Shared vs VPS vs Dedicated vs Cloud

Shared hosting is the best choice for beginners. No technical knowledge required, comes with cPanel which is intuitive, and the price is lowest (from $4.66/month on BeoHosting). Shared hosting is enough for most small sites, blogs, portfolios and WordPress sites with up to 10,000 monthly visits. When your site outgrows shared, you can easily move to VPS without downtime.

VPS (Virtual Private Server) is a virtual server with fixed resources (e.g. 4 CPU, 8 GB RAM) on one physical server. Cloud hosting uses a network of multiple servers and can automatically scale resources up/down as needed. Key difference: VPS has fixed pricing and fixed resources, Cloud can grow or shrink resources dynamically (pay-as-you-go). Cloud is better for sites with variable traffic, VPS for sites with stable, predictable traffic.

For most e-commerce sites, VPS hosting is more than enough. A dedicated server is needed only for large online stores with 1,000+ products, over 100,000 monthly visits and strict security requirements (PCI DSS). For small and medium e-commerce projects (WooCommerce or PrestaShop with up to 500 products), the BeoHosting VPS plan with 4 GB RAM and NVMe SSD delivers great performance at a reasonable price.

Move to VPS when you see these signs: site loads slower than 3 seconds, you consistently have over 10,000 monthly visits, you need root access for specific software, the site frequently shows 503 errors (server overload), or you are launching e-commerce. BeoHosting offers free transition from shared to VPS with complete zero-downtime migration.

Depends on usage. Cloud usually has a higher starting price (from $30.56/month vs $20.37 for VPS), but offers scalability — you pay only for resources you actually use. For sites with stable traffic, VPS is usually cheaper. For sites with variable traffic (seasonal businesses, campaigns, viral content), Cloud can be more cost-effective because you do not pay for resources you do not use off-peak.