What is the difference between shared hosting and VPS?

It is the same difference as between a dedicated server and usual shared hosting.

With a VPS, you receive all the power of dedicated hosting with the ability to have your own set of services and customizable disk space. With shared hosting, you have limited administrative access and can’t customize software configurations, while with a VPS you can perform any actions from your control panel and don’t need to contact technical support with every single request.

Shared hosting and Virtual Private Server (VPS) are two types of web hosting services that cater to different needs and requirements. Here’s a brief comparison of the two:

Shared Hosting:

• Shared hosting is a type of web hosting where multiple websites share the same physical server and its resources.
• Each website is hosted on a single server, and resources such as CPU, memory, and disk space are shared among all websites.
• Shared hosting is suitable for small to medium-sized websites with moderate traffic.
• It’s often less expensive than VPS hosting, with prices starting from around $5-10 per month.
• Shared hosting plans usually come with limitations, such as:
  • Limited storage space
  • Limited bandwidth
  • Limited CPU resources
  • Limited scalability
  • Shared resources can lead to slower performance

Virtual Private Server (VPS):

• VPS is a type of virtualization technology that partitions a physical server into multiple virtual servers, each with its own dedicated resources.
• Each VPS is a virtualized server, running its own operating system, with dedicated CPU, memory, and storage.
• VPS hosting is suitable for medium to large-sized websites with high traffic or resource-intensive applications.
• It’s often more expensive than shared hosting, with prices starting from around $20-50 per month.
• VPS plans usually offer:
  • Dedicated resources (CPU, memory, storage)
  • Better performance and scalability
  • Root access to the server
  • More control over server settings and configurations
  • Flexibility to upgrade or downgrade plans as needed

Key differences:

1. Resource allocation: Shared hosting shares resources among multiple websites, while VPS provides dedicated resources for each virtual server.
2. Performance: VPS typically offers better performance due to dedicated resources, while shared hosting may experience slower performance due to resource sharing.
3. Scalability: VPS allows for easier scalability by upgrading or downgrading plans as needed, while shared hosting may require migration to a different plan or server.
4. Control: VPS provides root access to the server, giving you more control over server settings and configurations, while shared hosting typically has limited control options.
5. Cost: Shared hosting is often less expensive than VPS hosting.

When deciding between shared hosting and VPS, consider the following factors:

• Your website’s traffic and resource requirements
• Your budget
• The level of control and customization you need
• The scalability requirements for your website

If your website has moderate traffic and resource requirements, shared hosting might be sufficient. However, if you need more control, dedicated resources, and scalability, VPS might be a better option.

Why should I choose VPS hosting?

Virtual Private Server is the right choice for developers, webmasters, resellers and simply for those who run resource-intensive websites. We use KVM and VMware technologies for virtualization, that is why each VPS performs and executes exactly like an independent physical machine and therefore offers security and flexibility for your sites, independence from neighbors, full control over your hosting environment and power of a dedicated server at an affordable price. KVM delivers 133% increase in disk speed performance comparing to XEN technology. Both KVM and VMware VPSs has got their own customers, and we respect all those customers.

What is a VPS?

With a VPS, you open a world of possibilities that would not be possible on shared hosting because of restrictions.

VPS stands for Virtual Private Server. This refers to the partitioning of a physical server into multiple servers. In effect, each one acts just like a dedicated server, you get all the features of a dedicated server but at a lower price. Each VPS has its own operating system, and each can be rebooted separately. These operating systems each receive a specific share of the resources of the physical server, no more and no less, they are isolated from each other so that one cannot interfere with another. If one VPS experiences problems or tries to use too much memory or CPU resources, it has no effect on the others.

There are many advantages to selecting a VPS, it costs less than a fully dedicated server and provides a great deal of freedom and flexibility over the limitations and restrictions of shared hosting. You are limited only by the capabilities of the VPS, so select one powerful enough to meet your needs. You can always upgrade later if you decide it becomes necessary.

As for virtualization technologies we offer KVM VPS servers.

Since you are supposed to manage your VPS yourself, we recommend you have a good understanding of Linux commands and are familiar with the WHM/cPanel control panel. You can get a VPS without WHM/cPanel, but in this case, you would need to have very advanced knowledge of Linux.

If you don’t feel you have the technical expertise necessary to manage your own VPS, there is no need to let that stop you – you can select full management for an additional fee.

You won’t have root access, and it will act much like a shared hosting plan, but you will still make the decisions.

cPanel is required if you choose full management for a VPS.