Cloud Web Hosting Vs Shared Hosting

Cloud Hosting Cloud hosting is a form of web hosting that leverages multiple servers to provide storage and processing power, making it ideal for businesses that need to quickly scale. In contrast, shared hosting limits how much traffic a website can receive per month; when this limit is exceeded, sites may experience slowdown or even go offline until their owner upgrades to a higher plan.

Shared hosting’s greatest advantage is its low price; currently you can find great shared hosting plans for only a few dollars each month. However, that price doesn’t come without downsides in terms of security & performance issues.

One of the primary drawbacks of shared hosting is its capacity to centrally gather website visitors onto one server, leading to overuse of resources and diminished performance across all websites hosted on that server. Each website must compete for bandwidth, disk space and database storage – often within parameters deemed fair to other customers on that same server; “unlimited” plans often penalize excessive resource use with fees or reduced performance.

Cloud hosting addresses these challenges by offering increased redundancy to ensure website availability during traffic spikes or unexpected events, without impacting website uptime or presence. If one server experiences issues, their site can quickly migrate onto an available one without incurring downtime.