The hosting market is very vast, and choosing the right hosting for your business plays a very important role in the success of the business. The hosting market is flooded with hosting providers and different plans which they offer. All the hosting companies provide different plans for each type of hosting they provide. Today, we will compare all the different types of hosting and see which is the best for an ecommerce store.
Shared Hosting
As the name suggests, the server is shared by more than one user. It is the most basic and least expensive type of hosting. This type of hosting and its resources are shared by website owners who have a website on the same server. It is a great service for newcomers and people who want to learn or have just started their website business and it is not getting much traffic. It is not recommended for people who have just started their business, because the resources are used by other websites also and it affects performance.
Considering performance and speed, it is not the fastest and best performing hosting solution, however, it is the cheapest. Hosting big and heavy websites on this type of hosting can lead to slower loading times, poor performance and poor user experience, which affects the business and income. It also lacks the security features and these features cannot be added to the plan, as it is a fixed server and no changes can be made to the hardware or the software.
Dedicated Hosting
A dedicated hosting is the best solution for all your hosting needs. It offers a dedicated server, only hosting a single website on it. So the performance and speed related issues which you faced in the shared hosting, will not be occurring with this hosting. But, this advanced performance and all the other features come at a premium cost, which is too much for some users and is not recommended for everyone. A dedicated hosting allows you to customise the server resources and its softwares according to your needs and requirements. You are also provided with the option of installing your own preferred security software and firewalls.
But even with these hardware and software features, the dedicated server might not be the correct option for your ecommerce store, mainly because of the additional costs it incurs.
VPS Hosting
A VPS hosting is like a mid-point between a shared hosting and a dedicated hosting. It provides better benefits than shared hosting and gives much better performance but costs less than a dedicated server.
Essentially, it is a mini dedicated server. The reason why we say this is that all the resources are dedicated to each individual account and website. So if there is a traffic surge on any website, it would not use or block your resources like in shared hosting. This allows your website to have the performance and speed which you wanted. It helps users get the best possible experience.
With a VPS, you get the option of customising your server and its resources. Additional benefits of VPS include cost effectiveness, scalability, and customisation.When your ecommerce store grows and you feel that your current resources are underpowered to deliver a quality experience, you can simply upgrade the resources at the click of a button. It will provide better performance and speed for the website.
One of the major benefits of a VPS hosting is that it is cost effective. It might feel a bit pricier than shared hosting but with all the benefits and value added service you get with the VPS hosting, it will not burn a hole in your pocket.
Cloud Hosting
With the technological advancements happening on a daily basis, we have a new hosting solution. Cloud hosting or cloud server, is essentially a VPS hosting solution. But in VPS, the resources are accumulated at one place, in a data centre, where the physical server is located.
In a cloud server, multiple data centres and their resources across the world are connected to each other through networking softwares. So, your website at any given point in time, might be stored on at least two different data centres. This has a significant advantage. Let’s say that there is a malfunction in one of the resources. If the website is hosted on a VPS hosting, then it will require some amount of time for the resource to be exchanged with a newer one and for the website to be live again.
If the website is hosted on a cloud server, then the website will not face any downtime, because the resources are connected through a networking software and different resources can be accessed to keep your website live and running.
Cloud hosting also provides you the option of customising your server according to your needs. You can also choose the software of your own choice, as in VPS hosting.
Conclusion
In a strict -point-of-view’ term, cloud hosting solution for your ecommerce store is the best possible solution. Considering the cost, the benefits and the value added services, cloud hosting will provide the best possible service for your ecommerce website, which is required to give the best possible experience to the customer. Your ecommerce website must always remain live and face the least possible downtime, and cloud hosting is the answer to it.
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