Shared web hosting vs. VPS

What is the difference between shared web hosting and VPS?

First of all, if you are unsure if your website needs the shared hosting or VPS (virtual private server), in most cases the cheaper solution -- shared hosting plan -- may be the right for your needs.

Shared web hosting is designed to satisfy the needs of most personal and business websites. Unless you are an experienced developer who knows that your scripts consume a lot of server resources or shared web hosting user who has been notified by the web host about the need to upgrade to the VPS (this may rarely happen if your website causes exceptionally high server load due the extremely high traffic or poorly written PHP scripts), it should be ok to use shared web hosting.

Shared web hosting is not only the most affordable way how to publish your website on the Internet. It is also ideal for unexperienced webmasters and business owners because it makes it possible to manage your website very easily. Everything is done through the control panel where you can manage every aspect of your website (e. g. create MySQL or other databases, email accounts, FTP accounts or upload files to the server without FTP, etc.).

Virtual private server is usually picked by the clients who need to host website(s) causing high server load or high demanding customers looking for the full root access. Managing your own VPS requires some technical knowledge, however, to make it easier for you, you have always the option to order the server management service from our company.