Cloud hosting vs VPS hosting
Both give you guaranteed resources. Cloud hosting keeps the management with us and grows on demand; a VPS hands you the keys.
Cloud hosting
Managed, resilient capacity you can increase within minutes, with no root required.
Best for
- Campaign and seasonal traffic spikes
- Growing stores
- Teams without a sysadmin
VPS hosting
A fixed virtual server with root access and complete freedom over the stack.
Best for
- Custom application stacks
- Containers and CI pipelines
- Predictable, steady workloads
Side by side
The differences that matter
| Feature | Cloud hosting | VPS hosting |
|---|---|---|
| Scaling | Increase in minutes, no rebuild | Resize with a short reboot |
| Management | Managed for you | Self-managed by default |
| Root access | No | Yes |
| Control panel | Included | Optional |
| Resilience | Built-in redundancy | Single instance unless you build more |
| Best cost fit | Variable traffic | Steady traffic |
Our verdict
So which one should you buy?
Pick cloud hosting when traffic is unpredictable and you want capacity to appear without a maintenance window.
Pick a VPS when you want to own the environment and your load is steady enough to size once.
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