Hosting plans come in three main flavours, and the names sound more technical than the choice really is. Here is the plain version.
Shared hosting
Your site shares a server with many others, which keeps it cheap. It's the right starting point for brochure sites, portfolios and small stores. The trade-off: a very busy neighbour site can occasionally affect performance.
Cloud hosting
Your site gets its own dedicated resources spread across a cluster, so it stays fast and stable even as traffic grows. This is the sweet spot for a growing business, a busier store, or anything where downtime costs you money.
VPS hosting
A virtual private server gives you a slice of a machine with full control — great for custom applications and developers, overkill for a standard business site.
How to choose
- New or small site? Start on shared. You can upgrade later in minutes.
- Growing or sales-critical? Go cloud for the stability.
- Custom app or dev team? VPS.
The good news is you rarely have to guess forever — most hosts let you move up a tier without rebuilding anything. Hostinger offers all three, which is one reason we recommend it to clients, and new customers get an extra 20% off through our link. Start on the smallest plan that fits and upgrade only when the traffic actually asks for it.
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