This table compares each of the web hosts evaluated in our article, Web Host Smackdown: 6 Hosting Plans Reviewed.
| Feature | A Small Orange: Small | DreamHost | Hosting Rails: Beginner | MediaTemple: (gs) Grid Service | RailsPlayground: Developer Level One | WebFaction: Shared 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| One Year Fee | $60.00 | $119.40 | $43.08 | $240.00 | $60.00 | $102.00 |
| Domain | $10.00 | 1 free, then $9.95 | — | 1 free, then $15.00 | — | — |
| Disk space | 400 MB | Unlimited 1 | 5 GB | 100 GB | 3 GB | 10 GB |
| Bandwidth | 10 GB | Unlimited | 20 GB | 1000 GB | 30 GB | 600 GB |
| Django | Yes | Yes | Optional | Yes (Container) | Yes | Yes |
| FastCGI | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Perl | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| PHP | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Rails | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (Container) | Yes | Yes |
| mod_python | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| Passenger (mod_rails) | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| MySQL | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| PostgreSQL | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Git | Ask support 2 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Manual install 3 |
| SVN | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| SSH | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Dedicated IP address (per month) | $2.00 | $3.95 | $3.00 | One with SSL | $2.00 | $5.00 |
1 DreamHost’s unlimited plan has some caveats.
2 A forum post suggests that ASO’s support staff can install this for you—just ask.
3 You’ll need to install Git yourself; see instructions.