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September 24, 2015

How VPS Hosting is a Cheap Alternative for Enterprise

By Special Guest
Joy Mali, Certified Digital Analyst

Since the origin of online business management, people have been comparing different resources of data management and security. There have been debates about using Virtual Private Server and how it serves better or lesser than other web hosting services. The cheapest VPS services are available from $18 but if you want better and more professional services, then you need to take out a few hundred dollars from your wallet only. But does that make VPS an economic solution for your online business?

When it comes to finances, we need to compare all the contributors of these services. A service provider may be cheaper, but have you thought about the damage it can cause to your business by not providing technical support when needed or not providing you data backup, data which was lost due to server breakdown.

Here are the benefits of VPS hosting and how it becomes cheaper than other hosting services.

VPS Server Contributions vs. Shared and Dedicated Server Contributions

Starting from low level services, you can get shared hosting services for just $10 to manage your small website with limited content and text medium only. Technical problems are not that common at this level of services. With VPS server, similar level of services can be easily received from $12 to $18 per month, which is commonly seen as an expensive solution. On a dedicated server, you will get similar services for $20 and above, which already makes it an expensive solution.

But the problem with choosing shared server over VPS is of the hidden costs, restricted services and compromised promises.

Unlimited Memory Promise

Don’t be tricked with ‘unlimited memory’ promise of the shared server. Firstly, the server may go down at any moment. Secondly, it neither provides information on CPU power nor information about how much data storage is left.

Hidden Costs

Shared servers come with a number of added services which are commonly offered for free at VPS and dedicated server hosting. These are the hidden costs which make it financially closer to VPS.

Technical Support

Another problem with shared hosting is the technical support to integrate and install software on different operating systems.

Restricted Services

The services are restricted and cannot be customized on choice.

VPS hosting is better than shared hosting in a variety of ways. Here are some benefits of VPS which make it dominant over dedicated and shared server.

24x7 Customer Support

VPS hosting provides 24x7 customer support which makes it easier to track your data or fix technical complication on the network.

Extra Management Control

In shared hosting, the customers have the authority to fully control the website which often results in spamming and bugs. With VPS hosting, customers can enter and edit data, but foundation authority is always in the hands of website management. In case of too much spamming or bugs, VPS hosting offers a simple solution of rebooting the system and returning back to the original state of the website.

Customized CPU Power Services

VPS hosting provides guaranteed and certified CPU power. The customers can choose CPU power according to their number of daily visitors and website usage.

Cost-Effective Customization

VPS also offers you customizable services, which means that you can choose from a number of services and cut down the cost of your CPS hosting package.

Data Security

Above all, your data is completely secured and safe with VPS. With ‘burst’ resource allocation feature, you can retrieve your data even if data loss occurs due to sudden system shutdown, RAM (News - Alert) loss or broken server.

VPS also provides qualitative services against spammers, virus crawlers and hackers. In contrast, dedicated server also provides quality services but at much higher rates. VPS hosting is a money saver option for small businesses in a way that it offers all the essential cloud computing and web hosting services with high quality but at much lower rates. For large businesses, you can choose extra CPU server option for managing and saving your business with VPS hosting.

Here is a quick look on comparison of VPS hosting, shared hosting and dedicated server hosting. 

Shared Server

VPS Server

Dedicated Server

Shared hosting

Shared hosting

Private hosting

Same resources for all customers

Allocated resources for individual customers

Private resources of separate customers

Security cannot be customized

Customizable security according to your needs

Customized security

More customer control

More manager control

Control on choice

Possibility of data loss

Complete protection and retrieval of data

Satisfactory data protection

Limited capacity to manage and load traffic

Unlimited capacity to handle traffic load

Capacity to handle load on choice

24x7 customer support which may cut off when the system goes down

24x7 satisfactory customer support

24x7 customer support

Fast hosting which may reduce due to traffic load on website

Fast hosting which is maintained in all circumstances

Fast hosting

$

$$

$$$

As stated earlier, we need to compare all contributors to find out how reliable and lucrative a hosting service is. From the given table, it can be clearly noted that shared server may offer you services at a lower rate but it comes with risks of your data loss, security, system hacking and spamming, limited traffic management and others. In other words, it compromises on your security, business profitability and growth, which clearly means that VPS server is a cheaper solution. Dedicated server also offers high quality services but at very high rates.

How to Choose Effective but Cheap VPS Hosting Service

Here are some tips to choose the effective, but cheap VPS hosting service for your web business.

Windows vs. Linux

VPS services are available for Linux and Windows. Both operating systems have their own perks and benefits and VPs services are customized according to the features of these operating systems. Choose a VPS hosting service that best serves your business.

Customizable Management

Most often, complete business and server management is handed over to the clients of VPs hosting services. As all services are highly customizable, you can also customize the control. For example, some people prefer to hand over comment moderation and management to their host server.

Service Scalability and Redundancy

Service redundancy refers to data coverage and retrieval which is surely provided by all VPS hosts. But it is important to note the time of retrieval. For example, you need to retrieve the data of your accounting web pages faster than your online store. Scalability refers to check the server configurations and features.

Affordability

VPS hosting is a cheaper option for your web hosting services but you can further limit the costs by choosing a service that best suits your requirements. For example, if you have low visitor load or you manage a personal blog with low-weight media then choosing 500-S VPS for $28/month is a wise solution than choosing 3000-S VPS at $80/month.

Joy Mali

Above all, when choosing VPs service, make sure to check the limit of trial period. Ideal service providers offer at least 30 days trial period. If you are operating your web business on another server and confused about switching your server then take charge today to take your business to new horizons tomorrow. Choose VPS to save more and earn more. 

About the Author: Joy Mali is a certified digital analyst who helps online businesses to perform better on the web with best solutions & advice. Her content is featured on many mainstream sites & blogs. You can follow her on Google plus.




Edited by Maurice Nagle
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