Shared hosting vs Cloud hosting vs VPS

In the mid-90s, there have only services available to the masses to host a website fell along the lines of GeoCities. They were clumsy, ugly, and really didn’t give you a whole lot of options. Today, there are a lot more choices available. Generally speaking, there are mainly 4 types of hosting available in this days, these are - Shared, Dedicated, VPS and Cloud hosting. Before we start to discuss these, let's take a look at the short description of web hosting.

What is web hosting?

Web hosting is a server that always connected to the Internet and allows organizations/individuals to serve a website or web page worldwide. When users want to view your website, all they need to type your website address or domain into their browser. Their computer will then connect to your server and your web pages will be delivered to them through the browser. Most hosting companies require that you own your domain in order to host with them. If you do not have a domain, the hosting companies will help you purchase one.

While all types of hostings are act as a storage center for your web content such as - HTML files, videos, audios, images, apps, databases, etc. So, it’s not an easy task to choosing the right web host, even for experienced developers also. Before choosing a web host, it’s important to clear out that what kind of hosting you need.

In this article, we’ll explore the three types of hosting that are - shared, VPS, and cloud hosting, and find the differences between them that can help you to determine the best matches of your website’s needs. So, let’s start -

Shared Hosting

Shared hosting is the most popular option out there. Shared hosting will easily handle about 90% of all websites out there today. When a website is hosted on a shared hosting, the site is placed on the same server as many other sites, ranging from a few to hundreds or thousands.

Typically, all domains may share a common pool of server resources, such as RAM and the CPU. As cost is extremely low, most websites with moderate traffic levels running standard software are hosted on this type of server. Shared hosting is also widely accepted as the entry-level option as it requires minimal technical knowledge.

Benefits of Shared hosting

• It’s cheaper than other.

• It’s beginner-friendly.

• Security, upgrades, and maintenance of the server are managed for you.

Cloud hosting

Cloud hosting is based on the concept of cloud computing technologies that allow an unlimited number of machines to act as one system. So instead of a website is hosting on a single server, it’s hosted on a virtual partition of a server and draws its resources from a network of existing servers. Cloud hosting is extremely reliable because it draws its resources from multiple different servers - if one server goes down, the other servers fill the gap. Also, cloud hosting is flexible and scalable, so it can grow with your website - if your site needs more resources, just add them.

Benefits of Cloud hosting

• It's relatively reliable because your website is hosted on a virtual partition that takes advantage of multiple physical networks. When one of the servers goes offline, it will slightly reduce the resource level to the cloud but will not add up to your website. No inaccessibility or anything else.

• It's secured by many physical servers that are protected from third-parties who want to access their premises or interrupt their services.

• Cloud hosting is extensible, flexible, and scalable. It does not have the same constraints as a single server. Resources are available according to your requests and in real time.

VPS

VPS stands for Virtual Private Server. It's a partition of a dedicated server machine. It acts as an autonomous server but is actually a self-contained folder on a powerful physical host system that also hosts other virtual servers for other clients. Although you share space on the physical host, your virtual server is independent of the others. A VPS can be rebooted without affecting the other VPSs on that machine. You have a server operating system (OS) with root access, and you can install software as you would if you had a dedicated hosting plan with your own server. A portion of the physical host’s CPU and memory are dedicated to your VPS, but you also share additional resources with the other virtual servers.

Benefits of VPS Hosting

• It offers total and complete freedom. Free to manage your server as you like, you have access to everything and you can install all the software you need.

• Hosting in VPS is very efficient. It's not dependent on traffic or audience. You have your own resources and you are isolated from other servers.

• Hosting in VPS is secure. All your files are private and inaccessible to other clients regardless of their rights on the server.

Let’s find the differences between them

• VPS is made for people who are interested in hosting just a website. While it is powerful, VPS does not guarantee uptime should your website fails due to high traffic or a technical glitch. Where The cloud-based hosting is more stable as there will not be any effect on performance when a part of the component goes down as it is decentralized.

• Shared is cheaper than the other two. It’s easy to get started with shared hosting compared to other hosting options.

• If you have a busy site you really do need at least a VPS. It's faster and more reliable than shared hosting accounts as well as able to handle significantly more users and greater complexity.

• Cloud hosting isn’t for the faint of heart. It requires a rather heavy knowledge of web server software to handle effectively. Cloud hosting as resources are often billed by the hour and can easily exceed your budget if you don’t pay attention.

• IN VPS, you can make customizations to suit your needs and you have greater control over your hosting environment.

• For a site that is growing rapidly or subject to severe traffic fluctuations, the cloud can be a very effective solution.

• In Shared hosting, security isn’t guaranteed. because you don’t know who else is using the same server, so if one site has a memory leak or is hacked, your site could be affected. In contrast, VPS is more secure. Because the host installs a layer of software that dedicates part of the server to you, which make is completely separate from other customers.

• The real benefit of cloud servers comes from offering great performance with superior reliability.

 

In the end, we say that the type of hosting you pick depends on both your experience level and the number of visitors you plan on seeing at your site. The higher either one of those variables gets the more it will cost you. Hope you like this article. Thank you!