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DreamHost vs Nexcess: which is more reliable? (2026)
DreamHost is more reliable than Nexcess, scoring 82.1 vs 55.4 out of 100. Over the last 90 days DreamHost reported 9 incidents and Nexcess reported 19, with effective uptime of 100% and 99.19% respectively.
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | DreamHost | Nexcess |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 82.1 | 55.4 |
| Rank (web hosts) | #4 | #6 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 100% | 99.19% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 9 | 19 |
| Partial / major outages | 3 | 1 |
| Avg time to resolve | — | 11h 39m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where DreamHost and Nexcess differ
- Nexcess reported 2.1× as many incidents as DreamHost over the last 90 days (19 vs 9).
- DreamHost had 3 partial or major outages, compared with 1 for Nexcess.
90-day uptime
DreamHost
Nexcess
- 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 Nexcess incidents
- InformationalOct 27, 2026 · ongoing
- InformationalOct 22, 2026 · ongoing
PHP Security Vulnerability Assessment (CVE-2026-109618 & CVE-2026-109619)
- Degraded performanceSep 26, 2026 · resolved in 4h 34m
Service disruption on subset of cloudhosts in the us-midwest-2 region
Affected: us-midwest-2
- InformationalSep 22, 2026 · resolved in 2d 23h
Security Advisory: Critical WordPress Vulnerability - "Click2Shell"
- Degraded performanceSep 16, 2026 · resolved in 17h 59m
Affected: Tickets, Chats
- InformationalSep 12, 2026 · resolved in 5h 44m
Service interruption on subset of Cloudhosts at US-Midwest-2 Region
Affected: us-midwest-2
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