The truth is that free hosting is not recommended for a serious project not only because of the unprofessional image they give (with advertising and a generic domain name), but, mainly, because of the bad experience they offer users, with a questionable reliability leading to numerous downtime and maintenance stops.
Free web hosting, in fact, is mainly designed to compare features and learn to manage the environment. This is why effective providers offer it as a trial option for their premium packages.
Below we have summarized the main types of paid web hosting, much more complete and secure than the free ones, to guide you on the options available for your website or e-commerce .
1) Shared web
hosting Shared hosting is the recommended type of hosting for most webs, especially those for personal use (blog type) and for SMEs. The website is stored on a server where there are other pages, so resources are shared, although each one has its own particular space.
Advantages:
- It is the cheapest way to start.
- If the provider maintains a healthy slack on the server, your website may receive a high amount of traffic, more than enough for the vast majority of cases and even for exceptional peaks.
- The servers of quality providers will only be out of service 0.1% of the time, so your website will be available 99.9% of the time.
Disadvantages:
- If you do not choose a quality provider, your website or online store may have problems of slowness and availability, since there are many unprofessional companies that reload their servers and cannot cope.
2) VPS web hosting
In this type of hosting, whose name comes from the acronym in English " Virtual Private Server " or virtual private server , the website is stored on a server that has been divided into smaller servers, in such a way that each one works as if it were its own machine and can have its own operating system.
Advantages:
Greater control over the server. Any type of software can be installed and run with the selected operating system.
Disadvantages:
- Higher monthly price.
- Greater technical complexity.
Actually, this type of hosting is intended for experienced users or for those who have to install particular programs that are not included in standard shared hosting.
A managed virtual server can also be contracted .
3) Dedicated web hosting
In dedicated web hosting , a server is reserved exclusively for a single user, who is responsible for maintaining said server.
Advantages:
- Availability of 100% of the disk space, CPU, RAM and monthly transfer of the contracted server, which generates a faster loading and unloading of the pages.
- Greater capacity to absorb traffic, since the entire bandwidth is available.
Disadvantages:
- Considerable increase in the monthly fee.
- Requires knowledge of server management or a server administrator must be hired.
It is also possible to hire a managed dedicated server .
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4) Other types of web hosting
The three previous types of web hosting are the most common, although there are other options that could be considered variants. Among them, the following stand out:
"Cloud"
web hosting "Cloud" web hosting combines traditional hosting with "cloud" technology, as it spreads information across multiple servers around the world, increasing security and application response time for users thanks to geographic redundancy. It also increases the flexibility to expand the web in the future, since it makes it possible to resize the server without having to migrate data or applications. However, compared to shared web hosting, this type of hosting is considerably more expensive, which is why it is often reserved for e-commerce with high traffic.
Specialized web hosting (eg WordPress)
Hosting for websites created with CMS and applications such as WordPress, Joomla !, Prestashop or Magento is a service that goes beyond the usual hosting , since it adjusts to the characteristics of these applications.
As they are optimized accounts, they save you complex tasks such as the installation, maintenance and security of these applications. A very interesting alternative is the one offered by Nominalia, where you will find pre-installed web hosting packages in WordPress, Joomla and Prestashopin which you will manage the application yourself with cPanel, in addition to having a domain, five email accounts and much more. We hope that this summary of the types of web hosting, their characteristics, advantages and disadvantages will help you to choose the plan of more convenient web hosting for your website or e-commerce.
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