Shared Hosting vs VPS: Which One Is Right for You?

Shared hosting

One server, many sites, one price. The right answer for a brochure site, a small shop, or anything whose traffic is measured in hundreds of visits a day.

VPS

A slice of a server that is yours: your own resources, root access, and the ability to install whatever you need.

How to choose

Move to a VPS when one of these is true:

• The site is slow at busy times and the host says you are at your limit.
• You need software your hosting plan does not allow.
• You are running something for a customer and need to control the stack.

If none of them is true, shared hosting is cheaper and less work.