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DreamHost vs Flywheel: which is more reliable? (2026)
Flywheel is more reliable than DreamHost, scoring 88.4 vs 82.1 out of 100. Over the last 90 days DreamHost reported 9 incidents and Flywheel reported 2, with effective uptime of 100% and 100% respectively.
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | DreamHost | Flywheel |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 82.1 | 88.4 |
| Rank (web hosts) | #4 | #2 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 100% | 100% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 9 | 2 |
| Partial / major outages | 3 | 0 |
| Avg time to resolve | — | — |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where DreamHost and Flywheel differ
- DreamHost reported 4.5× as many incidents as Flywheel over the last 90 days (9 vs 2).
- DreamHost had 3 partial or major outages, compared with 0 for Flywheel.
90-day uptime
DreamHost
Flywheel
- 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 Flywheel incidents
- Degraded performanceOct 20, 2026 · resolved (duration not published)
- Degraded performanceAug 18, 2026 · resolved (duration not published)
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- Namecheap Hosting · #1 · 100% uptime
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- GoDaddy Web Hosting · #5 · 99.49% uptime
- Nexcess · #6 · 99.19% uptime