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DreamHost vs Kinsta: which is more reliable? (2026)
DreamHost is more reliable than Kinsta, scoring 82.1 vs 48.0 out of 100. Over the last 90 days DreamHost reported 9 incidents and Kinsta reported 13, with effective uptime of 100% and 98.63% respectively.
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | DreamHost | Kinsta |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 82.1 | 48.0 |
| Rank (web hosts) | #4 | #7 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 100% | 98.63% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 9 | 13 |
| Partial / major outages | 3 | 6 |
| Avg time to resolve | — | 12h 37m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where DreamHost and Kinsta differ
- Kinsta reported 44% more incidents than DreamHost over the last 90 days (13 vs 9).
- Kinsta had 6 partial or major outages, compared with 3 for DreamHost.
90-day uptime
DreamHost
Kinsta
- 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 Kinsta incidents
- Degraded performanceOct 29, 2026 · resolved in 1h 20m
Downloadable Backup actions are stuck in processing status in the MyKinsta Dashboard.
Affected: MyKinsta
- Partial outageOct 26, 2026 · resolved in 1h 43m
MFA emails not being sent for MyKinsta
Affected: MyKinsta
- InformationalOct 23, 2026 · resolved in 4d
Information in regards to newly discovered PHP vulnerability CVE-2026-115560 (Oct 23, 2026)
- InformationalOct 21, 2026 · resolved in 13h 22m
PHP Security Vulnerability Update
Affected: MyKinsta
- Degraded performanceOct 20, 2026 · resolved in 15h 28m
Partial outage in London datacenter
Affected: London, United Kingdom data centers
- Partial outageOct 8, 2026 · resolved in 7h 21m
Service disruption at the Northern Virginia (US East 4) data centerofficial update ↗
Affected: Ashburn, Virginia, US data centers
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