At some point in your life, you’ve got to spread your wings. This means packing up your stuff and moving out of your parents’ spare room.
Although you’ve saved up, it may be a bit out of your price range to buy that dreamy home on the cul-de-sac. But that condo in the decent complex? Yea, that’s more doable.
The same concept applies to web hosting.
Whether your food blog’s really taking off, or your contracting firm’s website is growing in traffic, you may need more bandwidth to accommodate growing pains.
But you’re not a millionaire with money to throw around, so you have to find something suitable, yet affordable.
You’ve looked into web hosting and narrowed it down to two choices: dedicated vs. VPS hosting. But which one’s better for your needs?
Read on to find out the pros and cons of each.
Dedicated hosting
As the name suggests, dedicated hosting is where the server is entirely yours, meaning you get all of the bandwidth.
Think of this as the white picket fenced house on the cul-de-sac. It’s all yours, which means you can put whatever you like in it. And you get to paint the walls your favorite color if you want.
The world’s your oyster since you get to decide what software and hardware are used. It’s also secure since you control everything on the server.
With dedicated hosting, you get either unmanaged or managed plans. If you’re a control freak, you may want to go with unmanaged. But if you want to be boujee, then treat yourself to a managed plan. The host will be your personal butler and set up everything you need.
Dedicated hosting may sound perfect. But there’s a catch:
It’s expensive.
Dedicated hosting is top-of-the-line. So just as you pay more for a luxury home vs. a condo, you’re going to have to shell out the big bucks with dedicated hosting.
So if you don’t have high web traffic and a large budget, you may want to look into VPS hosting instead.
VPS hosting
VPS stands for “virtual private server.” VPS hosting is where you share a server with others through virtual machines (VMs), but have your own dedicated bandwidth and resources. So this is the “condo.”
With VPS hosting, you get all the benefits of dedicated hosting. But this is where being on a virtual private server wins out:
You don’t have to resort to eating instant ramen every night because you spent all your pocket money on high-tech servers.
Sure, you’ll have less bandwidth and resources when compared with dedicated hosting, but this “condo” is cozy enough for your needs. VPS hosting is the perfect stepping stone between traditional and dedicated hosting.
Web hosting that won’t break the bank
If you need a lot of horsepower for your website, you might want to go with dedicated hosting. If you have the bankroll, that is.
But if you’re on a budget, plus you don’t need that much bandwidth, you can’t go wrong if you choose to buy a VPS plan. A cheap VPS plan can cost as low as $4. Which you should easily be able to find squashed between your couch cushions right now!
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