Dedicated server: managed vs unmanaged

A dedicated hosting plan ensures high availability, scalability and performance. These advantages however come at quite a premium. This is why a Virtual Private Server (VPS) remains a popular stepping stone for businesses and organizations that have outgrown shared hosting, but can’t afford the sticker price of dedicated hosting plans.

But if you want complete control over the server, with the freedom to use it however you want, a dedicated hosting server is your only recourse. It comes with additional advantages such as security as you’re the only client on the server and can deploy additional software such as anti-malware, antivirus, firewalls, etc., to safeguard your server and data. These are in addition to DDoS and other security measures offered by the hosting provider.