7 Types of Web Hosting Explained

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Types of Web Hosting

Do you want to host your Website and confused among all the different types of web hosting provided by the hosting provider?

Don’t worry; we will see all the different types of web hosting in detail.

You will get a clear idea of which hosting you should go with. There are lots and lots of things that need to be checked before selecting the best hosting.

First, you need to understand all the different types of web hosting to get a clear idea.

7 Types of Web Hosting Explained

1. Shared hosting

This is the most common and affordable web hosting available. This is the recommended hosting for all beginners or if your Website has a low amount of traffic.

There is a single server. There are a lot of different users on the same server, and your Website is one among them.

Most people go with shared hosting in the beginning. All of the websites are hosted on the same web server.

So, the resources are shared among all the websites. As a result, the operational costs are low.

The biggest disadvantage of shared hosting is if there is any faulty code or a website has a technical problem, then your Website may also face some problems.

The problem is most like a minor performance decrease. Shared Hosting is best suitable for almost all startups.

Shared Hosting is beginner-friendly. Also, most of them provide tutorials to start with.

There are two other types of shared hosting. One is Linux shared hosting, and the other is Windows shared hosting.

In Linux shared hosting, the server runs on Linux, and Windows shared hosting server runs on Windows OS.

Linux shared hosting is cheaper as compared to windows due to open source.

You should go with Linux web hosting as it supports everything you need unless your Website is made on Windows technologies such as ASP, .NET, Microsoft Access, and Microsoft SQL Server (MSSQL).

Linux supports PHP and MySQL, including major open source CMS such as WordPress, Open cart, etc.

Costs: Shared Hosting is affordable and doesn’t cost you much. You can get shared hosting from around $3 to $10 per month.

Best Suitable for: Beginners and most of the startups

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2. VPS Hosting

VPS stands for Virtual Private Server. It comes when you want to upgrade from shared hosting but still don’t want to buy your own dedicated server.

VPS is a single server, but it is treated as many servers. In other words, a single server is divided into multiple units.

When you purchase VPS hosting, you get a unit fully yours.

The best advantage of having a VPS is other websites’ faulty code will not bring your Website down.

It is like having your own dedicated server with a few low expenses.

The CPU usage, RAM, storage, and other resources are limited and divided among all the users.

You get a certain amount of resources; you can consume it fully or partially, and no other user will be using those.

Costs: The price varies from $20 to $50 per month

Best suitable for: Recommend for those who want to upgrade from shared hosting but are not ready for a dedicated server.

 

3. Cloud Hosting

This is a whole new type of web hosting. Cloud hosting is a group of servers acting together as a single cloud server.

In other words, it is a single server with the capacity of hundreds of servers. The cloud server can handle a  large number of visitors.

Some companies even offer you a cloud VPS. Cloud hosting is the future of web hosting.

The best thing about cloud hosting is that your Website uses resources from many different servers.

This is an excellent advantage for scalability. When you want to upgrade to higher resources, it’s easy and fast.

VPS has limitations; you can only upgrade VPS to a certain limit.

Cloud hosting is next-level hosting. In the near future, there are chances that all the VPS and shared hosting will be migrated to cloud hosting due to its flexibility.

Some web hosting companies provide cloud packages with fixed resources, whereas some hosting providers ask you about the needed resources.

Costs: Most cloud hosting is a pay-as-you-go, while some charge according to their resources.

However, the exact charges are unpredictable.  The charges may differ by your chosen resources, such as RAM, storage, etc.

Best suitable for: It is for those who want to scale their Website.

 

4. Dedicated Server

Dedicated hosting is a type of hosting where you own the whole server. All the resources, as well as the configurations, belong to you.

One should only go for a dedicated server if you want to handle and manage the entire back-end.

In dedicated hosting, there is also a hosting called unmanaged dedicated hosting.

In unmanaged dedicated hosting, you have to install the Operating system and configure it as per your requirement.

They just provide the server resources. You have to manage everything.

On the other side, if you go with managed hosting, the service provider handles some of the configurations.

However, you will have to manage a few configurations and customizations.

Having a dedicated server is just like having your own server; the only difference is you don’t have to manage the hardware part.

Costs: Pirce of a dedicated server starts from $70 per month and can go very high.

Also, you need to calculate the cost of a system administrator if you are not a technical person.

Best suitable for: Dedicated server is the biggest hosting package you can go with. If your business generates a lot of traffic and also not to mention income.

You should go for a dedicated server. Else, a VPS or a cloud plan will be perfect for you.

 

5. Managed hosting

Managed hosting provides all the resources, hardware, and software on a particular platform.

It handles all necessary things such as configuration, technical support, maintenance, hardware replacement,  patching, updating, and monitoring.

Managed hosting has various categories. One of the most popular categories of managed Hosting is WordPress Managed Hosting.

When you go for WordPress-managed Hosting, the hosting provider handles all the updates, Website speed, loading time, uptime, and daily backups.

You can take care of your business. The hosting provider handles the technical side.

Managed hosting takes care of every technical factor needed to run a hosting. 

If you have a WordPress blog with a huge number of visitors, you can go with WordPress-managed Hosting.

All you need to do is focus on creating content, and the hosting provider will handle the technical things.

Costs: Varies depending on the platform. Managed WordPress hosting starts at $29 per month

Best suitable for: Big businesses who don’t want to worry about the technical stuff.

 

6. Reseller Hosting

As the name says, Reseller hosting is one of the types of web hosting where you can sell the hosting to your customers.

The hosting provider gives the server at a certain amount. They restrict the number of accounts you can sell.

Now all you need to do is, sell the hosting to your customers and make some profit.

Also, some providers give you all types of web hosting packages at a wholesale rate.

You can add the profit and sell it directly to your customer. However, web hosting provides a payment gateway.

Costs: Varies as per plans

Best suitable for Hosting Business

Tip: It is not as easy as it looks; there are various factors you need to take care of, such as support, help center, security, etc. If you have a customer base, you can try affiliate marketing.

 

7. Colocation Hosting

Colocation hosting is where you buy the server, rent the space to keep the server, and pay for the bandwidth.

You need to take the server to the location and install it on your own.

The provider only gives you bandwidth and power to keep your server running as per your plan.

It is the same as dedicated hosting but a little complicated. Here, you own the server hardware as well.

It gives you a certain advantage, such as upgrading the hardware whenever you want.

On the other side, if the hardware fails or crashes, you must fix it yourself.

There may be some cost to fix the hardware as maintaining hardware is hard.

Costs: Varies depending on location

Best suitable for: Established grown businesses who want to own the hardware as well.

 

Conclusion

To summarize, these are the different types of web hosting you can choose from.

You can choose the best suitable hosting according to your needs and budget. No matter which among these types of web hosting you plan to go with.

You should choose the best hosting provider. The speed and performance depend on the hosting provider as well.

So, you can go with the shared hosting plan for the start. Later on, upgrade it when needed.

Rishit Bhatt

Rishit Bhatt is a passionate Blogger and an SEO Expert. He likes to explore new things and ideas. He writes about SEO, WordPress, and tutorials to make money online. Also writes at techxstar .com
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