TB
|
264 GB
2.2 TB
|
| Automatically Increases Weekly By: |
8 GB
|
12 GB
|
16 GB
|
20 GB
|
| MySQL Databases |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
| User Accounts |
| E-Mail Accounts (POP / IMAP) |
600
3000
|
1400
6000
|
3000
12000
|
6200
24000
|
| Shell / FTP / E-Mail Accounts |
75 |
175 |
375 |
775 |
| E-Mail |
| POP / SMTP Access |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| IMAP Access |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Web-Based Email Access |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Procmail Mail Filtering |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Spam Filtering - SpamAssassin |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Email Addresses (Aliases) |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
| Announcement Lists |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
| Discussion Lists |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
| Domains |
| Free Domain Registrations (A $9.95 Value!) |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| Domains Hosted |
3
UNLIMITED
|
7
UNLIMITED
|
15
UNLIMITED
|
31
UNLIMITED
|
| Subdomains Hosted |
15
UNLIMITED
|
35
UNLIMITED
|
75
UNLIMITED
|
155
UNLIMITED
|
| Domains Forwarded/Mirrored |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
| Custom DNS |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Programming |
| PHP4 Support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| PHP5 Support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Full Unix Shell |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Crontab Access |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Full CGI Access |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Ruby On Rails |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Canned CGI Scripts |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Server Side Includes (SSI) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| CVS Repository |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| E-Commerce |
| MIVA Merchant License ($695 value) |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Unique IP Address |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
| SSL Secure Server (req. unique IP) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| SSL Secure Certificate |
not included |
not included |
not included |
FREE |
| Advanced Features |
| Enhanced Web Security |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| WebDAV |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Snapshot Data Backup |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Daily Access Statistics |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Access to raw log files |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Banner-Free DreamBook account |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Passworded Directories (.htaccess) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| FrontPage Extensions |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| RealAudio and Video (http stream) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Quicktime Streaming |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Anonymous FTP Server (req. unique IP) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| VPN Access |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
| Account Add-Ons |
| Additional Disk Space / 10MB |
$1/mo |
$1/mo |
$1/mo |
$1/mo |
| Additional Monthly Bandwidth / 1 GB |
$1 |
$1 |
$0.50 |
$0.50 |
| Additional Domain Registration / Yr |
$9.95 |
$9.95 |
$9.95 |
$9.95 |
| Unique IP Address |
$4.95/mo |
$4.95/mo |
$4.95/mo |
$4.95/mo |
|
Crazy
Domain
Insane! |
Sweet
Dreams |
Code
Monster |
Strictly
Business |
| Pricing Options |
Level 1 |
Level 2 |
Level 3 |
Level 4 |
| |
Month-To-Month
Payments |  |
|
Monthly Price: |
$9.95 |
$19.95 |
$39.95
$19.95
|
$79.95 |
| One-Time Setup Fee: |
$49.95 |
$49.95 |
$49.95 |
$49.95 |
|
|
|
|
|
One-Year
Pre-Payment | |
| (NO Setup Fees!) | |
Monthly Price: |
$9.95 |
$19.95 |
$39.95
19.95
|
$79.95 |
|
|
|
|
|
Two-Year
Pre-Payment |
|
(NO Setup
Fees!)
(Best value
- 20%
savings!) |
|
Monthly Price: |
$7.95 |
$15.95 |
$31.95
$15.95
|
$63.95 |
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All of Dreamhost's plans include MySQL database support, PHP4 and 5, Perl/CGI, Ruby on Rails and FTP/shell access, giving you the tools you need to develop, deploy, and manage a fully interactive web site from scratch.
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