As your website grows, you’ll find that shared hosting probably isn’t cutting it anymore. While it’s often a great starting point for small websites, in time shared hosting will begin to limit your website’s performance and scalability.

That’s where VPS (Virtual Private Server) hosting comes in. VPS hosting offers a more powerful and flexible solution for growing websites. In this blog post, we’ll explore the reasons why VPS hosting is the best choice for growing websites.

1. Better Performance

VPS offers much better overall performance than shared hosting. With shared hosting, you’ll share server resources with other websites on the same server. This can lead to slow loading times and downtime during high traffic periods.

With VPS hosting, you are provided dedicated resources that are not shared with anyone else. This means your website can handle more traffic and provide a faster user experience. Our Personalized VPS service includes a static IP address free of charge for this very reason.

2. Improved Scalability

As your website grows, you need a hosting solution that can grow with it. VPS hosting allows you to easily upgrade your resources to meet your changing needs.

You can increase your CPU, RAM, and storage as needed, without having to move to a new hosting provider. This flexibility makes VPS hosting the perfect choice for growing websites.

3. More Control

VPS providers allow greater control over your private server than you would normally be allowed with shared hosting. You can choose your operating system, install custom software, and configure your server to meet your specific needs. This level of control allows you to optimize your website’s performance and security.

Of course, if you don’t know what you’re doing, you may actually create more problems than it’s worth. Use good judgment on whether you have the skills necessary to maintain a VPS or to use a managed service.

4. Enhanced Security

In this day and age, security should be the number one priority of every website. WordPress alone accounted for 90 percent of all hacked CMS platforms in 2018. With shared hosting, your website is vulnerable to security threats that infect any other website shared on the same server.

We often explain that VPS hosting is similar to owning a Virtual Private Estate on the internet, as opposed to a subdivision with shared neighbors and shared resources.

VPS hosting isolates your server from others, providing an extra layer of security. Additionally, you can install security software and private VPN access to better configure your server and enhance its security.

5. Affordable Pricing

While VPS hosting may be more expensive than shared hosting, it’s still an affordable solution for growing websites. You only pay for the resources you need, and you can easily upgrade or downgrade as needed.

This means you won’t be paying for resources you’re not using, making VPS hosting a cost-effective option for growing websites.

Conclusion

VPS hosting is often the best choice for growing websites. With better performance, improved scalability, more control, enhanced security, and affordable pricing, VPS hosting offers a flexible and powerful solution for websites that need more resources as they grow.

If you’re currently on shared hosting and your website is growing, it may be time to consider upgrading to VPS hosting. If you’ve got the expertise to manage a server yourself, try out Cloudways. Otherwise, we’re happy to help bridge the gap between Shared and VPS hosting with our own White-Glove Personalized VPS offering.