Types of Web Hosting

Different types of web hosting services are available nowadays, to suit different business or individual's needs. Most of the different web hosting services differ from each other a lot and are suitable only for a particular need. The different types of website hosting that are available have different prices of courses and these are described below:

1. Shared Hosting

This is the most common type of web hosting. Shared hosting means the server where your website will be hosted will be shared with other people who will also host their website on the same server. By sharing the server means, all of the resources are shared such as RAM, storage, CPU and others.

If you want to host your small to medium sized website, shared hosting is perfect. Don't worry, sharing doesn't mean your website will run slow or not perform well in any way, a single server is capable enough to host 100s or 1000s of website and run them in parallel.

Many shared hosting services exist that have monthly hosting plans from $2 to $5. If you ask which hosting service you should choose for your website, I would recommend the ones that I have been using and which I will highly recommend. These two are JustHost and Web Hosting Pad.

2. Dedicated Server Hosting

This type of hosting gives you a server that is not shared with any other user. This means that you get full control of the server and the website you are hosting is also saved from vulnerabilities posed by files of other users.

Since, you will be renting a separate server for your hosting needs, the cost to host is very high. However, dedicated hosting is recommended for website users who expect massive traffic to the website and at the same time they want full protection to the website and the financial and other transactions that the users made on the website.

3. Virtual Private Server (VPS) Hosting

It is same as shared hosting except that on the server you get an independent and secure space for your website. It uses virtualization technology (often called as virtual machine) that provides you exclusive access to resources on a shared server. So, in turn you are like getting your website hosted on a dedicated server, through the virtualization. The difference now remains between VPS and dedicated hosting is that in VPS the server is still shared with many hundreds or thousands of users whereas in dedicated hosting, a single user gets his own un-shared server.

4. Cloud Hosting

Cloud web hosting is similar to VPS hosting except that:

1. Instead of one virtual machines, you get many virtual machines, each used to run a different application.

2. The virtual machines run on a dedicated server, instead of a shared server.

So, cloud hosting gives you benefits of dedicated hosting and extended benefits of VPS hosting.  I have written an article on Cloud Hosting. For more information about Cloud hosting, read the article here. 

5. Managed Hosting

Managed web hosting is same as Dedicated Hosting but with only one difference that in Dedicated hosting, you manage the server yourself whereas in the case of Managed hosting, the service provider manages the server and looks after its maintenance and routine work.

Which Hosting Type Suits You?

Well, it all depends on what fits your needs. Each type of hosting is for different business needs, which require customized speed, performance, security, control and access.

If you choose to buy a Cloud hosting service, I recommend Cloudways - a leader in cloud hosting. For a budget-friendly and reliable shared hosting, I recommend Web Hosting Pad and for Dedicated or VPS hosting, I recommend JustHost 

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