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Originally Posted by modismos

Hi everyone,

I’m new to web hosting and am trying to decide between shared hosting and VPS hosting for my first website. I’ve researched both options, but I’m still a bit confused about which one would be best for my needs.

Unless you have a specific reason to go with a VPS – don’t.

Originally Posted by modismos

According to my understanding, shared hosting means that my website will share server resources with other websites.

They will as well on a VPS. You aren’t on a dedicated server – you’re on a virtual server that’s sharing server resources with other servers.

Originally Posted by modismos

This option seems…

Originally Posted by modismos

Hi everyone,

I’m new to web hosting and am trying to decide between shared hosting and VPS hosting for my first website. I’ve researched both options, but I’m still a bit confused about which one would be best for my needs.

Unless you have a specific reason to go with a VPS – don’t.

Originally Posted by modismos

According to my understanding, shared hosting means that my website will share server resources with other websites.

They will as well on a VPS. You aren’t on a dedicated server – you’re on a virtual server that’s sharing server resources with other servers.

Originally Posted by modismos

This option seems…

Originally Posted by modismos

Hi everyone,

I’m new to web hosting and am trying to decide between shared hosting and VPS hosting for my first website. I’ve researched both options, but I’m still a bit confused about which one would be best for my needs.

Unless you have a specific reason to go with a VPS – don’t.

Originally Posted by modismos

According to my understanding, shared hosting means that my website will share server resources with other websites.

They will as well on a VPS. You aren’t on a dedicated server – you’re on a virtual server that’s sharing server resources with other servers.

Originally Posted by modismos

This option seems…

Originally Posted by IowaHoneypot

The least bad had a 50% off coupon (here), that turned out to be only good for the first month (regular price is $15/month for non-premium services, which is insane).

I always find it a little humorous that people believe anything over $1~4/month is “too expensive” for web hosting – many people that have no issues paying $5~10 for a terrible cup of coffee from Starbucks on a regular and ongoing basis.

Shared hosting can be as simple as signing up for a $5/mo VPS, installing cPanel, and then selling pieces of that VPS for pennies per month – and this is what some of the “summer hosts” do [the ones that offer unsustainable offers and then disappear without notice when school starts back up].

To do…