Civo vs DreamHost.

vps pricing compared · prices as of 16 Sept 2026

On today's data, DreamHost undercuts Civo on memory pricing, with a median RAM price of $2.47/GB against $5.43/GB. The cheapest way in is Civo at $5.43/mo (Standard xSmall · 1 vCPU · 1 GB). Civo counters with broader reach: 5 locations vs 1.

At 4 GB of RAM the cheaper of the two is DreamHost Stack 4 at $15.99/mo, against Civo at $21.73/mo, checked 16 Sept 2026.

Civoall plans →

• Cheapest · best value

  Standard xSmall · 1 vCPU · 1 GB

  1 vCPU · 1 GB · 25 GB NVMe

  $5.43/moView at Civo ↗

DreamHostall plans →

• Cheapest

  Stack 4 · 2 vCPU · 4 GB

  2 vCPU · 4 GB · 75 GB NVMe

  $15.99/moView at DreamHost ↗
• Best value

  Stack 32 · 8 vCPU · 32 GB

  8 vCPU · 32 GB · 450 GB NVMe

  $59.99/moView at DreamHost ↗

compare the two best-value plans side by side →

MetricCivoDreamHost

Plans tracked114

Cheapest plan$5.43/mo$15.99/mo

Median $/GB RAM$5.43/GB$2.47/GB

Avg value score44/10081/100

Locations51

Dedicated-vCPU plans00

NVMe share100%100%

Unmetered bandwidth100% of plans100% of plans

Cheapest plan at each RAM tier

≥ 2 GB RAM

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Civowins

Standard Small · 1 vCPU · 2 GB

1 vCPU · 2 GB · 25 GB NVMe · $10.86/mo

DreamHost

Stack 4 · 2 vCPU · 4 GB

2 vCPU · 4 GB · 75 GB NVMe · $15.99/mo

≥ 4 GB RAM

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Civo

Standard Medium · 2 vCPU · 4 GB

2 vCPU · 4 GB · 50 GB NVMe · $21.73/mo

DreamHostwins

Stack 4 · 2 vCPU · 4 GB

2 vCPU · 4 GB · 75 GB NVMe · $15.99/mo

≥ 8 GB RAM

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Civo

Standard Large · 4 vCPU · 8 GB

4 vCPU · 8 GB · 100 GB NVMe · $43.45/mo

DreamHostwins

Stack 8 · 2 vCPU · 8 GB

2 vCPU · 8 GB · 150 GB NVMe · $21.99/mo

Top value plans from each

Civo

• Standard xSmall · 1 vCPU · 1 GBvalue 84/100$5.43
• Standard Small · 1 vCPU · 2 GBvalue 75/100$10.86
• Standard Medium · 2 vCPU · 4 GBvalue 68/100$21.73
• Standard Large · 4 vCPU · 8 GBvalue 59/100$43.45
• Standard Extra Large · 6 vCPU · 16 GBvalue 42/100$86.91

DreamHost

• Stack 32 · 8 vCPU · 32 GBvalue 83/100$59.99
• Stack 16 · 4 vCPU · 16 GBvalue 82/100$34.99
• Stack 8 · 2 vCPU · 8 GBvalue 80/100$21.99
• Stack 4 · 2 vCPU · 4 GBvalue 78/100$15.99

Prices exclude VAT, fetched 16 Sept 2026 from each provider's own API or public price page. Civo data: Live web · compute instance tables on civo.com/pricing (USD, all regions). DreamHost data: Live web · VPS Stack cards on dreamhost.com (auto-renewal rate, intro promo ignored).